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Greetings: My son recently picked up a really clean John Deere JA65 self propelled push mower with a cast aluminum deck and a 6HP Briggs Quantum engine. It has a Warner mechanically applied blade clutch on it (expensive part) rather than a typical ignition cutoff and flywheel brake as the...

Greetings all: Any thoughts on using non-OEM oil and/or filters while a machine is still under warranty? My dad just bought a Craftsman T210 lawn tractor with an 18hp Kohler 5400 series engine and I am anticipating the 1st oil change which is due at 5 hours. If the additional cost of the...

Greetings: In November, we purchased a beautiful 1-owner 2010 Lexus RX350 AWD from a Lexus dealer with a full service history. Everything was done by the book along with 5K oil changes. The car currently has 95K miles. All service from day 1 was performed by the same dealer, and it does not...

Greetings: A friend just hit a deer with his '87 Chevy C10 and will be replacing the radiator as a result. He was thinking that while he was in there he might pull the water pump off and check the timing chain since the replacement "Goodwrench 350" that he installed several years ago now has...

I thought this was strange... I was travelling west on I-84 crossing the Delaware River from NY to PA tonight (right where NY, NJ and PA meet) and a NYS Trooper passed me on the bridge. He proceeded to pull over a car on the PA side (the car had a PA plate as well). I didn't think this would be...

With the 50th anniversary of the 1st Gen Camaro coming up this September, that means that Chevy has been making the 350 small block for 50 years this year. I would imagine at this time in 1966 they were performing the final testing on pre-production 350s, ramping up for production of the new...

Greetings: Has anyone had any experiences with these tires? I have always heard good things about Nokians and have found some good online deals for them. I am looking for a good set of all weather tires for our 2008 4WD Jeep Commander...

Greetings: In another recent thread in the Mechanical forum, I posted about the problems that my 2000 GMC Sierra has. Between the rocker/wheelwell rust that caused it to fail inspection last month, the other smaller issues and the cracked head that I found over the weekend, I think it is time...

Greetings: I have a 2000 GMC Sierra 1500 with the 4.8 V8 with 204K miles. Background (long - sorry): I bought the truck at 184K miles in 2011. I didn't get a service history but the engine ran fine and the oil looked OK. It has had regular oil changes since I got it. It is a limited use...

Stewart's in New York State has started selling 91 octane premium that is ethanol free in many locations: http://www.stewartsshops.com/news/ethanol-free-premium-gasoline-available-at-select-shops/ Apparently Orange and Dutchess Counties will not have this available at all because of local laws...

Greetings all: We are looking to purchase a used SUV or possibly a minivan to replace our old-but-trusty '96 Grand Cherokee (253K miles!) I may go look at a 2010 Mitsubishi Endeavor tomorrow. It has 64K miles and looks clean in the pictures that I saw. It has a 3.8 liter V6. I don't see that...

Here is an interesting item: http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-FRAM-OIL-FIL...tr#ht_94wt_1147 It is a FRAM PH8 filter from 1962 (even before they became the PH8A). The base plate looks more like a Wix than the current day PH8A and the gasket looks more like the o-ring style gaskets often seen on...

Greetings: It is time for a 60K mile ignition service on our '96 Jeep GC 4.0. Even though the cap has brass contacts I am sure it is ready to be replaced after 60K. The last time I replaced the cap, rotor and wires I used a United Ignition "Tri-Pak" kit that included a set of premium "Packard...

Greetings: My neighbor has a five year old Craftsman snowblower with an 8.5 HP Briggs and Stratton OHV engine. It is a constant speed engine (no throttle control.) It has low hours on it and now doesn't want to run. It has spark and the non-adjustable plastic carburetor was taken off and...

Greetings: My dad just bought a great running 2000 GMC Sierra 1500 2WD 4.8 V8 with the infamous 4L60E transmission. It has 183K miles on it and no maintenance history is known. The trans shifts fine and the fluid looks fair but not burnt, but I'd like to service it and/or do things to ensure...

Greetings: My dad's '95 S10 fell victim to a large deer this week. He is looking to replace it with a late 90s-early 2000s 1/2 ton pickup. He would prefer a V8 automatic extended cab; 4WD is not a necessity as this will be used as a secondary vehicle. I wanted to see if anyone had any feedback...

Greetings: This may border on being a ridiculous question due to so many variables, but I will ask anyhow. Is there a typical mileage range that the GM 3800 series II intake failure happens? I am asking because my in-laws are looking at used cars and there are a lot of these engines out there...

Greetings: My mother-in-law's mostly trusty '97 Intrepid 3.3 got totalled last week and I am helping them look for a replacement (mid size and full size cars preferred.) They only have a little over $2K to work with so this will be a tough task. I think that condition will be more important...

This just makes me shake my head in disbelief... When driving on the highway I see a lot of cars pass by with the person in the front passenger seat stretched out riding with their shoeless feet on the dashboard or windshield. All I can think of is what would happen to that person if they get...

Greetings: I have read so much on the 'net about what fuel and oil to use in chain saws these days that my head is spinning. I have a couple of Poulan light duty saws as well as a Makita DCS6401 (made by Dolmar in Germany) 20" heavy duty saw. All of them call for 87 octane (87 octane R+M/2...