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I did a water change in my 125 gallon and 29 gallon tanks last Friday so that's done but today about 6 days after the water change my 125 gallon turtle tank started to stink again, so I'm going to clean my 2nd XP4 filter today and see if that helps out. I believe this filter does more cleaning then my other XP4 filter as the dirt pickup is at the bottom of my tank instead of being in the middle for my main filter. Once I get this done I will let you know how much this helped out. ... Read More

I cleaned my main turtle filter today the Rena XP4 but it was cleaner then I thought. The only reason that  I can see it being so clean was that I found a kink in the hose going into the filter, so it wasn't sucking as much water as it was suppose to so it was filtering a lot less. So once I cleaned it, I returned it to it's location under the aquarium and made sure the hoses were not kinked anymore. Here are the steps that I took to cleaning my filter Step 1 - I rinsed out a new BioZorb chemical pouch under cold water for 2-3 minutes till it was almost clean water running through it. Step 2 - I disconnected the filter from power and used the quick release handle to remove the filter from under the aquarium and put it into my sink Step 3 - I opened the filter, put the motor head in the sink and took out all the media baskets into a pail Step 4 - I drained all the old water and cleaned the inside of the filter canister with a scotch pad sponge then rinsed it. Step 5 - I cleaned the bottom ... Read More

Yes ladies and gentlemen after a 2 - 2 tie with Canada and the U.S. In the 3rd period, Sidney Crosby scored the winning goal making Canada the 2010 Olympic Champions!!! Go Canada Go! USA did put up a good fight in the game tying it up in the last 19 seconds of the 3rd period which forced the game to go overtime but Canada pulled it of and won. Canada is awarded gold and USA silver medals. Congrats to both teams for making it this far. ... Read More

I bought some baby guppies today because they were really cheap and to my surprize these babies had babies them selves. Take a look below at the pictures. In the picture below you can see 3 small guppies and 1 little baby guppy beside mama guppy. Below you can see the little baby guppy swimming around ... Read More

The 32nd Annual Coast Swap Meet is this May 28 and 29, 2010. It's a good place to buy and barter old car parts and meet a great bunch of people. I've attended a bunch of times in the past few years and always likes what I've seen so if you get a chance go check it out this year. If you click on the image below you will get sent to the main website for the swap meet which has more info. ... Read More

I have finally decided to combine all blogs into one because being separated they were all suffering from lack of content in the last few months. www.QShifterHobbies.com www.1993-Honda-Civic.com www.UltimateGarageGuy.com is Now WonderBart.com This will create one place for all my hobbies, interests and future endeavours to be posted for all to see. So stay tuned for lots of cool content and fun times. ... Read More

JE Pistons - Better pistons for stronger engine life Weisco - Forged pistons for serious HP Eagle Connecting Rods - Better connecting rods then stock so they handle more power ARP Bolts - Engine head to block studs and bolts Cower -Valves, springs, valve retainers, stroker kits, cams, rods Hondata - ECU reprogramming with an addon tuning module Crome - ECU programming Kenji211 - Engine ECU and harness conversion APEXI - Boost controllers and more Greddy - Turbo kits, turbo timers and more Tial - Waste gates, BOV's, turbos Quaife - Limited slip differential Walbro - 255lph fuel pumps GSS342-400-846 GO-AutoWorks - Turbo Kits and Accessories FJDistributors - Turbo Pistons, engine rebuild kits ... Read More

Before you start getting into any project always make sure you do the research! I've been working on Honda's and other mechanical things for over 13 years and from my own experience doing the research before I started the project has always yielded great results. I will admit I am not the first to pickup a book and read it but as soon as I start looking at magazines or articles on the Internet that have pictures I get interested real fast. This is one of my main reasons for running this blog is for people of all mechanical expertise to find the information they are looking for in one place with lots of visual material. Forums are also a great place for information but be careful how and where you post your questions because you might get called a NOOB or get flamed for not using the search function. So I advise you to always try searching for your question before posting a new forum post as it's probably been covered a number of times before. Good luck and remember Google and Wikipedia is a great place for information. ... Read More

I just came back from the movie theater and man the new movie Avatar from James Cameron is awesome. I've seen a lot of movies in my time and I would have to say this one is one the best and to my surprise it was also in 3D which made it even better. To see the HD Trailer from Apple Click Here ... Read More

If you ever wanted to know the transmission gear ratios in your Honda Civic, I found some info on D-Series Forums that shows everything. Click Here for the link. ... Read More

Building your Garage but don't know where to start? Try Olympia Steel Buildings they service both US and Canadian Customers. Click Here for US Customers Click Here for for Canadian Customers ... Read More

Battery powered impact guns, ratchets, die grinders, and drills are getting more and more popular as the battery life is getting longer and more powerful tools are coming on the market everyday. Ingersoll Rand makes a series of wireless battery powered tools called the IQv Series which are quite impressive looking. The torque on the 1/2 inch drive impact gun is 360ft-lbs which is really good for a battery powered tool and weigh's at only 6.2lbs. I like that fact that battery powered tools are so handy when working on a car as you don't have to worry about the air line getting in the way of things. Here is a link to Ingersoll Rand battery powered tools section so you can check them out yourself. Click Here for more info. ... Read More

My recent issue with my CV Joint was actually loose lug nuts on one of my front wheels which was surprising but at the same time educating. From now on I will always have to double check and torque down my  lug nuts as they seem to have gotten loose over time. And as far as the heater core I'm a bit confused, because the issue seems to have disappeared and no more smell of antifreeze is present in the car anymore and I've been driving everyday since the smell became present. I will keep my eye on this issue but so far it seems to be OK. ... Read More

So 2 days ago I was driving with a friend and noticed a funny smell in my car and at the time I didn't think of it and let it go. Well next day which was yesterday I was driving my car again and realized that the odor that I was smelling was antifreeze my Civic's cooling fluid. I checked the engine bay and nothing leaking was visible and I couldn't smell anything so I poked my nose inside the car again and guess what, ewwwww it stunk. So yeah it's definitely my heater core as I have replaced the radiator already and  most of the hoses were replaced when I did the engine swap.  Oh and also while driving last night, I started hearing a scrubbing loud wheel noise. I thought it was just my tires but later noticed it got louder and louder. So today I looked into it and yeah my drivers side driveshaft outer CV-Joint is gone and making a whole lot of noise. I will try to fix the CV Joint in the next day or so and after that look at the heater core issue. From the reasearch that I have done it's not ... Read More

I was on D-Series.org today looking at some posts and found this interesting one about a Honda Civic Build for Rally Racing. Very interesting build take a look click Here for the link ... Read More

In any good workshop or garage if your going to do any kinda of auto repair or tuning then a car hoist is a must. Otherwise you’ll be crawling under the car with your back always on the floor and trust me it doesn’t get easier with age. My workshop will of course have a car hoist and one design that I particularly like is the 2 post car lift just like the one in the image below. You can also Click Here for the PDF version of a brochure. It has two arms on each side that lifts the car by its natural life points and leaves lots of room to work on the engine and front suspension where most of the work is usually done. This hoist is available from Best Buy Automotive Equipment at the price of $1495 which is not a bad price but time will tell more research on this subject. ... Read More

Below is a picture of my first hand drawn garage plans that I did up months ago and forgot all about them. Well I recently found them, scanned them and decided to post them up on this blog to share them with people. There were a few things that I missed when drawing these plans which I will add in my next plans. - Bathroom - Sink - Central Vacuum System - Windows - Tool Racks - and more… ... Read More

I found this great Mini Sandblasting gun made by Badger that would be a great hobby tool for cleaning up smaller things like metal RC Car parts, smaller automobile parts and anything else that’s small. Using a full size sandblasting station is great for larger things but when you need precision this little guy would do great for smaller more delicate pieces. This would be a great tool for refinishing some lightly rusted or corroded RC parts I got. You can look up more info directly at Badgers website. Click Here for the link. ... Read More

RC CAR Basher is having a wicked contest with great prizes like tools, stickers and DVD's, and to get in it's so easy all you do is follow them on Tweeter, reTweet the post and subscribe to their newsletter. It can't get any easier to win FREE stuff then that. Click on the big banner below to check out the contest and this new cool site about RC Cars and Trucks. ... Read More

Here is a sneak peak at the new Wolfenstein video game that's being release on August 18th. It should be pretty sweet check out the video below. ... Read More