A day at the office. Fixing Hot Rods and banging gears.
Every day is different at the auto repair shop. We see alot of hotrods and muscle cars here in downtown Saskatoon. Follow along to see what I did today.
Firstly I did a wheel alignment on this 1970 Ford Mustang. We recently finished building this machine and it won 1st place for resto-mod at the Easter car show.
The alignment specs for these old cars are pretty much irrelevent in 2018 with the available tires now. I generally add as much caster as I can and drop the camber a bit too. People come asking for my alignments all the time.
Our utility company changed the gas meter for some seven year calibration test reason. It was kind of weird having other people in the shop like this.
It's not all hotrods all day. We need to keep everyone safe out there. A worn out tie rod and then a wheel alignment was the fix for this SUV.
Another wheel alignment! This time on a 1968 Corvette.
The reason this owner needed an alignment is because he had just installed a new rack and pinion. Not quite original.
Check that out, It's supercharged! Not quite original.
And it has a 5 speed manual transmission. Not quite original. What a ride. The first pic(at the top of this blog) is me bangin' gears on the post alignment test drive.
This hotrod has(had) a few problems. The left low beam headlight won't work, the box cover is falling off and he wanted new wiper blades.
Not my idea of a pick-up truck.
Don't screw around with your exterior lights folks. All too often I have to re-install the original headlamps or repair wiring on this cheesy junk aftermarket lighting.
See the melted away terminal?
I got to use the "man step" to get into the bed. I also had to use a stool to get to the "man step".
I couldn't stop giggling the whole time thinking of this old comercial.
So that was my day at work, what did you do at work today?
I am @edthecanadian 🇨🇦 and I haven't shaved for awhile!
All photos were taken by me at my workplace with my Samsung Galaxy S6.
Nice rides you work on brother...👍
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That Vette is awesome. Probably moves pretty good. I just got to work. So far I've eaten a sandwich, checked PM prices and got on here. lol
Nice man step + stool.
Thanks for sharing @edthecanadian . Love that 68' Vette :)
I got worn out just reading that, such a busy day although getting to do a test drive in the 1968 Corvette made it worth the effort.
I have never yet worked out what is done for Wheel alignment, do those boards you have fixed to the wheels light up to show the correct position?
I roasted some coffee at work, because that's what I do most of the time!
#thealliance
Ahead of the car is the screen which shows the readings and on either side is some sort of lazer or sonar sender/receiver that reads the heads that are on the wheels.
When I had my first car, I wanted to learn to work on it. BUT.....
1 - it was a French car which needed different tools (not metric) and
2- it was old and even with the right tools, I couldn't even move the bolts one little bit.
Right then, I decided that car repair is not my jam LOL
Glad you are doing it!!!
Was it a La Car? Maybe a Peugot?
so beautiful cars thanks for @edthecanadian