Originally Posted by lewdog:
Need to replace my car battery. They only last 2-3 years in this heat.
What brand is best?
Never had much luck with Interstate. Current AC/Delco I have has lasted 6 years in my Blazer and Napa Legend 8 years in my Cutlass. If you've been using lead acid/flooded batteries you might try an AGM/absorbed glass mat battery. I've heard and read online they last longer in extreme heat but they cost like twice as much as a lead acid. [Reply]
Fuck me gents. Changed my sister in laws brakes on my dad’s lift. Blinker was out when I picked the car up. Grabbed a pack of lamps. My dad reaches through the fender twists out the socket (it’s not on a harness the socket has power go through it I guess from the housing). My dad says the second lamp falls out. Fuck. Take the inner fender off look for 20 minutes. Take the bumper cover and belly pan off can’t fucking find it anywhere. We’re both short fused for stuff like this, getting real pissy in the 98* Oklahoma heat. He sticks his finger in the hole for the missing ones can see his fingers it didn’t go into the housing or anything. Finally after a long look he realized there’s only one bulb. The mirror in the light creates an optical illusion that there’s a smaller egg shaped driving light behind it lol. We both felt stupid but laughed it off with a beer. It took me 3x longer to change this blinker than the front pads and rotors ::-): [Reply]
Originally Posted by Dunerdr:
Fuck me gents. Changed my sister in laws brakes on my dad’s lift. Blinker was out when I picked the car up. Grabbed a pack of lamps. My dad reaches through the fender twists out the socket (it’s not on a harness the socket has power go through it I guess from the housing). My dad says the second lamp falls out. Fuck. Take the inner fender off look for 20 minutes. Take the bumper cover and belly pan off can’t fucking find it anywhere. We’re both short fused for stuff like this, getting real pissy in the 98* Oklahoma heat. He sticks his finger in the hole for the missing ones can see his fingers it didn’t go into the housing or anything. Finally after a long look he realized there’s only one bulb. The mirror in the light creates an optical illusion that there’s a smaller egg shaped driving light behind it lol. We both felt stupid but laughed it off with a beer. It took me 3x longer to change this blinker than the front pads and rotors ::-):
I'd take all day to change the oil in a car if it meant I could spend time with my dad again. Don't sweat the simple stuff, enjoy your time together. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Dunerdr:
Fuck me gents. Changed my sister in laws brakes on my dad’s lift. Blinker was out when I picked the car up. Grabbed a pack of lamps. My dad reaches through the fender twists out the socket (it’s not on a harness the socket has power go through it I guess from the housing). My dad says the second lamp falls out. Fuck. Take the inner fender off look for 20 minutes. Take the bumper cover and belly pan off can’t fucking find it anywhere. We’re both short fused for stuff like this, getting real pissy in the 98* Oklahoma heat. He sticks his finger in the hole for the missing ones can see his fingers it didn’t go into the housing or anything. Finally after a long look he realized there’s only one bulb. The mirror in the light creates an optical illusion that there’s a smaller egg shaped driving light behind it lol. We both felt stupid but laughed it off with a beer. It took me 3x longer to change this blinker than the front pads and rotors ::-):
Originally Posted by TinyEvel:
Hey what's your guys' take on GUMOUT or other carb cleaners?
I'm getting ready to make a 1000 mile road trip in my old VW camper. I've bene driving it weekly for months but over the years it's gone a couple months at times with no action. I have dual 34mm weber carbs that are about 20 years old on the 1800cc 4 cylinder engine. NO ISSUES with the carbs at all, but while I'm tuning her up for the trip I thought I might blast some carb cleaner in there to get rid of anything that might have accumulated.
Thoughts?
Carbs and "no issues" huh. I wish I was so lucky. If you're itching to do something run a can of berryman b12 in the next fuel tank. [Reply]
