Products that work/favorite product

[Gregs672000]

Thought I would start a list of favorite off the shelf car products that work as advertised, etc. Thought about this the other day when I was again using my California Duster and just loving that product. It's nice to know what works and what doesnt...

So, as I said, LOVE the California duster... unless the car gets wet or totally bug covered, I rarely have to wash her during the summer.
Mequires Clay bar... makes the paint feel like butter!
Eagle One Nanowax... takes out swirls better than anything I've ever used... great wax for paint that is not oxidized.
Prestolite Cataclean catalitic converter cleaner... worked in my Celica and turned off the check engine light in one tank. Been fine for several months so far.
Snail version or Midlock version of the carb airflow meter for carb balancing... much better than a unisyn as it won't slow airflow when reading it.
Speed bleeders.

What do you all like?

[Linda]

JB Weld
Evapo Rust
Lucas Fuel Additive
303 Aerospace Protectant for vinyl, convertible tops
Linda

[fj20spl311]

MSD 6AL

[msampsel]

Aluminum flywheel (Datsun comp)
Koni Shocks
23 mm Datsun comp sway bar
Street Fire MSD coil and control (only $200 shipped)
Mechanical temp gauge and oil pressure gauges (SW or other venders)
2" stainless exhaust and resonator

[theunz]

My cheap harbor freight bench buffer and my expensive skat blast blasting cabinet. Both do exactly what they are susspose to do, and have saved many dollars on my restoration.

[bakerjf]

+1 on the duster, nanowax and clay bars for the paint. +1 on evaporust/metal rescue. Surf City Garage's aluminum cleaner. Mother's VLR for the interior. Fischer Classic Car motor oil, and Swepco for the transmission.

[pebbles]

Never seez nickel.

[jrusso07]

Marvel Mystery Oil in fuel and in oil just before an oil change.
Mothers back to black for black plastic parts
PB Blaster
Sears Craftman timing light with advance setting knob

[goldbug]

Aerospace 303: for maintaining plastic, vinyl, and plasticized leather (NOT for un-coated leather).
Fumoto drain valves; for quicker/cleaner oil changes


**Note: I've used none of these yet on my Datsun as it's being torn down still, but I have used them on many other cars.

[mraitch]

Wire brush attachment for reciprocating saw - works on the larger areas of rust like a dream.

[pebbles]

Wire brush attachment for reciprocating saw - works on the larger areas of rust like a dream.

That is cool Peter! I need one!

[bikermike]

Motive Power Bleeder
303 Protectant
Turtle Wax chrome polish

[mraitch]

@pebbles - lowes - $7ish

[Gregs672000]

Instead of starting another thread I decided to post here...

Refilled my 5-speed trans with Swepco 201 last week... I had it in before but after a repair the Swepco accidentally got recycled. Over the past two years I tried Valvoline, Lucas and Royal Purple and even added a dose of Motorkote but it would frequently (65% of the time?) resist going into first from a stand still and would often scratch when downshifting from 3rd to 2nd unless I was slower and careful. With the swap back to Swepco, it rarely resists now (10%), and the downshift scratch so far (3 drives) is completely gone. I've driven it enough to conclude it's not a placebo effect.

Of course, no oil will fix a serious mechanical issue, but Swepco has once again proven it's worth and in my opinion is worth the expense. Clearly, it's doing something different. FWIW!