If the zipper on your leather riding jacket decides it doesn't want to zip anymore you could spend $50 or more to have the entire zipper replaced. Or, take the jacket to a shoe repair shop. It may just be the thing that slides up and down and will take less than 10 dollars and 10 minutes to fix, you can also buy kits in your local sewing supply store with zipper foot replacements in them, very inexpensive and easy to use.
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This works on fuel tank and other dents that don't involve a "crease" in the metal. Purchase a piece of dry ice (frozen c02) at your local ice house. It should be larger than your dent. Using thick gloves or a towel to hold the ice, apply it to the dented area. Hold the ice in place until frost forms at least an inch beyond the dent all the way around. Remove the ice and place the tank or metal part in the Sun if possible. If the trick works you'll be able to watch the dent vanish before your eyes. This also works to remove many parking lot dents in car doors.
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When cleaning parts with a parts cleaning brush, the bristle tend to get frayed or what I like to call "the Don King look." To get a few more miles out of the brush simply wrap a wire-tie around the bristles and snip off the excess after the wire tie. An o-ring slightly smaller in diameter will work too, but some cleaning solvents can dissolve the o-ring.
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Are you always loosing those red hoses that come with spray lubricants? Cut a rubber band from an old motorcycle or bicycle inner tube about 1" wide and slip it over the spray can, now when your done using the hose, slip it in between the can and the inner tube. Inner tubes work better than regular rubber bands because they don't dry-rot as fast and won't dissolve from the lubricant.
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Grease can be put into a syringe for easy dispensing when only a little dab will do.
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When trying to tap a hole or chase threads in a tight or hard to reach space. Try pressing on a hex nut to the square end of the tap, then you an use a ratchet/socket with extensions.
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Ok say you just knocked over a jar of small items (i.e. nuts, washers, o-rings, etc.) or a snap ring flew off into a hard to reach area. Slide an old pair of panty hose (we wont ask!) over your shop-vac hose. Leave enough slack so that vacuum will suck part of it into the hose. Secure it with a wire-tie or an o-ring. Now you can turn on the shop-vac and pick up those parts and you won't have to dig through the shop-vac container.
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Got dirty whitewalls or raised white letter tires but don't want to use harsh chemicals that may ruin your wheels. Try using some "Fast Orange" or other hand cleaner and a stiff nylon scrub brush.
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Try using WD40 for removing gum from reflector removal or even chewing gum also, works good on home carpets followed by a shampoo to remove the WD40. Never fails!
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Electrical
High pressure car washes can force water into the plug wires and electrical connector plugs. The water in these connectors, or soaking into the plug wires, can change resistance values and will cause poor performance and misfiring even when everything appears to be dry.
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