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The last of the Ultra stock around here was selling for $5 per quart container recently. The last of the 5 quart jugs were priced at $18 each. All gone now.

I have had it done in 2007. I opted for mono vision, which had just been FDA approved at the time. That is, my dominant eye is corrected to 20/15 for distance, the other eye is like 20/60 and is the close-up, reading eye. It takes about a month for the brain to adjust. With this, hopefully I...

I think the Black Book values are most accurate, as they are published based on sales of the previous week or two. However, it seems you must be either a dealership or financial institution in order to receive a copy. The Blue Book values are dated and based on the previous month of sales. I...

The nationwide statistic is, or was, an ATTACHED garage increases the chances of your home burning down by 50%. Sprinklers are the world's best fire extinguishers, and are available for rural residential situations, as well as those served with municipal water systems. As stated, expensive...

I personally like the 1995-97 Ford 7.3L Powerstroke, the first ones with direct injection and turbo charger. Decent power and fewer problems. The 6.9L and early 7.3L's were indirect injection and naturally aspirated. Based on my experience driving these loaded, lacked power sorely. Fuel economy...

I don't know how the laws work for additives, but if the fuel oil is dyed red, it is essentially non-taxed diesel fuel. I wouldn't think it would hurt anything, but the new ultra low sulfur diesel type fuels, including home heating fuels, are much drier now than before, and offer little for...

I have a '98 Dodge/Cummins and when I had the stock air box, I didn't feel it was an issue to simply pop the top to check the filter. When changing the oil filter, I'd remove it along with the intake hose to access the oil filter from the top anyway. This also allows you to inspect the turbo...

Amsoil comes to mind immediately. Surprisingly, it seems more people in Wisconsin are familiar with Schaeffer's products and have no clue what amsoil is! I'm sure most of John Q. Public has no idea of the "boutique" brands out there like Redline, Brad Penn, Royal Purple and the one's I've...

Thanks for the information. Leaves me wondering what makes it "propietary" as the only fluid to be used in that T-case. Although I was surprised that it's cost wasn't that bad from a dealership when I purchased some for changeout last fall.

Thanks for the info!

I am curious to know if any laboratory is able to determine the percentages of basestocks used in motor oils during analysis? In the past, based on MSDS posted by companies, the percentages were spelled out, and gave a very good idea of what particular basestock was used in their formulations...

I recall reading that the state of Oklahoma waives the state sales tax on the purchase of a vehicle, and instead, charges a lesser excise tax, around 3% IIRC.

I am currently using the Rotella T6 in my '98 24 valve Dodge Cummins. I purchased this late last summer for $17 a gallon on sale at a local Mills Fleet Farm store. As others have stated, it's readily available at many stores. I've noticed the cost now, while browsing the oil aisles here, is...

Wix or NAPA Gold for my GM 5.3L V-8. Fleetguard Stratapore for the Dodge ISB Cummins diesel.

I have a 1998 Dodge Cummins ISB 24 valve and use the Fleetguard Stratapore oil filter, I believe LF3894. This generation of Cummins is very easy on the lube oil, 7,500 mile OCIs on conventional mineral based oil are realistic. I have the "53" block with no issues at around 230K miles. I allow...

Castrol Syntorq LT is a 75W-85 GL4 synthetic gear oil as well. Designed specifically for the New Venture NV4500 5 speed light truck transmission, it's available at most GM and Chrysler dealerships, albiet expensive. On the mail order side, I've purchased this from Quad4X4.com in the past for...

From what I've learned here over the years, even those companies that tout the finest fully synthetic Group IV PAO oils will more than likely have a component of mineral based oil in their formulations, used as the carrier for the additive package. Otherwise the add pack would have a hard time...

I am fortunate to have a retailer close by that stocks a lot of their product. In addition to the already mentioned products, the best hand cleaner I have ever used is their biodegradable Citrol cleaner/degreaser. It's amazing how fast and effective it is cleaning dirty/greasy hands after you've...

Thanks for the comments. I have posted the results of the VOA in that forum. Yes, sodium is used as an additive showing 280 ppm. The cSt viscosity@100C is 9.41, with a starting TBN of 6.9. Looking at the other numbers on the VOA, this fill may have actually been API SM. I don't have any old...

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