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I've been running 5W-30 in the Ram for a while now. I tow a travel trailer, and FCA seems to favor having the active grille shutters stay closed until coolant temps get up to about 230F. Oil temps can get up to 210-220F usually. Haven't noticed any change in oil pressure going to 5W-30, and I...

The noise could just be a dragging brake caliper. My CR-V would get sticky caliper guides if I didn't clean and grease them periodically, and if one got sticky, I'd get this noticeable howl after it got hot enough. Stepping on the brake would usually make the howl change or go away, but my IR...

Really thought I had fixed the 1989 John Deere RX75 riding mower. Previously, the fuel filter appeared to be clogged. Put a new filter in it, and got halfway through mulching last fall's leaves, then it sputtered to a stop in middle of the yard. Grrr... Looked at the new transparent filter...

MG made its first trip out of the garage this year. Wheels are back on with new tires, and my DIY bubble balancing worked. Got some grease in the suspension, and a road test confirms a smooth ride with no shakes or wobbles. (y) Now that one of the toys is drivable, back to making the Lincoln...

Cars move. They bounce. They shake. They have rubber hoses that have to flex to accommodate that movement, and the hoses can fail. The A/C in your house doesn't move much and has metal lines throughout. Cars also have a belt driven compressor with a moving shaft seal that can leak, but home...

New tires have arrived for the MG. Not very encouraging when there seems to be ONE brand of 155-80R13 available, Kumho. Reviews look decent though, and I ordered them from Tirerack. The one local shop who can pull up that size only shows Kumho as well. Got an e-mail from Tirerack wanting to...

Goodyear Wrangler Workhorse AT LT275-65R18 for the Ram. Scored a family discount through my wife's uncle who works for Goodyear. Pleasantly surprised by my first visit to a Goodyear chain store. Done on time, no upsells, alignment check was included (within spec), and when I got it back, the...

Went to go move the lawn tractor to the back patio temporarily, because I've got some tires arriving soon from Tirerack for the MG and needed to make some space in the garage. First surprise, the leaky front tire that always needs air won't take air because it's flat. Turn a little, then it...

56,000 miles, my Ram doesn't use any between oil changes. Haven't had the oil cooler leak (knock on wood).

22 years. It was in dire need of new tires back then as they were badly flat spotted and cracked, but remarkably they held air long enough to roll it on a trailer and into my garage. At least the current tires have held up quite well, but 22 years is too old. Interesting, I did not know that...

Thanks all, thanks to Youtube, I found videos on using a bubble balancer. The one I found on Amazon says it will work down to a 1.5" hole, and the holes in the Midget's rims are about 1 and 9/16". Probably something to add to the collection of tools that get used once a decade or so. :LOL:

I haven't put the new tires on yet, I just inquired at my usual tire shop and brought one of the hubcaps with me to size their balancing machine. They'll swap the tires since I would have to get them from Tirerack and bring the wheels to them, but they won't be able to balance them.

Shopping for new tires for the MG, and running into the same problem I had 22 years ago: Finding a shop who can balance them. The holes in the stock rims are too small to fit the spindles on the machines. I had found a shop back then who could balance them, but they are no longer around...

Thanks all, I'm thinking he may be out of luck, one of the computer gurus at work pretty much said he's out of luck without the key. Not sure why his key didn't show up on his Microsoft account, but it's unfortunate that Windows 11 seems to default to having Bitlocker enabled. Had to go...

Stepson was having problems with his Windows 11 HP laptop. Was getting stuck at boot, then the next attempt it would say "starting repair", but that would eventually time out. Tried booting from a Windows 11 media to try to repair startup, but no change. Tried booting off a Linux Mint stick...

50 here, and doing the timing belt on the Pilot made me realize I'm not as flexible as I was 20 years ago. My back was sore for a couple days after that, and the wife found some back exercises so I could get more flexible again.

I owned the Pilot for a couple years thinking it only sat 7 people. Then I found that despite the narrow third row seats, there is a third seatbelt back there.

Getting our 2023 Wolf Pup 14CC travel trailer ready for the season. Planning a trip to Maine in May, and figured it would be good to check out the wheel bearings and brakes, they haven't been serviced since I bought it new. Cleaned and repacked the bearings, and found that the rumors about...

Got working lights on the 1972 Honda CL100 again. New headlight found on Amazon, and was pleased to see it arrived in a box marked Honda genuine parts. Also found a newer signal flasher since the old one had pretty much decided the turn signals should remain solid. Must be a solid state...

The Ram and the Pilot don't seem to burn any. The 2013 Equinox was the only one in recent memory that burned oil, but it turns out that was a feature of the Ecotec 2.4.