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Table of Contents
Cars - Miscellaneous
Centraal Beheer - Autoschade melden has link to PDF version of the “Europees Schadeaangifteformulier”.
Restoration
Just Dashes Handcrafted Dashboards and Interior Restoration.
Videos
By Uncle Tony's Garage on YouTube:
- The Ultimate Car Guy's Survival Guide on 2019-04-27.
- Classic Car Buying Basics- How To Spot An Honest Car on 2019-05-18. Look under the dashboard.
- How To Listen To An Engine on 2019-07-08.
- The Tool Every Mechanic Needs To Master on 2020-01-07.
- The Curious Case Of The Secret Super Stock Mopar on 2020-03-22.
- Setting Your Engine For Instant First Start on 2021-11-05.
- Beyond the garage:
- Engine basics:
- The Myth Of Engine Displacement on 2019-09-17.
- Engine Basics-The Power Stroke on 2019-09-19.
- The Wonder Of Positive Crankcase Ventilation on 2022-02-04.
- Crankshaft:
- Camshafts:
- Camshafts For Dummies on 2020-02-22.
- Intake manifold:
- Secret Life Of The Intake Manifold - Talking About @Garage54ENG See Through Manifold Video on 2023-01-24. Talks about We make a transparent intake manifold on 2023-01-17, by Garage 54.
- Points ignition systems:
- Classic Car Tech-Ignition Points Explained on 2019-09-05.
- Classic Car Tech-Setting Up A Point Ignition on 2019-09-06. Tools needed: feeler gauge, points file, points lube, dwell meter, magnetic screwdriver.
- Old School Tune-Up Mastery For Beginners: Setting Up Points The Easy Way on 2021-04-19. Shows replacing points, and setting the gap with a dwell meter.
- A Discussion On Street Ignition Systems For Classics, Cruisers And Daily Driver Performance Cars on 2024-06-18. Mentions Echlin points as (more) durable.
- Carburetor:
- Classic Car Tech- Understanding Carburetors on 2019-06-22.
- Holley Set-Up and Adjust Step By Step on 2019-11-26.
- How To Make The Edelbrock Carb REALLY Work For You on 2019-12-04.
- The Most Troublesome Part Of Any Carbureted Car on 2020-03-01. Talks about the automatic choke.
- The Most Useful Carburetor Video Ever Made on 2020-03-04. Talks about the idle circuit.
- Touch The Gas, And BAM, She Goes! on 2021-03-20. Talks about adjustments to the accelerator pump.
- $18 Edelbrock Carburetor Rebuild on 2021-04-28.
- Poly Wanna Bigger Carb? on 2021-05-15.
- Initial Carburetor Performance Tuning on 2021-09-10.
- Old School Tuning: Choosing And Changing Carburetor Jets on 2021-09-14.
- Oil system:
- Oil Pressure- How Much Do You Need And Why on 2021-11-25.
- All About Your Engines Oil Pump on 2022-01-23.
- Oiling System Flow Path Of The Classic American V8 Engine on 2022-03-17.
- Fuel system:
- Fuel System Basics- In Tank Pick-Ups on 2019-05-16.
- Is Modern Gasoline Killing Your Classic Car's Engine? on 2022-03-23.
- Electric Fuel Injection (EFI):
- Brakes:
- Radiator:
- Radiator Hack on 2018-09-08.
- Tuning:
- Fine Engine Tuning With A Vacuum Gauge on 2020-06-16.
- Ignition Timing For Power on 2020-06-28.
- Make That Thing JUMP When You Whack The Gas! on 2020-07-02.
- Less Sketch, More Power! on 2021-06-07.
- Let's Give This Thing A Tune-Up! - All The Little Tips And Tricks That Go With Changing The Parts on 2024-08-14. Shows replacing the distributar cap, spark plugs, spark plug wires, setting the choke linkage, and choke pull off spring.
- Timing:
- Power Timing Secrets For Classic Cars on 2022-03-04.
- Spark Plugs:
- Engine Fundamentals- Checking Spark Quality on 2019-08-10.
- Tune Up Basics - Spark Plugs on 2019-11-21. Autolite = toughest. NGK = most forgiving. Champion = most unforgiving, most fragile.
- Simple Spark Plug Tricks on 2020-11-11.
- Tales Of The Spark Plug. Engine Tuning By Reading Plugs on 2021-09-27.
- Perfect Daily Driver:
- The Perfect Daily Driver on 2020-04-08.
- Perfect Daily Driver 2 - Laying Out The Plan on 2020-04-09.
- Perfect Daily Driver 3 - Engine Teardown And Inspection on 2020-04-09.
- Perfect Daily Driver 4 - Choosing Our Carburetor on 2020-04-14. Mentions using the Edelbrock SP2P intake manifold, happy from idle to 4500-5000 RPM, and gets you +4-5 miles to the gallon.
- Perfect Daily Driver 5 - A Combination So Bad It's Gonna Be Awesome. on 2020-04-17. Shows how to get stuck rings off a piston with a propane torch and a “relatively non-flammable penetrating fluid” (e.g. PB Blaster).
- Perfect Daily Driver 6 - DIY Engine Block Prep on 2020-04-20.
- Perfect Daily Driver 7 - Talkin' Crankshafts on 2020-04-25.
- Perfect Daily Driver 8 - Buttoning Up The Bottom End on 2020-04-27.
- Perfect Daily Driver 9 - Camshaft and Cylinder Heads on 2020-05-01.
- Perfect Daily Driver 10 - Cylinder Head Porting Basics on 202-05-06.
- Perfect Daily Driver 11- Timing Is Everything on 2020-05-09.
- Perfect Daily Driver 12- Adventures In Carburetor Land on 2020-05-12.
- Perfect Daily Driver 13- Let's Go For A Ride on 2020-05-13.
- Perfect Daily Driver 14 - Yeah, I Do Bodywork...Poorly on 2020-05-22.
- Perfect Daily Driver 360 Swinger Revisited -The Good The Bad And What We Would Do Differently on 2023-02-14. Comes back on the Edelbrock SP2P intake manfiold, as it is choking the 360 engine.
- Driving Classic Cars:
- Driving Classic Cars- The Truth About Ethanol Gas on 2019-06-20.
- Driving Classic Cars on 2020-08-03.
- Driving Classic Cars - Road Tripping For Beginners on 2020-08-14.
- Driving Classic Cars - MORE Road Tripping For Beginners on 2020-08-15.
- The Shop:
- The Island Of Misfit Mopars on 2019-10-25.
- Cars:
- Bottle Rocket:
- The Realities of Car Building on 2019-08-31.
- A Night At The Races on 2020-06-21.
- Plymouth 1963 Valliant - Wrenching Classic Cars:
- Wrenching Classic Cars- Homestyle Engine Rebuild Part 1 on 2019-07-22.
- Scribbles the 65 Barracuda:
- Andy's 67 Hemi GTX:
- LIVE 426 Hemi GTX Build, Installation, Fire-Up And Cam Break In the playlist of all the Hemi GTX videos.
- 1967 Hemi GTX Revival on 2021-04-23.
- Hemi GTX Teardown Uncovers A Giant Heap Of Issues on 2021-04-24.
- How To Identify A Genuine Hemi Car on 2021-04-26.
- We Got Dem Sloppy, Sour Street Hemi Blues on 2021-05-16.
- Elephant Autopsy on 2021-05-17.
- Really, Who Or What Can Ya Trust Anymore... on 2021-05-19.
- Hemi GTX, New Block, Crank And Heads on 2021-06-05.
- Hemi GTX Back On Track on 2021-09-09.
- Street Hemi To The Max on 2021-09-30.
- UTG LIVE 426 Hemi GTX Build And Installation on 2021-10-23.
- UTG LIVE 426 HEMI GTX BUILD AND INSTALLATION REBOOT on 2021-10-23.
- UTG LIVE Watching The Paint Dry On A 426 Hemi MARATHON! on 2021-10-24.
- LIVE 426 Hemi Install, Fire-up And Cam Break In on 2021-10-24.
- LIVE 426 Hemi Install, Fire-up And Cam Break In Reboot on 2021-10-24.
- LIVE 426 Hemi Install Fire-up And Cam Break In Reboot Part 3 on 2021-10-24.
- LIVE 426 Hemi Install Fire Up And Cam Break In Reboot Part 4 on 2021-10-25.
- 426 Hemi GTX - Let's Go For A Ride! on 2021-11-14.
- 67 Charger:
- Mission Improbable:
- Mad Maxine:
By AutoAlex or AutoAlexv2 on YouTube:
- Cheap Vs Expensive Steering Locks TESTED on 2022-07-28.
- HOW A CAR DEALER BECAME ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS! on 2023-10-17.
- Related:
Cheap vs. Expensive Anti-Theft Products on 2024-02-12, by Donut.
I Tested Car Anti theft Devices From Amazon! on 2023-09-30, by TylerTube.
YouTube - Disc vs Drum Brakes on 2018-07-03, by North Central Utility.
YouTube - What 2 Winters Have Taught Me About Driving a Classic Car in Winter on 2022-04-09, by Living With A Classic.
By Nicole Johnson's Detour on YouTube:
By SmarterEveryDay on YouTube:
YouTube - How to correct a slide on an icy road (and how to prevent them) - Winter driving education on 2016-10-17, by Dan Robinson. See also Icy Road Safety, and Storm Highway.
Troubleshooting
YouTube - How to Start Your Carbureted Car after it's been sitting for a long time on 2023-10-06, by Stuff About Cars.
By Uncle Tony's Garage on YouTube:
- Classic Car Tech-The No Start on 2019-09-27. See also: YouTube - Myth Busting With Uncle Tony- Cigarettes and Gasoline on 2019-02-12.
- What Made The Old Days So Good And Why We Are So Determined To Stay There on 2021-04-13. Lists the 80's car mechanic's must have tools: compression gauge, vacuum gauge, test light, timing light, and something like an Actron Sequential Analyzer Model 3000. With hobbyist substituting the Actron Model 3000 with a tach dwell meter.
- Old School Troubleshooting On The Fly on 2021-05-05. Shows problems with a ditributor that had retarded it's timing while driving due to tower bushing wear.
- 1965 F250 Mystery Problem Solved! on 2021-05-14.
- The One Tech Video Everyone Should Watch on 2021-08-18. Talks about rust in the brakes, engine overheating due to brakes dragging and engine working harder trying to keep the speed up.
- Simple Engine Noise Diagnosis With A Complicating Twist - Observations Matter! 2024-12-10. Shows uneven oil distribution back to front on the rockers.
- Carburetor:
- Classic Car Survival - Two Barbaric Universal Roadside Carburetor Repairs That Work Every Time on 2024-10-15. Describes engine not idling due to water in the idle circuit of the carburetor and describes the workaround. And describes engine not idling properly due to debris between the needle and seat at the fuel line connection to the carburetor, and describes some light percussive maintenance for that.
- Fixing The Mystery Bog You Can't Tune Your Way Out Of For FREE! - Holley Carb How-To on 2025-02-17. Describes fuel spewing out of the Holley carburetor bowl vents after accelerating (primary/front bowl), or deceleration secondary/back bowl), and describes a few fixes.
- Engine:
- Fuel lock:
- Vapor lock:
- $8 Cure For Vapor Lock on 2019-05-29.
- Car flipper horror stories:
- Classic Car Flipper Scam- Caught On Video on 2019-05-02.
- MORE Classic Car Thievery on 2019-07-27.
- MORE Classic Car Flipper Butchery on 2019-11-16.
- Refugee From Body Shop Hell on 2021-06-25. See also playlist Restoration Rescue by Bennett's Hot Rod Garage & Classic Restoration.
- Ultimate Automotive Hackery - Have We Met The Final Boss? on 2022-07-22.
- Gone Too Far - This Rip-Off Red Mustang Is Classic Car Flipper Butchery Of The Highest Order! on 2024-05-21. See also SreetSide Classics Steps Up !!! for follow-up by Kiwi Classics and Customs. And follow-up Horror Show Mustang Situation Resolved, But The Problem Persists - A Call To Action For Our Viewers on 2024-05-27.
By Mikes Carburetor on YouTube:
- AFB Off Idle Hesitation Troubleshooting on 2020-06-25.
- Is Your AFB or Edelbrock Carburetor Hesitating? How to Test? on 2017-12-23.
- Carter AFB Hard Starting When Cold on 2022-03-29.
YouTube - How to check if a spark plug fires (Car engine, Dacia 1300) on 2013-08-02, by furulevi.
YouTube - How to check if all your cylinders are firing on 2022-11-24, by Melissa's Beast. Shows using a laser thermometer to measure the exhaust temperature at each cylinder. “If the running temp of the motor is 180 degrees, the headers usually hit between 260-350. If you have a cylinder that is misfiring, the header would be closer to about 180.”
Restoration/Rebuild
YouTube - Carter AFB Carburetor Accelerator Pump Circuit on 2016-11-23, by Back 9.
By Mikes Carburetor on YouTube:
- Carter AFB Carburetor Kit K4028 on 2012-01-10.
Maintenance
By Uncle Tony's Garage on YouTube:
- Forgotten Service Routines From The Distant Past on 2021-05-28. Shows trickling water down the carburetor of a hot engine while revving the motor to decarbonize, and trickling automatic transmission fluid down the carburetor of a hot engine while revving the motor to clean out “varnish” that would get left behind in the system by old style gasoline.
- Two Old School Mechanic Hacks That Are Unnecessary And Can Hurt Your Car on 2024-09-19. Contradicts the transmission fluid down the carburetor as we no longer use old style gasoline that would leave a “varnish” in the engine.
YouTube - how to check transmission fluid level on MOST cars on 2018-09-26, by Live Free.
YouTube - V Belt Victory! Time saving Hack on 2022-03-31, by Kiwi Classics and Customs.
YouTube - How to - Replacing a Drive Belt // Supercheap Auto on 2010-03-08, by Supercheap Auto.
YouTube - V Belts - How tight is right? on 2023-01-10, by Erik Strawn.
YouTube - How to install a harmonic balancer on 2017-03-07, by BluePrint Engines.
YouTube - How To Remove Harmonic Balancer/Dampener and Crankshaft Pulley - Burnout Tutorials on 2020-05-24, by The Burnout Show.
YouTube - Easy Crankshaft Pulley Lock Torque/Removal on 2020-09-20, by HowYouCanDoItToo.
YouTube - Crank pulley/harmonic balancer removal: Ford Mustang, F150, and other cars on 2021-03-12, by Danny Johnson's Garage.
YouTube - The RIGHT way to install a harmonic balancer on your Chevy Smallblock on 2022-07-14, by Shop209.
QC issues on parts
By Uncle Tony's Garage on YouTube:
- Getting To The Bottom Of The Great Cam And Lifter Fiasco on 2021-08-12.
- CRITICAL Lesson For The Home Engine Builder- MORE Camshaft QC Issues To Wreck Your Day on 2022-03-15. Shows metal remnants in a new/replacement camshaft oil passage due to not being cleaned after machining that would have killed at least the heads if not the entire engine.
- Everything Is Defective! The Parts Industry Implosion Continues on 2022-08-11. Shows new universal joints with incorrectly machined groove for the circlips.
- Catastrophic Cam/Lifter Failure Caught As It Happens - Chevy Rat Eats It's Valvetrain During Breakin on 2022-10-14. Refers to Destroyed Big Block - Engine Autopsy After FAILED Lifters. It's Bad! 1966 Budget Biscayne on 2022-10-13, by DD Speed Shop. In short: Check the lobe taper of all cam shaft lobes.
- Finally! Some Solid Information Regarding The Bad Camshaft Epidemic on 2022-12-06. Refers to The Truth About Flat Tappet Cam Failure on 2022-11-30, by Myvintageiron7512 that advocates using roller cams because the flat tappet cam manufacturing process quality assurance seemingly have dropped so low that they all fail and kill the engine.
Flat Tappet Cam Failures?, we investigate why and check the hardness of several cams and lifters! on 2022-11-26, by Powell Machine Inc.
Repairs
YouTube - To Fix Exhaust Muffler Leaks with JB Weld on 2019-09-09, by Info Sources Unlimited.
YouTube - JB Weld Muffler sealant review on 2021-10-08, by Harrells tips tricks and reviews.
YouTube - Fixing Hole in Exhaust - JB Weld Extreme Heat on 2021-11-06, by Chares Coushaine.
YouTube - Fix a Tailpipe Cheap! Using exhaust patch and J.B. Weld metallic paste on 2023-02-18, by Project Home DIY.
YouTube - J B Weld High Heat Epoxy Putty Repaired My Tail Pipe on 2024-09-14, by A1fixitguy.
By FortTechMakuloco on YouTube:
- This is Exactly Why No One Trusts Automotive Mechanics! on 2023-04-07. A botched exhaust manifold job on a 2016 Ford F-150.