840 Customs

Sydney learns how to do a caliper, rotor, and pad swap on her 1982 Volvo 245DL. Brandon walks her through each step making sure she understands the process completely. At the end of the day, all of the brakes worked perfectly and the car runs awesome now!

We perform some test cuts on the new laser cutter. We are cutting some tube bending guides. The radius in the protractor represent the bend radius of the tue bending dies.

Brandon from 840 Customs walks through the assembly of AN lines for the Buick's transmission cooler. Step 1: Determine how long the lines need to be and mark the line with some electrical tape. We like to use red electrical tape to signify transmission cooler lines since transmission fluid is red. Step 2: Use sharp bolt cutters or a cutoff wheel to trim the line in the center of the electrical tape. Some people like to take the electrical tape off before moving to the next step but we're fans of leaving it on. It helps keep the end of the hose from fraying during assembly. We haven't noticed it causing any issues like leaks or premature failure. Step 3: Thread the nut onto the end of the hose. Remember the threads are reversed. The hose must sit on the seat inside the nut right before the threaded area. Step 4: Thread the fitting into the nut. It's not easy, push hard to start engaging the threads. Step 5: Tighten the fitting all the way into the nut until it is seated. We like to align the flats on the fitting and nut to make a cleaner look.

The 840 Customs crew performs a transmission swap on a 1992 Buick Roadmaster Estate. The transmission in the car was swapped in last October but it has been leaking ever since. The guys also look into some other upgrades while they're under the car.

Sam from Stone Ridge Metal Works graciously invited the 840 crew out to his home forge to show us the process and get us familiar with the tools. Sam is an extraordinary young man from Layton, Utah building a small business crafting high quality fixed blade knives. He makes good use of his garage based forging space and is slowly collecting better and better tools. Find Sam on Instagram @stoneridgemetalworks.