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    Driveway Grooming Now Fit For Anything With A Hitch

    Believe it or not, there are other uses for trailer hitches than hanging testicles... like gravel driveway grooming. One item many forget to mention about having gravel driveways is the maintenance required. The Driveway Groomer is a simple device that can attach to the rear towing hitch on any vehicle, therefore turning your soccer-mom mobile into a workhorse by allowing it to groom and maintain that gravel driveway of yours. The Driveway Groomer sells for $350, with a miniature version going for $265. [Driveway Groomer via Toolmonger]

    1:00 PM on Tue May 20 2008
    By Travis Hudson
    1,088 views, 23 comments

    Latest by LandofMinos, Don't you fucking look at me!: I'm more of a Tele man myself. I like the subdued texture a telecaster has, even though the strat could more »

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    Solar Driveway Lights Guide Your Hybrid Home

    Hell, you just bought that hybrid, why not go all out turning yourself into a green-bean with solar powered-driveway lights? You don't have worry about crushing these suckers, either, unlike some other solar driveway-lighting solutions on the market. More »

    3:00 PM on Tue Feb 5 2008
    By Travis Hudson
    2,252 views, 22 comments

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    Grasscrete: The Lovechild of the Yard, Driveway

    No longer will the decision need to be made whether to have a driveway or a nice, beautiful lawn. A happy medium has been found in Grasscrete, a grass and concrete hybrid. It's essentially a checkered pattern of concrete that allows grass to grown between the blocks of concrete. More »

    3:30 PM on Sat Dec 15 2007
    By Travis Hudson
    5,319 views, 52 comments

    Latest by Grasscrete: Hi Folks Only just picked up on this thread but feel the need to comment. Firstly the picture shown ISN'T Grasscrete. more »

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    Subaru Engine Destruction

    From the always have a fire extinguisher around department comes this Subaru mill being sacrificed to the oil change gods. We're not sure if this is an educational video showing why not to run an engine with no oil in the crankcase, or was produced solely for entertainment purposes. Either way the Subaru engine fights hard before it breathes its last.

    4:00 PM on Wed Oct 24 2007
    By Mike Bumbeck
    2,438 views, 30 comments

    Latest by Trackback: Filed under: Economy, Etc., Videos, SubaruThis is no way to treat an internal combustion engine, but when the Subaru in more »

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    Install New Windshield Glass

    We've all heard the argument of the do-it-yourselfer. Doing the job on your own can bring a sense of satisfaction and save money. When things don't go right the results may not be so warming or economical. Thirteen beers or three fried alternators into a pile of sheared bolts and bruised knuckles can result in a job costing far more than planned. Sometimes the financial outlay in tools, materials, and time, don't add up to any savings for the do-it-yourselfer. Worse still is a job done wrong can be potentially dangerous. Replacing a cracked or old front windshield glass is one of these times. More »
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    1:00 PM on Fri Sep 7 2007
    By Mike Bumbeck
    3,958 views, 21 comments

    Latest by lascauxcaveman: I had a nice-as-new windshield in a parts car and the windshield guy refused to swap it over for me, more »

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    Rebuild Your Carburetor

    Back in the days of carbureted and plentiful used Plymouth Satellites, B-52's frontman Fred sang of the devil in his car. Beehive sporting singer Kate did Fred one better by wailing that she had the devil in her CAR-buretor! Having Beelzebub in the float bowl and demons clogging the jets is not a good thing at all. A carburetor rebuild can help exorcise evil spirits. More »
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    1:30 PM on Fri Aug 31 2007
    By Mike Bumbeck
    3,198 views, 24 comments

    Latest by zxasqw12: Reminds me of a carb-related Henny Youngman riff... I came home from work. My wife met me at the door. She said, more »

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    Replace Spark Plugs

    Along with swapping out the air filter and changing the oil, replacing the spark plugs is one of the few things left that require service on a modern gasoline engine. Some newer than the twenty-year old junk classics in our garage have negated even this task with spark plugs made of space-age materials that can live with their head stuck in a combustion chamber for 100K miles or more. The first and most obvious task of the spark plug is to light the gasoline and air mixture aflame when the piston reaches the top of its compression stroke. The resulting burn pushes the piston back down in the cylinder. So it goes. The second and less obvious function of a spark plug is equally important. More »
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    1:00 PM on Fri Aug 10 2007
    By Mike Bumbeck
    6,606 views, 28 comments

    Latest by eb110americana: One more time with feeling... more »

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    Weekend Projects Roundup

    With the weekend nearly here, it's time to pop open the hood and take a trip down the trail of parts. Those battery terminals and posts that look like a high school science experiment gone wrong need to be cleaned. As long as you're there, find the right dipstick and check the oil. If it looks as if it could be bubbling up from the La Brea Tar Pits, then bust out the ramps or jack and jack stands and change the oil and filter. If the oil was that filthy, then checking and swapping out the air filter might not be a bad idea. After all that it will certainly be time to wash those microscopic contaminants and grubby hand prints off the car so you can look good while driving to get a Coney Island.

    12:30 PM on Fri Aug 3 2007
    By Mike Bumbeck
    528 views, 12 comments

    Latest by dculberson: Stinking Lexus dealer gave me the wrong part.. Instead of a no1 and no2 idler I got two no1's. more »

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    Replace Axle and Oil Seals

    The automobile contains a number of fluids that should all stay where they're supposed to be. Oil spots, coolant leaks, mystery drips, and other tell tale signs of fluids leaving their rightful place in the automobile are a sign to take heed of maintenance. Denying the existence of the ever-growing number of oil spots on the driveway is not going to make them go away. The source of the leak needs to be fixed. More »
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    12:15 PM on Fri Jul 27 2007
    By Mike Bumbeck
    1,686 views, 6 comments

    Latest by TexanIdiot25 could use some of that bail out money: @TexanIdiot25: In the $600 it was new rear brake disks, pads, parking brake pads, seals, and labor. I believe that more »

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    Finding Repair and Service Manuals

    In our explorations into parts and parts replacement, we often mention the service manual. While there are certainly a large part of the monkeywrenching public who would throw directions to the wind, instructions can be a good thing when it comes to things like working brakes and wheels not falling off the car. Finding the service manual can be half the battle. Read on for a few tips for locating the books for everything from a 1971 Ford Pinto Rallye to a late-model Honda That's.
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    12:30 PM on Fri Jul 13 2007
    By Mike Bumbeck
    2,105 views, 17 comments

    Latest by Kelly626: Hi guys, I have a few service manuals and I am trying to find out how much they could be more »