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Originally Posted By: SatinSilver I know a guy on here with a 2000 Toyota ECHO with 255k miles on it that uses 0w20 without leaking. Runs real well too! Of course it's running well. That engine just got through its break-in period.

Originally Posted By: CapitalTruck I had that idea myself. Here's the result. Into the amazon.com return bin. These were OEM ACDelco drums, the OE line, not the Professional line. Edit: Lucky me, the return period on amazon.com is over! Find out what the ACDelco warranty is, and how it is...

Originally Posted By: 69GTX If I get 3-5 yrs on a mower I figure that's "good." ... I've never once sharpened a blade. There is a relationship between these two statements. Dull blades make engines work harder.

All of the above. Consumer stuff is made REALLY cheaply nowadays. Mowing over "stuff". Mower makes funny noise... keep on mowing. Hard to start... get out the starting spray. Finally dies... wait for neighbor to offer to fix it, "might just need some little part." Ethanol gas and long storage...

Originally Posted By: Trav I put them on the brake lathe and check the run out and out of roundness with a dial indicator first, it saves a lot of time. Take them to a shop with a brake lathe and have them check them first not just cat them. If you don't have a brake lathe, put them on the...

Originally Posted By: itguy08 Why bother with the dealer? If they could have made the keys, it would have been no bother at all. It wasn't out of my way.

BG is just an additional line of products and services for dealers and garages to pump up profits. Using Honda fluids at regular intervals and your Honda will last as long as any Honda. Like dlayman said, Honda specifically recommends their fluids and against other additives.

Originally Posted By: PFP Apparently the part had no demand (maybe it rarely breaks) and Ford thus rendered it obsolete. Maybe. The usual reason an obscure expensive part gets dropped from parts inventory is that it gets dropped from production, and then stocks are exhausted.

Isn't this one of the infamous intake manifold leaker engines? I concur on burnishing all the grounds and battery terminals, also remove and burnish and replace every connector you can find. Usually Trav can check/tune/rebuild all your fuel injectors for a reasonable price, ask him. Since it's...

For the rear, the Monroe Load-Assist shocks will probably get you the inch or two of lift you are looking for. One thing to be careful about, they can be NOISY. They have two sources of noise. One, the spring rubs against the rubber boot around the shock body, so you get squeaks. Silicone...

The myth goes back at least to a certain pioneer in synthetic oil marketing, Amsoil. I still have a 1980's Amsoil oil flush quart can (the kind you have to stick a spout into). They pushed that "you have to get all that oil Conventional oil out" thing hard, and of course they had an engine flush...

I ran into the 7 year thing (or was it 10?) here in the US when I tried to get new keys for the 99 Taurus (this was about 5 years back). They couldn't look it up by VIN because "the database doesn't go back that far". I never had the key code because it was a used car and just didn't come with...

Making mistakes is all part of the learning process. I've made a few. I worked on my wife's car tonight. I didn't make any mistakes, but I did take the time to put 4 large wheel chocks around both sides of the front tires while working on the back. Why? That's a long story, from a long time...

That's plenty enough brake lining. Grinding, filing, sanding off the ridge is fine, even if you intrude a little on the wearing surface. You don't even need to take all of it all, most off is enough. I usually use a mounted stone or a sanding drum, the larger the diameter the better. For a...

I have a decade-old shoe-box sized Vector (now Black & Decker) 25A charger with a recondition mode. I can put a battery on it and it alternately charges and discharges the battery until it declares it reconditioned (or errors-out). It's never fixed anything. The batteries I've tried the recon...