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With all of the scammers and hackers out there, I am becoming more paranoid. Going on a 2 week trip and will use the Verizon International plan which is $10/day/device; don't want to deal with getting an eSim card there (Korea) which would be cheaper but more of a hassle. Will access the...

A recent thread recommended ESSET as a good antivirus program for the Mac. We only have Macs and would get a subscription for most of my Macs so they are protected. I do also have 3 NAS devices attached to our network (1 old Drobo FS and 2 new Synology units). If I let a guest sign on to our...

I always (or years) used the System Preferences -> Printers and Scanners to scan documents to PDF (text, B&W or color) using my Brother multifunction printer. All of a sudden, when I try to scan to PDF the attached file is what I get. When I use B&W or color to scan to JPG, the scan works...

My Frigidaire mini (2.5 cubic ft) thermostat seems to be the culprit in not keeping ice frozen. I've You Tubed the problem took out the old part which is WPF 21 rated: 250V, 6A, 50/60 Hz. The video is old and WPF 21 is no longer available. Can I use WPF 22 or 20 safely and would either work...

I remember reading oil can age and get acidic if used even for a short while, driven only a thousand or so miles. I have 2 cars, a sports car using a synthetic Mobil 1 oil which I drive about 1-2 thousand miles yearly when there is no salt on the road and a small truck with a gas engine which I...

I will have 2 and maybe three cars/SUV sitting in my garage this winter. The Norco has connections besides the clamps and battery ringlets being 12v cigarette plug can bus enabled and OCBD II to charge while Prologix has a 7 stage charge cycle including “exercising” the battery. Which one would...

I want to change tires/rims on my seasonal truck which has already been put away for the season from old off road to on road tires with new rims. Truck is not driven from the Winter to Spring as the frame is not galvanized. Since I have free time and want to do things in the garage, am I wasting...

I'm 50 and remember when I was younger, read that on new cars, to do an oil change at 1000 miles to get rid of the "shavings" that may show up in new engines. Now that it is 2016, I have a new Suburban. It uses 0W20, Dexos rated oil, I assume synthetic and the dealer has a sticker on my...

For the past 1-2 years, just started changing my oil on my LR Defender (canister) and Porsche 911 (cartridge) which I got the service manuals. Have a 2008 Suburban which I take to Jiffy Lube but just got a 2016 Suburban which I want to change the oil myself but don't have the service manual...

I want to pack up my film darkroom. There are several enlargers, print washers, dry mount presses and other either long or large and flat boxes I would need. Dimensions would be around 55 inches long by 8x8 inches or 30 x 26x 10 inches. I don't need but a few. Is there an online site for odd...

Need a scan tool for basic diagnostics. Not having ever used one and only starting to do minor maintenance work, what points in buying one would be important? Would be useful if the scanner would be as specific as possible for given car, giving live data, how much time left for TPMS etc. Have a...

I'm going to start doing more maintenance and need to take off and put wheels back on. My car has lug bolts so I'm getting wheel hangers to lessen the chances of nicking the wheels/calipers or rotors when changing them. A few questions: 1. I bought a breaker bar but can I use an impact wrench...

I have 2 cars which are either not galvanized or have no rust proofing (by design to save weight) that I'm am putting away for the winter (late November to April). I've just changed the oil on one of the cars and driven about 1000 miles on the other since the last oil change with synthetic...

I just started changing the oil myself on my 1995 LR Defender which I can do without jacking up the truck. I want to start doing it on my 2008 Chevy Suburban which on internet search is a little over 3 tons. I'm probably going to get this jack and these stands on Amazon. Powerzone 3 ton...

First, I have never worked on cars before (am 48 years old) but will start doing oil changes. I bought this summer a '95 Land Rover Defender which has a 3.9L V8 1960s design Buick derived engine with a relatively new engine with 26K miles (83K miles on the chassis). On the Defender forums, the...

I have a 95 Land Rover Defender with alloy wheels but bought steel Wolf type steel wheels (with the proper steel nuts) which I had powder coated ivory white to give the truck a more classic look. I've read on another forum the smooth surface from the fresh PC may allow the lug nuts to become...