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OK, I was going to trash the Tractor Supply product for being a knockoff, but does it weigh much less than the regular one? And aren't there two models of the Rockwell, one being closer to the regular price of the Tractor Supply version? The cheaper Rockwell is on Amazon for $133. Which one...

Now you know why these ramps are so expensive - for the liability claims of people who ignore warnings. On gravel no less. Sheesh, life is cheap in some places.

Elbow grease is a great solvent.

I searched the thread and didn't find the word "control." My ex was into control, and I liked it when I was young - gave me direction, and it made her happy. My first career was in a shop, so that satisfied my itch. Then I grew up, and started giving my own direction to my life, and the home...

D&D Keep watching Hoarding. I suspect that's what made you think you had a problem. Sooner or later someone will say or do something you recognize and then it will click. When you start throwing out tools instead of selling or gifting them, you know you are on the road to recovery...

Seems it would be good for replicating patterns for some sheetmetal repairs as well.

What he said. I've been using Fram for years no issues. Some manufacturers (including Fram) make a plastic core filter of the drop-in variety that fits but does not work properly in the GM LY7 because the filter actually spins when the engine is running. I wonder how all those other...

Not to mention an outstanding first post.

That's unrelated to the LX5, and is RPO Code LZ4. Unlike the LX5, it used variable valve timing. It had a few more ponies, but less torque, than the LX5. Like they say, you buy horsepower, but you drive torque. Well, that's the million dollar question. For a while a picture of an LX5 was...

Dickies workshirt, short sleeves and shorts for the summer. Long sleeves and retired jeans in the winter. Slip on steel toed shoes. Denim Apron.

Does the chick hold your wrench or how exactly do those work?

You are referring to the LLT (DI) and the LY7 (non-DI). Your LY7 must be in an XR or Redline, 08 or 09. It's a nice motor as long as you are crazy about the oil and air filter. Otherwise you will stretch the primary timing chain at anywhere from 40K miles on up, and drop $2K+ on having the...

Got pix of the Cadillac badging? Someone on here might be able to ID it.

Yeah, I've seen that page. Weird, 'cuz they correctly quote the wikipedia article language that has the 215hp spec, then list "Stock 260hp GM engine." The L47 Aurora V-8 put out 250hp, 260 ft-lb torque. Did cbm work on your engine? Not to hijack your thread, but I would be very interested to...

Whoops, wonder where the engine pic went.

Subaru 6 cylinder conversions are very popular with the Vanagon boyz.

Interesting. Is this the engine that you've described as a 300hp Cadillac V-6 Shortstar? It is a Oldsmobile engine, RPO Code LX5. A very nice engine, but it is 3.5l, never went in a Cadillac, but was in the Aurora and Intrigue from '98ish to 2002ish. 215 hp stock. Twin overhead chain...

Almost did something similar when I changed the timing chains on my SRX - I was using blue towels to clean the head and keep gunk from draining down into the block. I only saw one of the leftover towels when I was reviewing pictures before buttoning it back up. Now you know why a nurse is...

I think #4 was on Jenny Craig.

Lost my dad at age 89 August 15. He went at home, in his sleep, after learning the end was coming. Lucid until the last. I look just like him - literally, my friends think some of his pictures are of me. It was weird being at the funeral, and having the people who knew him when he was my age...