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Oh, one other word of advice on these, as they are now approaching year 20, and most are dangerously lazy about it. If you have not kept up with it, replace the compact spare. If it’s still OE, it is approaching 20 years old. Do it, now. Besides being useless and unsafe at this point, at 60...

Unless you are heavily tuning it, these will run very nicely on any Group IV 5w30, at a 5,000 interval. Back in the day, we all figured that to be the optimal arrangement from all the UOAs people were running on them. The white block is generally pretty solid, as long as you don’t tune the...

I just stumbled on this thread. I still have my 06 SR, bought brand new. Just broke 22,000 this year. Tuned out to about 360 horses. Atacama is still showroom. It never, ever, sees the dealer. Most of them still don’t know how to fix them. Its last dealer visit was for the airbag recall...

On older equipment, you sometimes have two reasons to trim down the power supply rails to bring them back into spec. The other is that most of the equipment using seleniums were designed for 1950s and 60s mains voltages, typically about 7-10VAC lower than we see today in most of the US. That...

Because that's how many stick on weights are sometimes required on these Contis to get them to balance. And no, this is not with a teenage tech. More like a 55 year old shop owner who has been doing it for 30 years.

I have two that are about 20-25 years old now, both with about 22,000 mi. on them. One’s a summer toy, the other a winter toy. One of them ran up barely 200 miles total over some years. Been running two year change intervals on them for many years now, and they are spotless. They still...

Ancient Chinese Secret for using a Motive or other portable pressure bleeder … and never having it touch fluid: Top off the MC reservoir, and use the Motive for air pressure only. As long as you don’t run the MC reservoir dry, you can rinse and repeat the process for as much fluid as you want...

This. Not just in something like a battery charger, but in many consumer electronics made into the early 1970s. I encountered it all the time in vintage tube equipment work. And there is nothing you can do to stop them from degrading and failing. The selenium junctions, merely exposed to...

This is a pretty good tire, generally. I've run the predecessor versions of this one on many vehicles going back into the mid 2000s (... it's been almost 20 years, hard to believe). The early ones had sloppy sidewall behavior on a performance platform, which contributed to a vague feel at...

The only time I’ve ever been offered a comp oil change was when it was coming out of their bulk tank. And I’ve always said no thanks. Not with some of the cars we drive. That being said, slap a fresh filter on that one and top it off, and it should at least do some free cleaning for a couple...

I’d toss a bottle of Techron into a full tank of premium fuel (from other than your normal gas station), and start with that. If it continues on regular after that, I would consider in turn what some of the others have suggested: new fuel filter, plugs, and then make sure you don’t have a...

All tires have roughly the same shelf life. How you keep it may stretch it out a little further, but even in a sealed trunk compartment, once you get much out past 10 years, you are taking a chance with any tire, including an unused spare. Especially if the spare is going to be working harder...

I would split the deal. Use the Indy around the corner, but insist on the genuine parts. If he has a problem with that, find another shop. For something like brakes, an extra $100 or so per axle on a mainstream make to avoid aftermarket surprises and disappointments is money well spent. The...

A BITOG old-timer chiming in here after many years, on many vehicles. As to changing out the long-life (100,000 mile) plugs on many modern engines, it is usually a good idea to not let them go that long, for two reasons. Besides the increasing risk of thread seizure going out up to a decade in...

Originally Posted by AZjeff I'd look for a Chevy that was obviously taken care of with a solid maintenance history. Using good oil on reasonable OCIs is all you can really do about the AFM lifter problems. I spent time on GM truck forums learning before buying the 2016 and it really seems to be...

We probably have about 80 of these in service. Most are 7-8 years old, but some are approaching 10 years, including in below normal room temps (40 degree garage). Just guessing, but of that many, we've probably only lost about 10-15% during that time, mainly in cordless phones were not the best...

I just replaced a set of six-year-old LTX tires with these new Defenders. This last set were the first Michelins that had really started to develop some severe cracking in their final year, including ominously in the tread grooves. Pretty deep cracks, too. That is a first for me, and I've been...

Originally Posted by bullwinkle I will add-GOOD internet is required, you'll need at least a decent DSL provider, fiber would be better, to be able to stream without interruption, esp. in 1080p or 4K. That's where my problem is, good broadband alone isn't that much cheaper than a bundle, then...

Originally Posted by Linctex Water softeners are like semi-trucks..... Take a Cummins engine, an Eaton trans, and Rockwell rearends in a common frame.... and slap whatever badge on the hood you choose - - there are all the same components underneath. You can assemble the components from...

We have a well, so the water is as hard as rocks. We currently have a 12-14 year old Clack system in our house. Never a problem. Clack is a generic manufacturer for other brands, but sells independently as well. The most important thing with a softener is to correctly size it for the condition...