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Catalytic Converter Failure: Now What?

An important device that is standard equipment on vehicles built since 1975 is the catalytic converter. This part, when properly working, will significantly reduce pollutants from your engine before they leave your exhaust.
Matthew C. KeeganAugust 24, 2005

The New Face of Chrome Plating

New technology taking the place of chrome plating with the ability to chrome plate metal as well as non-metal surfaces (plastic, fiberglass, wood, virtually any surface).Used in a wide range of industries chrome plating has become increasingly...
Jay BerentisDecember 10, 2005

Maintaining A Charge For An Electric Scooter

An electric scooter uses no gas, but will use an electric charge to move about the home or the store. The electric charge is held in a battery. The scooter is plugged in as needed, for a few hours, to recharge the battery.
Jason UviosOctober 11, 2006

Semi Truck Accessories - 5 Trick My Truck Tips For Truckers

Last fall, CMT (Country Music Television) introduced a six 6 show pilot called "Trick My Truck. It is a new reality show featuring a deserving trucker and his 18-wheeler in each episode.
Michael OttmanSeptember 06, 2006

Advice For Men: Creating A Clever Halloween Costume

It may behoove you to stand out from the rest of the ghouls on Halloween. Studies show 63.7% of women lower their inhibitions on this spooky holiday. As the leaves start to change and the brisk autumn breezes begin to blow, you will inevitably be...
Mike RosaniaSeptember 26, 2007

Muscle Car Restoration 101

Restoring muscle cars is a hobby for some and a profession for others. There’s just something about the classic high-performance cars that collectors, racers and general car enthusiasts find fascinating.
Jason TarasiFebruary 18, 2006

Why You Can't Do Without A Car Audio Capacitor

I've heard the question asked many times before, 'Do I really need a capacitor?' Before answering that question I ask, 'Do you have a high powered system?' 'Does it require sudden power bursts?' 'Is your...
Mantius CazaubonSeptember 09, 2005

Lemon Law - How To Make A Lemonade From Your Sour Experience

Lemon Law BackgroundThe term “Lemon-Law” is a nick name derived from other common terms such as “Lemon-Car”, “Monday-cars” and “Friday-Cars”.
Amit LauferFebruary 15, 2006

Solitaire or patience games

Solitaire, which is also known as patience in England, is a hugely popular single player card game. Solitaire is not actually a single game, solitaire is in reality a family of games, there are hundreds of different ways to play solitaire and loads...
Andrew FJuly 29, 2007

Bulldozers

Powerful crawler equipment with a blade is called a bulldozer. Even though any heavy engineering vehicle is known by the term “bulldozer”, practically the term refers only to a tractor with dozer blade.Earlier tractors were used to plough...
Lucy BartlettOctober 06, 2006