The Right Tools for Separating Ball Joints and Splitting Tie Rod Ends
For the most part, separating ball joints from a spindle or splitting tie rod ends isn’t a major task. There is one very important thing to remember—when you a split […]
Author: Wayne Scraba
Wayne Scraba is a diehard car guy and regular contributor to OnAllCylinders. He’s owned his own speed shop, built race cars, street rods, and custom motorcycles, and restored muscle cars. He’s authored five how-to books and written over 4,500 tech articles that have appeared in sixty different high performance automotive, motorcycle and aviation magazines worldwide.
How To Choose the Right Bilstein Shocks for a C3 Corvette
The Summit Racing website has more than 12,000 listings for shock absorbers. The selection ranges from simple hydraulic shocks to gas-charged, single- and double-adjustable, off-road, and specialized racing shocks for […]
How to Use Crowfoot Wrench Extensions with a Torque Wrench
Like a lot of tools, you probably won’t use crowfoot wrench extensions on a regular basis, but boy are they good to have when you do need them. Crowfoot wrench […]
Little Red Corvette Part 1: A 1971 C3 with Lots of Hidden Issues
I’ve been building cars for decades, including a lot of Corvettes. Over the years, I’ve owned and worked on C2s and chrome bumper C3s. I even toiled for the NCRS […]
Purge, Refill and Test Your Cooling System with an Astro Pneumatic Master Universal Pressure Tester and Vacuum System Kit
Filling a cooling system properly can sometimes be aggravating. A stubborn air pocket in the entire system or the block itself can cause the engine to run hot, or you […]
The Experts at DeWitts Radiator Give You the Inside Scoop On Radiators
High-performance engines produce heat, and a bunch of it. Add horsepower and there’s a good chance you’ll need to upgrade the cooling system. As a rule of thumb, approximately half […]
Soft Touch: Tools that Won’t Mar or Scratch During Final Assembly
Final assembly of a car is probably the best part of a project—well, after taking that first drive or pass down the track. In all the excitement, we guarantee you […]
Up Front: A Look at the Parts on the Front of Your Big Block Chevy
When it comes to engine building, the focus is always cool stuff like camshafts, pistons, intake manifolds, carbs and EFI setups, headers, and so on. But sitting on the front […]
Them’s the Brakes: Tools You’ll Need to Properly Bleed Your Brakes
In this OnAllCylinders story, I showed you how to bleed brakes using a John Dow Brake Fluid Exchanger that runs on compressed air. It worked great and is a good […]
Easy Does It: How To Vacuum Bleed Brakes Yourself
I’m not sure if anyone reading this actually enjoys bleeding brakes. The traditional two-person brake bleeding process—one to do the actual brake bleeding while the other pushes the brake pedal—works […]