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X2 and very well said, sir.

To update this thread… I removed the pressure relief valve. The valve and the bore itself did have excessive scoring and it actually was stuck in place upon disassembly. The discharge nut has permanently attached itself to the pressure line. Also the bottom of the reservoir was full of black...

https://www.motorcraft.com/us/en_us/home/our-products/chemicals-and-lubricants/greases/premium-long-life-greases.html This is the only thing I had in any grease gun work or home from 02-20. Disk brake wheel bearings, trailer wheel bearings, chassis lube points, tractor and implement lube...

I had a dream vehicle until I bought it. Then it reminded me of what a pain in the butt old vehicles and manual transmissions are.

So what do you do when suspension components are replaced? Measure before and after and get it as close as you can?

Happy birthday Stude! I celebrated for you here with some deer tenderloin, boiled potatoes and frozen peas.

Since we’re going way off track now I’d like to recommend a 7.3 diesel Econoline.

Be careful with that recommendation. I got chastised on this forum for having the audacity to recommend a domestic as reliable. Better change that to a Honda or Toyota or you’ll be on the “no credibility list” right there next to me!

I’d go with a panther. My grandma’s LeSabre had 120k when she quit driving it. In that time she’d had many electrical issues and a transmission replacement. The 3.8 however was flawless. I just trust the Vic/MGM/Town Car platform more, the engines are a wash.

Ford’s injectors have always been noisy on their GDI engines.

I like the idea of supporting local but….I recently put a 4 seasons blower motor repair kit in a Fusion. Motor, resistor and pigtail harness were $100 on Rock Auto or $350 from Napa. Buying the parts from Rock Auto I was able to do the whole job for less than what the person would have paid to...

I’ve never had an issue. I make sure to buy stuff sold and shipped by Amazon or a known seller.

We drank pure caffeinated sugar and didn’t die!

The other generations wouldn’t have even made it past the Kansas River!(and probably won’t even get that reference 🤣)

Same. 83 and south central Missouri. I keep seeing talk of participation trophies but when I played little league they didn’t even give out 2nd and 3rd our county only had enough funds for first place to get a trophy 🤣

Millennial(83) here. I died of dysentery on the Oregon Trail and was sent outside until the street lights came on once we moved into town. My first two vehicles came equipped with only AM radio 🤣

It depends on the dealership culture. The first dealership I worked for paid 3.5 hours to the tech for a CPO inspection. We were expected to check everything on Ford’s 4 page sheet but we were paid a time where that was absolutely possible. When that dealership was bought out by a chain it was...

Is that really any better? In my area at least the Walmart TLE is always packed where as Discount Tire usually has one guy standing out front and the rest are huddled up in the shop watching Tik Toks. I’m guessing the Walmart guys get more hands on experience.

My mom has had two or three sets of these on her Jeep Cherokee for the past 20 years. They’re an outdated design but they’re perfectly safe, she’s been happy with them in rain and snow. I’ve never felt they were overly noisy or had and vibrations while I was driving it. Dad and I have done some...