Recent content by akhoundog

Keep in mine what works in the winter doesn't work as well in the summer, thinner grease can run out of bearings a bit. I use slick honey grease in as many of the bearings as possible. Some of the bottom brackets are difficult to service, most hubs have cartridge bearings that you can...

Up until the mid 2000s i never owned a car here in Alaska and have work at a shop here since i was 15. I've rode daily in -10 to -15. I've road a couple of times in -30 but it isnt pleasant. Even if you winterize your bike with thinner grease it still becomes much slower, you must wear heavy...

Originally Posted By: KCJeep All that and a TBN of over 5, oil looks to be in phenomenal shape to me, viscosity, flash point and fuel all say it's good to go. I too think this is a great report and what "wear" numbers you have are likely affected by brutal cold starts. I am getting higher and...

castrol edge euro (made in belgium if that matters) 0w-40 with MANN filter. MANN air filter too. I haven't seen many e46 UOA and i'm not sure how to interpret my UOA. This oil seen some diverse use, It's been in since august and seen a 50/50 use in highway/city driving. The highway miles were...

Originally Posted By: TallPaul I don't know much about bicycles but that I have never seen a Huffy biycle that wasn't a decent, albeit entry level, bicycle. no but a modern wal mart bike is pretty poor and can't hold a candle to an original Huffy. before Huffy went bye bye they made decent...

cool. can wet weather dictate more frequent intervals?

i did about 15k this year.

ewww. i should proof read more often.

i'm curious as if i am using the best oil/filter combo for my car. some details. the car is a 95 toyota camry with the 2.2l 4 banger with 89k miles, i am the second owner. the first owner took good care of it and changed the oil about every 3k miles according to her but, when i got the car the...