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The title pretty much says it - the rad has developed a significant leak, and because we only run the one vehicle, I plan to replace the rad rather than remove it for repair. My (typically) lowest-cost parts store can bring in a Spectra rad for $280 + 12% sales taxes. I can get a Denso from RA...

I passed an older Hyundai Santa Fe earlier this week, with the hood up, and noticed they had really flimsy-looking booster cables but no access for a boost vehicle. I had a booster pack in the van, so stopped to help. Strange thing - the battery gave every appearance of being completely dead...

My friend texted saying that the front wipers on his 2009 Nissan Versa were out of sync. I invited him over, fully expecting that the soft metal on the base of one of the wiper arms had deteriorated and was no longer firmly affixed to the splined shaft on the linkage. I expected to tighten...

It was -18°C this morning - pretty much winter's last hurrah. Got held up maybe 10 minutes by this train. It was long enough to have a locomotive in the middle. I was OK while cycling, but definitely cooled off waiting for the train to pass.

A friend in another province has bought a rural property complete with a 1949 Ford 8N tractor. He hasn't got the tractor running yet, and doesn't know when it last ran. Some details: - 4-cylinder - gasoline (rather than diesel) - front-mount distributor - oil-bath air filter -...

Our son and his family have befriended an immigrant family in their neighbourhood. The 6-year-old daughters from the two families are good pals. The family drives a 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe. Son installed a new battery for them a few weeks ago, during a nasty cold snap. Nothing like working on...

My son is helping out an immigrant family in his neighborhood with an older Hyundai SUV that won't start. He's thinking it's a 2005 or 2006, and it's on the larger side with a V6, so likely a Santa Fe with the 3.3 rather than a Tucson with the 2.7. The battery was very weak. He charged it, but...

We got a bunch of wet heavy snow in later October, and I figured it was here to stay, so I got the fat bikes going and hung up the mountain bikes. But then we had an incredibly mild November and first half of December, and the mountain bikes would have been fine for the most part. But anyway...

This vehicle was ahead of me in heavy traffic. (Yes, we were stopped when I took the photo.) Had there been more stuff on the rear window, I would have enjoyed seeing young Arnold flexing for me. (I'm very weak on stage and screen - I had to ask family members who this was.) It may be a...

Last Friday I was doing an emergency repair for an elderly (84) friend (the dad of the friend I'd done alternator repair for on the Versa the previous day). His Mazda5 (2007?) was making a horrible clunking/banging noise from the R rear. I had previously replaced both rear shock mounts a few...

A friend phoned Wednesday asking if I could check his car (a 2009 Nissan Versa) as both the brake and battery warning lights were on. The battery was sitting at 11.7x volts and dropping slowly. The brakes felt fine, and the fluid level in the reservoir was good. I gave my friend a ride home...

This was a couple of years ago. The order actually showed up fine the next day, but this "conversation" the evening before left me rather frustrated:

A friend from church, recently widowed, has asked me if I would check out a used car she's thinking of buying. It's a Nissan Sentra, I think 2015, and likely automatic (CVT). It's owned by an elderly lady who is no longer driving, and is being sold by her daughter. The car is not registered...

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This is my friend's 2012 Chevy Sonic 1.8 once again. One of the heater hoses blew last April. I replaced it and a bunch of other hoses, and the thermostat housing. At that time there was a lot of yellowish "mayonnaise" in the cooling system, which I attributed to my friend having added generic...

I tried to log in to Dropbox a few days ago, and was unable to. Dropbox does not recognize the associated email, and wants me to create a new account. I've contacted their help desk, but the rep doesn't seem to understand the issue. She seems to think I'm using the wrong email account, which I'm...

Jr and I were doing pre-winter maintenance on his 2009 Mazda5 yesterday, and per routine I checked the block-heater plug with an ohmmeter. It was open, which was no surprise, as after I opened up the replacement end I had installed a few years ago, I found all the connections badly corroded. I...

Walmart is advertising Mobil Full Synthetic 0W-20 and 5W-20 for C$26.97 (plus eco fee plus 12% sales tax). That's cheaper than SuperTech (not shown in the flyer, but seen recently for C$28.88 plus eco fee plus sales tax). Is Walmart moving away from ST to a lower grade of Mobil synthetic as...

This isn't a particularly memorable car, but someone has kept it in good shape. I'm guessing at the age (mid-'80s). Same platform as the Chevrolet Celebrity and Pontiac 6000 I think. You know it's old when it has a "Fuel Injection" badge.

The front looks like a Ford, Mopar, or AMC to me. No GM DNA that I can see. The side looks very Ford. The back makes me think Plymouth. In any case, I'm thinking it's from the mid-'60s. Thoughts? *********** I'm pretty sure this is a '60s or early-'70s Ford.