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Working on mad old nuggets can be a rad time that leaves you with a real sense of satisfaction when you find and fix the problem you've been confronted with... but sometimes there are jobs which confound even the smartest, most experienced Mechanical Wizards.  Intermittent faults, those problems which pop up seemingly at random, are often as fun to successfully diagnose as drilling a third nostril in your own face. Then, once you start doing what seems to be a simple job, it turns out you have accidentally embarked on a massive mission involving half-stripping the car! As Marty found out...

If you work on your car yourself you're probably going to eventually come up against a bolt or nut that simply does not want to come out. Workshop Manuel loves his massive old American cars (and Subarus and E30 BMWs, tragically), and has spent many a day/night fighting stubborn bolts so here are some of his top tips on removing bolts and nuts which do not want to budge. Firstly, check the old "righty-tighty, lefty-loosey" method and make sure you have a can of penetrating spray like the WD40 Our Friend Martin here is modelling. Have a bo peep under...

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  Fitting a new exhaust is a key step in making your car properly mad, but there are a few life hacks we've learned in the 12 years we've been making Mighty Car Mods. Having just fitted a new exhaust to MOOG's BRZ (check out the new episode HERE!) we decided to give you our top tips when it comes to bolting on your new noise-pipe. Firstly, get yourself some penetrating spray (heeheehee) like this MCM WD40 Marty is modelling here. Give all the bolts holding your old exhaust on a good squirt with the spray and let it soak in for...