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Hi guys, I've recently noticed that in my '87 E-150 1st gear starts off solid but feels like it may be slipping after a few feet of driving. I don't drive this van too much so I'm wondering if this is common for the C6 during normal operation or perhaps before failure? Fore some background...

They've all been used up in Sudbury. I've been trying to find a set of used winter tires for my beater van and I can't find ANY in the standard truck size no matter what style. Holy cow! There aren't that many vehicles running 235s that are worth 4 new tires up here. Does anybody know if I...

My parents have a 1997 RAV-4, 2wd, automatic. The transmission dipstick calls for DEX II while the Power Steering calls for DEX II or III! I think it's bizarre that the ATF isn't be spec'd for DEX III but whatever...that's what I put in. My problem is that the manual doesn't say if the RAV...

I think every taxi I've been in has had the ABS light on! Is there a real problem with North American car ABS systems that causes them to die far before the rest of the car? Air Conditioning seems to be the same way...not worth fixing. I've had two GMC work trucks with dead ABS systems. One had...

Please make sure the spout is pointing down before removing it from your filler neck. If you don't the next person to buy fuel will dump a bunch of icky diesel on the side of his car. Try it for yourself, pretend to put the nozzle back in the pump and then whip it at your car. I don't like to...

This stuff is fantastic! Look for a purple spray bottle. I messed up a seal the other day and it dumped black diesel oil all over my car. I remembered this stuff getting good reviews (recommended for putting in radiators that have been contaminated with oil) and it worked great. I rolled up to...

Hi guys, Is there a plugin for windowsXP that fires up all the programs that were running before a power outage? It seems like I've had several short outages this summer and it is a real pain trying to load up all the webpages I had open. I'm always searching for jobs so I've got a pile of...

Howdy, I changed my timing belt last night and I damaged a seal while doing something not necessarily too smart. Ahh, that's as far as I want to go into that... Anyway, I ran my car for about 5 hours today and I was leaking oil the entire time so I the inner 1/8" edge of my timng belt got oil...

Awe man, I go inside to wash my hands and when I go back outside I see about 100 birds fly out of a tree. One of them dropped a bomb on my open repair manual. Atleast it didn't land on my camshaft...I was changing a timing belt. I wish God could have taught birds to land before they do whatever...

You guys must have seen some more good ones lately, eh? Today I saw a license plate bracket that said, "Follow me to Wal*Mart" I slowed down and kept an eye out for falling parts. Cheers, Steve

My first set of axles lasted 400,000 km without damage but I cut a replacement in 2000 km If you don't want to read anymore the main question is, "What kind of glue do the split boots come with?" The damage must have occurred when I had the axles flopping around to change the wheel bearings...

I've been up to my neck in brake problems for the last two weeks and I've been wondering who makes the best flare wrenches. I've got a set of generic ones that I'm afraid of using ever since one exploded. I've also got a couple MasterCraft (Canadian Tire brand) flare wrenches that seem weeker...

The oil in question is Canadian Tire GL-4/5 Semi-synthetic 75w90 that gains a brass shimmer after use. The gearboxes in question are VW 020s which spec GL-4. The first gearbox died an ugly death when it was forced into reverse without the use of the clutch. I drove the car for a while with a...

My 1992 VW diesel has been smoking quite a bit lately so I decided to replace the Maehle air filter with a Fram. Why Fram? They are readily available. Anyway, the Maehle LX54 has 100 pleats while the Fram 3373 has 98 so no big difference there. The Fram pleats are about 1/32" wider but the...

It would reopen the issue of people being able to publicly admit to a crime after they get away with it. Steve

Say I get some urethane on my hands while installing a sunroof in my car...how would I get it off after it has cured? I've tried acetone, paint prepping solvent, gas, varsol, etc. The only thing that's worked has been picking off my skin!!!! Thanks, Steve (the fool from Sudbury)

Canadian Tire sells an "ABS" DOT 3 fluid and I have to admit that I think it is some sort of scam. Am I being unfair? I'm not up to date when it comes to new car fluids but from what I know the only two real brake fluid specs to consider are DOT 3 and 4. These fluids go back to before I was born...

Could you guys go over the usual things covered by a new tire warranty? I know they give you a treadwear warranty, free rotations and maybe even balances? The reason I ask is that my friend bought new low profile rims and tires three days ago and he's already got a big cut in one of his...

I've heard that the Passat wagon PD TDI gets pretty bad mileage on short trips. It is definately more suited for the highway anyway because it's pretty big by VW standards. There's no dipstick apparently so you'll need a computer to check ATF level. Anyway, if you buy a new VW pay the extra...

Here's the problem, my VW has bolt on inner CV joints that are open to the world when you pull the gearbox. I assume that I got gargabe on the backs of the CV joints so I plan on scraping them down, spraying them with brake cleaner, and blobbing in more grease. I soooo hate the VW...