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Generally speaking, if your internet drops out, including over ethernet, and then comes back without having to reboot your router (because it had locked up) then the problem is before the router, most typically a poor signal getting to the modem. Many aftermarket modems have an admin page where...

I smear silicone brake paste all over everything, including my toilet flappers. Does it help? Maybe. I'd need a with and without test, have two toilets sitting right next to each other and somehow use both every time which could get messy. :)

I would research this in a forum populated by fellow Fusion owners, but generalizing... The way Ford had set up that is that resetting the BMS is mostly about customer satisfaction, resetting the BMS so when they drive away from the shop, everything looks good again right at that moment...

^ Because it touches the seal?

There are two risks. One is that you caused a little chip or crack in the glass (not just the coating), and then there is nothing you can do but replace it. The other risk is enough deposits of water, oil, grease, whatever, that the glass heats at a dissimilar rate where the deposit is, also...

I wouldn't bother. Either change the hoses, or don't. :)

I can understand a new brake grease topic for a new to the market product, or a new type of rubber used on new vehicles. Otherwise it just creates a mess of redundant topics, when you can search for one of those and participate in it.

Hold on while I get in my time machine to go back to before you had the work done... Never mind, I looked on Rock Auto and there are 8 gazillion mufflers listed for the two engines and several pipe diameters and lengths. This means that the muffler shop also had options and put on something...

Without watching you use a torque wrench, how would we know if you over-tightened it? I'd guess that otherwise, it just wasn't tapped well... maybe a dull tap bit?

Frankly if I were to buy more 6pt, 1/2" sockets today, I'd just get impact sockets then be able to use them with both an impact wrench and hand ratchet or breaker bar, but this is because I already have thin walled 6pt and 12pt to get into tight spaces. I'll use a 12pt if the fastener looks...

If the stem is broken off right where it exits the threaded neck of the switch, then cutting could be difficult, possibly a tiny burr bit on a dremel rotary tool, but what I would try instead, is spraying some lube around the broken off shaft to get a little down into it, then heating a small...

Label reads "Charge up to 80 amps on discharged 6 or 12 volt batteries", "Boost up to 300 Amps for starting". If that current is going through the broken selector switch, then the two suggestions made so far, do not seem nearly high enough current rated. I'd open the charger up, label the...

Water is a byproduct of the combustion, because that's what it turns into from hydrogen and oxygen, not any water already in the gas. It's around 32% of the combustion byproducts, though particularly with ethanol blends, a much smaller % of exhaust may be water from that too. If you run for 20...

Builder should be flexible, if you want to pay to upgrade to a different size or quality of either gas or electric heater. I agree with JohnnyG, considering a gas furnace anyway, would want a gas primary water heater and one or more electric point of use. I also agree that the pricing seems...

So? ... it made noise because excessive wear, and sure, you can't add incompatible grease, have to clean all the old out, especially after wear causes metal particles to be floating around in it. I'm just suggesting that your post could be misconstrued, that the issue wasn't "just" using a...

What situation did it make worse? Once a CV wears out, fresh grease won't heal it.... CV joints benefit from a high moly grease, and all of the original grease should be cleaned out if there is any question of compatibility, or really, any time the boot is replaced and it's off the vehicle to...

A moly grease would be marginally better for tie rod ends, but yes the red 'n tacky is compatible and would work fine for both. That is unless you have permanently sealed (no grease zerk) tie rod ends, in which case I'd wonder whether the original grease was silicone paste, and see whether you...

You might want to ask in a Ford Flex oriented forum as you're bound to find more fellow owners who have replaced theirs already. I thought some Timken were still made in the US but it just depended on the particular part #. Given the available options on Rock Auto (not knowing your model...

Yes, it's not a big deal to remove a little material, though you should do so sparingly. I'd use a hand file for more control than a grinder. If I'm going to bother, I also ever so slightly, chamfer the edges. However before doing so, I'd make sure that if there are shims they are riding on...

What is the fluid capacity? I had thought that they all used the same PTU design and the only difference was whether there was the drain plug. Either way, what is your plan? With no operational symptoms, I'd just refill the fluid and hope that the issue was that when it was drained...