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    Vise-Grip locking pliers=battery terminal clamp?

    The negative battery cable terminal on my 1990 300zx will no longer stay securely connected as of Sunday night, and after parking it for a day and thinking about a fix, I used a set of adjustable locking pliers to hold the terminal on. The terminal is one of those soft copper or brass deals...
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    "Havoline hasn't made oil for years" =local store

    Not visiting this part of the forum often, somehow I got it fixed in my head that Chevron Supreme and Havoline were way different formulas now and weren't so similar. Kragen(CSK, Advanced for you easterners) always has Chevron, but never Havoline. Thus began the search. I stopped by a couple...
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    Low mpg after oil change

    I changed the oil for the first time on this car (a 1990 300zx non-turbo)last weekend, swapping out from what the previous owner told me was m1 5w30 for Castrol GTX 10w30. The old oil had 5k of short trips on it, but wasn't too nasty. Over 4 quarts came out between the filter and drain. I put in...
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