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Cars (and trucks) have gotten Out Of Sight nowadays!

www.wsj.com/articles/used-car-sales-boom-as-new-cars-get-too-pricey-for-man y-1537700401 (I saw that article this morni...
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posted by allisellis851
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muffler

I wanted to be a cheapskate, and other things, and get my old muffler welde d, but when I took it off I found a 3/4" ho...
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posted by lunasage
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1987 Chevy R10 p/u with sb 350 TBI

Hello gents. I am in the process of doing some work and need help from anyo ne with knowledge on these old square bodie...
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posted by sprucescottsr
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Technology for overhead camera view?

Lots of new cars can show not only the views from various corner and rear cameras, but an overhead view, showing people...
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posted by briang
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GM automatic gearbox ratings - how meaningful?

Supposedly the last 2 digits are a load rating ... but what units? But how come a 4L60E could withstand and LS1 engine,...
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posted by pedro1492
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Harmonic balancer, ways to replace

Easy way too remove balancer with out damaged parts or vehicle
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posted by James Gregory Lirette
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what lateral g-force can old cars achieve?

A modern vanilla sedan can do 0.9 g, maybe more with good tyres. I saw a video on Youtube of some guy fitting a triangu...
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posted by pedro1492
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ignition hard to turn

It's an older Chevy. Occasionally the key didn't want to turn, but enough jiggling and I could get it to start. Now it'...
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posted by timothy42b
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Opinions on this suspected VW dealer repair ripoff

Posted by a Facebook friend. I have general shadetree mech awareness but ha ve never specifically worked on a VW. Whadd...
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posted by brassplyer
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reman vendor quality?

(In particular, I need a rack for my Cobalt.) Is there any sort of consensus on whether different reman companies (Card...
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posted by gbeccles
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