Recent content by vwmaniaman

Yes it was sludged up. He bought it cheap from a neighbor that uses up cars and then parks them in his pasture.

That 69 Coronet that I put Kerosene in was a 383 that my son had left sitting behind my barn with no hood. it had locked the motor up and a pipe wrench plus a cheater bar had it unlocked and running. it was a sludge monster too.

I know what you mean about your car being destroyed. In the past, each time I would wax and clean up one of our vehicles it would be destroyed in a wreck or something like a hail storm. I finally gave that up and now just have a memebership at the local car wash and can get it washed and hot...

I would put a quart of kerosene in it and run it at idle for twenty minutes and drain it while warm.

We have a 2012 Mazda 5 so basically the same car only bigger. Only work that needed done was both rear wheel bearing assembly's. I recently replaced the water pump even though it was fine and the serpentine belt because it has 168k on it now and needed new antifreeze. I have replaced the...

On my mowers I just buy an inner tube. That way even if I hit something with a tire it doesn't go flat.

I have had 4-5 lawnboys and they are still for me the best and most powerful mowers. Even my wife can start it.

I wonder how my 75 VW westfalia would do. It all original and rust free except battery tray. Bought it in Santa Fe New Mexico. Rebuilt motor put in new clutch and brakes.

Keeping them out of a garage is not easy. Neighbors cat had two litters in our garages. they got shut in without us seeing them go in. Wife had her fixed though so that problem is over but one kitten is still here and a female so she had her fixed too. I have a noisy electric leaf blower...

My son had a 1990 F150 that would not start if it was raining and it was an electrolytic and a tantalum that failed. I replaced them and it is still working and that has been at least 7 years ago. My 1990 ranger with the 2.9l failed to start and it had 2 bad electrolytics in its computer...

I have two homes and 4 riding tractors. All have B&S motors that have served me very well. Two are built by Husqvarna and one is a Troy Bilt Horse model with 46" deck and one is an old Murray that came from my sisters home when she could no longer mow her own yard. The old Murray is a 38"...

They should have gotten the 5.3.

I will bet the perk tastes better. I am using a Kenmore drip machine right now because my Universal percolator has a early shutting down problem, But it tastes so much better when it is perked. I don't know why except maybe the multiple times that the coffee flows through the grounds.

I put Black Lion on my camper van because the dealer rolled out a Black Lion and a Michelin. Side by side you could tell no difference. I have had them now for 3 years and they have been great tires. He told me haven't had any come backs on them. He was a great person to deal with but he...

My XL Yukon is getting 16.2 calculated MPG in town and 20.1 on Highway with the 5.3 before the cylinder deactivation crap. It can haul 8 people and does that often enough. Saves us from using two 30 mpg cars to haul everyone. Front and rear AC works good too. It has 229k miles on it too. I...