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Thanks to the respondents for the feedback. I appreciate it. I will try a socket on it when I get back to it. Yes, this car has a bunch of airbags. I disconnected the battery negative terminal and waited around 10 minutes before starting the work. I have disconnected the battery a few times for...

2007 Kia Rondo. I need to replace the antenna base. It is attached from the underside of the roof, near the rear edge and tailgate, so I have to remove enough of the plastic trim to drop the headliner down a little. I was not able to get the trim loose in the areas in the pictures. I think I saw...

My 2003 Saturn L uses H11, and I have bought Osram Night Breaker for more than 10 years. The latest version (which I bought in 2019) was Osram Night Breaker Unlimited.

Thanks for the comments & replies. The weatherstripping is only 1 year old (I got it from a vendor at an all-Mopar show last year, but the original one did not leak, either). This style of weatherstrip is solid & spongy, so I could not stuff vacuum line inside it. I might ask at a body shop...

Here they are, and thanks for the comments on this.

The car is a 1988 Dodge Aries, and certainly, panel gaps on K cars were not up to modern specs, but here is the issue I want to correct, if I can. Around 20 years, back when the car was a daily driver, the outer edge of the driver's door was bent outward (it hit the side of the house, door was...

I am a former Opel owner, and I liked seeing the Opala models. http://www.pastorecarcollection.com.br/veiculo/opala-de-luxo-1 and this one, with a column shift - http://www.pastorecarcollection.com.br/veiculo/opala-comodoro-chateau-1

So no reply from Valvoline, and I sent the last email to them on June 3. Anyway, my takeaway is to look at the oil (anything, really) before adding it to the car. I hate to think if I was not looking and had poured this quart in during an oil change, or worse, if someone who was very irregular...

They had the photos and production batch number with my original correspondence, and now they have Blackstone's analysis. We will see how they respond.

I contacted them originally, and they did compensate me for the cost of this quart of "oil" and my approx. cost of supplies for the oil change I did, so I was OK with that. I asked if they wanted a sample of it, and they declined that offer. Today, I have replied to the email thread I had with...

Attachments - now including PDF. I figured how to conceal my personal info.

YES! I saw it in my email a few minutes ago. It might indeed be base stock. It is attached.

Here is an update. I emailed Blackstone labs and explained the issue to the tech who handled my inquiry. Their used oil analysis might or might not come up with useful findings. If this is something like base stock but no additives, their testing would likely recognize that. Anyway, I felt it...

I sent the first pic to them before I opened this post, and this latest pic a few minutes ago. I will post their reply into this thread when I receive it.

Regarding comment about safety ring missing - I did that when I opened it while originally adding it (& then quickly stopped).