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Representatives of the iffy-lube industry complaining about someone else's business practices gave me a good laugh.

Originally Posted By: Al Originally Posted By: 05GMC 2000 h.p. , but how much torque ? Torque is meaningless. HP is what counts. Al, you are correct, but you're wasting your keystrokes.

Not doomed as long as it's working. You just gave up some unknown amount of battery life. It may last a long tome yet...or not.

Try "Automotive Goop", available at many hardware and automotive stores. Automotive Goop

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete Originally Posted By: XS650 If you only wanted to go less than 10 mph on level ground and take forever to get to that 10 mph, 8 hp would be plenty of power for a car. Or take any 50cc scooter for example. What does it have, 3 HP? It'll go 35 mph and won't...

Originally Posted By: Vikas We took a sightseeing tour on a steamboat (with a big paddle wheel in the back) while visiting New Orleans. The ship carried over 1200 people. It had boiler fired by diesel generating steam to power reciprocating pistons. What surprised me is that it had "only" 2000...

Originally Posted By: ahoier Raising the viscosity seems like a band-aid to me.....I'd always go with the manufacturer recommended oil weight.....but that's just me. Still using 5W-30 in my 88 Dodge Aries.....since my last oil change, I've topped off maybe 1/2 a quart....and I'm at my 2k mark...

Looks like an ABS setup to me too. They are used on some train cars to improve stopping. A locked up wheel on a train car isn't good for wheel wear. FWIW, The AP Class EE marking is the wheel bearing designation.

Originally Posted By: tom slick . The C-130 is the longest running production vehicle, beating the VW beetle. The air cooled VW Beetle was in production from 1938 through 2003. 66 years.

Originally Posted By: Drew99GT Oops, the KC135s were retired. http://www.tinker.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123169457 Drew, the was just the KC-135E model, the R models are still in service. It's difficult to figure out what is what. Sometimes the earlier models get retired, like the B-52 and...

Originally Posted By: Drew99GT I think the oldest planes in the US military are KC-135s built in 1955. That is old! Could be, I think the USAF KC135s are all R models now, but some R models were rebuilt updated A models. A minor point, they didn't enter service until 1957 and weren't...

Originally Posted By: crinkles Well... Isn't the B52 in service for more than 50 years now? The B-52H has been in service for just over 50 years, there were other versions 5 or 6 years before that but AFAIK, only the H models are still in service. I recently read they plan to keep the H model...

Originally Posted By: EricF In my case, I just don't want a surprise when I goto sell. I suppose I should find the local county ordances. When we moved out of San Jose we had some significant work that was done without a permit, that should have had permits pulled. The only thing I needed to...

I have a Roku, it's more of a source of extra programming than a replacement for cable or satellite. FWIW, I think the Roku has the biggest selection of programming available from similar devices, including a lot of off the wall stuff. There are forums/websites dedicated to Roku (and other...

You have avoided one of the most common K&N filter mistakes. You don't clean yours too frequently.