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Part: Bodywork
Operation: How to remove metal shavings from the car.

Once welding work or other operations related to the bodywork of a car are done, it is normal to find metal shavings. These are difficult to remove because they are very small, and even a powerful vacuum cleaner may struggle to suck them up. Today, with the AutoDoc team, we will reveal a little trick to easily and quickly eliminate metal shavings. All you need is a sheet of paper, an Allen wrench, and a magnet. Attach the magnet to the wrench and place the paper towel on top of it, then proceed to remove all the shavings as shown in the video.


Posted on 21 January 2024 by ScegliAuto



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Disassembly of the gear knob on the Lancia Ypsilon 2

Today we will see, in this video tutorial, how to remove and replace the gear knob on the second series Lancia Ypsilon, but also on the Lancia Musa, in simple and quick steps. We get inside the car and start by removing the old gear knob; to do this, just unscrew it anticlockwise, as shown in the video. At this point we also remove the gearshift gaiter, in order to replace, if necessary, it too; we just have to fix the new headset and insert the new gear knob, screwing it correctly and without creating play on the gear lever!

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