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I worked a bit later than normal last night but I was able to get quite a bit completed on the Chevy Dana 44 front axle. I had to pick up new inner axle seals and first order was to remove the old and install the new. Seals installed. I then removed the old carrier bearings. These were in...

While I was waiting for the client to pick up their Volkswagon on Saturday afternoon I did have a chance to tear the Dana 44 front axle down and give the housing a thorough cleaning. No crush sleeve here, pinion preload uses shims. Also, you can see that in the old style of Dana 44 axles the...

Our local club is heading out to the Pony Express trail to Wendover this coming Saturday. I really want to go but I'm afraid it will be mud by then plus I have too much work to do in the shop that I want to have done before Christmas so I can relax and enjoy family time. Are there some decent...

Same here. Usually they just recommend an air filter whether needed or not but this was falling apart and in extremely poor condition yet they didn't mention it to the owners. They asked about the burning oil smell and the brakes squealing in reverse and was simply told "oh, they all do that."...

Continuing on with the valve cover gasket replacement on the VW Touareg. Valve cover as well as wire loom brackets and fasteners in the solvent tank for a thorough cleaning. Double checking to ensure the valve cover is not warped before installing the new gasket and starting reassembly...

I can't seem to get time to work on the old square body Chevy of JJ's (NYCEGUY01) this week. I took on a few small jobs thinking they'd be filler but they took over my entire week. I really need to focus on the square body this week and get it completed. I had a client call me last week to...

I started my career with an old school Craftsman top and bottom chest. While it worked great for working on the farm and doing side work through high school, it didn't handle the hard life of day to day wrenching and I quickly realized it didn't like being loaded as heavily as I was needing to...

Nice. Dome Plateau is one of mine and my wife's favorites. The spot at the overlook where we usually have lunch has breathtaking views.

Cognito. I've used several of them and they ride nice plus the upper A-arms have the angle corrected so as to not place the ball joint in tension at ride height. Mike

I'll take the hydraulic ram and hoses. Let me know when I can come by and pick them up. Thank you. Mike

Here are the final pictures of the stainless steel keg project shown above with the last couple of bungs welded in place. I don't do a ton of stainless welding but I think these turned out acceptable regardless of my lack of hood time on stainless steel. Thanks for looking. Mike

Sounds like you've done some homework and have a solid plan Josh. Best of luck. Mike

I then had to venture over to the lathe to machine some steps into the stainless steel bungs. Two of the bungs were for a 1/4" NPT so I machined the step down to .750" to fit in the holes. Test fitting before cleaning and welding. Next I chucked up the 2" NPT bung and machined a step in...

Friday evening I got a little work done on the Chevy Stepside for JJ (NICEGUY01). Pulled the front hub assemblies apart and removed axle shafts before dropping the front axle out of the truck. As I was disassembling the front hubs I noticed that there were two different styles of hubs. One...

As far as commercially available products, for cleaning a really grimy transmission like that I have had great results with Gunk's Foaming Engine Degreaser. Purple Power and aluminum are NOT good bedfellows as Stag has found out. I've seen Purple Power trash a nice anodized dressed engine of a...

I started on the 1977 Chevy C10 truck for a fellow forum member last night. I started by getting ready to drop the front axle when I noticed the brake hose that was twisted. That's not good. Also, the drag link was trashed so in addition to a raised steering arm it will be receiving two new...

This isn't exactly Jeep related but I thought I'd post it in my Jeep Projects thread rather than the what did you work on thread. My wife had a new flag made for my shop as a Christmas present this year. A guy she works with builds these out of wood and they are freakin' awesome. Most of the...

Shop filling up with projects over the weekend.

That LS 5.3 and TH350 sound like an awesome combination for a truck of that size. A 4L60 (700R4) would even be a better selection if you could find one of those. Having that lower first gear and having 31% overdrive are game changers for a daily driver/weekend wheeler. I have build many...

A little post off-road cleaning ritual last night. Started by pressure washing the exterior and undercarriage before getting home. Pulled the Jeep into the shop to finish the detailing by blowing out the interior, vacuuming the interior then blowing it out again and wrapping up the interior...