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I think their Pittsburg made in Tiawan (Not China) Tools are very good. Most of their stuff is Chineese junk I agree, but please pay attention to where the tool is made. I did notice they are moving away from chineese manufacturers and going to Tiawan.

I've found tools made in Tiawan to be alot better quality and more reliable than Chineese made. If a tool is made in China for Craftsman etc. they are very good because they have to do them to certain standards, but the chineese make alot of junk. Remember when Made in Japan meant garbage years ago?

I see many have peeked at my post I wish I was more computer wise and could post a pick or link to the product. Try going to Sears.com and Type in GearWrench Roto-Ratchet for a photo/description.

Craftsman have always worked well for me as well as any GearWrench product. Both companies are easy to work with if a tool needs replacement. But I have only had to replace 2 of my many Craftsman tools some I've had since 1985. No matter what brand you purchase many tools of any brand will fail...

Any tool junkie needs to check into the Roto-Ratchet by GearWrench. I picked up a set of 1/4 & 3/8 drive from Sears for $60. So far it is not popping up on the Gearwrench website but you can e-mail or call for a catalog. The ratchet head swivels to access hard to reach fasteners. Harbor Freight...

One thing I did not do is open the actual Champion brand E-core but I bet if US made it's all the same.

SUperTech, AC Delco & STP are all products of USA. I tripple checked the pleat count and they were the same in all. Will try to post pics this weekend when my computer guru (my son) is around. The nitril ADBV and shell are all the same also. Perhaps there is a difference if I'd have happened to...

OK if I knew how to take pics and post online I would. If you do not believe me cut one of each open, I have no reason to lie or deceive anyone, I believe we should post facts and help one and other.

I really did not see any poor construction in the Fram I opened, in fact the one ? I had is about filters made by Hastings. I noticed instead of free flowing holes in the center core there are a bunch of little slots. I wonder how that effects oil flow. The best core for oil flow obviously is...

Would like to add use what seems to work for you, these posts can cause a tumor to growe in your brain and some people think to much about oil, change oil every 3,000 miles use quality stuff and stop stressing. I wonder if anyones had a heart attack while surfing this forum from the info overload?

02 Saturn SL2 82,000+ mi Penzoil Platinum 92 Grand Marquis 160,000+ mi Valvoline Maxlife, currently doing a mad scientist experiment with Walmart Supertech Synthetic

I agree Maxlife synthetic can be hard to find, I run regular Maxlife in my 02 Grand Marquis 168,465mi and Penzoil Synthetic in my 02 Saturn SL2 82,320mi and have been happy with both. All autos use some oil it is just replaced by unburned fuel and other contaminates so the level seems to stay...

Use a torque wrench, best way to do it is to torque to specs and use a 6pt socket for a firm grip. Check a haynes manual or call your dealer for the torque specs. You can use purchase a Craftsman torque wrench when they have it on sale, you'll need the one with the foot pounds scale. Also Harbor...

When I cut open filters it is evident WIX appears to have the best components inside, there does not seem to be the usual cost cutting measures. Carquest basic filter is a well made Wix and I was impressed with their construction. Of all the filters I opened it was the only filter once opened...

Teflon is a solid that does not belong in your engine aka Slick 50, even Quaker State is putting it in their oil as their parent company makes Slick 50.

Filters with silicone vs nitral anti-drainback valves seem to perform better in cold weather, they seal better abd remain more flexible.

I recently cut open a few filters of different brands for my 02 Saturn SL2 application an interesting point is while holding my filters in a vise while opening them up, the Fram canister seemed thinest and most easily dented/damaged. All the others came out pretty well the Fram was very dented...

One thing about the PureOne is they tightly packed and increased the number of pleats to increase filtration, I'd question how this effects flow rate? I pick up Motocraft for my Grand Marquis at Walmart, would use SuperTech also but no reason to then Motocrafts are on the shelf. Never touch Fram.

Fram used to be a top rated filter and good quality, but like many products manufacturing has been farmed out to third world countries as China etc. and quality suffers to squeeze profit at every step. People are still hung up on brand recignition aka RCA GE Zenith etc. good brands in their day...