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Wow. What a day. ..some guy wanted to hire us to put in some spark plugs. Didnt listen and knew it all. No plug wires. I got them in. 2 ...

Changing the dash... On big one! I gotta do this. Super sweet wbd yes I want a tachometer! https://youtu.be/GT-c-_TWq6I?si=kNwER4GNOu4GWP...

I am a guy in my 30's who loves working on cars but is no longer in the industry. I found that working on other peoples stuff was sucking...

Hello, Hive Motors Community! After 2 years on Hive, I'm very happy to have finally found this place! I have been a general mechanic for ...

Tree limb falls in the middle of the night, does anyone hear it? No, but I sure did see it the next morning. Ouch. before repair So this ...

My van really super sucks today it is not going to get a radiator. Apparently the radiator that I was promised is not going to come in no...

For many, this post may not seem directly related to homesteading, but I would respectfully disagree. Tools and machinery are a vital pa...

In Part 1 I showed disassembly of the front end on the truck, and next I had to actually swap out gears and address the sloppy ball joint...

Here we go with another DIY post on my old '99 F250. She's generally been a reliable horse after swapping out the broken transmission an...

If you are like me you are independent and strive to live as free as possible. When you depend on others for a service, you are dependent...

I’ve been helping a family with a no start Toyota Sienna since I’ve been home from my shift at Starbucks. First they used my jumper cabl...

Well last night my vehicle suddenly didn't want to start so today I have to rip out the electronic firing control module and replace it....

Those of you who follow the blog know that I recently moved cross country and that in the process I had to sell a lot of my shop equipmen...

After I fixed the fuel pump on the Mazda, it ran great on the test drive, so I parked it and we went on vacation the next day for two wee...

Whew! That was a long one. Last I left off with Part 2 I was having a bit of trouble getting the gears in the rear end set up. A lot o...

I had some family visit from out of town the last few days and I got delayed on the truck rear end project enough that I had to repositio...

Turns out there's going to be a Part 3 to this after all. Being a bit overly optimistic about the shims in the differential not needing ...

I'm really on a roll with these #diy projects lately. Now that I've got all the tools in place I've begun working on fixing the rear end...

I was getting ready to do rebuild and re-gear on the rear end of my truck yesterday and realized that I needed to do a couple more setup ...

Alright, so most of this post is about yesterday, but some of it was today, including the best part, testing the lift, but first we have ...

So now that the lawn mower runs and is out of the way, I was finally able to get back to installing the lift today. The next order of bu...

Okay so I was set up and about to do this: Then I was like, "oh crap the lawnmower's in the way." Lawnmower wouldn't start, &...

Here today my friends is a momentous occasion for one @RandR10. I finally have my own car lift. I've wanted these since I first started...