Who needs help wrenching in the McHenry/Lake County area?

[rocket5979]

It's WRENCHING SEASON!!!!

Ok, so I am about to wrap up a Jeep Wrangler project here soon once I recover enough from my surgery to do the finishing touches, and then I will be doing a cage in another Jeep with some other fab work. After that, I will not have any huge projects that I plan to be tackling this summer; so I need to get my wrenching and fabrication fix somehow!

If anyone near me plans to do any wrenching, design, fabrication, welding, or EFI tuning work on their car in the next few months then let me know if you need a hand; whether it be for a road car or offroader. This especially applies to the younger folks who are new to modding and may not know where to begin, or are hesitant to ask for help out of fear of looking like a newby. I am not exactly going to build you a full roll-cage, put together your longblock for you while you watch me and drink a beer, or completely custom tune your ride per se, but I will lend a helping hand if you need to design a part, tweak your tune/do some logging; weld a few things together, cut some metal, install some headers, wire or program a nitrous system, do turbo stuff, etc. I just like doing this shit, and happen to bring a bit of experience to the table when it comes to things mechanical and electrical in nature. It also doesn't hurt to build the TCG community a little stronger, even if I do act like a dick to some of you every now and then.

Feel free to post here or PM me. Take care and see you guys out and about!

P.S. You bring/supply the beer!

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[Yaj Yak]

saweeet. i wish i had some stuff lined up for me.

house modding has taken over for me though

 

[nos4blood70]

Pshh. And you tell me this a year after I sold my turbo set up!

Hahaha. I'm nowhere near Lake County though. Nonetheless, this sounds like a fun time. We should have a TCG wrench wizard for every section of Chicagoland.

 

[Eagle]

Just come over to my place and lets get down on the Capri :naughty:

 

[boostedguy05]

Mini tub time?

 

[Eagle]

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

I'm going to need some tunin very soon when I get this trans fixed up. Not in your area but willing to drive there

 

[rocket5979]

Just come over to my place and lets get down on the Capri :naughty:

What are your immediate plans for the car? Of course the mini-tubs, but anything else too?

 

[Eagle]

Cam, converter and minitubs.

 

[03GTGreen]

What you need minitubs for? The car will go 8s? I thought Pratt ran a low 9 with the old turbo?

 

[Outlaw]

I don't really need help, but, I'm in Lake Zurich and like to drink beer.

 

[Eagle]

What you need minitubs for? The car will go 8s? I thought Pratt ran a low 9 with the old turbo?

I'd like to be able to get a 15x10 under the back of the car.

 

[sickmint79]

i just installed 2 gauges. they seem to work and the car hasn't burst into flames yet, but now it always thinks the doors are open and something new keeps flashing on the dash. did i total it

 

[SRT41320]

Also willing to pitch in my knowledge and drink beer

 

[rocket5979]

i just installed 2 gauges. they seem to work and the car hasn't burst into flames yet, but now it always thinks the doors are open and something new keeps flashing on the dash. did i total it

Just drive it off a cliff. The car will never be the same.

 

[sickmint79]

sigh. i'm pretty incompetent, was all proud when those things lit up. now i got extra lights i dun want !

 

[Stink Star]

I've got some Pistons to replace at my work. I'll give you half my hourly rate for the work as long as I get to sit there throwing things at you and yelling expletives

 

[DEEZUZ]

You must not turn wrenches for a living... kudos to you sir..

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

It's WRENCHING SEASON!!!!

Ok, so I am about to wrap up a Jeep Wrangler project here soon once I recover enough from my surgery to do the finishing touches, and then I will be doing a cage in another Jeep with some other fab work. After that, I will not have any huge projects that I plan to be tackling this summer; so I need to get my wrenching and fabrication fix somehow!

If anyone near me plans to do any wrenching, design, fabrication, welding, or EFI tuning work on their car in the next few months then let me know if you need a hand; whether it be for a road car or offroader. This especially applies to the younger folks who are new to modding and may not know where to begin, or are hesitant to ask for help out of fear of looking like a newby. I am not exactly going to build you a full roll-cage, put together your longblock for you while you watch me and drink a beer, or completely custom tune your ride per se, but I will lend a helping hand if you need to design a part, tweak your tune/do some logging; weld a few things together, cut some metal, install some headers, wire or program a nitrous system, do turbo stuff, etc. I just like doing this shit, and happen to bring a bit of experience to the table when it comes to things mechanical and electrical in nature. It also doesn't hurt to build the TCG community a little stronger, even if I do act like a dick to some of you every now and then.

Feel free to post here or PM me. Take care and see you guys out and about!

P.S. You bring/supply the beer!

I found a couple of quarter sized holes have developed in my passenger floor pan near the rocker area Choices are to either patch the spots with sheet metal and body glue after a thorough cleaning, or to cut the section out and replace it with a similarly shaped section of sheet metal. Not sure the car is worth full floor pans to me. Might have to get in touch when I'm ready to fix that stuff.

I need to put SFC's on the car and the floor needs to be straightened out for that, whats the use of welding SFCs to bad metal. I'm also not sure what would happen to the unibody if I fed over 400rwhp to it without the SFCs.

 

[boostedguy05]

What you need minitubs for? The car will go 8s? I thought Pratt ran a low 9 with the old turbo?

Fastest in chicago.

Chicago outlaws

 

[rocket5979]

I've got some Pistons to replace at my work. I'll give you half my hourly rate for the work as long as I get to sit there throwing things at you and yelling expletives

I wrench with folks, not for them. Besides, you didn't say the magic word........BEER! hyea:

You must not turn wrenches for a living... kudos to you sir..

Nope, nope, nope, nope, though my experience would humble many a master technician or metal fabricator. My greedy ass prefers to be on the white collar side of the tracks. I wrench for the enjoyment, to make sure the job has been done 100% right and, since I'm being honest, because I am too cheap to pay someone else to do it.

 

[rocket5979]

I found a couple of quarter sized holes have developed in my passenger floor pan near the rocker area Choices are to either patch the spots with sheet metal and body glue after a thorough cleaning, or to cut the section out and replace it with a similarly shaped section of sheet metal. Not sure the car is worth full floor pans to me. Might have to get in touch when I'm ready to fix that stuff.

I need to put SFC's on the car and the floor needs to be straightened out for that, whats the use of welding SFCs to bad metal. I'm also not sure what would happen to the unibody if I fed over 400rwhp to it without the SFCs.

No worries. When the time comes just send me a PM and I will see what I can do. I have welded SFC, torque arms, and other structural members before on street cars and offroaders. Just make sure things are prepped well before driving over.

 

[rocket5979]

sigh. i'm pretty incompetent, was all proud when those things lit up. now i got extra lights i dun want !

If you really want help with trying to figure out the issue just let me know. I am sure we could swap a few Africa stories too while we are at it.

 

[Bub]

I have a strange boner to drop my rear carrier and swap my gears. Could use am experienced hand in that if you're interested. I keep a humidor full of cigars and a kegerator full of spotted cow I'm in Johnsburg

 

[sickmint79]

If you really want help with trying to figure out the issue just let me know. I am sure we could swap a few Africa stories too while we are at it.

will do thnx!