This is an awesome thread, as I read through it I laughed, I cried, I felt real FEAR!!! All because I needed to do my first tuneup on my wifes 1999 Astro. I paid for the first tune up at 75K and now that it is at 130K I figured good time to teach the freshmen, and myself how. Started out with the th...

I know I am late to this party but ... I just got some 1 1/4 standard aluminum bar stock from the Hardware Store. Removed the old bracket, mostly rust! Cleaned rocker with mineral spirits and soapy water, no rust underneath. Cut the bar to length, Marked the existing holes left to right. Drilled hol...

Hello all, I bought my first Astro in new in 1991, silver shorty, drove it to 2003 with 150,000 miles. It had the primer problems and the paint looked bad, but the killer was the front end was worn out and it did not seem like a good idea to out that much cash in a van that had leprosy. So I sold it...