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    Castrol Magnatec

    I was at our local WM the other day and noticed a difference in the bottles on the shelves. I'm sure it's been posted before so if someone has a link to a previous thread it would be much appreciated. Anyway 5w20 listed as full syn and 5w30 as a blend. Just curious as to why the difference in...
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    New (to me) GM 6.0

    I recently sold off my 09 ext cab and ended up buying a more family friendly 2002 1500HD crew cab. I'm due for my first oil change soon and am having a hard time deciding what to go with. A little background truck has 111,000 easy miles on it. Old lady driven the first 90,000 and the second...
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    OBD2 scanner

    One of these has been on my "wish" list for a while now. Not knowing much about them, I asked a friend of mine who is more knowledgeable in the area than me and he recommended the autel brand. Wanting to get a few more opinions before I decide if I want to make a purchase. I also have a gift...
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    To grease or not?

    We've been having a bit of an internal debate at work lately over the use of sealed/shielded vs open bearings. A bit of history: We have 2 compressors we rely on that are driven by electric motors. The electric motors in question are 30 HP a piece and run (24/7 3600 rpm) in a rotation of 5 days...
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    Impact gun advice

    I currently have an impact that my boss was nice enough to give to me a while ago. It's a Northern Tool branded impact that he had for 10-15 years before it showed up in my garage. I went to use it the other day to rotate the tires on our Impala, and it flat out wouldn't budge the lug nuts...
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    A/C System Revival

    A couple months ago, I bought a hopper for around town and back and forth to work. It has a few issues, but the price was right. One of the issues, is the A/C system is shot. I thought I would get lucky and tried a can of refrigerant to see if it would hold, and it did, for about 10 seconds, and...
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