On 02/19/2018 10:23 PM, ultred ragnusen wrote:
> I enjoy changing the oil where I've used those topside extractors, but I
> prefer lying under car just marveling at the engineering that went into
> building the thing as the hot oil drains completely out into a wash basin.

When it's January and drizzling, you pull the drain screw and hesad
inside for a cup of coffee.


> To the comment of the one oddball guy who actually thinks it's all about
> his "ten quid", I have rarely needed a mechanic, where each of my vehicles
> are all well over a decade old, so I have no idea what I'm actually
> "saving" by doing my own tire repairs, clutch, flushes, cooling system
> replacements, brakes, tire mounting and balancing, etc.

The Toyota hasn't made ten years yet, but the rest of the fleet is at
least 10. The elder members are the F150 I bought in '86 and the Harley
I bought in '97. It probably was 20 years ago when I ran the pickup
through an alignment shop after replacing some steering components just
to make sure, but it was in spec. Other than that none of them has seen
a mechanic other than me. When I was a kid my father told me if I
intended to drive that way I did I'd better learn how to fix things. I did.




>
>> At least this year step 1 of putting the
>> studs on did not involve boiling water and salt to release the bottom
>> tire which was frozen to the ground.
> My days of living in snow country are long gone, where I remember having to
> freeze inside the car while the defroster laboriously attempted to clear
> the ice, and having to heat up the locks to defrost them after a freezing
> rain, and once, my aluminum door handle snapped right off my 280Z in the
> cold.
>
> I'm glad I never will see cold weather ever again, except during visits to
> the snow.
>
>> A little dunnage is a good thing.
> https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dunnage
>
> 1 : loose materials used to support and protect cargo in a ship's hold;
> also : padding in a shipping container
> 2 : baggage