Care and Feeding

  • Care and Feeding

    This seems like a good time to talk about some of the car care products you should keep handy in your garage. Cars need to be taken care of and not just serviced.  I have had experience with a lot… Continue reading

  • DOT 3, DOT 4, and DOT 5

    What are those things in the title?  Brake fluid is categorized as one of those three ratings.  Most brake fluid that comes in a new car will be rated DOT 3.  A few will Use DOT 4, and very few… Continue reading

  • Pitty the Poor Windshield Wiper

    We certainly take them for granted.  They rarely get changed unless they are falling apart and there is precipitation to remind us that they have aged out of their useful life.  By the same token they can be a life… Continue reading

  • Resolutions for the New Year

    I will organize my garage.  I know when most people look at my garage they utter complements on how organized it is, but I really need to re-think how I have things placed on the shelving I put in a… Continue reading

  • Christmas is Coming

    It might be a good time to figure out what that car nut would like.  It also might be a good time to help out that person that isn’t such a car nut. Have you thought about that son or… Continue reading

  • Grose Jet – revisited

    I’ve been informed that Ansell Grose is still with us and Grose Jets are still being manufactured in Stoneham, MA.  The number to contact him at is 781-438-1789.  Russ G. Hull wrote us with: “Admittedly, it’s still difficult to reach… Continue reading

  • A Small Job

    This time of year when the leaves have yielded to gravity I have to decide if I need to mow the lawn once more or if it will wait until spring.  This weekend my decision was in the affirmative and I… Continue reading

  • Tools

    Key to maintaining the health and vitality of your car is being sure that you have useful and appropriate tools at hand. It is also important for your own safety and well being to make sure that you invest wisely in… Continue reading

  • Autumn and Your Car

    You’ve turned back your clock, changed out the batteries in your smoke alarms, what should you be doing with your car? How about checking the tires?  Taking a look at the tire pressures and making sure that they are what… Continue reading

  • The Grose Jet

    It was a classified add in the Competition Press, the newspaper that became Autoweek, that I first saw it.  “2 Balls do the Trick” was the tag line.  It was an inventor’s replacement for the troublesome needle and seat used in… Continue reading