If one drives a car across a flooded road, at what point does the car stall?
(I'm not planning on doing this, you understand, just curious.)
A friend of mine thinks it's when the water gets up to the spark plugs.
Makes sense.  ANyway, what do yall think?

I have a strange noice coming from  my catalysator. It sounds like
a piece of metall is jumping around in there. I am thinking about
cuting the catalysator open and weld the lose piece back again.
Have anyone any hints or experience in repairing catalysators?

I have a 99 Silverado, and I want to remove the Z71 decal.  How do I
do that?  Also, I found a different decal that I want to apply in the
same place as the one I intend to remove.  How do I apply the new one?

I got a new Civic and I'm having a problem with its power-outlet, or
socket (formerly known as a cigarette lighter).  Anyway, I need it to
recharge my cellphone, but when I try to remove the cellphone
charger/adapter from the socket, it doesn't want to come out.  At one

On a hot day, my rv mirror fell off my Quest. There is no glue residue
on the windshield, so it came off cleanly.
How do I glue it back? Will super-glue do the job?
Thanks.

I'm looking for a rebuildable 4L80E Transmission for o 96 Suburban 2
wheel drive.
I'm installing it in a 1968 Camaro behind a 1996 454 Vortec Engine
I have the VCM and all of the wiring but I need a Transmission.

I was wondering if anybody had any knowledge about the Tornado fuel saver
systems that you insert in the air intake.  They claim and raise gas mileage
up to 30%.  Wondering if any good or any other ideas out there.
Thanks

I have several pairs of brake shoes that are 15-30 years old (but never
used).   Are they worth anything since I don't know which vehicle they fit?

I am wanting to buy a 1992 honda civic VX privately and a carfax or
any report would be extremely helpful!  The VIN number is
2HGEH236XNH010193 so if anyone has a membership could you please email
me the report, thank you very much.

A friend of mine was involved in a car accident. He was rear-ended.
The other driver's insurance company will not pay. The representative
from the other guy's insurance company said, "My client claims you pulled
in front of him and braked hard, causing the accident." This is ...

The Toyota dealer wants $125 to flush my '95 Camry transmission,
or $50 for a "refresh" which changes 4 of the 6 quarts.  At
two dollars a quart, I decided I can do this myself.  The only
question I have is what fluid to buy?  Can I safely mix the

Who benefits from high oil (barrels) / gas (gallons/liters)  prices ?
Of course the oil suppliers (we know who they are) benefit from the
jacked up prices per barrel...
But how are the oil companies benefiting from the jacked up prices of

Dear alt.autos users,
I need a quick VIN check on a Mazda Millenia I am looking to buy:
JM1TA2223T1209042
Please reply to this thread or send me the report to my email: mrberl at

I'm not sure if this is the correct Newsgroup for this question but here
goes.
Could someone tell me how critical the manual-specified ohm ranges are for
the LT and HT resistances at the coil and would I be right in thinking that

...if they were the same money?  The 4Runner has 85k and the focus has 55K.
It's for my 20 year old son who is in college.  I want it to last another 4
years @ ~ 12k per year.
Apologies for the cross post, need an answer soon.