Recent content by Kruse

My submersible pumps sits right at about 100 below the ground. 20 years ago, my pump cost about $350. About a year ago, I had mine replaced for about $1800. That included them sending 5 guys out to help me pull up the pump where the lines were full of water. They also replaced the wiring and the...

Just take a tin snips and finish opening it up. It won't take 20 seconds.

My daughter also lives in Phoenix, where Waymo has been in use for several years. Her experience has been mostly positive, but there have been a few glitches. What seems to be happening there is that other drives KNOW that the Waymo vehicle will yield to them. So the other drives will purposely...

I lived in the city of Dallas for 10 years. I know what it's like to use the DMV in a large metropolis. Right now, I guess I'm lucky. I live in a sparsely populated county where there is a total of three ladies working behind the counter and there's usually no waiting. This department does both...

This trailer has been mentioned on this site a few times and I had a mild interest in it. When it first came on the market, it wasn't available, at least in any of my local stores and was back ordered. I have a couple of larger trailers, but thought it could come in handy after seeing a few...

Perhaps I will be, also. In late '79 or '80, my brother bought a brand new Datsun 210. He was working or the railroad and he had to put in lots of miles, so that was his reason for the purchase. About five years later, he sold it to me. It was very stripped down, but with the four cylinder and...

This has popped up on my Facebook feed and I occasionally view the videos. This is long.....but well worth the time. Grab your popcorn and theater-sized Coke and enjoy. If you don't like Facebook or long videos, don't bother.

In the nearest town closest to me (if you can call it that), an elderly man got a reverse mortgage on his property in his remaining years. The amount he got on it was for $150K. This property had a big two-story house and two huge outdoor steel buildings. Footnote: I was actually in the house...

Yea, reading the original post again, you are probably correct. In that case, the original alternator needs to be rebuilt. It’s possible that it could be a diy job. However, the nearest alternator rebuilder for me is 90 minutes away, has the worst temperament on planet earth and is closed on...

He would probably know. That being said, a Ford reman will be built by an outside company and Ford will just slap their name on it and get a percentage of the selling price. I drive (mostly) Fords, but I will admit I've used plenty of Ford reman parts that were not up to par.

I have a retired '98 Ford Ranger 3.0/5-speed that was a fantastic vehicle. The frame finally rusted out. I never had to replace the PVC or the PVC hoses, but the camshaft synchronizer was the item that (by reputation) seems to fail the most on that engine. It used to be that the Ford experts...

I was living in Dallas during the late '80s and I remember the Yugo $3990 car commercials were really hitting the TV advertising hard. While I had no desire to buy one, my girlfriend's dad was a big-wig for JC Penney and he had one that he drove to work every day. His Yugo had about 100K miles...

Yea, I recently replaced a 7/8" Matco wrench from my set that I purchased in 1981. To get the exact wrench, I went to Ebay.

A couple of weeks ago, there was a post on Facebook that showed a pickup completely engulfed on fire at the local WalMart parking lot. (I live in a rural area. I guess it was the news for the day :cool: ) Of course, my mind instantly thought of an older Ford vehicle. Nope. When I zoomed in, I...

I was in Durango and Mazatlan, Mexico for a week right before Christmas 2024. It was the first time I'd been outside of the U.S. The food was good, the people were very gracious and I had a really good time. That said, there are things that you take for granted in the U.S. that are different in...