Part 6!! Ol’ Blue is alive and well with ‘er new LS Powerplant Swap!!!!!!!! With video!
Yearly Archives: 2014
Part 5!! We mount V-band clamps on factory truck LS manifolds and fabricate the exhaust.
5.3 LS Engine Swap into Ol’ Blue 1971 Chevy Truck ...
1 Part 4! I feel like I am finally starting to close the gap on this project! With Part 4 we are going to button up a bunch of small stuff and order a bunch of parts.
5.3 LS Engine Swap into Ol’ Blue 1971 Chevy Truck ...
In part 2 we left off with the motor bolted to the trans waiting for me to build some motor mounts. Time flies because that was almost a month ago! In Part 3 I make the motor mounts, fix the gas tank, and make some EGR blockoff plates.
5.3 LS Engine Swap into Ol’ Blue 1971 Chevy Truck ...
Part 2 of my ’71 Chevy LS engine swap. In this part, I pick up my new engine and stick it where the sun don’t shine (my garage of course…).
5.3 LS Engine Swap into Ol’ Blue 1971 Chevy Truck ...
2 Talk about DIY Metal Fabrication. Ken Imhoff (not me 🙂 ) built a replica Lamborghini Countach from scratch in his basement! This is too cool not to share.
DIY Metal Fab – Replica Lamborghini built in home basement
5 How to fix a leak around the shift shaft on your TH400 / TH350 Chevrolet automatic transmission. This is one of those projects that I have been putting off for a long time, but I should have done it a long time ago because it was really easy.
How to Change Shift Shaft Seal on TH400 Automatic
1 So my very long story short is that I have been having issues with my Big Block Chevy engine ever since I got it. I finally hit the last straw a couple of weeks ago and decided to try my hand at a 5.3 LS swap.
5.3 LS Engine Swap into Ol’ Blue 1971 Chevy Truck ...
I got a new toy the other day in preparation for the Chevy 5.3 LS engine swap into my ’71 Chevy Ol’ Blue. Got it in the mail today just 5 days after paying for it. My first impressions are that it is well packaged and seems to be pretty […]
Ultra-Gauge OBDII Scan Tool & Gauge Review
5 Sometimes we make things more difficult and/or expensive than they really are. This might not apply to the newest 2014 vehicles, but for the most part cars are pretty simple. There are many parts on a vehicle that are repair-able with a simple MIG welder and some time. Often times […]
Metal Fabrication for Auto Repair
Had a customer come to me looking for some solutions for his smoker. He needed a new charcoal basket and wanted to upgrade his smoker with diverter plates to control the heat/smoke better.
How to Build – Smoker Charcoal Basket & Diverter Plates
Quick article on a project that I did for a customer. He wanted to be able to haul ladders, etc. on the roof of his Ford Excursion. This Excursion was a great platform to add some more substantial cross-bars to, but I believe the same would apply to almost any […]
How to Build – SUV Ladder Roof Rack
4 This is the step by step build post of my second receiver hitch bike rack. Have to build a second one because I sold my first one, but still need a way to get my bike to the shop/rides! I also had a couple of things that I wanted to […]
How to Build – Receiver Hitch Bike Rack
One of the many small benefits of home metal fabrication. I can haul a washer while getting 26mpg instead of in a truck that gets much less. Not to mention this way is much more entertaining 😛
Did someone order a washing machine?
When you can’t see the top of your workbench anymore, it is probably time to stop and regroup. Here are some pictures of my home metal fab shop after extensive cleaning and reorganizing a couple of weeks ago.
Sometimes…you must stop and clean shop to keep your sanity
15 Hi all. It is no secret that I love tools. So I thought I would write up a quick article on my top ten favorite home metal fabrication tools.