After running the compression test on my Honda Pilot and determining that I had a significant loss of compression in cylinder 6, I went out and purchased a Leak Down tester to zero in on what has actually happened to the engine when the timing belt broke. The leak down tester was a bit more …
After breaking my timing belt while driving I have undertaken a few tests of the Honda Pilot to determine the extent of the damage that was done. The first major task was to get another timing belt back on the vehicle so that I could turn the engine over without doing further damage to the …
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After my timing belt broke on my Honda Pilot I started into some initial repairs so that I could run some tests on the valves to determine if there was some damage. I had purchased a impact wrench for the removal of the 19 mm Pulley Bolt, but it was unable to free up the …
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After having my 2005 Honda Pilot into the shop for a no start no crank condition I was informed that my starter was bad. As it turns out the Timing Belt also broke, and the folks at Canadian Tire recommended that they not do the repairs as a result of the high shop labour hours …
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I finally finished my first vehicle maintenance video on Saturday and it took significantly longer to edit the video than I had originally thought that it might. I made an error that I didn’t notice at first, but which caused me to have to go back and redo a portion of the video. I also …
With work to be done on the Mazda 3 I wanted to determine the elevation change between my front and rear wheels when sitting in my driveway so as to build ramps that will allow the vehicle to sit level when being worked on. Cheers
Following a trip to Marmot Basin with the kids I sadly had to face the reality that the Ski and Snowboard season had come to an end. Prior to putting the equipment into storage for the year I took a few minutes to apply some wax to the gear to prevent the bases from drying …
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After a great deal of difficulty working with the video editing software I was able to put together my first video showing how to complete an oil change on a Briggs and Stratton pressure washer. For this job I required the following: 1) oil catch pan;2) funnel;3) shop towels;4) vinyl nitrile gloves;5) Briggs and Stratton …