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My 95 Ford Ranger 2.3l has started running rough. The power band seems to surge through acceleration and the truck is slower than normal. I've noticed my gas mileage has dropped off. Sometimes when I get back on the throttle after a shift, I hear an audible pop from the engine bay. The truck has...

I've got a 1980 Wheel Horse C-145 with the 8 speed trans. When I bought the tractor two years ago it has some water in it because the shift boot had some dry rot and someone left it outside for several years. I changed the trans oil which got most of the water out but I'm switching over to a...

Wouldn't a new head consist of new valves too? If the head is replaced, how much of the top end is replaced with it?

I should add...The timing belt is a known issue on these cars and the timing belt did break about a year ago. On 8/10/2013 the previous owner had the timing belt and water pump replaced. Then on 9/18/2013 they had the head replaced. I'm not sure why it took a month to do the head after the...

Yesterday I bought a 2005 Suzuki Reno 5 speed with 68k miles for 3 grand. It's super clean and seemed like a really solid little commuter vehicle. It was a little low on oil but still above the min mark on the dipstick. It seems to be going through some oil which bothers me but I've noticed...

I don't want the mods to think I'm trying to sell the rifle on here. My plan is to get an idea of the value and sell it at a local gun show in the coming weeks.

I'm looking to sell my AR rifle and I'm not sure what it's worth.I pieced it together in about 2006 and really haven't done much with it over the years. It has a PWC lower, a Mod 1 barrel, Bushmaster chrome bolt, and I forget what flat top upper it has but I don't see any markings. The stock is...

It's so affordable at $6,000/12 mos I have to consider it. I have heard a lot of great things about it but want to sift through the marketing claims for the truth about it.

I'm thinking about going back to school to get an MBA and I'm looking into Western Governors University, the all online school out of SLC. I'm 28 and I have a B.S. in horticulture from a conventional state university and I wonder if WGU would be worth pursuing. They have several large...

I've got an EOtech mounted on an AR which I pulled out the other day and it wouldn't turn on. I'm not sure which model it is but it's not night vision capable and I bought it new sometime around 2005ish. I put two fresh AAs in it and still nothing. Is this common? What should I try next to fix...

I've always been curious about Freemasonry and thought someday I'd look into it. There's a ton of info on the web but I don't know how to discern the truth about it from the nonsense. There has to be at least a few on here so what can you tell me about it? What's the purpose of the Freemasons in...

My Wheel Horse has a Kohler K321 engine and I was looking online at info for changing the spark plug. The correct gaps listed are as follows: Battery/Breakerless 0.035" Magneto 0.025" Gaseous Fuel Engines (Magneto/Battery Only) 0.018" What the heck does all that mean? What's the correct gap?

It's a 95 Ford Ranger.

In MO we have to get our vehicles inspected to register them. I just got done with my Ranger and the guy told me it failed because the P/S was low. So he topped it off and passed me. But he topped it off with P/S fluid instead of ATF like my manual calls for. I need to change it out anyway but...

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