The nastiest job I’ve had to tackle while reworking my Chevy pickup? Digging the old undercoating from the floorboards, the transfer case and the transmission. A lot of people go the heat-it-with-the-torch and scrape it route. I tried that initially, but the smoke and the burns (from the occasional piece of smoldering tar on the […]

One thing that’s bothered me ever since I first built the stroker 4.6L engine for Project HMX was the serpentine belt routing. Recall that I got the engine out of a 1993 Jeep Cherokee and that I’ve decided to forgo air conditioning, along with any sort of mechanical fan. I’ve also installed a 1999-up Grand […]

I have to admit to being sucked in by this Lincoln press release promoting the 50-year-old AC 225 welder and Lincoln’s request for pics of owners’ old machines. I paid $35 for my AC 225 used, and I’ve actually done some decent work with it. It’s two days older than dirt, but has no hours […]