The Abode of McThag

I am a strong proponent of women learning to shoot and reject, strenuously, the "old boys club" model of shooting ranges. That sai...

Took my hoary old M&P 9 to the range and did some Mozambique drills. I traditionally don't shoot this pistol well.  I've gotten ...

  This is so very true.

If you follow the service manual for the 2012 Chevrolet Caprice PPV 6.0, to connect the parking brake equalizer to the cables running to the...

I posted about Minnesota's changes to their classic car registration and mentioned some steep prices...  In this post. I said: Betcha th...

 As  The Lovely Harvey  was doing her morning routine, she spotted our "guest" sniffing around the garage bathroom. She says it wa...

While I do rant about how hard it is to work on modern cars, I will, grudgingly, admit that they're far more reliable and dependable tha...

Replaced the rear seat back with one from a wrecked 2008 Pontiac G8.   Harvey  was instrumental in her assistance! What you get with a G8 se...

Took the old HVAC box apart: This was my original plan back in April last year.  Remove the box, replace the evaporator and heater core, sea...

The main issue of how too many modern cars are put together in terms of working on them is this removal of several assemblies to access the ...

The filter-dryer is a tube welded to the passenger side of the condenser. You just have to unscrew the cap on the tube to remove the old des...

It's back together! No warning lights! It's still holding 30 inches of vacuum! The new box did it's own self check and all the d...

Today is the 107th anniversary of the Volstead Act, which kicked off Prohibition. It is notable that the government of 1919 recognized that ...

Last night we tried to light a happy little fire in our fire pit and it just would not catch. Harvey  was looking at the put at one, forlorn...

Here's Bear in his natural habitat!

The Beast  is in an advanced state of reassembly! The eagle eyed might notice that the steering wheel is different from when I started. This...

Comparing the service manual for The Beast with my manual for the Biscayne SS ; A recurring phrase, paraphrased,  in the 2012 'M' m...

Something I hear over and over about getting old is to get off your but and get moving around. Well, working on the car is definitely gettin...

I dearly love my Canon M50, but... I find that I'm using my phone to take pictures more often than not because I have it with me. That m...

Harvey , via my ebay account, ordered a Pontiac G8 back seat for The Beast  because it's got a fold-down arm-rest and a pass-through to ...

Parking brake pedal. Brake pedal. Steering column. All have been returned to their start locations.

With the brake pedals removed, Saga's song "On the Loose" got stuck in my head. So I am sharing!  

My father in law bought a big package of steaks for a good deal at Sam's Club. He offered us 4 of the 6 in the package if I'd grill ...

Walter Koenig has passed the veil at the rip old age of 90. While I liked Chekov, his performance as Alfred Bester in Babylon 5 was his def...

Marv's gauges are long in the tooth.  He bought them used and he's had them for over ten years. Even so, using them incorrectly is a...

Tried to draw a vacuum on the HVAC system because the evaporator is connected at this point of the reassembly. No joy. It went from -32 psi ...

  Last night we did the Zoo Tampa at Lowery Park's  Creatures of the Night  Halloween thing. We bought memberships for the zoo and that ...

Today is remembering where the under-dash harness went. Today is fixing the wire from the driver's window switch to the port rear window...

68 year old immigrant voted in 2024 and is being prosecuted for it. First off, I didn't give their headline for this.  Secondly, he'...

Parts are going back into The Beast ! Huzzah!

The woman suing Torchy's for $250k... First off, finding that tooth is kinda proof that it's really beef. Secondly you were not actu...

  All Ruger, all .22LR brace on 10/22!

Tom Skerritt, a steady and reliable dancing monkey, has shuffled off the mortal coil. I can't think of a truly bad performance. 

Got the dash tie-bar out! The way is now clear to remove the heater box! The worrisome bolt that the service manual says you need the windsh...

The service manual has been an unalloyed boon in the process of taking the car apart. But it's got blind spots you can ram the Death Sta...

Went to pick up a patty melt for  Harvey . Tripped on the damn curb of the restaurant and skinned my damn knee like a five year old! Second ...

Because I don't have ANY brakes! Or at least I don't have any brake pedals.

Looks like S&W just bought Savage Arms. I happen to like my Savage rifles, I sure hope this doesn't fuck up their secret s...

Got the dash part of the dash out! The garage is getting full, though. I hope to attack the cross-body brace tomorrow.