Recent content by andyd

Surfing on you tube and this one struck me as quirky but possibly legit. ,First used by Pennsylvania Dutch farmers in their tractors. It is standard item used in paints kinda sorta like linseed oil and it is available in food grade purity for maintaining Butcher block counters, etc. Here is the...

1st start of the season didn't go well. Symptom is starter only uncoils part way then jams. Remove plug and starter works fine. I'm wondering if it could be a wonky compression release. I had the compression release freeze on my Predator/ Ariens snow thro and this behaves like it. That...

Thank you all for your replies. Popping off the inner seal is a good idea. IIRC, I did that to pack the bearings when I 'fixed" it after the housing cracked

My '16 Camry just turned 70k miles. I change it when the car throws a service msg. I use cheapest 0w20 I can find with an OEM filter. I have no clue how Toyota established the OCI. I'm not that curious about the Camry. When it needs stuff, I replace it. Tires, Brakes, a battery To quote the...

All DI is about is to shift pollution from the exhaust stream where it must pass an emission test to the crank case oil which isn't tested

I'd drain that oil into a clean container and use it in my daily driver/ heating oil tank

My OPE has a storage tent that is open at both ends. A few summers ago, the Kohler on my 2000 Craftsman started dying after a 1/2 hrs use. BIL, my brother from another mother, tells me " you got a mouse nest, take the shroud off" Yup. Another item for spring checkup. No nest this yr, it was a...

Thats the one thing about that mower deck that I like. After market parts are cheap. It seems that it takes the same parts as many other mowers. Whilst paying attention to car and truck repairs, my front lawn tried to change into a hay field. No sooner than I had the RF wheel back on the Tacoma...

Yup. my wife's '16 Camry SE rode better on the 215 70 16 General snow tires than it did on ?? 60 17s. BTW, 17s may give you room for bigger brakes, but Camry brake rotors are the same regardless of trim level. Ram pickups have a low profile on 20" rims tire/wheel option . the rotors clear the...

Somebody said it earlier, but it is worth repeating. If you top off the oil before use, your engine will last a looong time, regardless of brand or viscosity. I knew a guy who commuted into NYC from 60 miles out in LI in an '86 BMW 535i. His weekender was an "87 535 is that had yrly OCI sub...

Replaced leaky transmission lines on my new to me '08 Tacoma SR5. While doing that I spilled about 30seconds worth of ATF. So I had no clue about how much oil was in the transmission. I put in 3qts of Toyota WS and a qt of Valvoline WS rated stuff. Then I put about 10 miles on it driving 30-40...

245 75 16 Cooper ATs. That's kinda low isn't it? I aired them up to 35 psi, hoping to raise MPG. I got a neat little dual/power inflater from HF.

. The continuing saga. We got the PS hose in No leaks. Rebelling at crazy price of pre bent sections of steel lines I can buy 30 feet of 3/8 fuel hose for that and there are 2 of them used. Yah, Toyota used hard lines because it is near the cat and that is the most economical way when build a...

Up date: I'm not driving the truck. However, the main reason is the leaky PS hose that I intend to replace tomorrow. Then, we tackle the very rusty transmission cooling lines, that I successfully made a really iffy temporary fix

Thank God, I don't have a dog in this fight