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  1. JTK

    Does Vice Grip Garage not know anything about Fram oil filters?

    100% I think most of us here have an unreasonable amount of filter fear, otherwise known as the UAOFF.
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    Long Term Debilitation Strategy

    It's a good point Al and you did excellent. I'm only in my mid 50's, but my mom (86) and my wife's parents (80/81) are still in their own homes, have no set pans and won't even talk about it. Kids and grandkids help when they need help. My mom and FIL still drive. I have older siblings...
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    Bambi 0, Corolla 0?

    You'll be good to go. At least in my area, there's no difference in going with a reputable "independent" collision shop vs one with a dealer name on it. They all service all makes/models and have access to the same resources. Keep us posted on the outcome. I'd be surprised if they're...
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    Nissan 0W-20 Factory Fill, 1.8k mi, 2023 Armada 5.6 DGI

    There's only ~7K miles total on the vehicle?
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    Fridge Leaking Water

    Can you tell if the condensate drip pan is collecting water?
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    Compressed LNG for jet engines?

    A neat experiment or prototype, but like said, jet fuel has so much more BTU content per unit volume than NG.
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    Fridge Leaking Water

    Is this a bottom freezer model? I've had to do the "duck bill" mod to the condensate drip tube to mine to the point It no longer has a duck bill valve on the end of the tube. Mine would fill the bottom of the freezer with a glacier of ice, completely ice up the evap core and leak onto the floor.
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    Maxlife now recommended for CVT applications

    I ran either VML and Castrol Transmax universal ATF/CVT fluid in my 2019 Nissan Pathfinder's CVT. I started using these fluids once I got beyond the 5yr/60K mile power-train warranty. It CVT'd as good as it always did. I traded it in with 103K miles on it. I originally purchased it 1yr...
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    Bambi 0, Corolla 0?

    Oh no! You may have read my deer hit story. As if the car damage hit isn't enough. The potential long term effect on your insurance cost and availability is worse. As everyone has said, I'd guess at $7-10K for that repair, but we're all guessing at this point. I would be more terrified...
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    GE's Hydrogen Calculator

    -253degC. Our storage tanks are vacuum insulated. Basically a tank within a tank, with a vacuum pulled on the annular space. The annular space is also packed with microsil, a powder type insulation. The product is stored at low pressure. ~10-15psig. These tanks are very efficient and will...
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    Parenting concerns

    This is true, as knuckleheaded as my boys can be, they keep it between the boys.
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    GE's Hydrogen Calculator

    Our average cryo liquid H2 tanker truck holds 1.5 million cubic feet. That would be 100 truck loads.
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    Tree limb landed on my electrical service..

    I haven't contacted them and don't intend to.
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    Parenting concerns

    I guess it depends on how your future bride and her 13yr/old take to you disciplining him. My 14, 19 and 21yr old "boys" have never stopped being handfulls.
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    Tree limb landed on my electrical service..

    The total is going to be right around $8K. I can write a check for that, but it puts quite a dent in my savings. I can live comfortably for about 5.2 minutes. Kidding. sort of. LOL
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    Tree limb landed on my electrical service..

    With how my luck has gone with insurance lately, I don't even wan't this particular situation on their radar. If it was a $20-30K+ disaster, I would. I would imagine at best, they would cover a replacement rigid riser, mast, and possibly a new meter channel. Like I say, the existing mast...
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    Mavis tries to strike again

    I'm sure there's some really great Mavis type shops out there in the wild, but you have to go into one knowing their mode of operation is upselling. I've been lucky to not have to use one for a very long time. Last I recall was in about 1989, when I needed the cat-back exhaust replaced on my...
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    Cheap cars are back, but...

    All of those $3500-5000 cars pictured above are nothing but a dream here in the rust belt. That amount here will get you something with rust, high miles and needing work to keep the MIL off.
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    Tree limb landed on my electrical service..

    The estimates I got were all w/in a couple hundred bucks. It seems the standard charge for a full 150A service replacement is around $4500-5K in my area. Add another $300-500 to go 200A. Add another $2-4K to go with an underground service. It's a few weeks before anyone can get after it...
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