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Pop the hood and look where the master cylinder is bolted. If there is a big vacuum line going to the engine from a big round drum then the car has power brakes, and the vacuum booster is bad. Unless Mustangs had hydraulic power assist brakes...

Buy a cheap hex head socket set and try them until one fits.. I think the 5spds have a serviceable filter unlike the 6spds..

If its the 6spd Aisin-Warner F21, then its a 10mm Hex. I bought a hex head socket set from Walmart for 12 bucks. Its the same tranny as in my wife's 2007 Montego.

Last Night: Dogfish Head Raisson D'Eterre (sp) Dogfish Head Pallo Santo Marron Weyerbacher Heresey Ommegang Witte Leffe Blonde Tonight: TBD, maybe an Anchor Porter or Old Rasputin Imperial Stout..or both..

Your 08 has the CD4E 4 spd transmission, which needs to be serviced every 30K according to those on the various Escape forums. If it hasn't had a trans service yet in its life, then it needs to be done. The good news is that it takes regular Mercon V and the dealers around here have coupons for...

Last time I checked Mercon LV was listing about 9 bucks a quart at the dealer (have an 09 Escape w/6F35). Thats not too bad considering Mobil 1 ATF is 6-7 bucks a quart depending on where you go.

I think all of Lowes lawn tractors come with a free dump cart. Just got a Husqvarna from them this past weekend..

I'm coming from a longtime user of Norton products, and just converted all my machines (2 w/ Win7, 1 w/XP) over to MSSE. All the machines are running much better with MSSE, especially my netbook which would bog down when Norton would do background scans..

I just repaired my wife's M1530 with the same HD failure except I tossed vista and put Win 7 (32bit) on it. She was having problems with Vista connecting on the wireless. It took less than an hour to install the operating system on a fresh drive (no formating). I was pretty amazed. I had to go...

I have a set on my 76 Chevy K10 350 that have been on there since I was in high school (32 now) and they still have most of the red paint still on them, in fact, the rest of the exhaust system is rusting out around them (as well as the truck). IIRC they were only $20 bucks a piece at Pep Boys

Max it out to 2GB if you can. Tiger direct has a 2gb memory pack (PNY) of PC3200 DDR for 68 bucks (2 1GB sticks) + shipping. If you spend more than $100 you get free shipping, so if you need other computer stuff it would be a good time to get some..

The transmission may need time to "adjust" to the new fluid if you just did the flush/filter change. Also, check for TSB's related to shifting concerns for the Fusions. I know the A/W F21 6 spd equipped Fusions had some TSB's related to harsh shifting that involved a PCM re-flash.. Outside of...

It is used on the 2009 Escape with the new/modified 240 hp 3.0 V6, and I assume, on the 2010 Fusions with the same powerplant. Its shorter than a FL400S. Right now they are dealer only (not available at Wal-Mart), and are about 12 bucks a piece...I hope that will change with time as these new...

My old 92 taurus w/3.0 (Vulcan) took a 15mm, as does my 09 Escape and my wife's 07 Montego, both with the 3.0 (Duratec's).

I believe the filter is not meant to be serviced, as one is not listed for the 6spd that I'm aware of. There is one listed for the CVT, but that's only on the Freestyles and AWD 500/Montego's. I did the drain and re-fill at 45K (currently at 51K) and plan on doing it again in another 45K. The...