Ever pull into your workplace and think “Huh, it smells like antifreeze in here” after you park?  Well that would be your heater core going bad.   All vehicles have a heater core in the cab.  Essentially the coolant is circulated through the heater core and is used to heat the air which is then used […]

Read More The ole “bypass your heater core in your workplace parking lot with a hollowed expo marker trick”

Alright, I think I have made you all wait long enough.  Its time I talk about this V8 swap into my pickup. First, the inline 6 I had rebuilt was not built for California and they would not even emissions test it (no idea why but, whatever).  So after looking at the engine swap guidelines […]

Read More Truck Engine Swap Part 2

ah, where to start with what I like to call Project Tank.  It all started when I needed a daily driver car for my commute back and forth to work (which is quite a ways).  Sure I had my truck, but the terrible gas mileage it got, it was not feasible. I had been riding […]

Read More Project Tank: 1981 Mercedes-Benz 300D (non-turbo)

This was another fun project that I undertook.  It started when someone tried to steal my motorcycle from my apartment complex in Norman, OK by trying to drill out the top part of the ignition switch to get to the bottom and be able to turn the power on (see below). This was the first […]

Read More RFID Motorcycle Ignition

So this project is my first attempt at a restoration.  I have fixed many cars, but never tried to do something of this scale.  It started in 2013 during Junior year of college.  The truck has a long history with my family.  Its a 1979 GMC Sierra Classic with a 4.1L inline 6.  The odometer […]

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