Recent content by mr.thetank

What is the best way to remove gear oil that has spilled on carpet? The smell is horrid. I needed to change all my differential and transfer case fluid in my land rover so I drove to several parts stores to find some Mobil 1 gear oil. Found a store that had enough in stock and drove there...

Back on Jan 16 I was involved in an accident ,1998 Volvo V70 AWD, where a kid turned infront of me at an intersection. I ended up hitting him on the passengerside and crunched up my passenger headlight area. Totaly his fault. I had the green light and it turned yellow just as I entered the...

Well I pulled my old BMW out of storage last week to get is running after sitting for 2 years. No problem besides a battery that won't hold a charge. Got it running and parked it beside my other three cars. Now today it is nice out and decided to wash all the cars before moving at the end...

Well it is official I have bought a house. It has a one car detached garage that is all concrete block. Driveway is 100ft long and I can park 2+ cars wide. I have been looking for several months and didn't think we were going to find something so soon. I'll be moving in at the end of Jan. I...

Yesterday on the way home from work. I thought that I was pulling out behind a "normal" porsche 996 Turbo. I rolled down my windows to listen to the sound of the sweet exhaust sound and tried to catch up. BMW 4 cylinder vs porsche turbo flat 6. Good thing there was traffic ahead. As I pulled...

Does anyone think it is a problem to use EO leather cleaner as a general interior cleaner, like on door panels and the dash? I would think that leather cleaner is pretty mild. What do you think?

I am just wondering if anyone has purchased or had the chance to use one of the Rapid Reel Garden Hose carts/reels. I most likely will be purchasing one soon. I have used one of the rapid reel air hose reels and it was very solid and smooth. I know that Griots sells it for ~$200, only in red...

Well my wife was christmas shopping for her brother and wanted to get him one of those oil extractor units that Griots sells, I have one, and found it online for much cheaper. It is made by mityvac by the way. Only problem is that there was a minumum order and if the order was over $100...

I was cleaning the inside of my V70 before going on a long drive to pittsburg from philly and noticed that inside of the windsheild is not near as slick as the side windows from what I could tell when wiping down with the viper window cloth. It seemed to stick to the windshield and just glided...

I've got a problem. With all the heat lately I have been leaving my windows cracked open most of the time but shut them every night. Well I forgot to shut the windows on the V70 last night and luck would have it, it poured! Now the windows were only open about an inch but still got the seats...

A couple of weeks ago I picked up a couple of packs of the Eagle one Tire Swipes at pep boys. 2 packs of 2 for 4 bucks. Plus a bonus bottle of Eagle One WET Tire Gel. It is only a small trial bottle but have done 4 cars so far and used only about 1/4 of the bottle. IT gives a great deep...

I just tried to apply some 303 to my dash this morn and noticed that is held quite a shine. I tried buffing it with a dry cloth and it took the shine down in some spots but not much at all. My bmw has alot of black plastic with a textured grain to it same goes for the vinyl on the door panels...

What should I use after washing and claying the car. SMR or Meg Medallion paint cleaner. I plan on topping with klasse aio and sg. I just haven't been able to find out what the best order is. Should I use some sort of finer polish before the Klasse? Thanks

This is a close up picture of my paint on my hood of my '95 bmw. Any suggestions on how to fix this? It is a close up picture then the larger picture. It looks worse than it is. The paint just doesn't seem to obtain the gloss that the rest of the car has. I just purchased a PC. Todd...

This past weekend I had a small chance to start cleaning up my car. I didn't get a chance to do the outside only the interior as it was too sunny where my car was and there was no shade. I did go around and try and find any problems with the paint and found some. Here is a link to some...