Recent content by brages

Volvo "coathook" button on the side of the passenger headrest:

Look at any list of mankind's Top Ten inventions. The wheel, penicillin, transistor, light bulb... I have to think that MONEY is a true top ten invention, maybe number one. "Language" is probably the GOAT, but I don't really believe it was "invented".

Regarding tightwads, "It's the stingy person who spends the most" https://www.cartalk.com/content/its-stingy-person-who-spends-most

I used Delphi. They are cheap and seem to be ok. I don't like greasable links.

I've been disappointed a lot... About an hour each way is going to be my max. I live in a major metropolitan area, so lots of choices closer than that.

Had a transmission start slipping on a 2002 Mazda MPV (Jatco 5 speed) but I was able to eventually fix it. This was interesting for me. There was an issue with one of the pistons in the transmission developing a crack and there was a kit with the correct piston. I messed up and got a couple of...

They were booked for months - I took it to the dealer in October and got a date to repaint in March. I think it was March 25. I just got the car back today, so I guess that's about three and a half weeks. During this time, I was given a new Corolla SE for a loaner car. I liked the Corolla a lot...

In that time, I replaced the sway bar links and replaced another wheel bearing. My son drove it on a flat tire, so I replaced all four tires and got it aligned.

Have put almost 20,000 miles on it since we got it in October.

Just got back from the repaint! They only painted metal, so it's not perfect, but it looks pretty good now.

I used sunsong, but the fitting on the body end of the hose has a d-shaped boss with a notch in it that clips to a d-shaped hole in a bracket. Only the left sided hole didn't have the machining on the boss, so I had to make the flat side of the "D" on my bench grinder. And I cross threaded the...

I put in the new hoses and bled everything. Seems like it's working well.

Something like a 4-cyl Ranger is good for hauling your scrounged firewood or secondhand furniture and appliances that you got cheap off Facebook Marketplace.

Cobalt was my first thought, but I thought I remembered some of them having timing chain issues.

I am reading that a collapsed brake hose might be the cause of these symptoms -- I'm starting to think that sounds pretty reasonable.