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The 4.5-5 litres is what is in the transmission oil pan. I.e. to remove the bung, drain the oil, change the filter and refill to max on the dipstick. This is what you will do during a normal transmission service. 9.7 litres is total capacity. There will be oil in your torque convertor, oil cooler, pipes, valves etc that you do not change during regular service. The only time you will need to add this amount of oil is after a transmission rebuild and there is a special process to do it. To do a complete transmission system flush, you may need up to 20 litres, depending on how much water, dirt, contamination etc is in the system. This is rarely necessary unless you have had some sort of problem. 10.5 litres of coolant is what the garage should be changing if they are doing the job properly. If they are only changing 4 litres, then they are not doing it properly and just draining the radiator and refilling it. There will still be 6.5 litres of coolant inside your engine, pipes, heater matrix etc which will not have been changed. It can be time consuming to do this properly and some people are just lazy so they just drain and refill the radiator.

Personally, I like to start with potatoes. Nobody ever asks why you're buying potatoes in bulk. 😁

Indeed. It’s the sand that causes the squeaking and washing is the proper solution. Grease will mute the sound but it catches the sand even more and traps it and sand in anything that moves isn’t good.

It's pretty easy to set up a cheap and basic small volume still using a pressure cooker and some copper brake pipe. When you have finished distilling your water you can distill other things in it too.

As per Toyota, 100k service includes Check installation of driver’s floor mat Inspect and adjust all fluid levels Inspect wiper blades Replace engine coolant Replace engine oil and oil filter Rotate tires Visually inspect brake linings/drums and brake pads/discs Additional Maintenance Items for Special Operating Conditions Driving on dirt roads or dusty roads: Inspect ball joints and dust covers Inspect drive shaft boots (4WD) Inspect engine air filter Inspect steering linkage and boots Lubricate propeller shaft Re-torque propeller shaft bolt Tighten nuts and bolts on chassis and body Driving while towing, using a car-top carrier, or heavy vehicle loading: Lubricate propeller shaft Re-torque propeller shaft bolt Tighten nuts and bolts on chassis and body

If storage is an issue for long handled shovels, cut the shaft in half and find a piece of pipe that goes over it. Put it all together and drill 2 holes through the pipe and shaft and put 2 bolts with wingnuts in them. Now you have something you can store in half the space.

I can't even begin to imagine how painful that was getting extracted from the car. Legs flopping and the bones moving and poking around inside 😖

I hate anyone putting their dirty stinky feet on my nice clean dashboard. Here’s what happens when you have your feet on the dashboard in a crash.

A driver in Germany has been convicted of using a restricted electronic device while driving after having a crash. The car is question was a Tesla Model 3. It was raining and the driver was adjusting the speed of the intermittent wipers which can only been done through the touch screen. With so many cars having HVAC systems, radios and many other things controlled through the new wave of touch screens, is it only a matter of time before somebody can be convicted for adjusting the AC or heating whilst driving? Will manufacturers go back to old school buttons and knobs? Mazda are currently trying to move away from touch screens for safety reasons. In the latest models, the touch screen locks when the vehicle is moving. Personally, I'm not a fan of touch screens as it means you have to take your eyes off the road whilst driving, whereas if you have buttons and knobs, you can simply reach down and feel for it without taking your eyes off the road. With touch screens, you don't develop muscle memory for the controls because there is no tactile feedback so you always have to look what you are doing. https://loudlabs.media/techlabs/german-tesla-driver-has-been-convicted-of-adjusting-wipers-via-touchscreen/

Even when you click on car forum feed, out of the 25 topics on the page, there is only one about a car. The other 24 are still 4x4 related. It’s got a bit boring with the constant barrage of 4x4 threads if I’m being honest, especially when there are countless other forums in competition with interesting car related content. It’s hard to find reasons to spend time on carnity unless off-roading is your thing.

Eid Mubarak. Allah Kareem.

Things aren’t looking good in the Mitsubishi camp right now. They have also paused the release of any new models in Europe indefinitely. https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/updated-mitsubishi-freezes-introduction-new-models-europe

I had a look at a 6g74 today and it is possible with 2 custom pulleys, and 2 new belts. The water pump is a 2 belt pulley so you need to make the bit that runs off the crankshaft to be smaller to make the fan spin faster and the bit that runs the steering needs to be bigger to compensate for the extra speed. You will also need a bigger alternator pulley as it also runs from the water pump pulley. AC compressor is fine as it runs on a separate belt and doesn’t route via the water pump. So totally doable if you could be bothered do some math and get a couple of custom pulleys made. Personally, I’d ditch the viscous fan and go electric and free up a few valuable horsepower. If you’re worried about the electric fan failing, you could always go for a dual fan system so even if one breaks you still have that airflow. Electric also gives you the advantage that it can be thermostatically controlled for everyday driving with the option of a switch for constant operation when you’re sending it.

We do a lot of Hummer repairs. H2, H3 mainly. H1 are a pain in the ass to get parts for.

You can fit a smaller pulley and shorter belt if you want to make it spin faster. Done it with superchargers before to get more power. There are custom pulley makers who can do it or anyone who has a lathe should be able to machine one from a piece of billet. Could maybe even do some good old fashioned jugad and find something in scrap and drill it out to fit. Bear in mind that it’s connected to your water pump so you don’t want to go too crazy with a mega tiny one but I don’t see the harm in going a little bit smaller. If you could be bothered, the maths behind it would be pretty easy to work out in relation to pulley size and rotational speed.

Indeed. I don’t believe in killing something unless you’re going to eat it. Chasing it for fun is even worse. It’s tantamount to torture. Even then it should be killed humanely as possible. Even cockroaches I try to catch and put it outside. But, some people aren’t capable of empathy. It’s sad but that’s the way the world is.

Nope I didn’t touch it but I would love to know the diagnostic process they followed to come to the conclusion that the PCM is faulty. Not saying it isn’t faulty but I would be even more interested to hear how this happened from a simple radiator change. My guess is that somehow or other the mechanic managed to short something out. Maybe working on the car with the ignition turned on and touched a metal tool somewhere it wasn’t supposed to touch. Who knows, it’s just speculation. @syed salman raza Any chance you could post a copy of the diagnostic report for us to analyse? Mechanic should have given you one. @Frederic that’s a good topic to discuss. I’ve heard a lot of different opinions from a lot of different welders on it. Some say it’s ok, some say you will fry the battery, some say even if you disconnect both battery terminals the PCM is still connected to the frame by a metal bolt so it will still get spiked. I’ve been working on cars for many years but I don’t like to make experiments with other peoples cars so I can’t answer to these different situations. One welder friend told me once to leave the battery connected and put a protection device on the battery terminals. I bought one and I’ve always done that and never had any issues welding on a car. But who knows, welding isn’t one of my strong points.

I get nervous just watching those videos. I don’t know how you guys do it every weekend, it scares the crap outta me. Horses for courses I guess.

We have something like this in Ireland called hare coursing. Release the hare then the dog chases it. The aim is for the dog to get in front of the hare and turn it in the opposite direction before the end of the field rather than catch it. Hares are endangered so it was outlawed a while back but there are still some people who do it using hares or rabbits or whatever they can snare, the same kind of people who still do cock fighting. They mostly use Irish Lurcher dogs. They’re like a cold weather version of Salukis. Same temperament, similar shape but a bit beefier and a bit hairier.

WD40 won’t help. My guess is that they have been over tightened and the threads have been stretched. What I would do is use a drift and give them a few hard smacks with a hammer before loosening. Sounds counterintuitive but sometimes with stuck nuts, it can help to tighten them a tiny bit more before loosening. The other option is acetylene but you are going to damage the finish on your wheels. Wheel studs don’t actually need to be as tight as most people think. Recommended tightening torque for FJ is only 112Nm. It’s worth investing in a cheap 1/2” torque wrench or a set of torque sticks and giving them a check every so often.

I found this. OJ Simpson model Bronco we built around 2 years ago. I use the word built very loosely. It was a rusty ball of dung covered in khaki plastidip with a set of big wheels and a 351 Windsor V8 dropped into it to make it move.

The FJ/Jeep memes remind me of this one from family guy

Haha I don’t do genuine. Occasionally I’ll have a lucid moment and spit out some technical wisdom but generally it’s 95% spam and lies. Happy banana boat to you too @Rahimdad bhai ✌️

Why not just get all 3?

The 2.3 ecoboost is a well proven power plant at this stage. The earlier ones at the start had their problems but the latest generation seem to have all the problems ironed out. I had a drive in a new 4 cylinder mustang last week. To be honest, I went into it with a bad attitude and fully expected it to be thoroughly shite but I was impressed. Forget the fact it’s a V8 muscle car because it isn’t and see it for what it is, a good looking coupe with reasonable economy and it all starts to make sense. While it’s not a fire breathing 500 horsepower monster, it has more than enough power for every day use and enough to put a smile on your face. It might be a 4 cylinder but a Nissan sunny it isn’t.