Automotive DIY Projects plus Home & Money Saving Ideas
Chevy SSR: Radiator Expansion Tank Replacement Our Project SSR has had a few bouts with overheating issues. First, we had the heater core crossover pipe fail (see our cheap fix here!), and now we had our expansion tank fail. Needless to say, it’s a bit frustrating but, under-hood temperatures are a problem given the…
Chevy SSR: Power Steering Hose Replacement Our SSR had developed a leak from the Power Steering system. It’s never fun to have a car leaking on your driveway, much less if it’s leaking on your garage floor. Follow along as we hunt down the Power Steering leak and address it with a very simple fix.…
Chevy SSR: Front Wheel Bearing Replacement My Chevy SSR has had a rather hard life. We had planned to do a full refresh but it’s been difficult to get a consistent rhythm going. Nevertheless, a lot has been done over the past 18-months and we will start chronicling the transformation. To start things off we installed…
The Story: As we had previosly mentioned when our project SSR was introduced (here), being over 10-years old, the truck had become quite tired. An unfortunate side effect of the SSR’s swoopy design is that there is limited space in the engine compartment. Especially for cooling. As suc, a number of cooling related issues are…