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    Old School Car Battery Tester-Always wanted one of these

    Just bought one of these on clearance at WalMart last night. Deltran Battery Tester PN 026-0020 (old fashioned kind that uses a resistance coil to load the battery). Caveman simple,effective, and quick. Probably super reliable. Just cracked open the box this evening and went around the...
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    Husky 3 Ton Hybrid Aluminum Steel Floor Jack

    Very good price at Home Depot on a very capable jack. HD lowered the price from a former sale price of $159 to $129. Regular Price= $199. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-3-Ton-Aluminum-Steel-Car-Jack-HPL4751/315530068 Have only used it once, but have been using its nearly identical twin, the...
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    Is this amount of crud in an oil filter normal? What’s in your filter?

    Acquired a fairly well maintained 2004 Volvo S80 turbo from a friend. It was reasonably well cared for in terms of oil changes during friend’s ownership (oil changes ranged from 3K-8K miles intervals) from about 50K miles to 219K miles. I think he used Mobil1 early in ownership, but then started...
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    RockAuto UltraPower Oil Filter 57086-Pleasant Surprise

    Purchased several UltraPower 57086 cartridge oil filters as part of a belated Christmas present for my daughter (I know…what a great dad, right?) for the 08 Volvo XC70 with about 190K miles on it. The filters showed up in a nice looking “SuperAuto” box. The filter cartridge and O-ring was...
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    Traded Dynalube D5315 for a Mahle OX 149 D (filter change only)

    Noticed that the 06 Volvo V70R (with 262.9K miles) was dripping oil, so decided to investigate. Turns out that oil filter housing (cartridge filter type) was leaking slightly. That’s not so unusual if the O-ring is not changed out with each oil change. However, this one was changed last oil...
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    Ladies and Gentlemen, Check your Brake Lines!

    This Public Safety Announcement is brought to you by GM...My 05 Buick LeSabre suffered a rear brake line failure this evening during moderately hard braking. Fortunately this happened close to home. Sort of embarrassed about this since I normally check my vehicles over pretty well when doing an...
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    Can a 2005 Volvo go 300K Miles easily?

    Answer: Yes. So my son's 2005 Volvo V70R passed the 300K mark recently and figured it was time to celebrate, share some things about this car, and review these Rs in general (We have three in the family, the others are an 04 with 225K and an 06 with 259K). First and foremost, this car doesn't...
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    Honda FILTECH A01 10.5K pics

    Just finished running the A01 version of the Honda oil filter (Filtech) thru two oil changes. This was the first time i have run a filter for two oci's. Very happy that i did given how it looked and its integrity. This is actually the last A01 filter i have after buying a multipack online a...
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    PH7575 Filter C&P

    My first post. Good reading on here. Figured i would contribute with some pics of a PH7575 that was used on Kohler 26HP twin cylinder engine on a MY2006 GS6500 Craftsman Garden Tractor...has 600 hours on it. Got a stash of these filters on clearance for 75 cents at Tractor Supply couple years...
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