Recent content by MoultrieCreek

About 10 years ago I walked into a small town MF dealer and they still had a box full behind the parts counter. It is the same as several adapter kits online, I'd bet like the $40 ones you've seen. It's really two key pieces 1) the fitting that screws in where the canister was and allows a spin...

I have a "classic" MF35 that pulls a 5" blade quite easily. I think it would get frustrating trying to work a smaller blade with a 40+ HP tractor. Most 5' blades I've seen also have 5 scarifiers (the one pictured has 4) and I know mine works very well on our 1/4 mile road paved with a hard mix...

My retired parents travel the hottest 4-5 months of the year to escape the FL summer. They leave their SUV in the garage and disconnect the battery - they've never had an issue when coming home, just reconnect and it's ready for the road. No tender necessary. They keep the gas tank full as well...

Wow, that takes me back a few years. My dad had two trucks with those bumpers, a 1977 C10 and a 1981 F100 (these aren't unique to Chevrolet). My first full size truck was a 1988 Chevy 1500 and it had one similar but without dealership branding - I don't recall ever seeing a later model truck...

My wife's 2002 4 cylinder Camry went the first 150,000 or so miles exclusively on Kendall GT-1 5w-30 changed every 7,500 miles. At that point the valve cover was starting to weep and it smoked on startup (I assumed valve seals), so I switched over to Valvoline Maxlife which took it up to 250,000...

My 2015 Silverado 1500 earns a living on rutted logging roads almost daily (forestry work). My air dam was removed and in a dumpster within the first hour I owned the truck... It wouldn't have lasted a week without being mangled. My truck looks completely normal without it (just a couple inches...

I've got 65,000 miles on a 2015 extended cab 4x4 with this motor and have had no problems whatsoever. This truck performs as well unloaded as my previous two GM trucks (2004 and 2009) that had V8's. I do notice a little less grunt on occasional weekend duty pulling a 3,000 lb boat, but I'm only...

My wife's 2012 XLE FWD has been a great vehicle. At 73,000+ miles it's about to get its first repair outside of routine maintenance - the front HVAC fan has started vibrating and making noise, fortunately it's an easy DIY replacement. I've been told this is a common problem here in FL where they...

Recently I heated cherry red three exhaust manifold bolts on a farm tractor that had rusted in place since 1963, the heads wrung off immediately. I decided to try out an Internet legend that says to apply candle wax while it is still super hot and it will seep into the threads. When I revisited...

I have had great experience with Nitto tires on my work trucks, so when it came time to buy tires for our 2012 Sienna I decided to try the Crosstek CUV. I have 18K miles on them so far and am extremely pleased with the wear and performance - in fact I rotated them yesterday and they still look...

I see this topic pop up in automotive forums all the time and wonder the same thing myself. Diesel motors never spray fuel on their intake valves, and I've never heard of any unusual or excessive service to clean carbon deposits from them... in the meantime I think these discussions have...

I drive a 2015 4x4 double cab with the 4.3 and have racked up 36,000 miles so far. It spends about 60% of its time between 70-75 MPH, 30% in city traffic, and 10% on sandy, rutted logging roads. The computer says it averages 20-21 MPG, but my calculator at the gas pump is very consistently 18...

I live just a couple exits north of Palm Coast and have been here since 1982. I have worked in Rural Flagler county since about 1998, so I am pretty familiar with the area. Here's a couple things I would note: You aren't likely to hit spring water over here for the same reason you don't have to...