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Breaking down a couple aftermarket new distributors for the next experimental performance ignition systems. First reluctor came off with pry tools. The second reluctor was stuck, stuck, stuck tight. Had to come up with some big guns to get it off. Stuck Tight Came free with some muscle...

Working on your distributor and it is flopping around on you, hard to hold it in a good work position? Here is a simple Folgers Coffee container repurposed into a distributor stand. ☆☆☆☆☆

OK finishing up the front Park Lights re-wiring and now it's time to Re-Align the Headlights after 36 years of service. Parking on a level surface, and with things everyone has on hand. Eyeball the headlights with a quick check with the Lucus 1 qt. oil bottle with the point on the end. Want the...

Low Pressure Sewer Run test, was Grandfathered in 2005 when the City brought City Water and City Sewer into the Street out front. Owner hooked up to City water and ran the underground 4" horizontal sewer line out to the street access but did not connect, now working fine in 2025. Septic tank...

Tip of the Day. Whatever you are working on be it your classic car, home, shop, garage, save the odds and ends from each project. Can save you that $50 to $200 dollar trip to the parts/hardware store. Plus the time out of your day and fuel to get there and back. Putting in a new Kitchen sink...

Quite literally a crashed laptop that fell off a roof of a car, and was run over multiple times. Found it laying in the road, at a busy intersection when going out to eat a month ago. Stripped it down to harvest the 512 gb Solid State (chip > hard drive) out of it, was still good yet...

Use the cone shaped top off of your McDonald's milkshake to reduce the amount of overspray when doing small touch ups. ☆☆☆☆☆

A little more shade at the work bench on a hot day. ☆☆☆☆☆

Had a 12 volt 2000 lb winch left over from a previous endeavor. Decided to put it to use and make a Reciever Hitch Winch for the traveling van/tow vehicle. Never know all the uses. The Ball Bolt has enough length to work as the fastener to the receiver insert. Winch out a slightly stuck...

Made up a 7" degree wheel to mount to assembled engines at the front damper. Allows to see crankshaft keyway position when mounted up on an assembled engine. Can check valve timing events by taking off one valve cover. Can be used to show where maximum advance falls on the...

Made up a new tool from a used up 318 camshaft. For final fit of newly installed cam bearings on the small blocks. 30° angle cuts on the cam journals. Clockwise Cut, Counter Clockwise to back it out. Polished all the Journals and deburred the edges so it won't gouge the new soft cam bearings...

Made up a couple of aluminum "Stick Rods" to measure the primary jet size on the Edelbrock Carbs. Can remove one metering rod from the top of the carb and stick the primary jet without having to take the top of the carb off to see what size they are. (they are hard to read what size they are...

Making up a fuel transfer pump and portable 12 volt backup pump.

Made up a light weight, easy to carry air tank for airing up low tires. A defunked soda blaster from harbor freight. Was going to thow it out on the steel scrap pile. But instead screwed on some new fittings, and now it is a useful handy tool that is easy to carry around.

After looking over a few of the other member's engine saddle builds, decided to make 3 of my own. 21" long x 20" wide 21 x 20, 3/4" plywood base 21" long 2 x 8s (2 x 10s if you got them) 21" long 2 x 6 for the feet 3 1/2" Deck Screw them together. Done Deal . . . Can set them on the...

Have been wanting an Engine Run Stand, so time to get to building one.

Hello All Had a leaking mess under the 727 trans of my 76 D100 build, shift tower shaft seal was leaking. Decided to replace the seal while trans is still in the truck. Was able to drop down driver's side exhaust pipe to gain good access. Popped the old seal out and made up a special "Seal...