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Well, here I am again. If you’ve been following the channel, you know I’m not exactly a “transmission guy” by trade, but life has a funny way of handing you a wrench and saying, “Figure it out.” The victim this time? The 6L80E out of my wife’s Suburban. You know, the one we just picked…

By Alex Nothing—and I mean nothing—beats the look of a split window VW bus. When my buddy Adam told me he’d acquired his grandparents’ 1967 Westfalia, my heart skipped a beat. This wasn’t just any bus; it was a family legend. His dad and four siblings (yeah, seven people total!) used to tour the country…

By Josh There are projects that you build for speed, projects you build for the trail, and then there are the ones you build—or in this case, inherit—because they carry a piece of history. This week, I took a road trip to my grandpa’s place to pick up one of the strangest, coolest, and most…

By Josh Man, sitting down in the shop with Alex for our latest podcast episode really put things into perspective. We’re officially back where it all began—two years since we kicked off this wild ride—and looking back at 2025, I’m struck by one thing: the “Pain” is just the seasoning that makes the “Victory” taste…

If there’s one thing I’ve learned about Alex, it’s that he has a magnet for “cheap” projects that end up being a physical workout. This G30 van is a beast, but getting it home was a bit of a grind—literally. We had a slight “casualty” with the fiberglass running board during loading [03:00], but hey,…

What’s up, guys? Josh here. If you’ve been following the build of the Big Chief, you know I’ve wanted to ditch the old Quadra-Trac and go bulletproof for nearly a decade. Today, we finally made some serious headway on the 203/205 Doubler setup. This is the heart of the “Victory” side of things—getting that ultra-low…

It’s finally happening! We’ve officially started the 203/205 Doubler build, and man, there is something so satisfying about cracking open a heavy-duty gear box. This project is all about the “Victory” of having an unstoppable crawl ratio, but right now, we’re knee-deep in the “Pain”—specifically, the greasy, needle-bearing-filled kind of pain. The mission for this…

Hey guys, Josh here. Looking back at some of the older projects in the shop, I realized I never really gave the NP203 transfer case its fair shake on the blog. If you’ve spent any time around 70s-era half-ton or three-quarter-ton trucks, you’ve likely encountered this cast-iron beast. At first glance, it’s easy to focus…

Looking back at our past projects, there’s one piece of hardware that consistently stands out as the backbone of a solid rig: the New Process 205. I’ve spent a lot of hours with this 140lb lump of cast iron on my workbench, and even though this video is from a little while back, the lessons…

By Josh Man, I’m still buzzing from our latest podcast episode. Alex and I have been friends for over 30 years, and if there’s one thing we’ve spent a lot of time doing together, it’s wrenching in less-than-ideal conditions. We’ve done it all: gravel driveways, rainy roadsides, and tiny sheds where you have to step…