We kicked off our 2017 car show series here at The Service Station by heading to Harper's Auto Square's Cars and Coffee at West Town Mall in Knoxville, TN on April 30th, where they showcased the brand new Acura NSX. There were over 6,000 cars there this year including exotics, imports, domestics, street rods, rat … Continue reading 2017 Car Shows and Knoxville Cars and Coffee
Installing brake hardware isn't really that difficult, but if it's not done properly it can cause many problems, the most common being brake noise. Usually, improper brake hardware installation leads to brake pad chatter or squeaking, but on this Ford F250, the $4 hardware got twisted and actually ruined the $70 rotor! Ordinarily a small … Continue reading Tech Tip Tuesday: Installing Brake Hardware
My grandfather on my dad's side was a packrat. Not a hoarder, but a packrat. He kept everything! He didn't just keep things, though; he cataloged them. When he would buy a bottle of hand soap, for instance, he would put a piece of masking tape on the front of the bottle with the … Continue reading Gas Saving Ad – Mechanix Illustrated, Vol 1, April 1942
Among the zillion different brands, types, and sizes of tires there are three styles: symmetrical, asymmetrical, and directional. Symmetrical tires are the most common and have the same tread pattern from one side to the other; it doesn't matter which side is mounted out. Asymmetrical tires are designed to have one side mounted toward the … Continue reading Tech Tip Tuesday: Asymmetric Tires
I love gassers. They're hardcore, old school, bare bones drag racers and I can't get enough of them. The Southeast Gassers Association is very strict regarding vehicle specs to give an authentic 60s feel to their races and ensure a crowd pleasing show. My wife and I won free tickets on Facebook, and we were stoked to … Continue reading Southeast Gassers!
When I bought Henry, I drove him to the school (Crown School of Trades and Technology) and parked him for a while. I did a little research and got a few parts to get him (at least a little) roadworthy. As I said in the last post about Henry, he'd lived a very hard life, and … Continue reading In the Garage: Henry’s First Drive
I'm not a certified welder by any stretch, but I don't remember my first welds looking anything close to this bad! Most of these look like they were done without any shielding gas, cleaning, metal prep, or even a modicum of pride. I know we all started somewhere, but my goodness! This was on an … Continue reading Tech Tip Tuesday: Don’t Weld Like Alex
While my wife and I were on vacation last year, she spotted this cool hot rod shop off I-85 and we had to stop. Glen Dodd is a former owner of Carolina Rod Shop. As a business owner, his attention slowly shifted from working on the cars to managing the employees. He sold the shop and … Continue reading Carolina Rod Shop
First thing's first - what's an orifice tube? An orifice tube is a device placed in a high side line of a mobile A/C system that creates a calibrated restriction, dividing the high side from the low side. As you can see from the picture below, it also acts as a filter to catch any … Continue reading Tech Tip Tuesday: Replace your orifice tube with an A/C repair
Sometimes it's hard to get your hands where they need to be to start a bolt by hand, but if you put the bolt in a socket it falls out before you can reach the hole. What to do? Tape it! You can use a little bit of electrical or duct tape to hold the … Continue reading Tech Tip Tuesday: How to Keep a Bolt From Falling Out of a Socket
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