Bill Pierre Ford

Used Auto Parts – Never OK To Use List

Before you decide to install a used auto part from this category, check your head. Most of these are parts that wear with mileage and are probably well on their way to uselessness as you’re putting them in. Used auto parts can be great, but unless you’re in Cuba sometimes they’re better left sitting in the stinking yard of the used auto parts junk spot than installed on your car. Any used auto parts outlet with any integrity wouldn’t sell you these parts used without at least letting you know that it might suck.

Also check out the Sometimes and Always lists.

Never OK to use:

* air bags
* air filter
* airbag sensors
* ball joints
* battery
* bearings
* brake discs/rotors
* brake light switch
* brake pads
* brake shoes
* catalytic converter
* clutch disc
* cooling fan switch
* cylinder sleeves
* distributor cap
* distributor cap
* engine bearings
* fuel lines
* fuses
* gaskets
* head studs
* headlights
* ignition coil
* ignition condenser
* ignition points
* MAF
* muffler
* muffler hangers
* oil filter
* oil pressure switches sensors
* piston rings
* radiator hoses
* rotor
* shifter bushings
* shock absorbers
* spark plug wires
* spark plugs
* strut bearings
* strut inserts
* thermostat
* timing belt
* timing chain
* tires
* valves
* voltage regulator
* water pump
* water pump
* wheel bearings
* wheel cylinders

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A handy auto repair tip

We’ve all been there. You’re working on your brakes, or installing new shocks and you need some help. Loosening a bolt, you look on the back and the nut is spinning. No problem, you’ll just put a wrench on it. The problem is that you don’t have an extra hand to hold the wrench on so you can wrap up the brake job.

In many situations like this, you can lodge a wrench into position so that it holds the nut in place. Just slip the wrench over the nut (a closed wrench works best) and turn the bolt on the other side until the wrench is wedged against something solid. Now you can loosen everything up with ease!

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