Recent content by JohnnyO

I did the rear axle and transfer case every 30k until it hit 150k and by that point the lube drained out like new every time so I let it go until 200k. The rear axle, I was told, can have bearing problems so it's not a bad thing to do. I had the front axle lube changed at the Valvoline Quicky...

The rear diff has a drain plug and it's easiest to fill it with an $8 Harbor Freight transfer pump and remove the spare tire. There is a hole in the crossmember to snake the hose through and straight into the fill plug. You cannot get the front diff cover off with the diff in the vehicle...

My wife was all about using synthetic and changing every 5000 miles when I met her. She lived near a Valvoline Quicky Lube so she would go there.

2020 Ford Ranger. In and out, Mobil 1 M1-209A. FL-400S equivalent. The Ranger specs an FL-910S but the 400S is bigger and fits right on. In the Ranger chassis it's also easier to reach.

Just for the record, I'm 64 years old and incline bench pressed 275 lb. last month. After which my left elbow hurt for three weeks.

I don't care for the low-priced Edge, it's kinda harsh, but the Decade and 1990 are very good.

La Gloria Cubana, La Aroma De Cuba, NUB Maduro and Habano, and almost anything from Rocky Patel.

That was basically my take. There is one in my town and I thought they did okay until they filled half the store with cheap furniture.

As a native Pittsburgher I am bound to root against all things Philadelphia but for one day I made an exception. Happy that Kenny Pickett got a ring with the Eagles since he got a raw deal from the Steelers. Downside, the game was pretty much over at halftime and it was a struggle to stay awake...

The sort of folks who are inclined to not be well behaved would get bored to death here in short order, so that's why we don't see them. :D

2020 Ford Ranger and I'd like to have the locking axle. When I bought it it was the only Ranger the dealer had but it was almost exactly what I was going to order anyway, even the color was right. Doesn't have the locker I would have got and has the bed liner I would passed on but otherwise it's...

That settles it then. The wife has a 2020 Chrysler Pacifica that specs 0w-20 and I have a jug of Supertech 5w-20 synthetic I bought for my daughter's car but she traded it in before I changed the oil. I change every 5k.

A few years ago my wife got a new Chrysler minivan and the first few oil changes were free at the dealer. The first time I went to do it myself I ended up putting a floor jack under the box end wrench on the drain plug to get it off.

Friend of mine owns a tire shop and claims that (in cars) they see far more punctures in the right rear than any other tire. He says there is more junk near the shoulder of the road (makes sense), the right front kicks up nails and such and the right rear hits it in the air and runs over it.

I read a while ago that trailer tires have stiffer sidewalls than vehicle tires to keep the trailer from swaying. I don't know if they're thinner but it's likely that the truck tires kick up nails or whatever and then the trailer runs over them.