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    Brake fluid disposal?

    I am wondering about what to do with used brake fluid. I was told it was fine to mix it with used motor oil and dispose of them together. I was at a local parts place and took in a container full of brake fluid and told them what it was and they didn't seem to care. On another forum the topic...
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    Gear wrenches on sale (@napa)

    Just a heads up for anyone needing some flex head ratcheting wrenches. Napa has the 7 piece gear wrench sets in either metric or SAE on sale, 58% off making them 35 bucks.
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    Anyone played Dragon Age Journeys?(spoilers if you haven't)

    I'm stuck on the last achievement and could use some help... Spoilers... How many ogres are there? I killed 4 and I think there is one left cause it says +1? I need to find one to kill it with full health but I can't find it, if it even exists. ---------- Post added at 05:38 PM...
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    Carbon dating?

    At work carbon dating comes up a lot, a couple religious guys are of course claiming it's all a joke and not accurate. I've been looking for some good sites that show good info on it being valid or not. I don't want to start any kind of forum war, just looking for info on how it is accurate...
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    Catalytic convertor question.

    I just found out that my catalytic convertor was on backwards(thanks PO) and has been that way for like, 8 years. I honestly never noticed the orientation arrows until I took it off and went to put it back on. I have never had problems with emission testing until recently my NoX levels were high...
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    7mgte lower radiator hose?

    Can the lower turbo radiator hose be used on an NA? I keep seeing the turbo kits for sale and never any specifically for the NA. It looks to be about the same just some different bends I'm assuming to work around the IC. I tried searching but couldn't come up with anything.
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    Automotive fire extinguishers?

    I wasn't sure where to put this so I hope OT is the place... A guy at my work lost his car due to a car fire that started from a small electrical short. Now I am going to stop putting off buying extinguishers and just do it Now ha. I am lost when it comes to extinguishers however, so many...
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    Piece of garbage ps3(keeps breaking)

    About 20 days ago my ps3 suddenly turned off mid-game and refused to turn back on(YLD). I found a place local that fixes it be re-fluxing for 50 bucks and offered a 30 day warranty. Well it just died again after playing for 30 minutes, luckily still in warranty(I hope but who knows with these...
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    Castrol GPS(MC oil)

    Ok, does anyone know if this stuff is discontinued or something? I used it for a long time and now I don't see it for sale on any of the big sites that I used to buy from. Also it is not on the castrol corp site, they only show the powerRS and the semi syn powerRS GPS both in gold bottles. The...
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    Plastic headlight housings(mecury sable)

    Ok, my mom has a 99 sable and the plastic headlight lenses are horrible. She brought it to me like a year ago and I used one of those meguiars restore kits and it turned out great. The lens was so bad you couldn't see through it and after the kit it looked near new. I just got a look at the...
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    ES300 foglight question

    Ok I have a set of foglights from an es300 that I bought off a member here. I love the lights but I think they are a bit dim and might need new bulbs. The problem being I have no idea what type of bulb they take or what car they came off. Googling has led me no where... I'm hoping they just are...
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    Question about my emissions results

    Ok, I passed the AZ emissions but my NOX was just on the verge of failing. My results are: HC grams / mile 0.76 , 1.60(baseline) CO grams / mile 3.67 , 15.00(baseline) NOX grams / mile 2.40 , 2.50(baseline) Even though I passed I would like to get my NOX reading down since it seems...
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    Help choosing an impact gun

    I'm going to be buying my very first impact gun to go along with my new compressor and need some opinions. Before everyone gets to gung-ho however, I've narrowed my decision down to two different guns. So can we keep the opinions only on these two, no comments about this other brand or this one...
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    Cheap xbox 360 arcade @walmart

    Jut thought I would pass this along to anyone looking at buying a 360. Yes, I know its the arcade and stripped down with no HD and all that. If you want an HD then the deal isn't for you sorry. Other wise, you buy the 360 for 199 and get a $100 gift card back. Usually with this sorta thing...
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    Turbo eclipse question(running without turbo)

    A guy at my work has been building/repairing a turbo eclipse for like 2 years now(I don't know the model but its the older one). He finally got it actually running and the first pull on the freeway he blew an IC coupler. He drove it for a while after that saying he just didn't boost. He then...
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    My r154 swap finally finished

    I finally got the trans swap finished, I gathered parts for about a year taking my time getting as much as I could new OEM. Basically anything crucial is new oem while things like the clutch pedal were bought used. The actual swap was way easier than I expected in the end. I decided to just...
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    Fixing speedo cable?

    The fitting for my upper to lower speedo cable looks like it melted, its a brass glob now. When I went to remove it it of course just fell off the cable entirely. Can that fitting be replaced or is the cable junk now? I hate to have to replace the entire upper part being just the fitting is...
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    Double check my clutch release hub setup(pics)

    Can anyone just confirm this in correct? I have a lot of side to side play which I thought is normal and zero in and out play.
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    Clutch release fork torque specs

    I can't seem to find the (r154)clutch fork release mounting bracket specs in the tsrm. Does anyone know what it is or which page it would be on?
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    Uneven suspension

    I have eibach with tokico blues and my passenger rear side sits higher. The shock/springs are a few years old and when you look at the car from the front or back the pass. rear is visually higher. I can fit 4 fingers between the tire and fender on the driver rear side and on the pass side its...