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Only the four in my signature. My parents had more during my lifetime, and I drove most of them : 1 Willys (1942?) 4 Chevrolet (1954, 1955, 1961, 1977) 1 Rambler (1959) 2 Buick (1964, 1982) 1 Ford (1966) 2 Dodge (1971, 1991?) 1 Subaru (1974) 1 Plymouth (1987?) 1 Toyota (2000) The first Buick...

The wheels might be.

Ollies here has been sold out 26" for at least a couple of years. I've substituted 28", which (contrary to charbaby) doesn't interfere with anything. A 24" would likely be short-lived, due to higher force per unit length.

Ford sold a rebadged Kia which Aspired to be real car. AMC Matador = killer Dodge Dynasty = DieNasty (My mother had one.)

Yes, myth or vivid imagination, in general. I did that many times, with no leaks, as long as the filter was reasonably tightened. I checked for leakage a few days after installing or reinstalling a spin-on filter. Leaks might be a problem if the gasket was significantly degraded by age or...

I give that method at least one week, with several paper changes along the way. By then, oil no longer obscures particles that are large enough to see with a magnifying glass. Then the media surface feels only slightly oily to handle, and passes air very freely.

No, Mag1 and Providence (Rural King) are from a different (although confusingly similarly named) blender.

Did Buick have to buy rights to that name?

Long-term accuracy of a synchronous-motor clock tends to be much better than the short-term, because the system compensates for short-term error. 121.8 volts here now, in the hottest part of the day, versus as low as 120.5 earlier this afternoon. Normally it hangs out near 124VAC.

The maintenance guide for full-sized 1964 Chevrolets specifies changing the (cartridge) filter element every 4000 miles or 6 months, which ever comes first. For the oil, it said every 4000 miles or 60 days whichever comes first "under favorable driving conditions." However, under "unfavorable...

A couple of weeks ago I saw Ultra Platinum 5W-20 in a Walmart for the first time ever. I bought 10 quarts (in order to claim their rebate). It's dated 27MAY26, less than "a couple of months ago.," after the supposed cut-off. Of course these bottles don't mention natural gas or Dexos, unlike...

If that's true, I'd suspect the increased consumption is departing via the PCV system as increased oil mist. That won't do any immediate serious harm, but isn't exactly beneficial, either. I avoid overfilling.

That's very logical. They realize that truly complete changes are impractical (or at least a lot of trouble or expense), but a simple drain-&-fill gets better than 60% of the old coolant out. Therefore, changing it at intervals only 60% as long has the net result of keeping the coolant...

Yes, the electric energy the dehumidifier consumes adds to the heat released by condensing water vapor into liquid. The air exhausted by the dehumidifier is much warmer than air that would be exhausted by a (hypothetical) electric heater that consumes the same power and moves the same volume of...

I've never owned a conventional automatic transmission (See signature.) Most American drivers aren't smart enough to drive a manual.

If the world were logical, any river downstream of a confluence would bear the name of the larger stream forming the confluence. According the Kentucky geography textbook I had to study in 7th grade long ago, the Ohio River brings more water to its confluence with the Mississippi than the...

True, because 1)the intake is in a relatively well sheltered spot; 2)It uses the same filter size as other Toyota models that consume a lot more air per mile; 3)I don't go off pavement much. Much the same was also true of my 1981 Mazda. After its filter size became hard to find, I switched to...

That 74k filter looks far worse than the 110k and 127k filters I mentioned in post #25. Which only goes to reinforce the point that conditions are a bigger factor than mileage.

Unless one frequents gravel roads or other dusty areas, an engine air filter with only 20k miles won't likely lose measurable performance, and is even less likely to "waste gas" in a vehicle that's recent enough to have closed-loop mixture control. When I replaced the air filter at about 110k...

I used 72 quarts (3 cases) of that black stuff in my Mazda. Don't remember any STP version.