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Aw man. Sorry for your loss.

2013 Mazda 6 2.5 Touring with 157,000+ miles Averages 30+ mpg (when purchased, averaged about 28 mpg, more on that later) Purchased in 2016 with 10,000 miles on it. Was a barely-used lease car. From 10k -60k miles really only had oil changes at 5k intervals. Went to the car shop near where I...

Yeah. I am looking for a solution that "looks good from the hood."

Yeah, things like this could work, I think.

I am looking at screws with similar attributes.

The holes for the screws do not open up at the bottom. I may be able to drill through that material. Then zip ties or small bolts may work.

Yeah, I had looked at this option. I have no convenient-enough salvage yards near me.

Hello BITOGers. Maybe you can help. My daughter's 2011 Buick Lacrosse is missing two of the six air cleaner box bolts that close the intake upper over the filter. We discovered this when we changed the air filter today. Apparently, the places that serviced her car and "checked and inspected"...

It has been a couple years since this last suck/fill on my daughter's car power steering. Did it again yesterday for one quart Amsoil ATL. It looks like it is keeping up OK. The out fluid color was just a bit darker than the fresh. In the original suck/fill a few years ago, the fluid was...

It appears Mcafee has removed the article I was referencing. Look half way down THIS article instead: https://www.mcafee.com/learn/how-to-stop-the-popups/ This is the exact same issue we were dealing with where the pops were on the right and Mcafee was not installed. Do not click on the...

Here is an article from Mcafee... we just went through this with a kid's laptop and Chrome: You have to find and disable the push notifications for one of the sites shown on the popups. I don't recall the one the kid was seeing. But it showed on the popup AND was in the list of ALLOWED...

Hello all. I would like to report in on this question some days after doing the suggestions. I think the changes I made as suggested have worked well enough to prevent the brightness being too low/dark when I move from darker area to brighter area. 1) System Settings >> Display and...

Hello all. I have now flipped on Auto Brightness. White Point was already disabled. Note... the "Automatic" setting under Display and Brightness is the switch from light to dark mode, not the auto control of screen brightness. That may not be particularly straightforward if you just glance at...

Hello BITOG-ers. I have an iphone question. Maybe your experiences can assist. I leave the screen brightness down while I am home. Then, I find myself outside and the brightness is still down. I then can't see the screen to do the passcode entry. Is it possible to set the iphone brightness...

My small chainsaw is the only OPE that needs 2-cycle, so I don't need much mixed fuel at any given time. I use an old TruFuel 32 ounce can (.65 ounce 2cycle oil). This smaller can allows easy measuring to 50:1 without a lot leftover. Well more like 45ish to 1 🤷‍♂️. Small amounts of leftover...

Did the spring (or fall) maintenance on the Deere lawn tractor in my signature. Air filter/pre-filter cleaning, grease the zirks, and oil Rotella T6 15w40 changed in 2020 (I think) to the same. I touched up the filter grommet which was starting to crack in the thin part; I augmented with a bunch...

Hello BITOG-ers. I am reporting in a hack that might be useful to others: use black RTV to repair torn speaker foam. In my case, it was the built-in subwoofer on am old Dell XPS laptop. It is maybe2 inches in diameter, so is a small speaker. The surround suspension foam had torn all around the...

Latest list, trying to keep it at the latest of this thread. Mazda FL22 - P-HOAT - premixed 55/45 ========== Zerex Asian - blue Peack Original Equipment Asian - green Pentosin A2 - green and is not premixed Pentosin A3 - blue, same chemistry as A2 but is 50/50 Ford Specialty Green or Motorcraft...

I clean out the trunk/rear to allow the shop to check the pressure on the spare donut unimpeded.

I became largely obsessive after owning a 2001 Dodge Intrepid with the 2.7L. The timing chain and sludging issues mapped back to oil and change intervals. After experiencing that car, I became much more knowledgeable.