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Mercury.....pretty slick. Yeah with a cop motor, cop shocks, cop brakes....... The Blues Brothers nailed it! I always recommended an old cop car (Crown Vic) for a first car if it wasn't trashed too much(smell, etc.) inside. We did warranty work for the police cars in our town which were...

I'm nearing 81. I still do oil & filter changes, air and cabin filters, coolant replacement (including block drain), battery swap, etc., right here at home on the car in my picture (actually the wallpaper pic is 3 years newer, but it's the same color) Chickened out on brake fluid change and...

I don't know about the engine, but my '77 Honda Accord 5-speed specified engine oil for the transmission and Arco Graphite made the shifts buttery smooth. Sometime in the 60's I added a 4oz. bottle of a graphite additive to a warmed up 327 small block while it was idling. In 10-15 minutes the...

AMEN!! And he'll tell you you'll get away with it (10k) for 50k plus miles but by 100k you're in trouble............

For someone like me with lots of sinus problems, the name RHINO has a bad connotation. However, my ramps work really well. After having one episode of "spin-out" a few years ago, I altered my technique so that if I don't make the top on my first try, I back all the way down and go a tad harder...

"Cretaceous"..... Yes. In that day I was the car/truck washer, lube guy, gas pumper windshield cleaner, restroom janitor, etc. in the Humble station in our town. I remember wearing out the little cutter spear in one of these. They worked really well: stab can, flip it upside down in the oil...

Had a window in front of my desk at work that allowed me to see what's up with my guys in our shop. I saw a tiny spider up in one corner and let him do his thing for a couple of years. Named him Stanlee...... As he got larger, the pile of gnat and mosquito parts below his "area" increased. A...