Recent content by CarlB

The GMT800 with the LQ4/LQ9 is definitely amazingly reliable and well suited to high duty cycles. Maintenance and repairs are easy and not too expensive. Mine has about 133k miles, so should be long lived.

TopTec 6600 0W-20

The truth between the two extremes presented is somewhere in the middle. If ultimate strength is the goal, then use the ranking accordingly. Alternatively if warranty, backdrag, price or other elements are priority the scores are there for alternatives. Not everyone has identical use cases for...

Agree, the snap-on and williams were the stars to me. I've owned the flex-head version of the gear wrench for over a decade, but wish I had something low backdrag like the Williams. Taking tools to the point of failure is only one piece of the puzzle. I don't need to destroy my ratcheting wrenches.

If you don't need to let someone inherit the home, but want the cash. That's the gist. It's not specifically bad/good. Just depends on personal goals. I don't have any heirs nor plan to, so a reverse mortgage could work well.

Civic Sedan.

If the goal is to be cooler, then you need to increase capacity (more coolant) and/or increase convection (more CFM of air).

Civic sedan. Cheap parts, enjoyable to drive, manual transmission, legendary engine.

VRP helped the consumption on my LQ4.

I don't reuse refrigerant. ;)

I too know of a $0 method to empty a system.

Depends on the injury and quality of the veterinarian.

Those are brands only not products, and you haven't listed the vehicle, so impossible to give you any feedback.

Depends on if EJ or FA.

Well used engines bays tell more stories anyway.