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Should i invest in one? Or will it just sit in the toolbox I'm a DIY home wrencher now. Mainly small group of friends and family. I recently did a battery install for a friend with a honda fit. Tiny battery but simple job. Everything went well minus radio code. Went thru the whole glove...

I'm going to be tasked with some upper arms on a Q5 shortly, its a 2018 model but has been in the rust belt it entire life. Looks like instead of a normal A arm and a single ball joint, its 2 arms with ball joints that are held on by a pinch bolt. Germans... Tons of people are saying either...

I appendix carried for a while with my original shield. I stopped during covid because we were home all the time. Now i have 2 toddler/babies as well so bending over constantly and etc does. I've converted to selective carry instead of daily carry. I also put on about 25lbs. Doctors mark me as...

I don't know much on small engines. My parents gave me this 21in Craftsman. 4.75hp that runs on a brings and straton motor. When I got it, it didn't fire up. I took everything apart and it just kept leaking fuel due to no replacement gasket. I ordered a carb off amazon ($21 for whole kit) air...

The 2016 Jetta 1.4T we have is due for an oil change per cluster reminder. Debating if I should actually change the oil or not. Had some Liquid moly in it last June, I rarely drive it. Mainly to pick up food or sit in traffic. Its a city car no matter what with a lot of stop-and-go. I'm...

I dont know where i place my computer but its definitely a dinosaur it seems to work for everything I need it. I only do video streaming, excels with macros and VBA stuff at home and just mainly web browsing. I have an I5-2400 with 12gb of RAM, 250GB SSD for boot and 2TB for storage all paired...

Our 2016 Jetta just sits on the street. In the past 6 months, its been driven 250 miles. I live in the city so no garage spot, no battery tender or anything. Its out in the elements. I'm completely WFH and when we do go out, we take the kids with in the Tiguan. I’m guessing I will be an...

My cousin picked up a 2019 Audi Q7, he only got one key. Dealership I think quoted him like $800 for 2 additional keys. Most of these scan tool runs about that, I'm thinking I can buy a scantool and split the cost with them. Youtube is showing Xtool D8 to be able to do toyotas and hondas but...

Not much on the web in terms of DIY. But I did find a youtube video of someone doing it on a 2019 that needed a scantool to reset the rear brakes. Are these scanners somewhat easy to find locally and cheap? I did the front brakes on this mini not to long ago and it was simple stuff. I did...

Anyone know the reason why some cars do it one vs the other? I figured the OE car companies could dictate to the wheel/hub makers what they wanted. Hondas used to be 4 or 5 bolt in the 90's and now are pretty much 5 x114.3 VW used to be 5x120 and now are 5 x112. Subaru used to be 5x100 and...

I've had my trusty 26 gal craftsman compressor for 15 years if not more. It has served me well powering my IR2135 and friends. It started to have a minor leak about 2 years ago but now the motor finally stopped working. I'm a home gamer/weekend warrior at best. 15 years has changed quite a bit...

My parents are just about to retire so no more of the daily driver duties are needed. Budget is around $4-8k MPG is not a big factor. We live in the rust belt so not many older. Needs a reverse camera or a double din radio so I can install aftermarket. V6 or V8 powered preferred. Looking...

I have wonderful comcast. They have a 1224 gb threshold. Normally this is not an issue as the whole year i've been average 900s. Last 2 months I've gone 1050GB and 1150GB. This month I'm at 1150GB and a full week left so i'm pretty much doomed. Only new items added in the past month were an...

I've started to install EHT3 pads/rotors on people's car who can afford to wait for rockauto to ship to me. Otherwise its just AAP or autozone. I did two Toyota installs roughly 6-8 months ago. 2009 Camry and 2012 Corolla. Both owners mentioned to me an annoying squeak on the first brake and...

My father's 2009 Camry has a blinking light. Google pretty much points to a sensor or two having a dead battery. I'm meeting up with a friend with techstream to confirm how many are dead. Looking up sensors, rockauto has Denso sensors for about $35 each. Assuming sensors have a 5-15 year...

A lot of people were backing Zerex Asian and then Walmart stopped carrying them. Peak Asian and now Supertech Asian was the replacement, but people were still iffy on them. I maintain my family fleet which happens to be Camry - red, and Mazda - Green. I buy all the colors because there is...

Nothing different on this 2019 Mini right? This might be the first car I've seen that actually has a light on the info tainment screen to says check/change brake fluid. I'm just gonna grab some DOT 4, maybe even call up BMW or MINI and see their prices. I've done plenty of bleeds in the...

I've never replaced all coilpacks. Logically i understand the situation. We can assume all coil packs have roughly same lifespan and should all go out roughly the same amount time. But I've always replaced single coilpacks unless its a rear bank and then I might suggest doing all 3 rears...

The Camry is my father's daily driver for the next two years until he retires. We are in the city of chicago, for the most part, snow is normally cleaned pretty quickly. But parking on the street is an annoying problem. Car is driven only in the city 45mph max. 15 miles each way. 215/60/16...

Long story short, I now have (6) 5.0aH Makita 18v batteries and no tools. I'm new to the line. I'm looking for a 1/2 in mid torque wrench but it seems like there are like a few models. Aside from homedepot and lowes, who carries this stuff normally. I have a Hex driver and leaf blower on my...