Category: Dave’s Garage
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Synthetic Oil
Hey Dave’s Garage- What is synthetic motor oil all about? Why is it better than natural oil? How does it differ chemically? I always thought that frequent oil changes were […]
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Tank Ooze
Absent any questions this month, I will share something interesting with you. Recently I drained and removed the gas tank on the Datsun 240Z project. This car was parked in […]
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Project Updates – MGB & Datsun 240Z
Absent any questions this month, I will give a brief update on the projects I am working on. The MGB project is progressing nicely. The front suspension has been rebuilt. […]
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MG Update
I have not received any questions this month, so I will give an update on the MGB project I am helping the high school student with. When we adjusted the […]
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All Lined Up (2)
Several months ago I received an email from a Vermont high school student through my MG club’s website. This high school senior ex-plained that to graduate from high school, the […]
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All Lined Up
About a year ago I replaced the steering rack in my minivan. That replacement rack blew out during the cold snap in December. The good news was the part was […]
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Plan B
Several years ago I began getting a check engine light on my Subaru Outback. The code was being caused because the emissions self check determined there were unturned hydrocarbons, venting […]
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A Universal Problem – Dave’s Garage
Many automobile manufacturers have been making drive shaft universal joints as a non- serviceable item. These universal joints are also sealed, with no grease fittings or provisions to grease the […]
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The Parts Car – Dave’s Garage
Several years ago the price of scrap steel went up. Way up. As a result of this rise in scrap prices, many salvage yards crushed and scrapped much of their […]
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Making non-ethanol gas out of ethanol gas (E10) – Dave’s Garage
Dave was super busy this month so the staff at Wheel Tracks decided to go with a story that Wendell Nobel mentioned about making non-ethanol gas out of ethanol gas […]