Wrenching

I’m writing to you now from just outside a laundromat in Stanwood, Washington. I’m covered in grease from head to…

Over the past few weeks we’ve looked at a tap socket to restore damaged threads, a cheap jump-start battery pack…

It was too weird and too cheap not to pick up on a long drive home: a Bianchi Advantage, a somewhat glamorous…

Over the past few weeks we’ve looked at an extension wrench that loosens bolts in tight areas, a tap socket to…

Do you ever get to a point in a multi-year project where you start to lose steam and you’re worried that the thing…

I’m feeling a bit weird right now. Yesterday I finally drove a 1966 Ford Mustang that I’d bought as a gift for my…

A few years ago, I wrote a surprisingly popular article titled “I Regret Lifting My Daily Driver.” The story…

The Volkswagen Passat W8 has an infamously unreliable eight-cylinder engine that even seasoned mechanics won’t…

Over the past few weeks we’ve looked at the ChassisEAR to pinpoint worrisome noises, the extension wrench that…

I’ve never even seen the 275,000 mile Lexus LX470 that I bought for $5,000, and yet, on Sunday, the first thing I’ll…

Getting a car back on the road after it’s been sitting involves replacing a lot of small things. I’ve spent the past…

Owning a car can be hard, but it’s the people who brave the struggle who do the most for car culture. Among those…

Over the past few weeks we’ve looked at automatic wire strippers for the perfect wire cut, the ChassisEAR to locate…

My brother’s 1966 Ford Mustang hasn’t been registered since 1998. The last time it ran was in 2013, but even then it…

It could be argued that the most important system of a car is the braking system. Sure, you aren’t going anywhere…

Wait wait wait! Don’t “x” out of your browser yet. I know you read the headline and thought “This is total…

Over the past few weeks we’ve looked at the Mini-Ductor II for rusty bolt removal, automatic wire strippers for the…

This pandemic has been a real asshole to us all, especially during the winter. But if you’re stuck in your house…

By now most of you are probably pretty familiar with my Pandemic Project Porsche. Now it’s time to get even better…

I’m a huge fan of keeping old cars stock. Look at my fleet of hoopties, and you’ll see that the only vehicle with…