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" Senior Editor Mike Allen answers readers&amp;#039; car questions. Q: After reading your article on how to store your car for a long period of time, I have a brand new car, and I&amp;#039;m planning to leave it in the garage for 6 weeks while on vacation. Is there anything I need to do? DAVID CHAN A: For only 6 weeks, all I would do is disconnect the battery so it didn&amp;#039;t go dead. Q: I have attached an e-mail I received that has a video claiming that a company in Clearwater, Florida is ready to manufacture a device that uses water and converts it to hydrogen that can propel an automobile. After reading the July 2006 Car Care Auto Clinic &amp;quot;Pipe dreams&amp;quot; article, I thought I would get your opinion. Thanks for your time and any assistance you can provide. ALAN MERRELL A: First off, All PM readers can stop forwarding that video to me, please. I&amp;#039;ve gotten it hundreds of times. Yes, you can make hydrogen from water. But it requires a lot of electricity, expensive electricity, more expensive than burning gasoline, so what&amp;#039;s the point? Q: I have a 99 Ford E-150 conversion van made by Choo-Choo. I will need to change the spark plugs in the near future. They do not appear to be accessible from under the hood. Should I remove the housing around the center console in the front seat area to get access to the spark plug? DUANE NAPP A: Yes. Q: I have a &amp;#039;96 Pontiac Bonneville with the ignition you described in the December 2005 Auto Clinic. I&amp;#039;m having trouble with the key. Sometimes it won&amp;#039;t start, so I want to do away with the Pass-Key. MANA HIME A: Here&amp;#039;s how I would bypass Pass-Key: Measure the resistance of the resistor pellet in the key, go buy a similar value resistor at Radio Shack or some electronics supply house. Figure out which two wires in the harness go from the Pass-Key contacts in the ignition switch. Cut them off short, and solder the resistor between them, and then shrink-tube the resistor to insulate it. Now the Pass-Key computer will always think it has the right resistance.Q: When changing brake shoes, can you mix riveted and bonded brake shoes together on the same wheel drum? MICHAEL SUHOWOLAK A: I would never mix brake shoes that didn&amp;#039;t come in the same box, much less two different types. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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