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I’m looking to change out the fluid in the pallet jack I use for work, it’s kept in a unheated box of a delivery truck all day and night. It’s often colder than 0F and in those temps the jack essentially becomes useless. I’m leaning towards using Dexron, but would power steering fluid perform...

Just curious what the success rate for plastic welding is? I'm talking typical plastics you find on automobiles, plastic interior panels etc... I've tried my luck on some cracked polypropylene interior pieces in the past and the weld is always brittle and hairline cracks with ease. Perhaps it's...

So does anyone else have a Milwaukee electric impact wrench? I picked my up a M12 stubby back in Spring and notice every time I use it, it likes to sling grease/oil out from the base of the anvil and make a mess... I looked at the parts diagram and there appears there is suppose to be a o-ring...

I’m curious, does the amount of oil in the engine sump/pan affect UOA readings? Example if your engine took 5 quarts, but it was a quart low(had only 4 quarts) when you pulled the plug to change the oil and grab a sample?

I was undoing a M8 bolt securing the steering column and it started getting really hard to turn the ratchet... Funny thing is I had just installed the same bolt 2 weeks ago. I thought to myself there was no way it was cross threaded when it was installed, I had turned it in by hand and snugged...

Looking for something I could use for all the hinges and moving parts on my floor jack. The main pivot is the only part on the jack that has a grease zerk. Otherwise everything else is a bit hard to grease without taking it apart. So a oil that can penetrate is preferable. I was thinking Triflow...

Is there something that "clings" well to engine internals over time, up to a year or more? I have a few cars and motors that sit around in storage for long periods. On one vehicle with a Nissan SR motor, I started using some Amsoil Z-Rod 10W30 a couple years ago. I typically have the motor...

I typically apply antiseize to all suspension bolts during reassembly. However I find the A/S on the exposed threads tends, to dry out exposing the them to the elements ie. salt. Typically I have this issue with sway bar links as there is usually a good length of exposed thread on the links...

Vehicle is a 03 Mazda Protege. Rusty old beater I got off a co worker, needed some work including a new wheel bearing. I purchased a new wheel seal for $2 along with the new bearing as it mentioned one in the parts catalog as well as the service manual. I pressed in the new bearing today and I...

I picked up a 96 Civic as a winter beater this fall, with the D16Y7. I gave it a good tune up a few weeks ago, which included new Bosch cap and rotor, Denso wires, and NGK plugs. The old components were very worn, so I had a feeling the ignition coil was probably exhausted too and was planning...

I found a black spec on my white paintwork today that looked like a small dot of paint overspray. It had most likely always been there but I just never noticed. Clay did not remove it, so I proceeded to use CG V34 compound on a orange foam hand applicator. The black dot proved to be quite...

About a week ago I drained my oil and pulled the lower oil pan, saw that the residual oil in the pan seemed to have a fine glitter to it in the sunlight. I cut open the filter and found about a dozen

My Nissan 180SX was in storage for just over 2 years on this oil. Filter was a Mobil1 EP. I took it out this summer to give the car a good check up on it's health which included giving it a shakedown on a chassis dyno. I was pleased the 80,000 mile motor from 1994 was making more than factory...

A couple weeks ago I posted an issue where I changed the fluid in my Nissan PS system and upon doing so i noticed very small bubbles circulating in the reservoir. Applied vacuum to the reservoir, no leaks, no odd noises and the steering worked like it should. Still trouble shooting the issue I...

I recently replaced all the low pressure rubber return lines on my Nissan's power steering system. They specify Dexron for the PS system, so I refilled the system using Mobil D/M and bleed according to the procedure in the FSM. As I bleed the system I continue to monitor the reservoir for...

I'm having a very hard time finding the new Pennzoil Ultra up here in Calgary. Tried AutoValue, Part Source, CT, Napa, and even some locally owned stores and no one carries it and was told by every store they couldn't order it for me, even though they carried other Pennzoil products. One of the...

A old friend of mine opened up an automotive shop. I have about 30,000 miles on my Nissan and figure I should do a ATF flush, and was always curious how the exchange machines worked so I brought in. About 8 liters of new ATF was put in the machine, tranny line was undone at the cooler, and the...