Recent content by sswiss3000

Since Advance Auto closed 700 stores recently, I decided to go buy as many car parts as I could for all of my family's cars. At the end all that was left was a bunch of peg board walls. I think they were a perfect addition for my Garge :) especially for $150

Several Years later,... After many years and my entire family now making me fix their cars, I learned a few lessons that i thought could be helpful for the next guy building his garage: 1. Bigger is better. If you can make the garage bigger, make it so. you can always get some more toys or...

Bret, I can't imagine doing that all on my back on the floor :eyecrazy: I have done absolutely everything under the car, including valve covers, entire engine block, exhaust,... At some point my garage looked like i owned two Buicks :) The only thing i was not yet able to find is new Body...

The next project was to fix up my winter Car, the 99 Deville. At Almost 150,000 miles it was in need of some love and care. As well as some containment of the rust. I had to replace most brake lines, all Shocks and struts and some smaller miscellaneous parts that rusted away over the many...

So I figured it was time to write a short update on my Garage. While I haven't had the chance to invest much more into the garage, I did do a lot of actual work in it. Here is a short summary of my first project. A complete mechanical rebuild of my 1978 Buick Electra Limited. I replaced the...

Too cold at the moment to continue working on it :)

I made the garage 24' deep and 21' wide so that I can have a small bench in front of the cars

Yeah, I have two more lights to hang in the front and I am trying to find a good solution to light the under side of the car when it is on the lift. Not sure how to do that yet.

bonecrusher, I wouldn't give the maxjax back for anything. Working on my cars is so much easier that way. I already gave my 99 Deville a complete make over: - New Alternator - New Serpentine Belt - New Rear Knuckle Bushings (all 4) - all Hub Assemblies - Replaced broken CV axle - Replaced...

ahh, good tip, will change them as soon as I have some time. Thanks

They put in 2 thick "L" shaped Irons.

While there is still plenty of work to be done, here is a picture of what it now looks like.

and what's a new garage without a good set up to work on cars. So I decided to install a Dannmar MaxJax car lift. Best Decision ever :)

After years of having to rely on random mechanics, I decided that too many of them are incompetent or simply did not care about their work. So that I can do my own work from now on, I decided to build a new garage. It is still a work in process, but let me know what you think and if you have...