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I will start with a little background. I used to hang out here quite a bit when I drove 40,000 miles each year. I loved the idea of extended oil change intervals, using Amsoil, GC (the old coveted green 0w-30), and Schaeffer to name a few. Then my life changed any my driving style significantly...

Quote from the current manual: "To obtain the best engine performance and engine life, Volvo Penta recommends synthetic engine oil labelled for API Service CF/SH and ILSAC GF-4" I'm a bit confused. Doesn't the GF-4 go hand and hand with API SM? Anyway, the whole reason I am looking into this...

Okay guys, I'm in a bit of a bind. My wife and I both have busy weekends planned and upon changing her oil today, I noticed a weird sound and some really nasty black stuff under the hood. Well, to make a long story short it was the the AC clutch. I think it is ready to have a complete meltdown...

I am trying to hard wire in a night light with a photo sensor placed next to a switch on the wall. My problem is that I can't find anyone who makes this type of photo sensor switch. All of the exterior lights seem to have them built in. I am really starting to consider buying a $1.99 night light...

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I picked this clock up at a garage sale for $20 a few years ago. I finally decided it was so ugly that I didn't want it. The ebay auction ended today with a final price of $835.00 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6594346320 The only bad thing is ebay charged me $4.90 to list...

I was just on ebay.co.uk because I wish we had more diesel engines available here in the US. Anyway, while looking around, I realized that the prices seemed really cheap. So off to the exchange calculator and I was right. I really took a liking to the Ford Maverick turbo diesel. For those of you...

Finally, after 31 years, I did it. As of September 17, 2005 this is Mr. & Mrs. Michael Cleveland. I am a very lucky man! Sorry about poor quality photo, my scanner doesn't work the best.

I am going to be renting a moving truck from U-Haul in about a week. I got on their website to see what is available and what the rates were. My plans are to get the biggest truck they have (24') to avoid having to make more than one trip. Anyway, to my point, I was shocked to find that even the...

I am going to be getting married in about 5 weeks. I am having trouble with ideas on gifts for my groomsmen. So, here I am asking for ideas from you. What did you get your groomsmen? Any ideas at all (other than a case of their favorite engine oil) would be greatly appreciated. All of these...

I think I did pretty good today. I went to WalMart intending to buy 6 items. Instead of buying the cheapest junk they had, I payed a bit more and bought decent stuff. When I got home, I realized that a package had a "Made in the USA" label on the front. I checked everything else and realized...

This was in yesterday's newspaper police report. Everybody I know has gotten a good chuckle out of it. Please keep in mind that this is NW Pennsylvania. We have absolutly no large or poisonous spiders in this area of the country.

I'm going to be moving Saturday. The cable company won't be able to get me hooked up again until Wednesday and the phone won't work until Thursday. The real bad news is that I will be in the middle of nowhere and my cell phone doesn't even have service. Okay, now with the good news. I am going...

Over the past week, I spent two days helping a friend put a big bore kit in his Harley Sportster 883. I have never worked on a sportster before, but the top end is similar to other engines I have dealt with in the past. Pretty much, this job consisted of new pistons & having the cylinders bore...

I have been thinking about this for a while now and finally decided to ask for others opinions. Many 5w-30 oils shear down to a thick 20 wt oil in no time at all. Motorcycles can shear a 10w-40 or even a 20w-50 down to a 30 wt pretty quickly also. Common sense tells me that engineers knew that...

I posted this under race engines, but I didn't get too many replies. I am considering putting an Edelbrock nitrous system on my motorcycle just for the pure fun factor. I do not race this bike and have no plans for it other than just regular riding. I am considering the nitrous for two reasons...

I really wasn't sure where to ask this question, so I came here. Anyway, I came upon a pretty good deal on an Edelbrock Nitrous System for my Harley Davidson Evo II. I know these engines are built pretty tough, but I was really wondering if a stock Harley engine can handle nitrous. I have...

I recently noticed that I have a problem with procrastination. I don't know how this happened, but it seems that I am putting everything off. Today, I never even got out of bed until after 11 am (I did check BITOG when I got up to go to the bathroom). I was awake at 9, but I just layed there...

I know there used to be Esso stations here in the US and they eventually became Exxon stations. So, exactly what is Esso? Many here talk about Esso XD-3 oil and I wanna know what it is, who makes it, etc... And the next question is why can't I get it in the US?

Has anybody else not visited because they thought the entire site was down and being updated? When I first saw the frpnt page it said (and stills says) "This web site is being updated. Please check back later". After finding this a few times, I started to look at a few of the links and they...