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It's getting tougher to find industrial millwrites, pipefitters and welders. The ones you can find are booked out for weeks/months. We often have to bring them in at the plant depending on the scope of the job. The work could be in crazy confined spaces, within heat exchangers, boilers...

i don't find mine to blacken the oil as bad as other Nissan GDIs I've owned. The VQ35DD in my 2019 Pathfinder for instance. That one was bad. Looks like you've got extra stuff to remove on yours vs my 2022 Frontier S-model. I just have to remove the metal door on the belly pan to get at the...

100% on this. I'm not sure it's still accurate, but I once read of a 70% divorce rate statistic between couples who re-married, bringing kids into the equation. Each spouse is going to sway towards their own children. I do sympathize with the OP as I struggle with two of my 4 kids. 19M...

You can. It might only be an issue if a shop was observant enough to discover emissions equipment had been tampered with. Turns out I very much lucked out. The P0420 and P305F codes had stayed clear long enough for me to get the vehicle inspected today. I just picked it up. $38.24...

Wow! You've kept that Malibu looking like new Mike. I see the occasional clean 8th gen in the Buffalo rust belt, but it's rare. We've had our 2016 8th gen for 2yrs now. It wasn't nearly as pretty as yours when I bought it for my kids to use, and it's even worse now unfortunately. Mine...

There was an SMA brake job video some months back where Eric O mentioned how incredibly long a set of drilled/slotted rotors lasted on Mrs O's minivan, where she would wear out a conventional set 2-3x as fast. It may have been Power Stop or Centric. I couldn't find the video. He's not a...

I know everyone's experience is going to vary, but I've never had luck doing this. A lower rate for me always required an entirely new broker or agent. I guess the fact of the matter always boils down to shopping around. Problem is, what I fear in the future is these problem prone areas...

If you figure all the inputs and conditions that have to be met for a seamless auto start to happen, between the time you lift your foot off the brake pedal and touch the accelerator pedal. The system adds more potential for failures to occur. A/S/S is another one of those subjective things...

Will you be doing the work yourself? Post back with how the old fluid and pan internals look if you can please!

Like said above, Especially with the national carriers, I think it has to do with the crazy law suits people file every day. Then you have all the fire, flood and hail damage claims on top of the regular comp and collision claims that are a lot more expensive. To what end I have no idea...

I feel ya Chris. My wife and I are in our 50s and I carry 3 kids on my policy. 19M, 21M, 23F. I'm about $500/mo. I'm not coughing up the 6mo amount all at once.

If this is just a 9G-Tronic, it's got one E-pump, but there's nothing overly exotic or special with the unit. It's been around for awhile. Like said, anything suitable for MB 236.17 use should be good to go. Are you intending to replace the pan as well?

I have the Frigidaire version of that unit. I bought it off FB marketplace new in the box 3-4yrs ago for around that price. They're getting flimsier by the year, but I prefer Whirlpool brands if I can get them.

I don't think so. In my mind, the color of your drained/used ATF can be a problem, or it could be meaningless. How are we to know without testing. If it's easy and inexpensive enough to replace and you don't mind doing so, it's only going to do good for the transmission IMO. More good...

I just had to approve another delay for my order of 12 that was supposed to be shipped today, despite never showing any tracking detail. I hit "re-order" a month ago and they were shown as being out of stock not long afterwards. I too originally placed my order in October 2024. For the...

I hear that. My dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer at 69-70. Came on quick despite his regular check ups and PSA tests and he was a healthy, active retired guy. His metastasized quickly and bone cancer eventually did him in. He made it to 77, but those last years were terrible for him...

I am glad to hear you are on the up & up @alarmguy ! My FIL had similar procedures done 4-5yrs back. He's 81 and still kicking. He struggled with the timing of the water drinking to maintain a full bladder and then sometimes there were delays where he had to hold it (and sometimes not :()...

That would be my thoughts on that as well. I doubt the actual product fails. The failure is in the installation.

You are not wasting money changing the ATF at the interval you are changing it. It's why that 62TE is still doing it's thing at 165K miles.

Good write-up Al. Subarus do historically have great visibility and are well thought out in the cabin. Seat comfort is subjective. Of my 2012 Legacy, 2014 XV Crosstrek and 2016 Forester, the Forester had the most comfortable seats and was the most comfortable and utilitarian of the bunch...