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Replaced the deck belt on a Cub Cadet 46” mower deck. The old one was worn enough that it would jump off the pulleys. Ordered a new one off the internet mega sales site and installed. Checked the blade brakes and one is worn pretty much out. I’ll order a new set and install those later...

This is an odd ad - there are no side panel details. At all. 🤔 All Craigslist ads for cars list something over on the right. But nothing here. Almost like it’s a fake ad. If you’re in the market, spend more and avoid “Chris” and his weird ad. Something about this one seems fake. It wasn’t...

I figure I’ll be safe dropping in a reman long block. The car is solid so I’d had to scrap it.

My mom has the 2019 Ram Classic (that got hit with hail damage the other day unfortunately), but it sounds like her Hemi engine should be ok from what I’m reading here. 😮‍💨 My Charger is getting a replacement engine, if the hail damage doesn’t do it in monetarily. Even then, I’ll strip out my...

Who told them?? Someone is in trouble, spilling the beans! 🤣 Hey, remember that other thread with the old flying saucer in the salvage yard… it’s been a while now. 😉😜

I didn’t post this in my earlier morning entry, but I’m going to visit a couple body shops. Wednesday evening, we got a wicked little hail storm. The hailstones didn’t seem to be that bad, but there were some large ones in the mix. 😧 My Mini, and my Charger have several small dents. Actually...

The lines must have some soy based plastic. My European cars I’ve had would get chewed wires from the soy plastics they used. Older US cars not so much. I should get that hot pepper tape. I could use it on my Mini. Here, squirrels aren’t a big problem anymore. My mom next door has an...

Good idea. Just leave them alone until they pass away on their own. Then you can wrestle with removing them from their 19 year home. 😜

Replaced the right side cv axle on my brothers minivan (cue sad music for whoever gets sad about my working on minivans 🙄). I also changed out the wheel bearing hubs on both sides ( the driver side cv was changed earlier, but I left the rest of the work until he got back from his road trip...

Replaced a dry rotted tire and cut the grass. Earlier, I went back to my roots and began repairing a bike for my nephew. He walks to work in his town since his bike failed (bent sprocket; it was new but cheap). I have my old Schwinn so I took it apart, cleaning and trying to recover the rusty...

Ran when parked. No lowballers - I know what I got! 🤣

Replaced both wheel hub bearings on the 2008 Chrysler Town & Country. Installed new Mopar OEM splash shields as well. I got to use my wheel hub bearing removal tool on the left side (right side came off easily from just the impact). New bearing hubs installed without drama. Rides quiet and...

Completed a much needed repair on the minivan before the cross state trip. The transmission cooler lines were hacked up by someone in its past, and they did a p*ss poor job at it. They removed the crimped parts and put rubber vacuum line in place with cheap clamps. I know these were poorly...

Nothing is more utilitarian than the minivan, and we have three in our family fleet. They get the most use so they have the heaviest maintenance schedule. I have fixed my Mini Cooper S, and my Dodge Charger Hemi is in line to be torn down for cam and lifters this summer. My Jeep Wrangler is...

Swapped out the left side CV axle on my brothers 2014 Chrysler Town & Country. Also installed the replacement ignition coil (one I got had a faulty wiring connector; the connector would fall out easily). Old CV axle had a split boot as I mentioned in an earlier post, and I managed to get it...

Replaced the ignition coils on my brothers 2014 Chrysler Town and Country. Plugs were also changed out and replaced NGK with NGK Iridiums. Oddly the old plugs were not fouled up, but the tips were totally worn away. The resulting gap was at least twice what it should have been. The coils...

On the plus side you at least eliminated the possibility of lifter noise for a long while… 🙂

I recall 20 years ago I was at our local service station and they have a car wash. It used the floor rails to hold and guide the cars through the wash. Posted on a large sign were the usual disclaimers about add ons, heavy rust (here in Minnesota, very common), and cars and trucks with...

Replaced the heater hoses on a 2008 Chrysler Town & Country minivan that I have here that my niece used to drive. I posted on an earlier thread that the clamps were loose and tightening didn’t help. New ones (aftermarket) with proper constant tension clamps went in rather quickly and I had no...

That’s the one I have. It’s no slouch (I just used it on the Subaru brake job I completed) and it feels good in hand. If I had any complaint, and it’s a small one, it’s that the battery can be stiff to snap into the tool. I got the 4 amp batteries but I also have a “free” 2 amp when I got...