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Drilled Rotors and The Northeast
Brake rotors get hot during braking. Usually the front rotors of cars are vented, with space between the two sides…
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Creative Exhaust Repair
Exhaust systems rust out. It’s a fact of life here in New York. Usually the whole system has to get…
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Cooling Heated Suspension
Rust can make a lot of mechanic work harder, as I’m sure I’ve written about many times before. One of…
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Hoarding Parts Can Pay Off
Ask any mechanic, and they probably have a drawer or box full of old nuts and bolts. It may not…
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Home Improvement Store Car Repair
As someone who loved his first car more than it deserved, I understand holding onto a car longer than I…
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Car Didn’t Want To Be Fixed
It was my day off, and I had a long list of things to do, starting with some maintenance on…
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Worn Out Brakes Are Bad For Wheels
I’ve seen plenty of worn out brakes, where the friction material is completely gone and it’s just the metal backing…
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Leaking Coolant Pipe
I was doing a checkover of a CR-V when I noticed some coolant on the bottom of the engine. It…
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Inside a Muffler
The exhaust system on my truck was badly rusting out, so I finally got around to replacing it. When I…
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Rusted Exhaust Studs
A somewhat common problem on Hondas as they get older is an exhaust leak at the joint between the converter…
