Recent content by IndyIan

I like my set of mid-short length flex head ratchets with the other end open. They are super handy for spinning on and off bolts that I can't easily get too with the impact. I use a dead blow hammer on the open end to break loose stubborn bolts, or put a pipe over them. The odd time the...

Well, Lexus is probably the best bet for that? In your locale and maintenance level, I would think it has pretty good chance. I guess it has lot of systems/parts that just don't exist on something like a late 2000's WK, but usually Lexus doesn't cheap out on part quality either!

Interesting the that the rear diff was worse than the front? Hopefully its "broken in" and quits shedding metal. I just replaced a seeping axle seal on the rear diff on our 2.5 2018 with about 70k miles since the last oil change, and was surprised it was just a bit darker than new with minimal...

I do use them the odd time, but just out of convenience when I'm under the car. I'm just using the mid-torque 1/2" Rigid, and not on something really stuck. My mastercraft maximum impact socket set does just "neck down" some of the sockets, so a few of the smaller sizes are very thick walled...

Well, you got your use out of it. It's frustrating when rust claims them when the car is running great.

We bought some OEM honda dirtbike parts and hardware, and many of the little bags have "made in japan" on them, which I was glad to see. Who know how old they are, but they looked recently made. Some parts are made in Brazil too, where they make Honda trail bikes now.

Between the 3 stores that have nuts/bolts/screws in town, I can find a decent range of metric and other fasteners. But usually nothing useful for actual machinery(tractor, cars, atv, sled, dirtbikes), but we have a scrap car and few bikes that were going in the trash, so they get raided for...

There must be a little high pressure nozzle you can fit to the end of the hose and feed the whole length down the drain to the street sewer.

I just did a pad slap on the Impreza front brakes, with similar looking rotors, mostly because I didn't buy any rotors as they looked good through the wheel, and it was Sunday afternoon... The pads were stuck in the caliper from rust swell, so parts of the inside of the rotor weren't swept...

Go do some querying on car-part.com and you can see the price differences for things like a transmission, engine, battery, and get a good idea on how much demand there is for them. Prius transmissions in general are very very cheap, like a few hundred dollars, even though they are used as...

I would think almost nothing in the mid-size or large luxury-ish SUV market today is going to good vehicle to keep for 20 years? TBH I thought they made the same GC WK all the way from 2005 to 2021, so I was going to say, just buy a 2021 and run it, but it was updated or "improved" in 2011, the...

Says the guy with a 4cyl pickup...;)

"AI slop" is the problem. What's the sources of the factual information, in this video? Then there is a sprinkling of hyperbole, speculation, and taking things out context. Stuff like this is hiding behind being classified as "entertainment". If an actual news agency published this, they...

Still though, its just a bad habit to even watch that stuff. I'm sure you could've said the same of half the articles in the National Inquirer tabloid trash "newspaper" in the 1980's 90's. Now youtube or whatever is custom selecting the "National Inquirer" style videos from your interest...

A class 1 e-bike that is limited assist only to 20mph is still a good way to get around? I have experienced kids on very fast scooters on bike paths and it is a big problem. Usually adults on them have better manners, but 30+mph on a multi-use trail is too fast, and there is no enforcement of...