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They would be the largest manufacturer of automotive batteries. :D

Most recently I have been a Test Engineer then Product Engineer and now Vehicle Application Engineering with a side of reverse engineering. My current position fits me very well as I have a heavy background in Automotive Engineering and have worked some time as a mechanic in a garage among quite...

Yeah not a fan of hackjobs that end up removing useful features. Just comes off as lazyness.

No you are going to want convex spoke shape, not concave. I can take some quick measurements when I get home. Its just a couple very important dimensions you really need from the wheel. -Distance from center of hub to the highest face point on the caliper (radius) -Distance from the face of...

Minimum bachelors in your field of interest: Chemical, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering. Its possible to move up with just a Bachelors but takes longer and not quite as high. Lots of people here with masters degrees and phd's as well required for senior engineers / managers / ect.. Yeah...

Looking good.

Enkei 17" wheels with +35 fit without issues.

One of the cells is probably shorted internally. If you have access to an acid hydrometer and it has accessible vent caps you can measure each cell. Its likely one of the cells has a specific gravity close to 1.000, which would be the shorted cell.

Yeah being always a northern car with 160,000+ miles the exhaust was in dang good shape, even most of the piping was clean as well. I guess its possible it was replaced at some point by a previous owner, but not sure on that.

You took your reading with the hood switch simulated closed right? So if you leave the hood open always, re-run the test it again exactly how you normally leave the vehicle. Compare the amperage readings.

Also FYI, a battery sitting at open circuit with no load showing 12.2 V is already down to about 60% SOC. A fully charged battery at 100% SOC should have an open circuit voltage of 12.7V. AGM batteries shift slightly higher on the SOC / OCV curve, about ~200mV over standard flooded batteries...

Aftermarket radio?

This is more of just an informative post than anything. I had originally planned to enlarge both the inlet and 2 outlets of the stock muffler to accommodate a 3" exhaust. Mainly to keep the stock look but be able to flow much more. But after closer inspection the stock muffler is much more...

Wait, what? Without a battery in the system there will be zero power/amperage/voltage anything. Leave the battery in the car and leave the vehicle positive cable connected to the battery. Disconnect the negative vehicle cable and connect 1 lead from the meter to that cable. Connect the other...

Here are the photos of the original 1987 oil squirters I replaced. These show no signs of twisting. The wall thickness looks to be about 2.5mm @ the through hole. Also the diameter is 8.25mm and overall length is 24.2mm. Unfortunately I am not sure I ever took any photos of the new oil...

These are the oil squirters I bought: 15703-66010 - VALVE SUB-ASSY, OIL

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I concur with this. Make sure you have zero loads on when you have the meter in series. You want to measure the milliamp current loads of the vehicle off & not blow the fuse in it. As pi mentioned, the wording on your meter indicates the mA leads are fused and the 20A leads are not. I have...

Could be a ton of different things. Connect an ammeter in series on the negative battery terminal so all the current is going through the meter. Do not turn on any lights or other high current components or you may blow the 10A fuse usually in multimeters. Trick the hood sensor that its...

Yeah they don't look the same. The through hole is also not chamfered.