Year: 2025
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Incorrect Diameter for Mahle/Clevite B33646 OCV Control Valve Seal – For Mazda 6
Since Mahle Customer Service did not respond to me within 3 business days, I am making public this email that I wrote to them, so that you don’t need to buy the wrong part from them. — Dear Mahle Customer Service ([email protected], [email protected]), I am writing to report a quality issue with a recently purchased…
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Vehicle Maintenance Tasks I’ve Done Myself
To save money on vehicle maintenance and repairs, I’ve learned to handle many automotive tasks myself. The projects listed below represent hundreds of dollars in labor costs I’ve avoided by doing the work in my own garage. Each completed task has not only saved money but also given me a better understanding of how my…
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North Carolina Research Triangle Park Ramen Tier List
This is a active maintain ramen tier list for North Carolina Research Triangle Park (RTP) region, including Chapel Hill, Durham, Raleigh, Cary. Please note that, this tier list uses North Carolina ramen as its standard, not authentic Japanese ramen. Rating standard: having a proper noodle, a proper soup, a proper chashu. It isn’t that hard,…
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Hair Care Products I am Using
For a long time, I shampooed my hair everyday with the hottest water I could get from the shower faucet, and used an air dryer with the highest temperature and highest wind volume. After doing the hair porosity test, my hair strands all sank to the bottom of my mug — they are high porosity…
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I Scraped Brother USA Website To Figure Out Which Sewing Machine Has One Function (Thread Cutter Button) That I Want
Brother’s website for sewing machines is frustratingly limited – no proper catalog and terrible filters. When I wanted to check which models had a specific function, their filter only offered two options (knee lifter and built-in quilting stitches). Not helpful at all. But then I discovered support.brother.com has all their manuals online. Perfect – I…
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Last Color of Autumn
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I Thought We Were Gonna Miss The Train
After finishing the trip to the Matsushima Retro Museum, we spent some time walking toward Fukuurabashi Bridge to see if we could walk on it. When we arrived at the fishing facility, we realized that the bridge was closed and the sun had set, so we changed our plan to walk back to one of…