hughishelpful

11/14/2025

Hey, can I please get a round of applause for this young lady right here?! Aubrey changed the oil on our 2016 Ford Escape today and all I had to do was watch! I sure hope she pursues auto mechanics more but if she doesn't, I know she sure can change the s**t out of some engine oil! 😂😂

10/31/2025

Today's fun consisted of front brake pads, rotors and sway bar links! Yay! Oh, and Aubrey stepped on something but she aight😂😂😂

10/29/2025

Making the best of my 3 days off from work, by working! 😁 Lower control arm bolt had to be cut because I cross threaded my new bolt into an old nut! 😭 M12 sawzall made light work of it. Especially with this Diablo Amped Sawzall blade with carbide tipped teeth! Also went ahead and replaced my front drivers side axle shaft seal. Fun stuff!

09/06/2025

I didn't realize it's been so long since my last post. So here's some randoms to prove I haven't been bullsh!tt!n the WHOLE time 😁

07/19/2025

Had a little water pump fun yesterday on this 2008 Buick Lucerne! Failed bearings on this water pump resulted in coolant pouring from the weep hole onto the ground underneath the vehicle which then caused an overheating condition, triggering reduced engine performance or "limp mode" to activate.

04/22/2025

Dead battery? Flat tire?? Out of gas??? We've all been there before, it's 😎.

02/13/2025

Here it comes

12/14/2024

11/16/2024

New rims for the Trailblazer! Couldn't pass up the steal 😁. Same diameter as the stock wheels but about an inch wider. So, seating the bead was a pain in the a$$! Brute force couldn't bring success and neither could a bead blaster. Last resort was the boom method and I'm not too fond of that one! So, YouTube to the rescue again! I learned that if the gap between the tire bead and the rim is too big, fill it! A bike inner tube is perfect for this job! I used an 18" inner tube. L**e the tire bead, the rim and the inner tube....lots of l**e here, don't skimp out. The soapy water is gonna seal the little leaks that have been preventing this bead from seating and causing all kinds of new curse word combo variations of the good ol' classics. The slicker the inner tube is, the better chance you have of removing it easily when the tire does begin to take air and the first bead seats. POP! Besides the joy of new rims I also replaced the brake pads all the way around as well as upgraded the rotors to drilled and slotted beauties AND new calipers all the way around. Also threw 2 new wheel hubs assemblies on the front. Been working at this slowly and very happy to see I'm almost done in time for winter. Still have to replace the rear diff cover and I'm hoping to have that done by Monday.

10/29/2024

Wrenching around on the Trailblazer today. I changed all 3 power steering lines too but that was a f*ckin nightmare so I didn't really get any good pics or vids of that. But you can see shiny new power steering lines going into the rack in one of those pics!

As u can see it's rusty as all hell but not enough to make me fight the wheel hubs off. Wheel hubs came with new wheel speed sensors, that was cool. Thanks Detroit Axle!

Still have brake pads and rotors all the way around, a rear diff cover and a rear wiper motor to install before I'm done. I wanna be as ready as I can be before winter hits!

09/14/2024

Replaced a wheel bearing but assembly for the bro the other day. Ditched all the old rusty and swollen lug nuts, replaced with nice, new and shiny! Great job putting 150 ft lbs of torque on those lug nuts Aubrey!

08/27/2024

Stock air intake box = vroooom! 😐

Green filter and open air intake box = vroooom, psssss! 😁