Recent content by IndyIan

Really? Our local ones seem to be quite haphazard, in all ways really. Usually a bit disorganized, with lots of empty racks and then random over stock of pallets of some plastic junk in the aisles. Its only been a year or two since you can see what's in stock at a store online? Before that...

As long as you hold on to the actual items, there's no risk in accepting an interac etransfer, when you have auto deposit enabled? The risk of doing an expensive sale in person with etransfer, is that the buyer paid out of a hacked account, then they walk away with your item, and then later the...

Take it for a decent drive and get it to operating temps, half hour or more, do some engine braking stuff, and then change it.

I wonder if you could fill the engine right up to the valve cover with alcohol or brake cleaner that won't attack engine seals, leave it for a couple days, and then drain it. Maybe then fill again with solvent to regular oil level, and turn it over with the plugs out, for a minute, drain it...

Yep, storage is a good fit for them, they should probably offer free truck and trailer rentals if you agree to rent a unit. My in-laws rent two units at u-haul, that could be condensed to one, or maybe none, if they got rid of the stuff no one else wants... 3-4 years now of a couple hundred a...

Removing anything like a bird feeder, if you haven't. They aren't dumb, so maybe put something like a couple sprinklers out, and turn them on when they show up. Then they will learn to stay away from the lawn and the sprinklers. Spraying them with a hose, just teaches them to stay away from...

I find our Outback actually unlocks the TC and raises the rpms if we ask for maximum heat in the first few miles, of a "get in and go" start on a cold day, so it tries to do both! My 2016 Impreza seems to keep the rpms higher for the first mile or two on almost every cold start, unless its like...

No, it should all be engaged with no slippage, except the TC, which is just churning fluid. It is loading the CVT belt with zero movement, but that should be fine too? Lots of subarus climb some hills in AZ in 110F+ and then sit in D for a couple minutes at a light? You wouldn't want to...

I can't think of a mechanical downside and I think it would warm up the engine and transmissionmission faster, but maybe just wait 10-15 seconds to let the engine turn higher rpms in park, so oil gets into the valve train, before shifting to D or R to get out of the driveway. I wouldn't trust...

How was the vibration with the broken mount? If it wasn't really noticeable, and its an easy job, I might be tempted put a well reviewed solid one in. At least with my 2007 Focus, the only hydraulic mount that would last at all, was the Ford one, and it was needed as it would resonate the...

It is a good work out! It does beat turning it all over with a shovel though, as I did that one year when the rope broke. This the one like I have, turns out its from the 70's now that I looked it up, Sear Roto-spader. It was my grandfather's and it lived a pretty easy life in the rock free...

Maybe try quicker setting RTV silicone over the crack? Using the vacuum method? Just don't let it get too low, a friend in HS ignored the slight noise his mtx was making, and then it seized suddenly on the highway! Both front wheels locked up and he slid to a stop, fortunately in his lane.

Oak's seem to be a bit picky on where they like to sprout, and lots of critters like to eat them! We have a few large red and white oaks that produce a lot of acorns during seed years, and thousands likely get buried by squirrels, in the woods and in the old fields, but the rate of survival to...

Maybe take the old one to a radiator shop and see what they can find in the catalog that will work? Something roughly the same shape and capacity? We went through this at my in-laws place, with a fancy 15 yr old heat pump... $2k in parts or a new one again, they went new. It works out to...

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