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I was pictureing you in a Reno truckstop. At least you are in civilization. You may have missed your chance for Buck Owen's latest album though.

Actually there is no reason this would not work, as stated it is just a friction modifier. With a clutch type limited slip you cannot use standard gear oil either. There are trasfer cases with this type of clutch, motorcycles, LSD rear ends, and the ever popular subaru automatics. It's not going to work if the clutches or seals are really wasted, but if it is just chattering a bit this should be great. You would have to be sure it is a modifier that mixes well with ATF and does not do seal damage, but rear ends have seals too.

worn or out of adjustment brake light switchs are quite common cruise killers.

Dammittt! I knew we should have contacted the sisters for the blessing! Did the dealership in Reno offer you double or nothing?

By the way, nipper's got his car rigged to flatten the average battery. Driving lights, guages, cell phone, Ipod hookup, and the laptop in the passenger's seat. Did I forget anything? Now we have to worry about his alternator as well as his head gaskets.

I don't think so, the new gasket is not supposed to require it. No real hurry, next time you are in the dealer for some other part ask for a can of the sealer. I'm probably paranoid to add it to mine, but I don't see what it would hurt. My original radiator has 130,000 miles and has not clogged with the sealer in a couple of years so it does not seem to do much except possibly add a tiny bit of self sealing capability if you were to get a small leak. Many brands of antifreeze have a small amount of sealer also.

The only problem that the new ones have had were small external leaks up until a 2003 head gasket revision. You can cure these by adding a can of goop from your dealer. Do not live in fear you have a good car. I have the new style gasket and I run the goop too as I am a certified paranoid. I'm only at 130,000 miles so the break in period is nearly over.

I used to know a few and for a couple of beers you could probably get anything you needed blessed.

He knows what happened to Clinton...

Since I am old than most of you by 25 years or so I have seen the Internet come in as a handy tool. When I was a kid car information was often limited to the folks you knew or a manual. For the last few cars I've had I could get information on them on boards like this and it is a huge help even if you have experience. As an example I got code PO420. All my documentation and my manual said to change the cats. This was going to be a minimum of $800. Somebody on the board told me they had changed the oxegen sensors and it worked for them. In the end my car was fixed in 15 minutes for sixty bucks. I think this board may be as good a tool as any I have in the toolbox.

I was going to see if we could get the Pope to bless Nipper's head gaskets for the trip home, but he is busy this week.

I supect you ahve been drinking....good luck on the long way home.

The converters are really expensive but the front ox sensors are cheap and easy. A leaking exhaust or a slow front sensor can also cause the cat to go below threshold. An ox sensor is a consumeable like a spark plug and should be replaced at about 90,000 miles but nobody does until they get a code. I put in a $60 ox sensor that took me about 15 minutes a year ago for a code PO420 and I haven't seen it again. If somebody has done something dumb and damaged the cat of couse this is unlikly to work but should be changed anyway if it is old. Dumb things that wreck a cat include hitting it in off road use, and any form of neglected maintence that dumps raw gas in it, as well as the ever popular useing of leaded gas.

And a poorly connected antenna will often show up on am and not on fm.

Not a bad idea, I've seen car rental agencies in small places do this too.

I've had them on two cars now and liked them both times.

I have only rented automatics so have limited experience with them. All my relatives and I use five speeds. I have noticed that the wheels would slip on an automatic and then sort of clunk in and off you go.

But it seem like you don't really have to be. Canadians are punished financially for liveing closer to the Arctic Circle and some say thus closer to God. Now if you have a heathen cousin in the Godless states....

seems expensive, Here is one from the states. http://www2.allsubparts.com/parts/parts1/allsubparts/quote.jsp?year=1997&product=C5010-54812&application=000401722&part=Oxygen%20Sensor&category=C&returnurl=null&dp=true Can you have a US friend buy it and send it up?

Check the can of MMO to see if thats about right. We used to put that much in seven quart cars but this is only about 4.2.

that's going to make my engine ashamed of itself.

Which makes me kind of wonder when someone reports as the other day that Subaru is rapidly losing sales. You see a lot of them here in the Bay Area when we have to go to Tahoe to get snow.

usually it means one rod bearing was starved for oil. It can be a faulty oil pump , pickup, seal, or a crank passage plugged. It could also be severe over revving but that is pretty hard to do to one of these cars.

OHHHHH. that is terrible.

It might not be a good idea to switch to Army or National Guard right now although you would learn a lot about sand. Good luck with your project and thanks for your service.