My phone goes off at 7:30a with an incoming text. Grumble, grumble. I normally don’t get moving until 9a these days. I see if from my buddy Nathan, asking “Feeling spontaneous? Wanna go wheeling?” Since the stars have aligned and I actually have a day off when he asked, “Hell yeah!” I’m now awake. And …
So, I got the exhaust on and had rebuilt the carb 2 plus times. With the correct needles and seats, it ran amazingly well! Go figure. Drove it to work one day and it did pretty good. Maybe needed a little tweak to the carb, but ran without issues, there and back home. A couple …
While still living in Ohio, I picked up an old 1982 RX-7. It was pure nostalgia. It was the same color as my 2nd car, an 1983 RX-7. I loved that car and drove the shit out of it. I enjoyed driving it, but from the first test drive, I had hated the sound of …
It’s started with an innocent little squeak. At idle, I could hear a short chirp…chirp…chirp as the engine rotated. Sticking my head under the hood, I focused on the distributor. The timing of the noise made sense. A quick internet search yielding a common issue of a possible bent shaft on the distro. Seems simple …
Well here’s a vehicle that I’ve ignored for too long. My 1999 Miata Sport. It’s been off the road for at least 3 years. At least there are 4 registration stickers that I had never put on the license plate. Why had I stopped driving it? Three reasons: alternator over-charging, convertible top was torn, and …
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Here is the saga of my mom’s 4 Wheel Camper which sits on a 2002ish Chevy Silverado 1500. It’s an old model that has seen a LOT of miles and use. My mother had let the Popster sit for a couple of years after my dad’s passing. My dad used to leave it pulled in …
Ike Growing up, my dad always had a collection of Cherokees and Comanches, so I have always had a soft spot for them. I started keeping an eye out for one in decent shape, as one does. After looking at several, I found one that was in good shape. Was it perfect? No. I mean, …
The Deuce Now that the Deuce is mobile, I start to focus on the little things. Like how the exhaust leaks are driving me nuts. I’m not talking about a little bit. It’s as if half of the exhaust doesn’t make it to the muffler, making it sound farty. A nice loud farty V8. Thinking …
The Deuce Being fed up with the transmission rebuild, or lack there of, I decided to put the 76 transmission and transfer case into the Deuce. Thanks Humpty! Not that it’s a great transmission, but it should allow me to drive it around so I can find more shit to fix. First thing was to …