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Just curious, Nobody talks about bedding in the brakes on a new car, though when you change your brake pads, there is a specified procedure. New cars come with new brake pads. Is something done at the factory? Or if your car is made overseas, can you depend on the longshoremen driving the cars...

My 4 y.o. has given me a reason to do this. Does anybody have any suggestions or tips? I was thinking of waiting until it's -20C outside and using a stiff brush to rub it out. Not so sure I want to try those upholstery shampoo in-a-can that they sell at the auto parts stores.

I normally hit the lawn with weed and feed pellet fertilizer/herbicide in October. I forgot, and we've had one small snowfall. Temps are lingering around freezing or a little below right now, but temps are supposed to be close to 45 later this week. Is it advisable to spread fertilizer this...

Gang, I've done a ton of googling and I'm not getting anywhere because I believe I'm not asking the right questions due to a lack of knowledge. I have a desktop running XP. At any given time using our standard user profile there are a ton of processes running. They include: - Antivirus - a ton...

Same price for Valvoline 5L jug. This is the lowest everyday price I've seen anywhere in Canada in a long time. Especially when I'm hearing that motor oil prices are on the rise. What is the price for the same thing in US Walmarts?

Well I've ordered a new car for the first time in my life, been saving and waiting for a long time for this one. Going to pay cash. The car will be ready in 6 weeks, or 10 weeks if I choose to upgrade to the 8 cyl. Anyhow, this car is a mid sized sedan that's available with 2 different 6...

With all this talk of batteries and chargers showing up, I have one question of my own. I have a marine deep cycle/starting battery from Costco that I have been storing for some time. It has not been used on our RV since August 2009. I have it on a Schumacher 1.2A automatic float...

Jim's Garage - all my offers of help to friends and family got called in in the same week. Thursday - Change oil on co-workers 2010 Audi S4 - GC. That is one beautiful engine. No valve cover covers. All you see is a beautiful set of cast aluminum valve-covers on either side and below a...

Is there anything peculiar about this coolant I should look for in a UOA. I am concerned my lab might miss a coolant in the oil issue because Honda Blue coolant (from a MY2009 Honda) is different enough from regular green or Dexcool. Can anyone give me any feedback on that point? Wife's...

Getting ready to winterize outdoor power equipment and motorcycles. I bought a good supply of fuel stabilizer last fall and have enough left for this fall and next. Can I depend on this 1 year old stabilizer for winterizing the gasoline in my equipment this year? Thanks for your thoughts.

After reviewing a number of threads on the duramax forums, I decided to change my transfer case fluid (Dex VI) at 43k miles. There is a great deal of information out there on the fact that the ATF in the transfer case gets hot and burns off. There are guys draining their transfer case at 100k...

Updated my windows XP last night. 9 security updates and malicious software removal updates. Now Outlook express opens for about 2 seconds then instantly closes. Have searched the microsoft site and googled this problem and get no real hits. Can anybody point me in the direction of a solution...

I'm trying to troubleshoot my furnace. All things point to a failed circuit board. Carrier natural gas furnace..about 9 years old. Symptoms: A. Furnace fan runs at all times. As soon as the power to the furnace is on, fan switches on. With thermostat "Fan" setting switched to "Auto", "On" or...

5k miles ago I installed a fumoto on my Duramax drain pan. This one had the hose nipple on the end, so after cleaning everything up I jammed a Red/Large marette over the hose nipple on the fumoto to keep the hose nipple clean for sampling. I jammed it on really hard thankfully. Well the truck...

I want to stream wireless music to my stereo. Bought an Airport Xpress and the Airport Utility can't find apple wireless devices (the Airport Express). Airport express flashes amber Router is a DLink DI-625 My Ipod touch works perfectly on this network. I just had to key in my 10 digit...

My 3 y.o. is fairly imprecise when she puts CDs into her CD player. I didn't have the foresight to rip copies of them and save the originals. Anyhow, I am trying to rip her favorite one, and I've lost 2 tracks to errors. The CD is visually scuffed but not scratched. I have the meguiar's clear...

I ordered an LED taillight for my motorcycle and it is setting off the bulb warning light/fault on the CANBUS equipped computer. The LED doesn't draw as much current as the CANBUS expects the incandescent bulb to draw. I have purchased a pair of 100 ohm 20W resistors that I have tried in...

Well my BenQ 19" monitor had shut itself off and wouldn't come back on. I have a dual monitor set-up and having matching monitors would have meant replacing both at significant expense. Took it apart and found that 2 of the 10 or so capacitors on the inverter/power supply board were bulged...

8 years seems to be the failure point for a lot of stuff in my house. In the last 6 months I've had to repair the following applicances bought when the house was new: - Side by Side Refrigerator - Controller board (twice in 3 months), Ice Actuator door, Crushed/cube ice selector solenoid; -...

Just thought I would help the next guy keep soot laden oil off the front driveshaft and his face when removing a duramax filter. I cut this 1 gallon washer fluid jug making a flap that you wedge up between the filter and the block. Then just spin the filter until it drops into the jug. It...