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    Scrapped the 2009 Ford Flex today...after almost 15 years of ownership

    The 2009 Ford Flex SEL FWD was driven to the local scrap yard today, I made my wife do the final ride because the car was originally her car when our two boys were younger. The final milage was 283410 km or 176100 miles. The nicest ride for a long trip with tall people. The body rust, the...
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    New-ish Maytag washing machine from 2018 is already dead

    When we purchased our house in 1995 we got brand new washer & dryer, Inglis brand - Canadian only FWIR. The Inglis washing machine lasted until 2018 and it was replaced with a Maytag HE top loader, model MVWC415EW2 and yesterday we paid $220 to find out it's not worth repairing. Ironically the...
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    80W90 in transfer case and GL5 75W90 in rear diff, or use GL5 75W90 in both?

    My hyper maintained 2019 QX60 will need the transfer case and rear differential fluid changed in 3k kilometers, I currently have 80W90 in the transfer case and a semi-synthetic GL5 75W90 in the rear differential. Can I standardize these 2 oils with just using the GL5 75W90 for both the transfer...
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    Remedy for carbon buildup on intake valves? holding RPMS at 3k + for min 20 minutes?

    Saw this posted on Reddit, the poster referenced a VW patent that showed that DI buildups could be removed if a warmed engine was held at 3000 RPM for at least 20 minutes. Idea was that if the intake valves were allowed to get warm enough for long enough the buildup would be ingested into engine...
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    2019 QX60 Raybestos rear brake pads delaminating on inboard pads with 3mm remaining?

    The wear scratcher was about to start contacting the rotor, so this morning I did the Infiniti QX60 rear pads and rotors with Raybestos stuff I got a month ago from RA. I'm at 110k kilometres now, last did the rears at 58k kilometres. Surprised to see the old Raybestos inboard pads both showed...
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    Tow Truck Hit & Run my wife's 2017 Rogue. It's totalled

    20231001_232050 by Ken , on Flickr Last Sunday night at 11pm ish we were shocked to find a neighbor knocking on the door, he'd heard a crash up the street and saw our car on the grass next to the sidewalk. He'd seen a truck going up the street before the crash, another neighbor got video of the...
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    Would you try to rebuild a 1970's Pioneer Chainsaw ??

    Weekend at the family cottage, I had to do some chainsaw work, no problemo. This cottage will transition to my wife's ownership at some point...my FIL is 89 and he just had a TIA that has stopped his driving for at least 30 days. So back to topic, the cottage has 2 chainsaws, a Husqvarna 55 that...
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    Bosch 3334 doesn't thread onto my son's 2012 Silverado 5.3? Rock Auto refunds my money.

    My youngest son got himself a 2012 Silverado 1500 4WD with the 5.3 naturally in this market he had to overpay and search a field of rust buckets to find this one that is actually pretty decent. Sorry no photos. The first thing that Dad wanted to do was do oil and filter change. The truck has...
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    What I would consider for my next vehicle.

    Still early days here with EV technology and adaptation of the market, but for me I ~ and I expect I won't do anything for another 5 years ~ my choice would be a gasoline electric hybrid. We go up North to a remote area frequently, so pure EV is not yet practical. The ability to tow 5000 pounds...
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    Help me understand the Hyundia / Kia 2.0 and 2.4 problem?

    Sorry if this seems like a beaten horse, but I am trying to be fair and understand where did the Theta engine manufacture process or original engine design mess up. So we all know that Hyundia admitted that manufacture of the Theta crankshaft left out the proper cleaning of debris in this crank...
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    I was very neglectful, 9 years on one oil change - Technumseh Snow King 10HP

    The amount of time since I changed the oil is way too long, but the hours of use is less than 15, so that's my excuse. I have had this 29" Yardman Professional since 1999 when I got it new. In 2014 I rebuilt the carb, replaced the belts, repainted the body and changed the oil with some 5W30 Penn...
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    GE Profile fridge not cooling on Christmas morning

    As title says, our Santa disabled our 11 year old fridge for a special Christmas Day. Had to wait until Wednesday for our appliance expert to come and confirm the Invertor board for the starting of the compressor was dead. He got the part ordered and installed 2 days later, $625 CAD for all told...
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    Kendall Versatrans CVT but no mention of what OEM's the stuff replaces?

    I was at my local car parts store yesterday, talking with counter expert - he's been there for years and is my vintage so he's got to be smart. The topic of CVT fluids came up, he talks about the Kendall Versatrans stuff, says it's equivalent to Nissan NS3. I look at the bottle but it doesn't...
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    Dielectric grease on each coil electrical connector?

    I watched a nice YT video on replacement of sparkplugs on a 2016 QX60, the mechanic was very thorough and I noticed that in addition to putting a dap of dielectric grease on the inside of each sparkplug boot, he also smeared the female end of each coil electrical connector with same. I've not...
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    Winterizing a 2019 Seadoo GTI 130 SE

    This year I decided that I would do the winterizing of the 2019 Seadoo, instead of taking to our Northern Ontario marina for the service and storage. Reason for my DIY decision is that I want to remove the battery before storage, the marina said not having a battery in the boat really...
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    Well this explains my grades in school?

    https://jalopnik.com/leaded-gasoline-dropped-the-iq-of-170-million-americans-1848621504 I guess I have to join some class action lawsuit to avenge my lost career opportunities because I was 2 IQ points lower? What in tarnation should a dumber bunny do now?
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    Tiffen Aire Tug - first transmission oil change 62 hours

    For those who don't know, I am retired but work 2 days a week at the local airport doing grounds and building maintenance for the local flight school. We got a new tug for moving the Cessna's and Seminole's, DA40 around the two tarmacs we own. The new Tiffen Aire 730X came into the fleet early...
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    09 Flex with P0420 Code since 4 years.

    Old Flex is running fine, now at 257,000 km and it's had a CEL that comes and goes for the last 4 years. Always the P0420. I don't want to put a new cat on the rear bank, the cost would be 40-50% of the cars value. We don't have emissions testing in Ontario any more, but if we trade the Flex in...
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    1996 Lawn boy Silver Series 10202 - Carb kit ?

    Old Lawn Boy 21 inch walk behind has been designated to shuffle off to the cottage after 25 years of faithful service at my house. The final straw was a failure to start event. About 1 month ago I had the same thing happen and solution was new NGK plug. This time not really certain the issue...
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    Tried to buy Idemitsu CVT N3 from Ebay.ca and they cancelled my order!

    Last Friday I placed an order for 6 quarts of Idemitsu N3 CVT for my wife's '17 Rogue, with delivery it worked out to $23 CAD / qt. Same eBay vendor as I used for the exact 6 qt. order of same stuff in 2020 for my QX60. Got email notice today that the eBay order was cancelled & refunded because...
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