I've owned the same Volvo 142 since 1978. I don't know how many miles are on it but its a lot. I'm speaking from first-had experience in keeping cars on the road for a long time. I've always done it.
Keeping a car on the road for a long time is a winner from both a financial and...
I'm (hopefully) putting the finishing touches on my next drive for the next decade, which, being a decade or so behind the times as I generally am, is going to be a '94 Geo Metro 2-door hatch. I've been following what the main website for these cars say, and have followed up their suggestions...
I'm looking to get a used Panasonic toughbook to drag around in my truck and take to site and to location to do individual parts drawings. I'm trying to not spend more money than I have to on a laptop on account of the tendency of laptops to disappear from vehicles--truck broken into twice so...
Read with interest your problems. From my experience as a mechanic, I'd like to make some suggestions thgat might help things. First, don't do any major work out in the field if you can help it. Get a tow vehicle if you don't have one--some of the old east bloc trucks can tow a US M-1 tank...
I've rebuilt a couple of small shop-sized piston air compressors and have some modest expertise in the area. Parts for air compressors tend to be high to high as hell. Question then is whether it makes sense to rebuild/repair or replace. For most industrial use in smaller sizes of piston...