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    When do you fill your gas tank?

    The fuel in the tank cools the pump. Constantly driving down to empty heat stresses that realllly expensive pump. Guy at work replaced it twice in a few years his kids had a dumb habit of always near empty and putting in few gallons at a time. For me 1/4 is empty with exceptions.
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    Since PYB is basically gone now..

    I'll never fully understand the constant yearning for clean engine internals other than just plain imagination based OCD. Normal maintenance and high mileage at 322k tells me there is nothing evil in there to worry about exorcising.
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    Anecdotal Reports on High Quality of M1

    Saying a bunch of dudes had the same issue doesent nessesarily prove your point. Ive been in forums where specific platform had cams with porosity/voids issue and lobes would flatten. So once you get past the I had M1 in mine when the cam went byebye you may find not every single case was a...
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    THE HILL: Company warns of 'imminent radiological threat' after Chinese nuclear plant leak: report

    This isnt really a problem, nothing to see here, move along ...and if it is its because a bat or pengalin chewed through some wires under the dash.
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    Switching From Coal To Batteries At Power Plant In Maryland

    Hmmmm A battery as a storage container... all the energy, chemicals and metals to manufacture the battery. Conversion losses to store enrergy there then again to convert it back when you draw from it. OR pump the oily goo from the ground into a series of simple metal containers some with wheels...
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    Anecdotal Reports on High Quality of M1

    Been using M1 for over 40 years when they were the only synthetic game in town and GTX was da bomb at $.49 a quart. I did similar cross country maxed out 12k lb trailer haul in 6.2L Silverado without drama. Dude, your camshaft broke because your camshaft broke. Would have even if you had...
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    FOCKE WULF 190 vs SPITFIRE

    Mustang or Mosquito ...sublime lethality
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    Discount tire "Good, Better, Best" rating system

    DT sell a bazillion tires a year. Dont you think they crunch the numbers and know exactly what tire/s last longest with lowest quality failures. The best tire will last longer and have lowest defect/failure rates per dollar of cost. When they rate tires they are trying to guide you to the best...
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    Audi Says Goodbye to IC Engines

    ...Edison thought DC was the way to go and electrocuted an elephant with AC to prove it. It will happen when the economic stack becomes smaller than all others. Electric everything wont replace chemical energy as long as you can pump some xxx million year old goo from the ground into a metal can...
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    I got screwed at the auto repair shop, but what can you do.

    the crucial question is the problem FIXED correctly will it last? If it will last and you paid a few bucks more so what. You could have paid more and gotten a bad fix by melvin the jr muh-khanick. Good work is worth every penny!
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    Power Washing Question

    Remember that vinyl siding is HUNG loosely. climbing ladders leaning against it may cause the lines to become wavy looking. If it was mine i would use chemicals to do the cleaning from a distance and c all it a day. it is not strong like a wood deck you can blast off with pure pressure so take...
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    What do you do with your old helmets?

    Put nails on garage wall and hang them on display
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    [Leaked] Windows 11 info

    If this is indeed windows 11 my guess its is a tweener OS kind of like win 98 SE was to XP. Simply put a way to cash in before the dive in to the data harvesting subscription model they have been salivating over a long time. When that happens a lot of long time users may find a different...
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    Got some extra money from settlement....what to do....

    The biggest concern now should be inflation. If the money is put in a bank account it will continue to shrink in value so sitting on it is last thing to do. IMO your choices are to invest in something that at least keeps pace with inflation or buy needed hard goods with intrinsic value. Gold and...
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    Air compressor taking longer to recharge.

    Theres check valves in the compressor head. On my ancient dual stage cast iron compressor there are large access plugs. the valves themselves are quarter sized steel disks with a light spring holding them on their seats. there may be some crud keeping them from seating/sealing remove and clean.
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    [Leaked] Windows 11 info

    I heard some time ago win10 was to be the last version youll buy outright. They were moving toward a M$ store and month to month subscription licensing based on features. Win10 and LTSC versions i use are rock solid.
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    Has Anyone Installed A Screen Protector On Their Vehicle's Touchscreen ?

    +1 i put gorilla glass protectors on pnone and vehicle displays. look on Amzon for the size you need. the kits usually contain cleaning instructions and sticky dust removers as well. the glass uses an aqueous gel type substance to stick to the display so can be peeled off if needed.
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    Diagnosing home AC unit

    He was trying to say shut off the power before shunting (discharging) the capacitor. ...shorting it powered up may cause some fireworks.
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    Flooded electric ratchet

    get some M1 diff oil in a Dixie cup. submerge the head in there and run it back and forth a few mins. change the oil and do it again till clear. wipe off and good as new. if you really want grease follow up with white lithium afterward.
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    Center electrode erosion causes? 2007 Honda Fit

    the heat from the plug migrates from the plug to the head. If it is loose it wont conduct that heat and they can overheat. Also gapping the plugs to the to the tighter side of spec they'll run cooler electrically. If they were std plugs switch to iridium's they will last longer. The tan...
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