Recent content by Lightspeed Mike

I'll be be there camping again this year. My favorite week of the year.

Thanks for the pic of my Mercury pick up. It's always a pleasant surprise when some likes your ride enough to post a picture of on the web.

I put the Toyota 22RE in my Mercury PU for this reason. If I was just driving highway a stock 305 chev would be fine. My Dad's old 88 caprice would 30 mpg highway all day. Around town was a different story. Since I figured I was going to do a bunch of in town or short drives I went with...

After drinking more than it should have it couldn't stand up straight and neither could I! :p Lightspeed Mike

Sad to see but I can understand how it can happen. I followed an another car into the Syracuse Nats and almost hit him. Couldn't hardly see his brake lights. He had the smallest set of billet brake light I have ever seen. Could barely tell tell if they were on or off. Wandering through the show...

Yep I'll be there. Been looking forward to this show for a long time now that I have something to show. I will be there Saturday morning, if all goes well and they let me cross the border in my rat rod.:D It's going to be along 3 1/2 hour drive. Lightspeed Mike

Sugar doesn't dissolve in gasoline, both are hydrocarbons. Try it for yourself. Pour some gas in to a glass and add sugar. Shake all you want, nothing happens. If they pour enough in the tank it may plug the inlet screen or if the screen is not there any more it will go through the fuel system...

I remember a story told to me by the owner of a bed and breakfast I stay at one night. She had a neighbor whose dog was pooping in her yard all the time. After several failed requests clean up the mess and keep the dog on her property, she gathered up a weeks worth of deposits and smeared them...

Welcome from Belleville. Lots of friendly folks here, but we do demand lots of pics. Lightspeed Mike

Nope don't have my ASE , but here in Canada we have formal licenses for mechanics and bodymen. I have been licensed for 20 years now and am driveclean emission inspection and repair certified. Have to renew every couple of years. Handy when I need a saftey for my rod. Which brings up a...

That poster is so true. I have a copy hanging in my shop, bought it years ago. I wish I could find another copy as mine is getting old and dirty. Lightspeed Mike

Good idea. Simple and cheap works for me. I too use card board or what ever I have lying around when designing brackets and mounts. Lightspeed Mike

I don't like GM's bashing either. It must work though because every politician does it while campaigning. I used to like GM, them I worked in one of their dealerships for a while. After working in both import and domestics dealerships as a mechanic I can tell who treats the techs better. (It's...

This is the only picture I have right now of the reversed vega box. Wasn't hard to do. I didn't bother with pictures when I did it, would have taken to long. I think I only spend an hour or so doing it. If your going to reverse your box make sure you can set the back lash properly when you...

Yep can be done. You will have to remove end cap and machine a hole in it for the seal and shaft. then get a frost plug for the other end. Works good, I did it for my truck Lightspeed Mike