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So I bought an 08 Ford Focus coupe with the 205-50-16 Pirelli P4 tires on it. The car has a little over 25K miles and had been wrecked and repaired several years ago. When I bought it, it had a bad LR wheel bearing and a bad RF axle jackshaft bearing. After replacement of those bearings, I had a...

After going to a few guns shops with a shooter friend and reading up online about PA laws and proper maintenance and handling of firearms (I was a kid in boy scouts the last time I really fired something and now I'm 29.) I decided to buy one. I bought a Browning Buck Mark "Hunter" 22 to get back...

With Sandy passing over us last night and leaving a nice swath of power outages (I still have electric here at the house!), it got me thinking about portable generators. We bought some generic one from Home Depot, but it was quite expensive and so we returned it this morning, unused. I get quite...

My 1986 Mercury Capri 4 cylinder is carburetted and it was suggested I use some Startron fuel enzyme treatment to remove the ethanol from the gas for better operation and performance. The car sits for extended periods of time and a tank of fuel will last me about 4-6 months. I've always just...

I just bought an old parts washer that has some OLD Drydene greenish solvent in it. The 5 gallon jug that came with it says it is "Parts Degreaser Mineral Spirits." Is this the same as the mineral spirits I would buy at the hardware store? I've also heard kerosene works well and is less...

A while back I had solicited opinions on what transmission fluid would work best in my 1986 Mercury Capri C3 automatic transmission. It seemed the opinion swayed towards using an inexpensive parts store brand Dex/Merc product since they often tend to be a bit thicker. I bought 12 quarts from the...

I'm a big fan of American whiskies- mostly ryes. My friends joke my liquor cabinet looks like the shelf at the state store (Liquor Store). My favorites: Mellow Corn Rittenhouse Rye Pikesville Rye Basically any Wild Turkey product Elijah Craig 12 and 18 Ezra Brooks and Old Ezra 101 Old Grand Dad...

Since I bought the car in July of 2000, I've always used 10W40 oil (Usually Valvoline white or red bottle) in it since I was always told "Thick oil is better." This morning I was out of 10W40, so I instead used 5W30 Valvoline and the usual Motorcraft oil filter. Until the engine warmed up, there...

Here's the scoop- I live in Manheim, PA, which is served by one phone company- Windstream. I have their DSL and it's terrible. Their DSL box blocks all wireless routers until you pay $300 for a guy to come out and put one of their routers in. Their customer service sucks, the internet constantly...

Every car I have ever used Lubegard in has had a significant improvement in shifting performance after it was added. What is Lubegard exactly and how does it create the nice, quick, crisp shifts? It recently cured a Ford ZX2 transmission that had a nasty slip between shifts. The transmission...

Well, I think it's time I finally address the fluid in the transmission of the 86 Capri. I don't know if the fluid has ever been changed, but it is not milky or burnt. I figure time and miles (The car has either 120K or 220K miles) have probably broken down the fluid. I've had the car almost 12...

I've used Valvoline 10W40 in either conventional or high mileage formulations for the past 11 years on my 1986 Mercury Capri. It's got 221,000 miles on the little 2.3L OHC engine. I don't really have any issues with oil leakage since pretty much every gasket and seal has been replaced and the...

I noticed all the new batches of FL400S Motorcraft filters are about an inch shorter now. First of all, why was this done? And secondly, will this adversely affect older vehicles that used the old size?

I want to run some type of combustion chamber cleaner through my wife's 3.0L Ranger. It is pinging quite a bit even on premium fuel and a tune-up. Ford released a TSB saying to run a combustion chamber cleaner through the engine to remove carbon build-up. I had heard GM top end cleaner had been...

To clean my dash, console, door panels, and plastic quarter and trunk panels in my mustang and capri, I have always used a product called "black magic." It came in a black plastic bottle and I think it's made by turtle wax. I can't find it anymore (I have looked EVERYWHERE) so I am assuming it...

I just picked up a 98 Escort Wagon that had sat for 3 years with 2 gallons of fuel in the tank. I refilled the tank and it must have loosened up all the gel and gunk in the tank and sent it on through the system. I took it back to the guy I bought it from and he is going to put a new filter on...

I just signed up for this site this morning, but I have been reading it for a few months now. I was having some issues with the engine in my one car and I was pointed to this site and have been checking it out daily since. A little quick background on me: I work for a local auto auction doing...