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Weatherstripping How To: Installing C10 Suburban Barn Door Seals

Installing weatherstripping is one of those things that can be really frustrating. Sometimes it’s a pain in the butt to install, isn’t available for your project, or doesn’t fit...

BestWho Makes The Best RTV Gasket Maker? $9 Permatex vs $24 AC Delco, MOPAR, Toyota, John Deere, Loctite, AISIN

Everyone knows the internal struggle when repairing their car and buying supplies that are available at widely different price points. Do I go with the expensive RTV or the old standby that...

What Happens When You Add an Alternator To An Electric Car? Extended Range? Jeremy Fielding Explains

The number of everyday people, who do not have degrees in electrical engineering or physics, who claim to be able to change the way electrical items work is always entertaining to me. I have seen so...

The Alfarrari Project Continues: Fuel Tank, Fuel Filler, Body Smoothing, And Assembling The Body Back Into A Whole Car!

There is still plenty of metal work to do on this one, but it’s actually working! One of the episodes below actually has the body back into one piece! The fuel tank goes in, the external fuel...

Are Cheap Boats Ever A Good Idea? $500 BIG BLOCK Boat Revival!! Will it Run After YEARS??

At least a couple hundred times in the last ten years I have found myself on Craigslist or FB Marketplace or eBay Motors, looking at cheap boats and thinking I need to buy one and fix it up so I can...

Vice Grip Garage Pontiac GTO Project: New Fuel & Brake System (First Drive!) Part 3

Derek from Vice Grip Garage has been working hard on cars and trucks of all kinds this year, but this one here is pretty special for a variety of reasons. First off, it’s a 1967 GTO that has been...

Windshield Tech: Clay Bar Your Windshield! You, Your Wipers, And Your Passengers Will Thank You.

I know this seems like a bit of weird content coming from us, but why is it that we get so excited when our windshield is super clean, but we tend to wash it less when it really matters? It’s...

DIY: How To Replace The Back Window In A 1994-2004 Mustang Convertible

When it comes to upholstery jobs, it is rare that us DIY types do the work ourselves. It’s scary working with the clean material that will be the interior of a car. But what about the glass in...

Building A Land Speed Race Car Part 10: The Land Speed Car is Finally Driving (Slowly)

When you get into crunch time and finally get your newest project started, having oil spray everywhere is NOT ideal. With that said, it isn’t anything new, at least not for me. Check out the video...

Are Pricey NAME BRAND Flashlights On Amazon Getting Out Of Hand Too?

Last week we shared a video from the Torque Test Channel where all these ultra cheap, big claims flashlights were the topic of some legit scientific testing. We’ve all seen the ads that claim...

Who Makes The Best Ratchet? ICON vs Snap On, GearWrench, SK Tools, Mac Tools, Wera, Zero Degree, Milwaukee, Kobalt

While at Holley’s LSFest this past weekend, we were sitting and talking about tools. Never before have you been able to purchase more tools than you can today and never before at such a wide...

The Alfarrari Project Continues: Engine Adapter Plate, And Moving Decades Of Sheetmetal Damage Around.

Here are the next 5 videos in the series on this one and it just keeps getting better. I’m feeding you multiple videos at a time so you can make some real headway, and get hooked really easily,...

Is Linus Tech Tips Screwdriver Best? LTT vs Wera, Snap On, PB Swiss, Milwaukee, MegaPro, GearWrench

Ratcheting screw drivers changed my life. I’m not kidding, I remember the first one I ever bought, which was a Husky brand because I could afford it and it seemed nice. It was and I bought a...

More Tool Testing! DeWALT’s New DCF900 Is The Most Powerful 1/2″ Impact Ever Made. Or Is It?

We all love big power and that goes for both tools and hot rods, so it should come as no surprise that the tool companies just keep bringing more and more power to the table with their cordless...