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Most of my cordless is snap-on from my mechanic days. I have some newer Milwaukee cordless ratchet that is pretty darn handy. My Snap-on 3/8 and 1/2 inch impact are about 12 years old. 7 of those where everyday use in the shop. So they took a severe beating. I just last week had to have...

Looks like it's turning out great.

Managed to get the 2 coats of sound deadener down a few days ago. Had to let it dry completely and sprayed the ceramic insulation layer in the back today. Turned out pretty good. The tin can sound is completely gone. More of a dull thud when you bang on the metal from the other...

Put the final coat of lizard skin on the floor of the bronco. Getting closer to putting the interior back together.

Now it's time for sanding and cleaning it all up for primer. I used 120 grit on an electric sander and then washed it with soap and water using a scotch brite pad to get any spots I may have missed and rinsed it off. After letting it dry overnight. I wiped it all down with a pre-cleaner...

Forgot I had some spots on the lower part I fixed to. Had to cut open the side to get at all of it. This corner all back together.

Time for a little patch work on the rear by the tailgate. So I removed the tailgate, rear bumper, and fuel tank. The spots to replace. I cut out the rust and ended up patching a small piece below it as well. I cut out 2 replacement pieces and bent the one to match. Then...

Yes a lot of things are easier than you think they just take knowledge. Some are far beyond the skill of very good diy guys. Like diagnosing a signal problem on the CAN buss. Sure there are only 2 wires but, all those modules on the bus communicate through waveform signals. Your average guy...

Like others have said. Start doing your own maintenance and helping others that may know more than you. Youtube can be helpful. Just be careful of the source not everyone is an expert no matter what the tell you! Figure out what can make your vehicle not start and then learn how to DIAGNOSE...

I've done it with lasagna and other pasta as well works pretty good as long as you have a way to keep it cool. Also dried fruits work well in small vacuum sealed bags. We've done about any kind of leftover food and put in it the cooler frozen and just warm it in water when time to eat. It...

A starting batter usually has higher cranking amps that in can apply quickly so it will run a winch better. And it usually is the one with a direct and heavier gauge charge wire run to it.

I used to be a mechanic so I tend to take on automotive repair side jobs when I need extra cash. Or some random build this or that for someone. I have collected a decent amount of tools over the years and a little skill with them. And thanks to that we have always managed to come out all right.

Most epoxy's and patch kids need the repair site to be clean and dry. Carry a candle or bar of soap. you can scrape it across the leak and usually plug it. Temporarily at least. Which will buy you enough time for an epoxy repair. Usually the faster an epoxy dries the weaker it is. I've...

Time for the drivers side and the attempt to do it in one piece. Plenty of room now. Cut lines marked on the inner fender. Inner tacked in place and starting to remove the rest of the damaged area. Area to be patched all cut out and prepped. I tapped some paper sheets together to make a...

Since it was all apart and I needed to do some repairs on the inner wheel wells I figured I'd make a little more room for tires or suspension travel. So I marked some cut lines. Started cutting out the inner portion. After checking with the rear seat I figured I can go to that body seem...

Some of the rust that we decided not to fix on the old one. After some inspection of the b pillars I decided that the amount of time it would take to replace 2 rear quarter panels, both rockers, and hand make the b pillars on both sides behind the door. And a lot of the floor...

I'd been looking around at good condition bronco's since last winter. A friend of mine found this one sitting around no longer running. The price was right and after sitting in my driveway waiting for me to decide what I wanted to do with it for a while. The work is beginning. We are going...

We started both our kids (6 years, 18 months) camping as soon as the weather warmed up. Both where born in February so by about 3 or 4 months old they have been camping and enjoying the outdoors. We have traveled a fair bit with them since then as well. Our oldest did her first 10+ hour road...

We just use old ones from the house in those plastic plano fishing boxes with the removable dividers work good to organize them.

So far we just use a garmin 64st and paper maps. we can load routes and waypoints on the gps from our computer before we leave.