Brent Ackley and George Vondriska teach you how to locate the car engine and transmission mounts on a 1956 Chevrolet 150. They walk you through the step-by-step process, demonstrating essential classic car maintenance techniques, including lowering the motor into place, torquing the mounts, and welding the joints.
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Classic Car Radiator Cap Performance Test
George Vondriska teaches how to use a pressurized device to test the performance of your classic car’s radiator system and radiator cap to prevent the parts from leaking. Also see how this technique prevents the engine of your classic car from overheating.
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Classic Car Clutch Replacement
If you hit the gas and your classic car goes “vroom, vroom”, but you’re still not moving, it’s time for a clutch replacement. Brent Ackley and George Vondriska show you how to take out the drive shaft and unbolt a majority of the transmission on your car’s engine to remove and replace the clutch.
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Tips for Timing the Engine of a Classic Car
Brent Ackley teaches you how to time an engine for a classic car. He explains that all you need is ordinary chalk to mark the timing marks between the harmonic balancer and timing grid.
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The Shade Tree Mechanic: Engine Repair
George Vondriska pops the hood on Brent Ackley’s 1966 Buick Skylark to take a look at its 225 V6 engine and talk about what it means to be a shade tree mechanic, or someone who can learn to fix some of the problems in a car’s engine with the basic tools they have lying around…
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