Finnegan's Garage Ep.8: LS3-Powered El Camino Suspension Repairs

It's no secret that my wife wants her car painted and that I refuse to make it happen. Her car is way too much fun to be locked up in paint jail when I could be out honing it daily. So I am always looking for things to fix in an effort to prevent the inevitable from happening. As luck would have it the front suspension started falling apart, providing yet another in a long line of excuses for me to keep the car dull and dented instead of shiny and bright.
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[@neversurrender5798]

"Adapt, Overcome, Be a hotrodder" - Finnegan's inspirational quote of the day

[@silveravnt]

Put THAT on a shirt.

[@stevenrobertson0787]

silveravnt I'd buy it

[@SpyderGiant]

Finnegan's Emergency Kit- Flashlight, flares, and zip ties. Keep up the vids. They're awesome.

[@FinnegansGarage]

thanks!

[@SWatchik]

This video is somewhat relaxing. Love the format.

[@rdvil]

This! Of course, anyone who's ever worked with cars knows that it's everyone else's best entertainment to watch someone else work :D

[@matthewmacchi8930]

I fell asleep to this hah

[@garysimonson9593]

Finnegan exudes chill. If his hair was on fire, I think he'd just settle the FSM cap over it and pop a beer.

[@PimpCoop]

I own an 86 El Camino. I love watching people work on El Caminos. An El Camino own is a friend for life.

[@AdventureCayman]

Your ignition cylinder (key cylinder) is worn. The car is what 45 years old or so? Well the little brass wafers inside the lock have worn down to nothing over the years so just about anything will start the car. Having a lot of weight on the key ring helps to make this happen quicker, but after 45 years it's just long past time to replace it. And now you can make a video of yourself changing the lock.....one more delay on the paint job.

[@Ducatista189]

I'm a locksmith and it is so easy to change these lock cylinders. That would make a good video. Pull the wheel, and remove the retaining screw. Good idea @adventurecayman

[@AdventureCayman]

I guess locksmiths think alike Ducatista189 ;) Although I haven't done auto work since the original VATS.

[@AdventureCayman]

Everyone knows what? Anyway I think that it's an 1985 in what sounds like "really amazing" condition, I am willing to bet even if it did require keys and you left it parked in a bad neighborhood with the keys in the ignition and the vehicle running with a sign on it that says "please take me" 3 days later you would find your Toyota sitting in the same location with an empty tank of fuel.

[@AdventureCayman]

Such a shame, I have seen so many people dump tons of money into some old piece of crap that never gets back on the road again (or back on the trail or track or whatever). Sorry I got your panties in such a twist over your old Toyota, I didn't realize you were so proud of it....you know considering you have no videos of it posted and you were talking smack about it. What my old Ford F150? Dude that's an old pickup I have that I use a few times a year to run to the home center or to get some mulch for the garden. It's actually in near mint condition and people have come up to my house on a few occasions trying to buy it. In any case, I installed a new ignition cylinder and new door cylinders in it when I got it. I got the parts for free from another local locksmith that I have known for many years. It took all of 10 minutes to install and now only the proper keys work the locks. Perhaps you could just give that a go before someone steals your rig. To purchase the parts would have been under $100. Oh I do know one thing 1985 Toyota's came with......cancer.....I would say rust but that would not be even close to what happens to that Nipponese metal.

[@AdventureCayman]

Where I live we have major issues with rust, then again living a few feet from the sea will do that. Seriously if you don't keep your vehicles inside a garage their entire life here your vehicle will rust out into nothing before it's even paid off. I had an old Daihatsu Hijet work van, I didn't have room in the garage for it so it had to be parked outside for about a year. I used it a few times a week and ran it through the car wash once a month....well within a year it went from being rust free to literally falling apart with huge rust holes. The one sliding door would no longer open because the track rusted out. The thing only had like 63,000km on it.

[@opl500]

When you do paint it, wrap it first in the color she hates the most and then film her reaction, and then tell her you just wrapped it and it still isn't painted.

[@theronrose955]

Next episode how to install GPS to locate your stolen El Camino.

[@FinnegansGarage]

lol

[@broo_sh]

maybe if you have space in tire and fender you can put spacer

[@charleswillsonpeale5739]

Hmm, your wife inherited this from her dad ? But, you then went on to say, "this had air-shocks when we *BOUGHT* it".

[@colerobertson4411]

+Finnegan's Garage how much swearing was involved in geting those nuta on in that frame

[@pmodd]

+Cole Robertson If he used a flex-end telescopic magnetic pickup tool to orient the nut, and a bottle jack with a rod to position the bracket hole hard up against the rail, probably very little swearing. I've done the old 'nut in the chassis through a hole' for conversion work, and holding the nut in place with a magnetic pickup tool bent at 90 degrees is quite effective, providing the threads are clean enough to thread the bolt in with minimal resistance. I usually run a tap and die over them first, just to ensure I can get some easy thread contact whilst I have little holding the nut firm. Once threaded a little of the way, it's easy to torque it up. In some cases I just welded the side of an old socket to a rod (at an angle) to hold the chassis nut in place.

[@WarnerKrause]

Loved this episode. No music, nothing fancy--just some talking and wrenching. Exactly what I'm looking for!

[@KiwiPowerNZ]

Just make a deal, "Ok I'll paint the car if you let me __________....".

[@jeepcollector91]

I would bet he has already made that deal several times and still managed to get away with not painting the car.

[@baklapperb.v.1584]

who would mind if the car contained that engine?

[@Dripdry74]

+BAKLAPPER B.V. Women

[@baklapperb.v.1584]

just put open exhasut on it, i bet ya, the women would agree!

[@thomassmith1753]

For the nuts in the chassis "for the sway bar" if you weld a steel rod on one side of the nut, you could use that to tighten it/ put it to gather faster

[@wesleyvetters]

to the top!

[@jae878]

Not with nylon lock nuts. I actually prefer the grade eight crimped style lock nuts anyway. They are lower profile than the average nylon lock nuts too.

[@OffTheBeatenPath_]

thrown tools will be saved

[@Peron1-MC]

to gather what? jk

[@thomassmith1753]

)Peron1-MC( just realized that lel

[@JC-11111]

Thanks for the fix! I need to fix my Blazer with the same issue. The threads to the bolt in 1 side of the frame mount on the drivers side are stripped. I already tapped it for a bigger bolt once, and it came out a few years later so it's time for a permanent fix. Thanks for the idea. I hadn't even given it much thought on how to repair it yet so this saves me time and headaches. Best day not at work, EVER!

[@CybrOpp]

I was binge watching Roadkill the other day so yeah no wonder this channel popped up on my recommendations list... Kinda happy that it was recommended anyway...Loving it so far

[@francistheodorecatte]

...dude, get a telescoping magnet stick to hold the nuts in place. And to get the extra ones out of the frame. Mine gets used constantly to fish bolts I drop down into the void that is my engine bay.

[@chennemeyer]

But bolts were stainless

[@francistheodorecatte]

Chuckles Stainless is still magnetic. Not as strong as straight steel, but enough to drag the nut out. Especially for garden variety stainless bolts, which don't have a very high chromium content. :)

[@ardisian]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@Muffin_Masher]

most things that call themselves stainless are not really stainless ;) just because it is COATED with stainless does not make it stainless steel :) Also with all the grades of stainless it is somewhat meaningless unless it is Marine Grade stainless When it comes to vehicles and magnets, only plastic and aluminium will usually evade you :)

[@jaredshaffer3901]

I don't know what kind of cheap stainless hardware you use, but mine does not attract to magnets at all. I just tried to "drag" a stainless bolt with a neodymium magnet and as I expected, nothing happened.

[@stlchucko]

Hahahaha.... The pitter patter of feet when you're walking in the sped up portions is killing me.

[@NateRamsey]

Trick I've used for stripped holes like that is weld coupler nuts in the holes. Relatively simple and stronger than those factory threads. Great show man, yet another way to get you Finnegan fix.

[@TheIndoGod]

The Most Relaxing Yet Entertaining Car Show On Planet Earth 🤘💯 Keep Up The Good Work Finn

[@RenchRanch]

Could get some bolts with the heads drilled out and use some stainless steel safety wire, then wire each of the 3 end link bolts to each other. They won't back out then. Love the channel! Cheers! Mike

[@TheBrokenLife]

I kid you not, today is the first actually GOOD day I've had in over 2 years (for assorted reasons, but mostly health related) and then BAM... Ice the cake with a new Finnegan episode that I totally forgot should be out today. This must be how Ice Cube felt.

[@FinnegansGarage]

lol. glad to hear you are feeling better.

[@TheBrokenLife]

Finnegan's Garage Thanks man! Everything just fell in a row today, which was really nice. Also... If those nyloc's don't work out, try something like McMaster 90636A060. When I was at Navistar we stopped using Nylocs when they were failing the chassis shaker test (which on a dump truck, is a pretty severe test). Distorted threads passed and are about the same height as low-profile nylocs, or you can machine them down a bit if you want since the thread profile is actually ovular. Good luck! I really hope to get back to working on my junk and having my own parts fall of it again. hahaha

[@chloesinclair9487]

glad you feel better

[@TheBrokenLife]

Thanks! Monday was a day of psychological victories as much as health (got a few things fixed that have been wrong for like 6 years) so it really was sort of the perfect day. I'm not hard to please at the moment! hahaha

[@Misterfairweather]

It's so refreshing to see videos that show a bit more of the hot rodding reality, makes me feel better about the screwy stuff I find/deal with on my old basket case cars.

[@code3k5]

I'm building a 1974 Corvette, complete overhaul, basically just hand tools and grit. I installed a Sniper EFI, ran great for 500 miles but now it won't start. I'm a little overwhelmed with troubleshooting this thing, its taken me about a week and no progress, its frustrating, but like you just said "it is what it is, adapt overcome, be a Hotrodder"! I needed to hear that... thanks

[@VelocityLabs]

27:33 My first car was an '83 Cutlass Supreme with the same issue. Any key (or anything key shaped for that matter) would start the car. I just kept it unlocked and hoped it would get stolen, it never did :P

[@xpoohx105]

I can still remember my dads Chevy van that he started with his flat-head screw driver. Good memories.

[@jeepcollector91]

He only told you it was his van...LOL

[@xXBurntBaconXx]

My dad Started up our Toyota Space Cruiser van with a penny once.

[@jack002tuber]

Dad's truck would run off the gas key.

[@dbjunk]

I had an old S10 Blazer that you could start with a flathead. You could unlock the door with a dime.

[@kylem3424]

Great videos. After watching Roadkill and now your own channel, it gives me a new out look on working on my own truck.

[@KnolltopFarms]

10:48 is when I noticed that the tire rub marks are on the sway bar endlink underneath where the bolt heads seat on it, so I was yelling through the screen at you to investigate and not build a steering stop! LOL! Glad you figured it out, and now I can go back to just watching ;)

[@pcfronin]

In Aus the "Stripper" version is referred to as the "Poverty Pack"

[@FinnegansGarage]

lol

[@mattra5224]

+Finnegan's Garage what happened to the engine u put in on roadkill?

[@03canadianf5]

They tore it out on Hotrod Garage and installed that LS3. Actually the video's in my related list. Ep.11 to be exact.

[@phatkatracing]

I have a '94 Cherokee, it's a stripper, and I am so happy for that. It is SO simple to fix. There is nothing at all unnecessary in the way. Except the huge stereo, but that is my fault. ; )

[@Paulman50]

l can't build hotrods anymore so seeing you do it gives me my fix. Thanks.

[@FinnegansGarage]

thanks!

[@GeorgiaRidgerunner]

+Finnegan's Garage hey finegan im not much of mechanic.... routine maintenance is about my limit...my interests cover a variety different things from conceptualizing original ideas to building things that others have already been done... i even dabble in woodwork and experiment with sheet metal... but any way would it be a good idea to put a little weld on that sway bar end link again im not at all familiar with suspension parts....

This is the prettiest car ever shown in _any_ MotorTrend vid ever. I've loved it since the first Roadkill vid where it was shown. Forgeline rims and coilovers fit it so incredibly well.

[@trukinjp13]

I use a dab of silicone in a boxed end wrench. Slide the nut in and then electric tape the backing. It holds good enough to get the bolt started and is pretty fast to get in tight spots. Love the show, keep it up!

[@JaredVeale]

Does the El Camino key work on the ramp truck?

[@Stuka87]

Most likely, typical GM columns. I only needed one key for all my Jeeps as they used GM columns.

[@johnruta1359]

dude for my 77 elco i dont even need a key. jus turn the fob and it starts XD

[@ABusFullaJewz]

You actually need a key for your jeeps? Last 3 YJ's I had could all be started with a screwdriver.

[@aidanevo]

+Porutac Is that because you stole them?

[@bartooo13579]

+Porutac same with my TJ XD. The worst thing though is that keys like to fell off when driving.. Then you have to look for them under your feet.

[@OtisENGINEuity]

I'm thinking nutserts into the frame would be highly useful.

[@squarepantsist]

there's something about this show that just calms me down.. perfect content, cheers Finnegan

[@robertmoitoza6368]

Safety wire those nuts, I went through a bunch of the comments and only saw 4 people mention safety wire which was surprising... loctite is good but safety wire FTW. I had the same problem with the sway bar frame mounting bolts on my '69 Chevelle. Great vid, keep em coming!

[@troyd-motorsport9933]

Hey Finnegan, As fun as it was to watch you in fast forward struggle with those nuts on the sway bar, Have you thought of using 'Nutserts' (Threaded rivet inserts) instead? Also, when is your Jerry Rig University T-Shirts going to be available for sale? They are awesome!! ;)

[@jeepcollector91]

Did you get that first adsense paycheck today? With this channel's view count it should be a good one. Keep the videos coming. Thanks.

[@arthurperez705]

Also.... great job!!! Everything looks great!!! Sorry my last question was because I was looking at a GBody Camino video. But I could help but stop here and see what you've got going

[@VRJensen1]

Thanks for making a video about this, because it is quite interesting especially for those of us who plan to upgrade our suspension. Also the time lapse is Awesome! I especially like the squirrel speak. 😉😁

[@DestroyersGarage]

countersink the bolts, wedge pressure adds a lot of clamping force

[@bloodreighn]

Not only that, alot more surface area for the bolt head to grip on , ie less losseninigage

[@DestroyersGarage]

+Akieba yeah the loss in material is more than made up for in the added strength. I use counter sunk bolts quite often on projects.

[@DK1102]

Also my first thought. Helps that my memory was jogged from the build your own bracket episode i had just binged watch :P

[@bobfalfa76]

nutserts or just use a magnet to hold the nuts and......NEVER PAINT IT!!

[@DaaaveO1971]

+1 on the magnet. Get a telescoping one with a 5/16" diameter head. You could fish out the extra nuts and hold only the one you need in place.

[@kyj565]

Was just about to say would that not have been a perfect use for a rivnut. I'd never heard of a rivnut gun till a coupple months ago and now I use it a fair amount doing bikes.

[@wobblysauce]

Indeed, any small pen light with mag tip, so good at getting small objects. though it is stainless non magnetic.. so just get some thing sticky and place it on the end and repeat.

[@spazda_mx5]

Thumbs for rivnuts.

[@baklapperb.v.1584]

luv ya ride mate, subbed!

[@coolboy3848]

So glad I found this channel. I didn't even know it existed! Good work Finnegan!

[@Baloghjonathon]

This is by far my new favorite KZbin channel!!

[@BigAdam2050]

Someone needs to buy the man some NORD LOCK washers. Also, might not be the best idea to show how to easily steal your cars. Just get new ignition barrels, current ones are probably worn to hell and back.

[@UnbeltedSundew]

Why not put in a hidden kill switch and also replace the key cylinder? I guess you could film putting in the kill switch which I would be interested to see, but would also defeat the purpose :)

[@ethanmasten9349]

I was at caffeine and octane when you zip tied that sway bar! Love the show, keep it up

[@darcyjane1704]

I always love your use of random Ferris Bueller throw away lines!

[@bubbajoexxx]

a little tip finagin never use split washers the will always fail use star washers if you want it to stay together a tip from an oldtimer

[@kawaiirunnersdriftclub]

Omg, I totally forgot about how good star washers were! Thanks for the remind!

[@michaelcoffin4364]

I love external star washers. Been using them for 20+ years, First time I saw them was on a 1951 dodge m_37.

[@OffTheBeatenPath_]

they don't always fail

[@michaelcoffin4364]

flahr1​ you're right. They don't always. But I've never seen an external star fail. Can't say that for internal star washers as I've not encountered them very much. 

[@someusername121]

Norlock washers is the new hotness if you want the joint to never fail.

[@jamesstamper4412]

tip from a aircraft mechanic.. Safety Wire!!

[@pwallace5921]

Ha! I was at that C&O car show when you found it had fallen off! Love the channel! Keep going. This hold me over until more Roadkill episodes come out!

[@timmensch3601]

I love your show bro just as good as roadkill garage but more in depth keep up the good work dude!!!

[@dieseldong4781]

Finnegan man you can NOT I repeat can NOT let her paint that car it looks great as it sits buy her a new pair of shoes then say babe we can no longer afford to paint to car

[@nibbzs15]

I'll buy u beer if u paint the car before the summer ends!

[@raymondguzman7992]

+tim funk what the fuck bro

[@Darren.G]

+Raymond Guzman don't feed the trolls, please.

[@yony52]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) I bet you like Trump, Tim

[@gombie72]

I know right! Totally soiled his plan. What a jackass smh

[@cowboyassass1n]

My immediate thought as well... WTF dude? Take that shit elsewhere!

[@cowboyassass1n]

Thanks Mike! very interesting install! But remember, if mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy! Happy wife, happy life! Do you need to start having the "Roadkill" video crew start following you around to car shows and cruise ins? LOL Stay cool my friend!

[@Joellf]

loving your channel finnegan. keep up the great work mate.

[@HELLCOMESTOTOWN]

What about tire flex at full lock or hard cornering? Maybe setup a go pro and see what's goin on down there.

[@HELLCOMESTOTOWN]

Safety wire is another option

[@sethjensen54]

You will have to get special bolts but lock wire would solve that issue. Check out agentjayz on you tube. He is a jet engine mechanic but he has a tutorial on lockwire.

[@JSparrowist]

I have to agree with this.

[@xAuthornx]

just watched episodes 1-8 today, and im not even into cars that much, good job, you just gained a new subscriber today

[@veronicaanne5637]

Great video Finnegan. You are starting to make me miss working on classic cars with my dad or reminding me of fond memories. As the ignition goes, everyone that I know that has owned a GM new or old has had this issue with the ignition after a few years. Many will start without a key and most will start with any key that will slide in and then can be removed at anytime, running or not. Has anyone else experienced this with GMs?

[@b.shoemaker2806]

Paint the car man, trust me.

[@FinnegansGarage]

never.

[@rontownsend8235]

Just spray some clear over it, maybe that will make her feel good.

[@Unitesninja]

Thought about wrapping the car? win win situation

[@andersonsspeedshop3051]

clear it and paint the inside of the bed, maybe bedliner

[@deme7063]

plasti dip maybe. paint it? no. tell your wife that when you look at the car as it is, you cant help but think of how proud her father and grand father must have been of it, and that painting it would be like erasing that memory forever. original 8 track?

[@superspeeders101superspeed5]

new subscriber

[@FinnegansGarage]

thanks!

[@brianlovvorn4150]

hey mike, this the perfect fix between roadkills! thanks

[@nello1591]

Definitely subscribed. Love roadkill, love your channel man.

[@PuchMaxi]

Have you considered Nord-Lock safety washers?

[@smurfenglubb]

Those are awesome! I use them on my flywheels.

[@KevinBuckham1]

Exactly what I was thinking. They have worked much better than Nylocks or split washers for me.

[@AustrianAnarchy]

Or just weld the little bolts in ;)

[@boblast5582]

why do you want to avoid painting the car so bad? and next weeks episode: "so guys, I managed to avoid painting the car yet again because it got stolen... because I told the world any GM key will start the car... and now I gotta go buy my wife a lot of shoes"

[@geoffsmith4714]

Hey Finn. Try using a wad of gaff tape, sticky side out on the end of a screwdriver or hook-n-pick to hold a nut for getting into tight spots. I know the general public isn't familiar with gaff tape, but this is yet another of the infinite uses for gaff tape. Love that motor!!!

[@deckert618]

Great stuff, Finnegan! Keep it coming!

[@TrimJazz]

camy looks better as a beater..... finn bolts down next time.

[@markwalsh4870]

Just wrap it, no paint jail done in a few days, and cheap

[@erikwordal6096]

That is awesome El Camino!! Never paint it. I am building a 64 Chevelle wagon with the rear facing rear seat (they call it a 9 passenger), got an LS1 out of a 2004 Corvette, 4L60E and 12 bolt rear end. All kinds of other trick stuff, should be fun. I guess I did bow to the wife and did a frame off and painted it. Hope to have it on the road in the next few months. Better thrash on the Elco some more before the wife gets her way!

[@abramfrank4611]

Everytime they speed through a section of the videos, i just say it " TURBO AND NOS TIME BABY"! Lol. Love the shirts and vids

[@tonynocita5336]

Buy her a ton of shoes, then say you can't afford to paint it

[@Ken19700]

Just paint the car.

[@MrYessireebob]

Looks great the way it is

[@FinnegansGarage]

no way. right now you can drive and park this thing anywhere and not worry about dents and dings.

[@BigDaddysPlati]

+Finnegan's Garage oh tell me about it. When I painted my truck and didn't want the sun to hit it. Before I had it painted I didn't care what happen to it while off roading.

[@ChargerHouse]

I'm still sure that there will come a day when she'll force You to finally do it

[@FinnegansGarage]

the best your call ever looks is the day it rolls out of the paint booth. its all downhill from there.

[@tat2titan]

I'm digging the show man! I've got Helwig sway bars on my truck & they work great! Really helps in the corners!

[@lenacisowski1889]

Great show, keep them coming. Also liked the shirt, that's funny !

[@JunkworksGarage]

using a extendable magnet to hold the nut to get it started works great for inside the frame thanks for the great vids

[@Strahan740i]

Operation! You're the doctor, it's so much fun lol.

[@GeorgiaBoyBoomer]

Hey Finnegan, great vid bud :) I wanted to mention something.. When you have a situation where you are putting a nut or anything on with limited access like the holes you drilled in the frame.. You might try to superglue "your nut" to the screwdriver.. Then you will have full control of the nut in regards to location and positioning.. Just a trick we used in the Aerospace Industry.. Keep up the good work bud :)

[@towrecker]

also on the sway bar nuts inside the frame , if you weld a small length of flat bar to the nut , you can use it as a handle to get the bolt started in the nut , it also will wedge in the hole so the bolt can just simply be tightened from below with zero issues , been there done that more than once , my issue was rust and broken bolts forcing a drill or torch out situation ...

[@hankholzman3586]

No one goes into stuff like this. Keep it up and thank you!

[@chrisstoughton5560]

Just a tip on doing the bolts in the blind holes. Wrap the tip of a screwdriver with duct tape (sticky side out!) and stick the screw to the sticky tape and it will hold it long enough for you to get it started. Or if that won't hold simply tape it to the screwdriver or pick and you can tear it away once you get it started on the bolt.

[@rile5960]

Yet another cool vid. Love the old Camino's.

[@lynlynster8698]

I have a couple of suggestions for your small space of threading your bolt onto your nut. 1 If you have a magnet that can swivel that holds the side of the nut hold it in place then thread your bolt through. 2 if that doesnt work, use petroleum jelly to hold it on on the end of the your screwdriver or another skinny pick or something to hold nut while you thread your bolt through. Petroleum jelly is just sticky enough to hold stuff for a minute and will dissolve over time. Works great for small stuff to 😜.

[@jeffreyroth7517]

Use socket head bolts and drill holes in the sides of the socket for safety wire. Good job on the new channel! Keep up the good work!

[@martinmarshall6110]

And stolen wheels.... no lock nuts... Wouldn't last a day over here in Scotland. Love your videos though man absolutely brilliant! please keep doing this.

[@XSENTONEX]

love how these videos are done in your garage than the shop!

[@trued2010]

Its nice to see more work going into this car, It makes me want to go back and look at some of the work that was done on Hot Rod Garage (and Roadkill?) to it.

[@customowing]

You got it all with that little truck, power, good gas mileage when you can keep you foot out of it, and is holds the road like it glued to it. I really liked the video, yeah you guys are human just like the rest of us. You'd make a good teacher. I know you don't want to ever think about every having to do this repair again, those holes, I'd open the bottom edges up so you can get a box end wrench in there to hold that nut, use grease to hold the nut in the wrench. I know myself I like my nuts and bolts tight especially on suspension parts they see a lot of force on them. Now get those seats and floor shifted, Another great video.

[@MattTester]

Really thought you'd have magnet on a stick for getting those nuts in the frame. Also for the end link bolts if there isn't space for nyloc nuts you could drill and wire the bolt heads together. Enjoying these videos keep up the good work.

[@ramairgto72]

Being a GM A body owner myself, I would bet that issue stems from the frame flexing under hard launches. That is the passenger side where most of the "punishment" gos. Another great video!

[@mrblowhard2u]

On placing the nut inside the frame...I used some axle grease to hold the nut in a box wrench while I inserted it in the hole on a job similar to yours. A;so, my cousins 1951 Plymouth key would work in my 1952 Plymouth.

[@thomaslee7684]

What you said about shiny cars and car shows makes me feel better about my own car being dirty but driven hard :) Also I totally get what you mean about just cleaning wheels to make a car look clean!

[@Dwendele]

Shade tree mechanic tip... Buy an assorted set of hemostats of different sizes and shapes. They work great for holding nuts in hard to reach places, like inside that frame rail.

[@Goathierbmw]

Liked when I see the burnout ! Great vids :D

[@bluesnowfox361]

love the little chittering noises he makes in fast forward. love even more that he left them in XD

[@growlith6969]

Super amazing awesome heckin cool wheels....kkkraaaggttttt! Goes the impact and socket rattling around in the socket hole, lol.... Also, weld a little rod of metal to the side of those nuts that you are having a tough time with in the frame, you can position them, hold them in place and leave them just like that in case you ever have to do that again.

[@AllKidsOutNow]

You've got so many cool tools Finnegan! Get yourself down to Harbor and get a telescoping magnet for those hard to reach places!

[@jamesmckoy8799]

new sub love the vids dude I've watched all the road kill vids more than once love your cars and toys keep it up have a good one

[@Grumpy_old_Boot]

Serrated Flange Bolts and Nuts is the way forward, you can even get Nylocs with serrated flanges. :) They have saved me a few times, particularly nice in soft metals that work a lot, like aluminum where they can bite in a bit.

[@maoristereo]

This show is absolute gold.

[@baileybrewer1172]

Yessss. Just what I needed after a long ass day. Thanks Mike.

[@michieleldering5307]

man..... I do miss my '69 elky.... the coolest of cool cars ever... btw, I do hope the car never gets it to the paintshop.... way to cool the way it is.... this little video embodies everything I love about cars.... Ooo and try to do this when you have only one pair of USE spanner set... working on my '72 Suburban now trying to fit in a hydro-boost setup from a '96 Van... the only luxury I have is a garage now.... before I just did it on the street.... roadkill or walk ;-)

[@GhettoWagon]

The swaybar bolts strip out on all GM's The same problem happens on the 91-6 Caprices when you put a big sway bar on it or remove the sway bar bolts a few times. Your best bet is probably fishing a bolt in from the front frame horns. That or a long magnet, they maybe wedge a a flat head screw driver in there to hold it inside the frame. Best would be to get a knurled stud of some sort, fish it in from the inside, nut and washer, drive it through and use a nut to bolt the sway bar on. Its just hard to find a knurled stud! Of course the frame sway bar holes will have to be sized for the knurl