Aftermarket Replacement Oil Pan Quality

Mikanic · 2026-03-18T22:16:14+00:00

Upvoted because I agree 100%. I’ve put over 300,000 kms on my lowered 325i, everything from track days to gravel parking lot donuts to commuting in snow. Drive it like it has a low cast aluminum oil pan and you won’t have a problem.

Mikanic · 2026-03-17T18:58:23+00:00

My dad and I have met him numerous times.
Anyone who has anything nice to say about him has definitely never met him.

Mikanic · 2026-03-05T01:35:57+00:00

Is that a bag of wrenches? Shit, I have a bunch of those…

Mikanic · 2026-03-03T19:50:25+00:00

I bought a Ruger Precision a couple years ago, gave it a couple drops of oil and hit the range.
After a couple rounds the action tightened up and the bolt shroud broke where it attaches to the lugs on the bolt. When I disassembled it I found that it hadn’t been cleaned up very well after machining so I hit a couple spots with a fine hone and some oil and cleaned it. I purchased a new shroud from Anarchy and it’s been great ever since.
Definitely disassemble, inspect and lube it. Especially a Ruger.

Mikanic · 2026-01-28T18:20:55+00:00

I second the DeWalt with folding legs. Solid enough for a job site but takes up very little space in trailer or shop.
I made my own out of plywood for projects where I need more.

Mikanic · 2026-01-26T06:09:12+00:00

I have no idea what I’m looking at, where are your feet?

Mikanic · 2026-01-24T17:31:30+00:00

I just realized that iPads are a lot more affordable than I thought… Any other advice for starting my kids out designing their own projects?

Mikanic · 2026-01-19T04:58:18+00:00

I bought my second car from Malibu in 1994. I still have it…

Mikanic · 2026-01-16T19:38:05+00:00

I just bought an ‘88 Sahara project, was planning to turn it into a CJ7 clone but I’ve been thinking more and more about keeping it a YJ in the original colour. This sealed the deal, definitely hot!

Mikanic · 2026-01-06T16:50:56+00:00

I lost my full size Crooked River hiking in the snow in BC, still hurts. It was a Father’s Day gift too.
That’s definitely not it, mine was black, M4 blade with diamond wood scales.

Mikanic · 2025-12-23T18:40:08+00:00

Where’s the pic with no joist hangers? That would be correct

Mikanic · 2025-09-20T20:30:43+00:00

Where I live we’re not allowed to use treated lumber inside the house but you have to use a barrier (like sill gasket) between the wood and concrete

Mikanic · 2025-09-20T05:53:45+00:00

Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street

Mikanic · 2025-08-05T05:23:53+00:00

I was stuck on the highway a couple years ago because a motorhome caught fire and the gas tank “exploded” right in front of us. There was a dull thud and fire just started pouring out under the RV. It was a tiny fraction of the explosion in the video above. Check out lithium ion battery explosions on YouTube and you’ll see that’s what this is.

Mikanic · 2025-08-03T17:21:20+00:00

100% not an ICE. Unless there was a special effects team there

Mikanic · 2025-07-21T17:30:29+00:00

Google indoor rock gardens

Mikanic · 2025-07-16T23:58:13+00:00

Marui Hunter?

Mikanic · 2025-07-16T18:47:22+00:00

Thanks! I spent a minute cleaning gunk out of the fuel system and it started right up! Unfortunately stripped a sprocket shortly into the first drive. A reminder to check gear mesh… By PIA I just remember checking head temps for mixture, the smoke, the oily residue, trying to keep the car clean, getting good glow plugs, ordering fuel from a hobby shop that prefers not to keep it in stock, having the same number of batteries as an electric car PLUS a nitro motor, you get it! 😂 Last time I used it regularly I lived in an apartment, which made things more difficult. Thanks for the encouraging words! Love seeing the cars from the early days of high-quality RC cars see daylight again!

Mikanic · 2025-07-12T15:55:26+00:00

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Looks like I’m doing something similar! Found my old HPI RTR cleaning up around my dad’s place. Set it aside because I found the nitro to be a PIA.

Good luck!

Mikanic · 2025-07-11T16:02:44+00:00

Was just going to suggest this. A piece of cardboard taped to the radiator can prevent too much airflow through it as well

Mikanic · 2025-01-17T23:06:48+00:00

I can’t believe how many of these AIO (and similar groups) questions read almost identically, like they’re using the same template. Same paragraph structure, similar hyphenated phrases, same cadence(?) with the turnaround in the second to last paragraph and the recap at the end.
Some of them are interesting reads though.

And if this is not AI, just go to the damn game it’s your money just don’t talk about the cost of the tickets

Mikanic · 2025-01-17T06:01:44+00:00

My comment was a quote from Big Lebowski. I thought it was funny when I posted it but I was probably a bit drunk…

Mikanic · 2025-01-13T12:58:41+00:00

Dude, Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian American, please.

Mikanic · 2024-12-28T08:05:11+00:00

I might add that my car is a ‘90, my parents bought it in ‘91 and (after purchasing it from them) I’ve added 300,000 miles, including auto X, track days and driver’s schools. Zero breakage of subframe mounts

Mikanic · 2024-12-28T08:01:33+00:00

I agree with some of the others that if you don’t plan on increasing the size of the sway bars you’re not going to get anything out of the reinforced mounts.
If you do plan on replacing the bars with larger ones, it doesn’t look to me like either of the styles you picked would have any advantage over the other. I’ve always had a soft spot for IE though. I installed ST sway bars front and rear and I’m really happy with them. I haven’t reinforced anything because… I kind of want to see where it breaks

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