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In December 2018 my son purchased a Grp 51r Bosch AGM 5yr warranty battery from Pep Boys. Unfortunately the battery began failing in October 2019 so he called the Pep Boys where he purchased the battery at and they stated they did not have any of those batteries in stock, nor did any other local...

I purchased this 2015 Accord sport used with 45k miles on the clock and it now has 53k miles. I use this as a DD but recently when braking the steering wheel has started shaking. I know that in many cases if not most, this is due to either bad rotors or uneven pad wear. The pads appear to have...

Here at work we are going to do a pilot program using a key kiosk for employees to check out vehicles for short term use such as a day or multi day out of town use. We have 10 brand new 2018-19 Ford Fusion Hybrids and the problem that we have is, if we do not drive them for a few days (3-4) the...

Got out the old trimmer last Thursday to do a final trim before the winter. When I pulled on the starter cord I nearly dislocated my shoulder, gas was pouring out of the air filter and the exhaust!! NOT GOOD! Quick research showed that I likely needed to rebuild the carburetor. So I took it...

Monday I was finishing up some lawn work from the weekend and needed to edge the driveway and sidewalks but unfortunately the old electric BD edger burned up the last time I used it. So it was either go buy a new one or get out the old John Deere E35 gas edger that I rescued from my father in...

The car is an '08 Honda Civic 1.8L with 86,000 miles. We have had no issues with the vehicle and all the routine maintenance has been done. A weird issue popped up here recently, when turning the ignition to start, the engine will turn over for several seconds before it finally fires up...that's...

Saturday my wife and I purchased a new 2016 Prius for her to drive in her home health business. The car comes with free (5k oci) oil changes up to 25k miles with an unknown conventional oil. Here in lays my dilemma, should I have them do the OCIs free with non synthetic oil, or should I continue...

Has anyone run the Fram Ultra XG3976a in a Cummins Diesel?

I received my remote transmission filter mount for my 2007 Toyota Tundra. The kit came with 2 straight brass barb fittings that will not work for the location I am setting up the filter. In searching for Elbow (90°) Brass barb fittings I am finding that all the brass fittings are rated for low...

Yesterday afternoon I was driving through Southlake, TX (NW of DFW airport). In less than 2 miles I saw 3 Bentley's, 1 Lotus Exige, 1 Mclaren 650 Spider, and apparently the go to grocery getter is a Porsche Panamera!

I am trying to install a TV wall mount on a stone wall at my parents house. I purchased a new Black and Decker 3/8 inch concrete/masonry drill bit and about 1 hour into running my hammer drill I only had a depth of about 1 1/2 inches. Any recommendations on a new bit to help me get through this...

I am the go to car guy in my family and I have my preference but I want your opinion. My nephew is looking at purchasing one of these two vehicles for a work truck (HVAC and Plumbing). He is a truly extraordinary 20 year old that makes a good living. #1: 2011 Reg Cab Toyota Tacoma longer bed, 4...

Preface: Last month I sold my house and had to move...SO, while packing up the garage and shop I found several of my sealed 4 qt bottles of 5W-30 laying around. They all had about 1/2 or more quart's in each bottle. These were all leftovers from trying to find something that "burned Less" in the...

We have 34 of these cars here at work in our fleet and we have had 12v battery problems since the get go. Basically after 4-5 days of no/little use the battery voltage drops below 12.1v for an unknown reason. Then the anti theft system goes haywire and the car will not start. The only solution I...

Has anyone ever heard of this? Yesterday my brother called me from Discount tire with a problem. He had taken my sister in laws Chrysler Minivan in to have a flat repair and a tire rotation. Discount told him that they could not/would not rotate the rear tires to the front because the rear tires...

Friday evening I dropped a few ounces (10) of Kreen in the '06 Toyota Prius. The car has 168k+ and has recently started burning about 1/2 quart of oil every 3k. The car had all of the oil changes from new to 120k done at the dealer with DINO, and it developed a substantial varnish. Since 125k I...