Vtl - is it actually a “rack?” Do the separate units at wheels talk to each other? Does the car have to be perfectly level, with no bumps to mess with wheel level and corner weighting? I should just look it up. Well, sort of. The bigger thing on rear wheel does have a couple of lasers. On points to...

Born during The Great War, she was the first causality of the next one, when the world realized we should number them. 1177 Sailors died aboard her that day; they're still there.

They are 30,000 mile items but if you live in a dust bowl, 15,000 miles is better

Des Moines is Dutch for Dusty place , I think

Bought Sveedy a present, courtesy of IPD's cyber Monday sale. Not sure when I'll get around to installing it ( before hot weather ) but it should give a nice thermal break between the head and intake. 1/2" thick with the gaskets.

Finally had a chance to try out the HFT tire changer to replace the new tire I gouged a hole into while pulling over for an emergency vehicle. It took a little finagling and got the tire half off before I ran out of daylight. I sure hope the other Goodyears I bought on sale will go on easily. Also b...

BlackBart wrote: ↑15 Dec 2023, 10:50 He shuffled into Buffalo.

The Back Road Two-Step. I've used this running moonshine.

From BB diagram and parts list, it appears the the long bolt (10) may be rusted to the front axle (1) in the middle. If it rusted along that several inches in the center, I could see 300 ft/lb not turning the bolt. Perhaps you can apply the heat to the area of the front axle (1) where the bolt is su...

My Volvo has almost 300k miles and I’m not sure when or if the suspension was replaced, so I’m assuming it’s failing due to being worn out.

So a couple of weeks ago I bought an intake manifold spacer, thinking that it would be a good modification. Turns out that I might have been wrong about that. It's a 1/2" thick, so I thought I might ask the tuner I've been working with, if that would make a difference since all 5 runners would ...

IMHO taxes should be absolutely linked to vehicle weight, without moronic congressional loopholes to help GM, Ford, and Ram (Stellantis), which were engineered by their lobbyists (read: the usual, normalized practice of bribing congress members). "But Matt, surely you can't be saying there are ...