I’m starting to think there are either little gremlins at work inside my car, or it's got a character of its own. A couple weeks ago, I announced to my editors that I may be running out of things to work on as my car has been running beautifully. Hand on heart, there were no immediate issues on...

I’ll admit, I was caught out by the snow. But then again, 7 inches of snowfall as the first warning shot for winter seemed a little bit excessive. My Volvo, still on 3-season tires, wasn’t quite ready for the road. Nonetheless, the following day, I torqued up the winter tires, and the old Volvo...

Making your car last a million miles can either be a joyful or a dreadful experience. If you’ve got a rust bucket that’s nearing a million miles out of necessity, I tip my hat to you. On the other hand, if you’ve got a car that you want to keep on driving into the sunset, then read along and...

Normally, if you suspect your engine is having some serious issues, the easiest way to figure out what is wrong is to take your car in to the local indie mechanic, exchange some cash, and walk out with either a fixed car, or at least knowledge of what’s wrong with your car. Most of the time, this...

So you want to be the next Irv Gordon, do you? For some people, this might just be out of necessity, but for you FCP readers, its certainly out of passion. With a bit of preventative maintenance, foresight, and some elbow grease, its not impossible to keep your brick on the road for a million...

I’m currently in the midst of finishing my garage, and so all of my cars are currently parked outside. Obviously, my brick is parked outside, so is my wife’s car and my daily driver. Apart from the unfortunate days of walking outside in the rain to get to your vehicle, its really not that big of...

I’ve done my own painting with a rattle can before, and I’ve felt pretty confident to tackle pretty much any small touch-up job to larger jobs that require a bit more skill. I previously painted my wheels in hyper silver, and for you grillers out there, I also refinished an old BBQ with...

My 940 was in need of new radius rod bushings. Every time I braked, I would hear a familiar and unnerving clunk. At first, I thought that was part of the character of an old RWD Volvo. But I guess I eventually wisened up to the fact that cars shouldn’t clunk. If they clunk, it’s never good. I...

I probably don’t need to bore you with my tales of vacuum leaks on my car. I finally relented and took it into a shop to get it smoke tested and traced my leak to the throttle shaft seal. In the following diagram of the air intake system of my B234F engine, you can see the small seal as #20,...

I thought about what to write next, and as I recently replaced all my spark plug wires, I figured that it was too simple of a job to write about. It’s akin to writing an entire blog post about how to replace your windshield wipers. Oh, wait… It got me thinking. Not all of us actually know how...