For many of you didn’t make so much money off your house that was in California you would have to live the same life in shittier weather. You’d have to be closer to a big city and deal with traffic and all that comes with that.
I always used this. Had a drain hose that I would run through my plug hole and used this to pump out the oil.
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I would go with h-beam rods purely based of their strength. But I don’t think you would go wrong with the I beam rods from p2r. As for pistons…. Weisco has always been my go to.