Recent content by Dave Sherman

That depends on too many factors. If the battery is very low, it not take much current at all until it starts to take some charge. How much that current peaks depends a lot on the condition of both batteries, the resistance of the cables, etc.. Not enough info.

Filed mine a few weeks ago. Happily found out that since stepson is going to college, his tuition is deductible since he's our dependent. Only thing that stinks about our taxes overall is I work in a township where there's no local tax. Hate my quarterly estimated tax payments, but I guess...

Knock on wood, never had an engine or transmission failure because of lubrication issues. Driving my dad's 1988 Pontiac 6000 with the 2.5 Iron Duke, it ate a few teeth off the camshaft gear on the highway at about 90,000 miles, but that was a notorious feature of that engine. Dad and I pulled...

Getting the OPE ready for spring. 1989 John Deere RX75 9HP Kawasaki Out: Rotella T5 10W-30, 2 seasons of mowing In: Rotella T5 10W-30 Predator 4000 generator, 78 hours on unit Out: Rotella T5 10W-30, approximately 25 hours In: Rotella T5 10W-30

Yes, the clutch is adjusted correctly. Again, just changing the oil suddenly seems to have cured this sticking tendency. It isn't dragging and never has. I can get the rear wheel off the ground and confirm that the wheel stops on its own if the clutch is released when it's in gear.

Thanks, it was like that when I last rode it, probably 1994. Dad always had to do that unstick procedure on it. I was just surprised when I started it today and the clutch was unusually quick to release. Figured the fresh oil change had something to do with it.

I changed out whatever ancient oil was in the CL-100 (probably 20 year old Pennzoil) and put in Rotella T5 10W-30. That's what I run in my small engines. One thing I noticed; it used to be that the clutch would stick if the bike had been sitting for any length of time, apparently from...

I had a plastic pan under the water heater at my last house, and it had a pipe leading to a drain. It was in a closet on the second floor. The house was 15 years old when the water heater let go. Seems that years of heat from the gas burner had baked the plastic so it was extra crispy, and...

I've driven my dad's Prius, and only some of the features I find useful. The adaptive cruise control is not bad, it started slowing down as soon as the crowd ahead started slowing down. The lane keeping I find a little too aggressive, it seems to jerk unnecessarily if I'm not perfectly...

After two atrocious GM vehicles (2010 Traverse and 2013 Equinox), the Ram is my first Chrysler/Stellantis/Fiat/whatever you want to call it. Now at 38,000 miles, and haven't had any issues, other than a notice for an emissions recall that required a visit to the dealer for a software update...

Turn it off. The backlight on an LCD will last longer, and OLEDs are not immune to fading.

I guess I have an irrational fear of flying insects. Anything bigger than a house fly gives me the creeps. Doesn't matter if they are harmless, I don't like them buzzing near me, and if they land on me it's not good.

Only once. Somebody else with a light blue Pontiac 6000 parked not far from the one I was driving. The squeaky door hinge and the different steering wheel clued me in pretty quickly that it was the wrong car.

Now I wonder if we'll find out that just hours/days/weeks before, the wheel was serviced and somebody forgot something.

Working on FIL's 2004 GMC Sierra, and my truck. FIL's truck has been laid up for a couple months with a bad fuse box that a mouse ruined. They got it back from the shop with a new fuse box, so we're driving it around to get the readiness codes restored since it's due for e-check soon. Noticed...