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    Reliable water pump brands?

    So the water pump on my 1997 Chevrolet cavalier is leaking, now looking online at my options. I'm seeing Valuecraft for $29, Murray brand? Whomever that is for $53 or AC Delco but it's steep at $97. Any suggestions or recommendations?
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    Still getting 1st to 2nd shift clunk on 2005 Dodge Neon

    Hi All, I posted about this a while back and suspected that it was due to a shift solenoid. That was replaced along with the oil pressure sensor. Within 30 minute or so it set a cel as if I accelerated really slow it's fine if I accelerate quickly it has a 1st to 2nd gear clunk. Brought it...
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    article: Previous owner retains control over Tesla

    Torque News just posted an article about a guy who bought a used Tesla Model S only for the original owner to still have full control over it. Apparently the original owner would make the horn go off, blast the air conditioning, and run the battery down etc for ten days. I thought once traded in...
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    Neon transmission shifting problems w/ error codes

    Need help with weird transmission problem. It doesn't want to shift. Ho All, So yesterday on the way to work my neons automatic transmission decided to act up and start having shifting problems. It doesn't want to shift to 3rd or 4th. I was able to pull over turn the vehicle off and let it...
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    Saved co-worker from "I want to buy your car" scam

    Hi All, So a fellow coworker who.is a retired postal worker has an early Chevy Nova with an inline six engine and three-on-the-tree transmission. He bought it from an older guy on his postal route many years ago. He decided to put it up for sale and recieved a text message from someone...
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    I found a gallon of sealed Castrol Syntec Blend 20W-50

    I saw a yard sale sign in my neighborhood and thought I'd stop in on my day off running errands. Alot of homes near me have aging couples selling for a mint and retiring or going into retirement homes. I saw a gray gallon and it is a sealed container of Castrol Syntec Blend 20W-50. About the...
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    1994 Boscombe Down Crash

    I've seen articles on this over the years and the whole incident seems to have one of those "We didn't have anything happen here move along" vibe. In 1994 at RAF Boscombe Down a dozen or so people saw what looked like a diamond shaped aircraft crash or have the nose wheel collapse on takeoff...
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    All new MMO Synthetic at O'Reilly's this morning

    Hi all, While picking up gaskets for my fuel injectors for the cavalier O'Reilly's had "New MMO Synthetic " with a shiny different label. I should have taken pictures of the back but have never seen this. What are the odds that it's either A) Not much better or B) Actually a step up from the...
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    Tesla posts cumulative delivery results Q1 at 377,000 vehicles

    Analysts expected Tesla to deliver around 450,000 units for Q1 but according to an article posted today from inside evs Tesla has only posted deliveries in the 377,000 range. Tesla ev deliveries missed the mark I'm curious how many vehicles Tesla actually manufactured as they seem to have...
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    A/C vent cleaner

    Hi All, With warm weather on its way I was curious if anyone on here has used one of those vent cleaner kits that disinfect and supposedly clean out the heater/A/C ducts vents? I've read everything from using a hadheld duster to the kits that supposedly are sprayed into the intake at the bottom...
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    Can you safely repair jumper cables?

    Hi all, Recently I tried jump starting a coworkers vehicle and noticed that I wasn't getting spark nor did it seem like it pulled power from my vehicle. Another set worked. Has anyone repaired a set of jumper cables? These are fairly heavy duty so I'm surprised they've failed. Is there a way...
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    Actress Michelle Trachtenberg dead at 39

    I just saw this posted 20 minutes ago. Apparently her mom went to check on her and found her unresponsive. Firefighters and paramedics pronounced her deceased at 8am est this morning. It's weird seeing actors and actresses that I grew up with kicking the bucket at a young age. She was 39. I'm...
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    24 ev's test in cold weather till they died one stood out.

    Evey year in Norway they hold the "Prix" or a real world cold weather test for electric vehicles. This year had 24 contenders to see how close to their real world claims stacked up. Cold weather test Norway The best ever was the BMW IX3 in 2021 that only lost 4% of its claimed range. BMW and...
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    Weird random no starton my Neon

    So a couple of days ago I ran sone errands went downtown, stopped a places locally with no issues. Pulled into my local supermarket was inside five minutes came out car had power but wouldn't turn over nothing. I got it jumped headed home put the trickle charger on it then took it to advance...
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    Just dined at Illegal Burger

    I went downtown and had heard about this burger place called Illegal Burger. Not sure if its a chain or local but one of the best burgers I've had in quite a while. Unfortunately everything is ala carte no combos. I got "The boss" which is a pineapple bacon jalapeno cheddar burger with no onions.
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    The future of Demolition Derbys

    Mods feel free to move this as I didn't know where to put it humor, automotive? I was watching some demolition derbys on YouTube and got to thinking about how the pickings must be getting slim. Not too long ago there were still a number of 60's and 70's malaise iron still around. With new...
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    Foreign restaurants that open early

    Hi all, Apparently not too far from where I work there is a strip mall with a Vietnamese grocery store, and not one but three Vietnamese restaurants among pawn shops etc. One of the restaurants opens at 9am with the full all day menu as I don't really know what Vietnamese breakfast looks like...
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    Tesla is having short circuiting on brand new Hardware 4 vehicles.

    Brand new article showing that the Hardware 4 that is supposedly will finally (wink wink nudge nudge be fully autonomous) is shorting out. "The problem is linked to a new version of Tesla’s HW4 (sometimes called AI4) onboard self-driving computer. Internally, some refer to the new version as...
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    Vista ammo group selling Ammo division to CSG

    I saw this pop up on my Google feed. I don't shoot or have in financial interests in either party but apparently some are raising concerns as CSG Group is Czech owned. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.
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    Newish Continental tires with slight shimmy?

    Back in March or so (I'd have to look) I replaced my set of worn out Continentals which I had no problem with for 60ish thousand miles with another set the same. It seems like there's a slight vibration wobble at 40-45 mph and even with rebalancing which helped some never has completely...
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