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Yea, I have a friend in a similar situation. She has a 14 mile round trip commute but doesn’t use her car in town. I’m going to suggest M1 for a slightly more robust oil at the next OCI.

Ah. My mistake. I’m too used to the Toyota/Subaru world where a ball joint is included with the arm if it’s an aftermarket one. Exceptions if it’s OE or a truck.

Weird, most of the aftermarket options for Japanese cars include them. I refuse to install them.

We’re going to order that brake line kit. Spendy but it’s all preformed to keep the fuss down.

I’ve read the 10” drums on the 1500 GMT400 trucks weren’t great. The 11” brakes were better.

Prestone looks like a green but with a bit of a yellow undertone. There is no way to find out. Flush and refill with the right stuff. I tell people what coolant has been used for future reference.

The bushing will be the biggest difference as well as ball joints.

The truck is in the Bay Area in a cool microclimate near San Francisco Bay. While it’s not going to Tahoe or the Sierras, there’s rust on the lines. If the friend won’t spring for the kit, I’ll have him order just the rear lines, I’ll get pre-flared lines and form them for the rest.

Me? Lust over tools? Never!

I think Powerstop was the former Lucas Autospecialty division. I’m installing their shoes on an old Chevy truck that has been sitting out for a while with leaky wheel cylinders. Anything has to be better than the old Kragen shoes in it now. I think Powerstop is a bit of a gimmick. As much as I...

2021 Subaru Forester, 65K Out: OEM Idemitsu or Eneos fill In: Valvoline synthetic with a little M1 75W-90 since I ran out and lost some to spillage. No need to go fancy, owner of this car rides a bike everywhere in SF/Oakland and only has this for work and road trips. She giggled at the sight...

I did a 60K service on a friend’s 2021 Subaru Forester. She bought most of the supplies - MicroGuard filters, O’Reilly house brand oil. I bought gear oil, wipers, and a jug of Prestone blue to top off the reservoir. She’s taking it to the dealer for an alignment and I told her to have the CVT...

LMC didn’t have anything.

I’ll keep that in mind as a last resort. I found this for the rear axle, but I have a feeling the long line between the axle and ABS modulator will snap off: https://www.sstubes.com/products/tra9531ss-95-00-gm-1500-2500-3500-2wd-truck-non-dually-rear-axle-brake-lines-stainless

I need to find brake lines for a 1992 Chevy Blazer full-size. Started to work on the rear brakes today - and saw brake fluid drip out of the fitting after installing a new wheel cylinder. The jungle store and RockAuto doesn’t have kits. The other end of the fitting is seized on. What size and...

75W-90 “synthetic”.

2021 Subaru Forester, 65K Out: O’Reilly Syntec, Wix XP filter In: O’Reilly “synthetic”, MicroGard regular filter Friend provided the parts, I just did the job. Honorable mention: 2010 Prius, in very bad shape as a taxi Topped off with Rislone. Ain’t my car, I don’t care. Trust me, I was mighty...

I usually don’t install part store pads, but I like the Duralast Elites on the Sienna.

Now that my dad’s a cabbie and his “new” Prius(2017.5 package two, equivalent to an LE now) will need pads eventually, I’m debating Toyota TCMC or Duralast Elite/PerfectStop/QuietCast(if Akebono ASP isn’t available, all of those are Bosch) for that when the time for pads rolls around. San...

Bendix === MAT Holdings. They’re similar or the same as Carquest Gold/Platinum, Duralast Gold or BrakeBest Select Ceramic/ImportDirect.