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I've got a similar story, except this was actually a Willys-Knight car. There was a local banker who got married around 1925. He bought a brand new Willys-Knight car to give to his wife as a wedding present. Fast-forward to a few years before 1975 (his 50th wedding anniversary), and he decided...

I suppose USPS, UPS and FedEx could all be randomly substituted in my post, depending on the region. But FedEx in my area is a disaster. Looking back at the original shipping number, I pulled up a RockAuto order carried by FedEx. It was picked up by them in Texas on December 30th. It was...

There is a big difference in the side-by-side comparison. There is no way that I would have even tried to install the new part.

Wandering off subject here....slightly. I love Rock Auto. I've used them for over 15 years. And if you've been with them for a period of time, you'll realize that the warehouse that ships you the parts could be from anywhere. (We all know they don't actually own anything. But that's another...

I had planned on using it. If, by small chance, the battery was defective, I had planned to get a new battery from where I had purchased it. At the time, I had two other Jeeps that could use that same size battery. Don't you see what their goal was? They wanted to get a one-month old battery for...

About 10 years ago, my college kid was driving his girlfriend on a Sunday afternoon drive when the alternator went out on a '98 Grand Cherokee. I was a good four hours away, so I couldn't help him. He managed to get it to a Firestone service center where they diagnosed a "bad alternator AND a...

My wife is work-from-home computer programmer and her language is MUMPS. (You'll have to Wiki that one) About a dozen years ago, all satellite employees got the axe from her old employer, herself included. She got a super nice severance with the condition that she wouldn't work for any of her...

Yea, but there's all kinds of warnings NOT to use it around humans or animals because it can be a health hazard. (Written in very bad Chinenglish.) :LOL:

My wife grew up in rural Texas and she always tells the story of a homeless lady who walked a section of highway every day. There was a bus line that ran this route every day and the seasoned drivers always knew that if they saw this female bum walking the highway, that they would stop and give...

I had a cousin who saw some heavy, heavy action over in Vietnam. He came back...lets just say...mentally different than when he went over. (Not directly related to my story, but...) Anyway, when he came back, he was a heavy chain smoker. He disappeared for a couple of decades and was living on...

I never take too much stock in "reliability reports". Yea, I know a Lexus is probably much more reliable than a Land Rover or a Volkswagen. But whenever you have inaccurate human input, opinions rule over facts. I know this is VERY dated, but back in the 90s, the Mitsubishi Eclipse, the Eagle...

I had my roof redone about nine months ago. I had the asphalt shingles taken off and I replaced the asphalt with metal shingles. (The steel shingle brand was Edco. You can Google the brand if you wish) Anyway, there was some damage underneath an area of shingles that probably would not have been...

Each tech had only one bay. So you do your diagnostic and then wait for parts. And wait. And wait. All while getting flat-rate pay. We also had to work almost every Saturday. A FULL day. The work done on a Saturday was the same work done as on a weekday. Each tech actually managed to get about...

I used to be a Ford tech also. I remember the dealership got their oil from an outside supplier and it wasn't Motorcraft. I could be several different brands, it just depended on who the owner decided to place the order from. Although I'm sure it met Ford's spec. One of the biggest reasons for a...

The constant 5th to 6th to 5th to 6th happens on my car. I don't think the general public would be too happy if they all did it. Yea, it's the weirdest thing. We'll see what a fluid change does to it.

I recently inherited my mom's 2013 2.0/turbo Taurus with the 6F35. It currently has 120K miles and I know the tranny fluid has never been changed. That will be my priority in the next few weeks. The owner's manual says that the fluid should last 150K miles. :sneaky: The most-viewed Ford tech on...

Time to load up 'Johnny Castaway" and just use it as a conversation piece when you throw a party.

Not sure what era you are talking about, but a very few upscale Ford products had this decades ago, me thinking the early '70s. Before the technology of manufacturing a 150-amp alternator was readily and cheaply available, some of those Ford products actually had TWO alternators. One was a...

Here's a "warning" ticket that I received about 20 years ago. My wife and I and our three kids saw a movie in a movie theater across the state line from where I live. When we get outside, it was dark and I started my vehicle and turned on the headlights. I saw both headlights come on and then I...

It wasn't me, but a friend of mine. It was the day of my high school graduation and I will point out that it was a small town. We were young and dumb. (I still got half of those qualifications :cool: ) About 15 of us guys were riding around on the back of a pickup truck and we had dozens water...