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Kroil or PB Blaster. A number of applications and wait a few days then put some vice grips on it. Or hit it with heat like a small torch and use vice grips.

I wish there was a list of the locations! I'd probably be willing to take a road trip to stock up on some stuff! I haven't heard about any closing locally to me in MA...or even New England for that matter.

I'm amazed by the prices to replace lifters or even a full cam swap! I'm the son of a mechanic and always did the work myself so I'm a bit spoiled lol. I will tell you that if I ever by a LS/LT engine with AFM the first thing I'll be doing is deleting that and potentially installing a new set...

It was just 5 years ago at the end of 2019 right before the pandemic was getting underway. One of those GM end of year events where "everybody gets employee pricing" blah blah. I had my eye on a brand new 2020 Silverado 1500, Extended Cab Trailboss....$34k including tax! Now its easily $20k...

It's got a plastic fuel tank thankfully. I usually put some Stabil in the gas and have never really had any issues with the carb. Usually starts on the first or second pull even after sitting all summer. And who knew....if you adjust and maintain things they work better? And now that I've...

How are the rocker panels, bottom of the doors, underneath, etc? Jeeps of this era didn't deal well with the salt but maybe because this is 2wd it didn't see too much snow/salt? Any pictures of the under carriage?

I've got a 2000-ish Northstar 27" Dual Stage Snowblower with 9.5hp (I think, might be 8hp or 8.5hp) Tecumseh snow king engine. These were sold by Northern Tool and made by Murray. For the past 5 years it has becoming more and more of a pain to operate and I keep telling my wife we are getting...

Krown and Fluid Film work well and are certainly better than nothing....But I've become a big fan of Noxudol. It is a wax that tends to stay fluid and really creeps into the nooks and crannies. It has various rust preventative and converting chemicals in its makeup so it will attack and...

Quick update. Its been 9 weeks and about 2k miles since I started this thread when I did the piston soak and did an oil change with a quart of HPL's EP30. I used Castol Edge 5W-30 for the rest of the oil. This weekend I changed out the oil filter just in case it was loading up with gunk...

@hemioiler Thanks for this... Although probably complete overkill for most cars, I wonder what the No VII and SuperCar oil land. PCMO=group III/OCP PCMO premium=group III/star PCMO premium plus=PAO/star No VII = ??????? SuperCar = ???????

With the plugs out you have zero compression. When the engine turns over it will sound really weird if you aren't use do it. Instead of a rrr-rrr-rrr-rrr sound it is just rrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Lol...I sound like my wife describing car sounds. The only thing you will hear is the starter turning at...

Here is my general advice: Turn the engine over by hand if possible. Very easy to do when the spark plugs are out as you are not fighting compression. DO NOT turn the engine over with the spark plugs in. If the valves are closed and you have a significant amount of liquid in the cylinder it...

B12 Piston soak, for a couple days if you can. Fresh SuperTech oil. Run it for a week. Add a can of BG EPR 109 engine flush. Follow the directions. Drain the oil. Fresh SuperTech oil. Run it for another week to "rinse" any junk or leftovers from the BG EPR 109 flush. Do an OCI using VRP and...

Best idea would be to get a tire plug kit from your local auto parts store and plug it. On another note, when were these tires manufactured? There should be a date code on the side of the tire somewhere. Those cracks in the rubber is a sign that the rubber is degraded and isn't in the best...

Yup! Although I kept it perfectly maintained....the stupid Jatco CVT is what did it in at 140k miles. I've had a newer Versa and Mitsubishi Mirage up on the lift....Looks like a go-kart built to go highway speeds.

In Mass it is regularly $1-$1.50 between regular and premium, sometimes more. It seems like just 10 years ago there was always just a 10 cent difference each grade. Probably just a supply and demand thing now. No one really needs premium so it costs more for the station to buy....and therefor...

Valvoline Restore and Protect will not only clean intake valves, it will also clean your throttle body and intake manifold too! In fact, it also put a connecting rod back inside my engine block....car runs like new! Only thing is that you have to run it for over 30 OCI's for it to start to...

My opinion....new cars are not worth the price. I tend to buy a 2-3 year old car with 30k miles or so for $10k+ lower than new car price. Unless abused it tends to be a better deal. Almost new-ish and should have plenty of run-way before major maintenance/service is needed. I'm mechanically...

I had a 2004 Expedition with the 5.4L. I got it at 70k-ish miles from an old lady that probably never went over 30mph. After about 3 miles on my first trip I gave it some gas and blew out 3 plugs!!! Thankfully my old man is a mechanic and had the tool to extract the remnants! Replaced them...

In regards to his thoughts that the cylinder deactivation tears up transmissions....nope. The engine cuts fuel to certain cylinders during partial load or coasting situations. The transmission is seeing hardly any load during these times and has no idea what the engine is doing. And to be...