Recent content by JerryBob

“China cheapens everything. No offense. That's what they do copy“ Nope. American corporations move their manufacturing there because it’s cheaper. Don’t blame the Chinese. Blame American companies.

I hear you about depression-era hoarding. My grandparents and to some extent parents were the same way - SE Colorado near the Oklahoma Panhandle border during the dust bowl years. I appreciate the advice.

As part of listing and selling my home, I want to move my power tools from my mostly unheated garage (it never really gets below 45F) to a nearby storage unit, which won't be heated. I anticipate a few months of storage. Unfortunately, winter here in Colorado is coming. Anyone see a problem...

I appreciate the info. I’ll have a look at those. I swapped the factory oil with Redline at about 10,000 miles. The last two fills have been with Amsoil GL 4 and it seems as smooth as the Redline. The owners manual doesn’t even call for the driveline fluids to be changed. But I do it anyway...

I still have the original brakes (front and rear) at 92k miles. I recently had them checked and they said they're still fine. I am very easy on vehicles. So I imagine the clutch itself is fine, too. :)

Just to clarify, did you mean to say that you DON'T know of a transmission shop that isn't happy with them? Thanks very much.

I have a 2015 Tacoma, and the throwout bearing is making a chirping sound. It has been doing it for a while, and I thought it was an idler pulley or the fan belt. But my mechanic has correctly diagnosed it as the throwout bearing. He wants to put a Luk clutch assembly in. About 300 bucks. But...

Mobil-1 M102A filter and Mobil 1 Synthetic. Winters are cold here in Colorado. :)

I usually run synthetic oil and Fram Ultra, but I decided to try this filter along with Pennzoil conventional 5W-30. I didn’t notice any drop in gas mileage using conventional oil in my 2015 Tacoma V-6. Appears to be a well made filter fabrique en Thailand and purchased at Walmart for about $6.

My 2015 Tacoma V6 says to use API SN. I don’t see that designation on here. Nor Dexos for that matter. Does this meet those specs?

I bought a 5 quart jug of Pennzoil Platinum High Mileage 5W-30 at Walmart using my new Walmart Plus account. I forgot that that Walmart Plus delivery, even though it says free, isn't. They use DoorDash which tacks on $7 for delivery.

This is the stuff that’s rated GC-LB. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06ZZ8Z9LG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_8S73FbXNCCQ3P?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

That’s a Tacoma, right? On mine the tiny drain port became clogged with dust and debris and it overflowed rather than drained. I had to push a thin rod though to clean it. Something to watch out for.

Have a 2002 Odyssey. I don’t know how equivalent they are, but when I switched to the 5-30, oil consumption immediately stopped. I have about three years and 50,000 miles on the 5-30 with no issues

If my Mac FW accepts valid certificates without question, I am not sure that turning it on really gives me much more protection than my router if the private key has been compromised.