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I have a very old Sears battery charger that had a transformer with centertap secondary with two diodes, and a clockspring return timer and Amp meter. It was my dad's and he used it to charge a car battery for the trolling motor of the family rowboat. One of my brothers borrowed it and either...

I don't know if it applies to that engine, but a lot of Subaru engines commonly have headgasket failures after 80 K miles. And if it leaks antifreeze into the oil and is then driven the main bearings get damaged.

I don't know the actual schematic of the circuits used in that old charger. That said, many old chargers had a simple transformer and full wave diode setup ( either bridge or the center tap transformer with two diodes ) as the supplier of power, and then maybe some additional circuits to...

Maybe it should be a NHTSA law that all BMW vehicles are painted bright orange and wired to have their flashers on when the vehicle is moving.

So if I'm to understand you, the roads are now so crowded and your time is now so valuable, that other drivers are no longer allowed to cruise along with a safe following distance in front of them. I guess your next post will be about why do other drivers slow down when I follow so close to the...

A Mega-Watt ( 1,000 Kilo-Watts ) is a whole new range of power being transfered compared to what is being commonly used to charge with now days. Step things up that large of an increment and a whole new relm of problems can happen. Imagine 1323 HP worth of energy being transfered for 5...

The charger would have to take into account the problems that come along with magnetic fields that would be generated. If DC it would have to ramp up slow at the beginning, and ramp down slow at the end. If AC, how many phases, what frequency, what voltage, and is it Y or Delta? And don't...

I change my vehicles engine and cabin air filters every 20,000 miles. The ones in it now only have 3,000 miles on them. But when this finally stops happening, I'm going to seriously consider changing them very soon.

It's not common, but neglected tooth problems can get into bone around the mouth, and if that does happen, major reconstructive surger(ies) are required. Also, if you are prescribed reclasp or any other meds for bone loss, being on those can make even an extraction more risky. Ask about meds...

Pittsburgh Pennsylvania has been having that off white grayish very fine dirt residu for over a week here also.

Usually the outside air is much dryer than inside air. People think about attic moisture as coming from outside the the house. But almost always it comes from the much more moist air inside the house getting into the cold attic and then moisture in that air condenser out as water. Look for...

Is the hex section that goes through the plate broken free from the plate, therefore movement is transfered to the joint with the nut, and eventually the nut loosens?

Get one of the modern barrery testers. You have to measure at the battery with them. On the connectors at the battery is good enough if the connections are clean and tight. Amazon sells them. They are nice to have. I have detected a few batteries of relatives vehicles that neded replaced before...

Weak spark with low voltage battery and as others have said the compressed air is not as hot with slow crank ( maybe more time for that air to transfer heat to piston, cylinder, and head). Fuel might not vaporize as well with less abrupt movement of air. If the sparkplug gets wet with fuel (...

Look on the bottom for the date it was made.

Gots to order it online now days to get a decent price, for PUP or VRP. Walmart delivers for free on orders > $50.00 Sometimes Amazon has sales bringing the price down to below $25.00 per 5 qt jug in 3 at a time sales. But I prefer Walmart, much less chance of counterfeit for anything automotive.

I'm on my 5th OC of PUP with my 2016 CRV with the K24W gasoline 4 banger. I am temped to run 4 OC of VRP but that engine idles like a fine swish watch, and screams like an abused ape when I asked it to in Sport mode climbing up winding steep hills passing slow drivers like they were driving...

Local bus nicked the rubber wheel trim of the right front wheel area of the bus with the front drivers side bumper of my car. We were both stopped at a light and I did not move when the light turned because of the way that bus driver had positioned his bus. The local Pittsburgh bus company tried...

I saw a TV article many years ago, where an oxygen tanker had a decent leak. The driver stopped. People watching said it looked like a fog all over the road around that tanker. The road was asphalt. The driver stepped down from the cab and when his food touched the asphalt the entire road...

Sometimes if you have extra time, it's wise to reduce a one in a billion chance to zero. Especially if all it cost you time you have to use anyway. I was thinking of this thread yesterday when I used my spare time to opt to stop and not follow a long white tanker truck through the liberty...