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So this seems to still an issue. But the related problem is each time things are powered up which display is display 1 vs 2 vs 3 and whether it's duplicate or extend. Is there a way to save the settings or is it the way things are powered up?

Looks like by 80 BITOG members stop wrenching. Limiting themselves to reading about wrenching. Or maybe stop driving?

So let's cut to the chase. Whom over 70 is still working on their own vehicles? Doing more than brakes and oil changes? That's my limit.

Don't the rebuild shops turn the alternator rotor on a lathe? How is a shade tree mechanic suppose to do that? They also use an oscilloscope to check the output of the alternator to determine if a diode in the bridge is bad. If one diode is bad they usually replace the diode bridge.

I have never used a torque stick but you cannot connect a torque stick to am impact and just blast away. Or so I am told.

I am just 72 and will be starting a new job in IT in a week or so. I just cannot hit the RETIRE button. I still do my own oil changes and brakes. And a lot of the work on my boat. Try to find someone to work on a I/O near the Delaware shore!!

Whether it will hurt your credit score depends on the age of your Lowes card compared to age of other cards. If your Lowes card was 20 years and you had a bunch of other cards from 1 to 5 years of age then it would hurt If your Lowes was 20 years of age and you had 5 others also 20 years of...

Help me understand, you wife has not been wanting you to get under the car for 20 years or hasn't wanted to get under the car herself for 20 years?

I think you are counting too much on the gas additives to clean things. You may need to take the carb off and clean it in an ultrasonic cleaner. I would check any gas containers they have hanging around. Grass got in the tank through some way.

Why didn't you pump or drain out the old gas first? Charge the battery? But battery is probably toast.

A local rebuilder told me the overseas rebuilder solder in individual diodes to the diode bridge. The local rebuilder says they just change the diode bridge.

And vehicle is parked level.

And you are sure you loosened the adjuster?

When you grab the rotor with two hands and try and turn it, does it turn? If so can you pull it out a little bit then something feels like it's being held? Worst case if best it out with a hammer and whatever part of the parking brake you break will not be very expensive Do you use the...

When I have time, the PS pulley is next. I wonder why some pulleys on the engine rust and some don't. The idler and alternator and raw water pump pulley are not rusting but PS pulley and circulating pump pulleys are rusting.

Have you tried to find OEM online? For Ford at least there are several dealers across the county that sell parts online at a discount. I suspect other vehicle brands have similar.

Well I am trying to get my boat engine in better state of maintenance. Look at it now

You need it within the next day or two for your cross country trip? Any rebuild shops near by? If you cannot locate a rebuild shop then OEM. I would to start my trip confident my alternator would be 100%.

If you retire to almost any retirement friendly state from NY you will save enough in taxes to buy a new carm

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