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It can't hurt, albeit I'm not convinced that you know anymore now than before. With modern automobile engines, I wouldn't expect any appreciable wear at 110k, most of these engines are capable of 3 or 4 times that amount of mileage ...

Except even the aircraft guys will tell you that it's a bad idea to make such a decision based off a single analysis. You need (according to most mechanics) a long, preferably lifetime series of analyses to compare with ...

That's not unexpected, by any means ...

Once again tonight, Tennessee manages to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory ...

I probably have close to 2 dozen pairs, scattered everywhere in my house, shop, and vehicle. Diopters ranging from 1.25 to the latest, 2.00's ...

Oil analysis is done regularly on aircraft engines to look for specific wear patterns among the internal components. However, to be most effective, you need a history of analyses from the engine over time to show changes in the levels of particulates in the oil. While a single test may prove useful in determining the relative health of the engine at that particular moment, doing the test repeatedly is much more valuable as its the changes over time in both the type and amounts of metal contaminants in the oil that give the best picture of engine health and longevity ...

That was always my biggest gripe back when I was fooling with classic Mustangs and other Fords of the era. It seemed like they never built 2 identical cars consecutively ...

BBQ was best when it was whole hog, cooked over homegrown charcoal, laid out on old metal racks supported on rows of concrete blocks, under an open-air awning of tin and rough-sawn wood. Surrounded by dirt worn bare by generations of folks who stopped by and bought their meat pulled directly off the hog by the pound with stacks of buns and chips on an old picnic table nearby, paid in cash only ...

Headline on the net last night ... "Rocky Flop"

While that was true years ago, modern cars often have circuit protection built in that will shut the alternator down when it senses low, or no battery voltage. The battery does a lot more than provide energy for starting, it also acts to smooth out spikes in the line voltage, provides some measure against over-current situations, and generally acts as a "damper" to contain the normal transients in every type of charging system ...

My first try would be to disconnect the neutral cable, then short that cable over to the positive lead for about 60 seconds. That's often long enough to cause the computers to reset to defaults ...

There are a lot of pension funds, hedge funds, etc. which are required to store a certain percentage of their funds in the bond market. As older bonds roll over, they must purchase new bonds to replace these. With the low rates being charged by central banks, there is intense competition for the types of bonds these funds are required to own. Thus when purchasing their requisite share, they are forced sometimes into paying prices that are greater than the total return on the bonds when held to maturity, thus the "negative" rates ...

When European and Asian bond yields are in negative territory, US treasuries at 2% and below, and the Fed beginning another rate cutting cycle, I don't think you're going to see any 4% CD's in the foreseeable future. Having said that, I have no credit cards, no credit score, and no debt - I like it that way ...

Used market moving how? I don't normally buy anything other than C&R items, so I haven't kept up with the market like I used to. Do you mean people aren't buying, prices are too high, what?

But then it gets a 30% tariff applied ...

^This. Amazon is now charging tax on things they handle directly, but they don't (yet) have the capacity, or will to charge from items handled by third-party sellers. I suspect this will also change at some point ...

There's still plenty of opportunities to use a C&R, but it's in the secondary markets now. There are a lot of collectors out there buying many guns per year off their 03 license ...

I'm only a casual observer at best regarding the NRA, but even I could read enough between the lines of the current scandals to know that the whole organization has been hemorrhaging funds in the various kickbacks, payoffs, insider scams, and other billing and compensation schemes ...

Just for the exercise: you can buy 55gr bullets for 8-10 cents, powder is roughly 8-10 cents, a primer is 3 cents. That's 23 cents per cartridge on the high side for a standard .223 load. I don't know off hand what new brass goes for, but used brass can be found easily at 10 cents per. So a reloaded .223 should run about 30-33 cents per round (less if you're careful where and when you buy your components). This is for new, not pulled components, I haven't seen any pulldown bullets or powders offered in a while so I have no idea of current pricing. Your best bet is probably to shoot the new ammunition for plinking, save the brass and reload it rather than trying to salvage the commercial components to reduce cost ...

I hire a local kid to do this. I offer good advice and supervision ...

^This. Modern hydros don't react well to being "dragged", without being placed in the "tow" position first. It doesn't take much to shell them internally doing this ...

I was 8. I wanted to stay up and watch the actual egress from the lander, but Mom was adamant that it would be way too late for me to stay up and I could see it in the morning. I found out the next day that Armstrong went out at about 10 pm, which even though was later than my usual bedtime, wasn't out of the question for summer. I still haven't forgiven my mother ...

The days of "much" being imported are over. There are some occasional shipments trickling in, mostly from private sales overseas to locators for bonded importers, they make a lot of treks around Europe seeking out old milsurps for sale on the private market and when they have enough stockpiled to make a shipment, they send them over. Apparently a very small shipment of Mosins made it in from Ukraine last year, and a few similar rifles from the former Yugoslavia states and Albania have also made it over in the last 2 or 3 years, but it's a tiny trickle, at best ...

http://kubotabooks.com/AutoIndex/index.php?dir=Tractor Parts Manuals/&file=B3030HSD.pdf Search for "bevel gear case". Looks like there is a dowell and o-ring in this joint. Hope this helps.

Probably not. I've often thought that every one of these show the effects of bored Chinese soldiers who sat around beating the hell out of their rifle stocks ...