🔥 Why does the head gasket burn repeatedly? Most people think that the gasket is bad, install a new one and the problem will be solved. But the truth is that if the head gasket is burning repeatedly,

It's about 2 AM as I start writing this, but I only just got home a little while ago from a very long day full of misadventures. It all started when my friend A. texted me to say he wanted some immoral

Today was one of those days, folks! Everything that could go wrong did go wrong and it all started this morning. This morning my wife's car engine light came on and eventually the car would not start at

Wow. What a day. ..some guy wanted to hire us to put in some spark plugs. Didnt listen and knew it all. No plug wires. I got them in. 2 plug wires were corroded and broke. The guy flips out. Tells me he

Changing the dash... On big one! I gotta do this. Super sweet wbd yes I want a tachometer! Then I got some gas... It starts doing on the ground. I wasn't happy! Wow .. Tomorrow is looking over it. However

quick post from an ex mechanic who wants to help other people with their own vehicles.

Hello, Hive Motors Community! After 2 years on Hive, I'm very happy to have finally found this place! I have been a general mechanic for the last 25 years or so, and I work on just about anything that

Replacing a hood and headlight assemblies on a 2007 Chrysler mini-van. Simple and not too expensive.

Stress and patience.

A brief guide to replacing rear disc brake components.

In Part 1 I showed disassembly of the front end on the truck, and next I had to actually swap out gears and address the sloppy ball joints. The following is the conclusion of this job The front end on

Here we go with another DIY post on my old '99 F250. She's generally been a reliable horse after swapping out the broken transmission and fixing the cosmetic issues that it had when I bought it off of

If you are like me you are independent and strive to live as free as possible. When you depend on others for a service, you are dependent upon them, which limits your freedom. Independence goes much deeper

I’ve been helping a family with a no start Toyota Sienna since I’ve been home from my shift at Starbucks. First they used my jumper cables, then it was me getting involved with tools. I hope it’s just

Well last night my vehicle suddenly didn't want to start so today I have to rip out the electronic firing control module and replace it. well I'm super excited to be able to fix my vehicle myself instead

Those of you who follow the blog know that I recently moved cross country and that in the process I had to sell a lot of my shop equipment that I use to do DIY stuff. One of those things was the big old

After I fixed the fuel pump on the Mazda, it ran great on the test drive, so I parked it and we went on vacation the next day for two weeks. When we came back, after a couple days, I decided to fire it

Whew! That was a long one. Last I left off with Part 2 I was having a bit of trouble getting the gears in the rear end set up. A lot of it had to do with being worn out from the day with my judgement being

I had some family visit from out of town the last few days and I got delayed on the truck rear end project enough that I had to reposition it on the to do list. With the move over with I realized that