Recent content by Cdn17Sport6MT

Just now, finally... after too many years' delay, I'm building an oversized 3 car garage... I am lucky, I concede, to be able to do so - but I've always thought that it doesn't make a lot of sense to have a really nice car (or cars) if I can't house it out of the sun (and other weather). Plus, I...

The 510 certainly has robust running gear (and but for the wagon) has nice semi-trailing arm independent rear suspension... but I suspect you'd agree that body construction is on the cheap side. I'm not talking the obvious rust preventive methods... but simply that it's extremely light duty...

If I could bankroll it, it'd for sure be a brand new Porsche 911T, manual of course, with i) a receiver tube type trailer hitch; and ii) a Porsche engineered roof rack system ("car transport system")...plus my hot-dip galvanized utility trailer...

Oh, and I bought the car with 183,000 km on it, oh, 15 years ago. Now has 240,000 km. I usually do yearly OC's. Usually just use Castrol oil, plain garden variety, 5W-30 or 10W-30. Does use some oil, but i attributed that to worn valve stem seals. 'Gotta do a leakdown test... plus a compr test.

Thank you All for your well-considered answers. Agreed, I paid too much. I want to do an oil change soonest. I have three cars to do oil changes on, so I'm only trying to decide on which one to use for my Camry. Re the aversion to synthetics... I thought that their chemistries tend to wash-out...

Per title, '99 Camry 5SFE which for inexcusable reasons I've neglected. 150,000 miles on her; short-duration/miles in-city usage. I'm setting myself up for some major hurt, here, and I wanna pull back from the precipice. I want to ease-off the sludge by slowly dissolving it. Car has a 5MT, it's...

British Columbia, Canada... Family has been here, in Vancouver, since about 1930 - maternal side, and 1949 paternal side. Wife and I lived in Vancouver all of our respective lives, but for the eighties (Calgary, Alberta... where kids were born). I do have a special place in my heart for the...

I agree that it should not be used for high current...

Thx to All for having answered. The idea of dummy dashboard switches - say even in a logic pattern of some having to be on vs some off... or mebe just a single switch - that has intrigue. The idea of having it start but sputter is an interesting one, too. What intrigues me about the Littelfuse...

I know the question was re warranty claim... but if it were me, I'd tear it apart and rebuild it (if parts were available). That way I'd be sure it was "right". I suspect you'd need a 20T press.(Harbor Freight one .... cheap).

An ice scraper?

Repurposing a normal switch... that might work well. Mebe a frt psgr seat - seat heater control switch, say...i.e. one on the dashboard

Good idea, re the momentary contact switch, and as others have said, on the wiring to the starter solenoid (by way of a relay that pulls-in). Several of my vehicles are manual... and none have start-stop... 👍

Canada is facing an incredible raft of car thefts, mostly in Central- and Eastern Canada. Cars get stolen, put into containers, and shipped to Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, mostly, via the port of Montreal. I'm on the west coast... still an issue, but somewhat less so... My question: if...

100%. I own a '17 Mazda6.