It's fine to remove an oil drain plug with a wrench or socket. But should you use a torque wrench when reinstalling the drain plug (assuming you don't have a quick drain plug)? It seems like a simple ...

Changing your own oil is simple until it is not. The job goes wrong for predictable reasons: the car is not supported safely, the drain plug is overtightened or seized, the filter is stuck, or you ...

Changing the fluid in my 1975 International Scout‘s manual transmission took me a few hours. A lot of that time was spent pumping it’s-barely-a-liquid 90W GL-1 gear oil three feet uphill through a ...