So recently I bought a complete spindle for my u12 bluebird. Was a set of s13/u14 replacement. Reason for the replacement was simple, not having the braking power needed for the speed I was driving at. Took the car to my usual suspension and brake place and they told me the driver side caliper...

Had anyone tried kendall or shaeffer oil yet?

Latest diy project saw me replacing the bushings on my custom made shift linkage on my car. Turns out the (I beleive) silicone bushes (they were clear) had completely worn out and broke apart as oil and grease seem to have aided in the destruction as well as wear and tear. Seeing that today is...

Well I'm not a mechanic but of 3 vehicles I've owned so far, they've all been "fixer uppers". Usually we like to think we can handle the small fixes ourselves and that with a bit of wrench hours it will be in a place where nobody can touch it. Unfortunately not everything goes to plan

Updated list as follows S13 front rotor, caliper and spindle complete. $400. Good bearings. Driver side need to repair (cost $500)

So I've been told that the glycol based coolants in our climate actually help to induce oxidation in our aluminium heads causing many of the overheating issues faced. Can anyone confirm?

Any vacuum leaks?

So my project thus weekend is to tackle the sweating and leaking hoses on my power steering system. From up by the reservoir to the pump, even the steering gear. Too much oil falling on the steering boot rubber and u don't want it to deteriorate prematurely. Not sure what type of hose I'm going...

What kinds of issues?

Actually it was a pinhole leak. By the time I tried to take it off it literally ripped apart in my attempts. But when I did see the inside, it was coated in rust and had multiple cracks already through the inner layer and working past the string of the outer layer. So just one more highway...

So another hose burst on me today. Happens to be one of the coolant hoses I didn't get around to changing yet. Started to swell way beyond the norm and was leaving a spotted water trail. Wasn't the easiest place but it was done. Found a useful tip when dealing with stubborn hoses that won't go...

Not only carb engines. Injected ones as well. Which is actually where I learned all good well first hand about backfire.

So today was an interesting day. For some time I was unable to fill my gas tank on my car completely as I had a leak. Honestly I thought it to be a leak from the days the car was dropped low. So I finally decided to investigate this situation today. So I jacked up the back of my car and...

In recent years, you may have heard of cars that need their first tune-up at 100,000 miles. One of the technologies that enables this long maintenance interval is the distributorless ignition. The coil in this type of system works the same way as the larger, centrally-located coils. The engine...

The distributor handles several jobs. Its first job is to distribute the high voltage from the coil to the correct cylinder. This is done by the cap and rotor. The coil is connected to the rotor, which spins inside the cap. The rotor spins past a series of contacts, one contact per cylinder. As...