Well am I embarrassed! I listened to what a mechanic had told the owner and that the engine was toast. Glad that you guys all chipped in and strongly suggested I go back for a second look. Something did not sit right in my pea sized brain that the noises did not fit the crime. So did the suggested p...

I think my wife coined a new phrase today, when she asked if we are going to do something about that " fendermoss". img_1820.jpg This a trailer that my father in law built about 50 years ago, and we kind of inherited it already many years ago. He was a carpenter so his material of choice ...

Where /what did you disconnect to drain? Raise both front wheels off the ground, I vacuum extracted the old oil from the reservoir (it is possible to pour out into a container), removed the small return pipe at the bottom (see image) and plug the return outlet port, connect extension tube to return...

Almost every S60 has this problem. The question is does this trim(including the one that meets at the fender and hood junction)help reduce wind noise? On my 2005 S60, the front windshield seems like my primary source of wind noise at speeds equal to and greater than 80km/h. I am almost certain it wa...

You guys better work on your turbo and downpipe setups! Wind noise, huh... All I can hear on highway is: WRRRRRRR-PSHHHHHH!

The throttle body was on wrong. It was installed 180° off.


After the fix:

It’ll be interesting to see how this data evolves. Maybe I’m getting old but while I like the idea of a new car the payments are just a deal breaker. Many just don’t have the means for a new car anymore, and frighteningly some can’t fix their car either. I do however get satisfaction in seeing how g...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Scorpion_(SSN-589) One of my sons just visited the USS Blueback in Portland OR. Last of the diesel-electrics, he said. Keep in mind wikipedia is the Wild West, anybody can post/edit anything, so take some of the ideas in that entry with a large box of Skeptica.

Down with the ImperialistS!! Viva la Revolucion!!

FIdel Castrol 10W-40

Oh wait, misread....