Automotive & Mechanical Blog Posts

Once of the worst parts of having to clean the snow and ice off vehicles in the winter is the damage that might occur to windshield wiper blades. Don’t get me wrong – I love winter and I’d rather have it winter all year long, as opposed to all four seasons. A few areas need […]

Well, that didn’t turn out like I thought it would. It was actually much more difficult. All I wanted to do was to bring my lady for a nice 4-wheel drive in today’s snow storm and things turned into a fiasco. I’ll tell you all about it. It was still light outside. I don’t know […]

I had a potentially very bad and annoying morning. I say “potentially” because I fixed a small issue that was causing me to want to throw my beautiful new snowblower off a cliff. Either that or run it over with a truck or drag it around the town by a rope. Boy was I annoyed […]

Laura and I purchased this vehicle in 2009 and we’ve yet to change the battery. I was very nervous last winter when the temperature was below zero. When I went to start the car a few times, I noticed that it had just a tad more difficulty turning over than it did during the more […]

It’s that time again. Time to watch the small low tire pressure indicator light flip on in the instrument panel of your BMW 328XI. When this happened to me just a few days ago, I was like, “Uh oh. That’s not good.” I think my first reaction was to think I had a flat tire. […]

I have an interesting story for you. When I think about it, I feel a little strange. I’m not sure if it’s because of my impulsiveness or my odd online purchasing habits. I’ll let you read it to get your thoughts. It’s getting pretty late in the lawn mowing season. Even though we’re growing cool […]

I’ve been working on this project since spring. For some reason, it’s taken all this time to get off my butt and finish things up. But now that both the truck and trailer are undercoated, I feel much better – especially living in Maine. I wrote about Fluid film before. If you’re interested, you can […]

From the title, this may appear to be a weak post. Let me assure you, though, that there is trickery involved. What I thought was a simple tail light repair turned into a semi-ordeal. About a month ago, I noticed that the passenger side blinker of our car was blinking fast. I’m sure you’ve experienced […]

I’m not sure if this is specifically a Maine issue or not, but I am sure that now that I’m here, I’ve got to start dealing with rust. Rust on the truck, rust on the trailer, rust on the tools and everything else rust ruins. And I’ll tell you that it’s an annoying something to […]