Recent content by NibbanaBanana

Driveshaft yokes should be planer. Had a terrible vibration in 2006 Aveo. Changed to new tires which helped a lot. Changed all 3 motor/transmission mounts and it runs and drives perfectly.

No trees. How are they stoking that wood burner?

I bought a new 2026 Toyota Tacoma a few months ago. I asked the dealer to turn off tracking. We contacted Toyota while sitting in the vehicle and I requested it to be disabled. Which they did. Or said they did. I believe it is not tracking me because I accidentally hit the panic button while...

2023 Moto Guzzi V7 Special. What a motorbike should look like to my eye. After selling my GoldWing in 1995 I didn't ride for 29 years. Didn't want a huge 800-900 pound motorbike. Wanted a simple bike. Air cooled, spoke wheels. Decided on a Royal Enfield, Kawasaki W800, or MG V7 Special. No RE...

I ordered head gaskets for my SpeedAire compressor from Grainger. They were in a very sturdy, unbendable, bubble envelope. They were broken into pieces like somebody had crushed them in their hand. Called Grainger. They sent a replacement. Same exact condition. Third time: same result. Forth...

My first bike was a 1970's Honda trail bike. 70 or 90cc IIRC. My friend came riding up with it and needed some money. I traded him the princely sum of $12 for it. The only thing that was wrong with it was that he had broke the kick starter off and you had to bump start it. I rode it for years...

Can't see the video. But I can say that I just did a first oil change in my new 2026 Tacoma. Oil drained at 1000 miles. There was a distinct fine metal glitter in that oil. The OE Toyota, made in Japan oil filter did not take that out.

I remember looking at buying a Nissan. This exact issue made the decision not to buy.

That was a huge mistake I made. Buying a car without a spare. Actually, the car is pretty good but not getting a spare was a huge mistake. 2013 Kia Rio. Came with a plug in compressor and a can of fix a flat. Wife got a flat while traveling. No doubt it was a nail or screw that could have...

Or, just wait and see if you ever have a problem. Never cleaned or had a problem with a MAF sensor myself. Enough other sensors. If it makes them feel better, just buy a new one, keep it in the glove box, and change it if they get a code.

I have trouble sleeping much above 60F. 1 room a/c in the bedroom does the trick. Every few years we'll have a day or 2 above 100F, but generally it doesn't get much above 90 on the worst days. The problem is the humidity which isn't a problem out west from what I've been told.

It was hot in New England yesterday. High 80's. Riding my motorbike and thinking how nice it was to be riding through the woods in the shade. From what I've seen, in a lot of the American west, there is no shade. Except man made.

1996 and 1997 Geo Metro 3 bangers got 7500 OCI's Both rotted to death at 186 and 187K miles. 2006 Chevy Aveo, 7500 OCI's. Still runs and drives like the day it came off the showroom floor at 272K miles. 2013 Kia Rio, 7500 OCI's. Still runs perfectly at 145K miles. Mobil 1 5w-30 in all but the...

"It is a fairly severe oil burner". That kind answers the question. In this case, I would definitely say no. It's a waste of money. Debatable in any case, but for this one, a waste of money. I used to do changes before storage for OPE and motorbikes. Stopped and haven't noticed any difference...

Nope. Haven't traveled enough to bother getting one. But who knows. Regardless, I think you have to have a visible license plate.