I never really understood why some automotive enthusiasts are afraid to work on their own muscle cars. Simple things like changing their own brake bads, rotors, and oil. Come on man, I know everyone can learn to do these things. At first I was scared, but that was back in high school honestly. Just a little sweat, following of directions, and the right tools I think anyone can get the job done. Yeah, I've been there sometimes trying to pry off a nut, but with the "right tools" such as a breaker bar you can get the job done.

It's fun too, but remember safety comes first. I ended up just buying new floor jack because this old one I bought from Murrays just wasn't cutting it anymore. It was starting to rust and it didn't jack up my girlfriends Dodge Durango real well. So since it was coming up short, I ended up taking a trip over to Harbor Freight in Roseville, picked up a new and bulkier one and it works just great!

My Dad for instance never works on his cars or muscle cars in the past. He always takes them to the mechanic, no matter if it just a simple light bulb replacement. I remember when he told me the bulb on my Trans Am burnt out, he's like "just take it up to the dealership and they'll fix it. I'm thinking in my head, "just for a bulb?" Um, I'll go up to Murrays and replace it myself in a matter of seconds. I mean come on people, lets not be lazy hear. I guess you have to have some will and energy to work on your own car. Myself, the thought of saving $100 - $300 is enough for me to try and fix it myself.

Word on the street is the National Corvette Museum wants to build a race track down in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The plan is to make the race track all the way across the highway from the Chevrolet Corvette plant. It will include two road courses, a 1/4 mile drag strip(that's for me), a kart track and a 10 acre autocross course.

The project though is to run the Corvette Museum $35 million dollars, that's a hefty price tag. I really would like to see the race tracks built, it might boost the economy a little bit down in Kentucky. But it's going to take a big chuck of change to get the ball rolling. Maybe they can get some donations going for the track, I'm sure a lot of automotive fans in Kentucky would love to make some donations to get a drags trip and some tracks in there area.

I tell you what, I've been tampering around with my new 2000 Smoker Craft boat, man it's a learning process, but it's a lot easier to work on than a muscle car. A muscle car just has too many parts man, boats are simpler with an open work space and easy access to the engine. Well I have a outboard motor so it's a lot easier to work on than outboard.

I'm not doing all the work myself, my friend Andrew is giving me a lot of help and showing me how to work on a boat. He fixed his bilge pump last summer on his own Smoker Craft boat. That's one of the particular boat parts we are working on right now. We just removed it and plan on replacing the old bilge pump with a new aftermarket bilge pump. This one pumps out more water and it seems a lot stabler than the stock one. Plus it has a three year warranty.

So far the process has been slow though. We need to wake up and head over to Gilberts Hardware in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. They have a particular boat part we are looking for, hopefully they have it. Tomorrow the whole process should be done. And I hope, I just hope there's no leaks in the boat. See the old bilge pump was causing a major leak. I think this will solve the problem. Best way to find out is to get it done and test it out on the lake, plain and simple.

Anyways, I'm just glad I have friend to help, it sure is easy to work on a boat compared to a muscle car. If you ever thinking about buying a boat and mechanically inclined, don't be afraid. It's no peace of cake, but with some research and a friend you can surely manage to fix any small boat problem that is to flair up from time to time.