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Got mad at the Mercury and decided to do some truck shopping. I was looking at the Dodge 1500 "Classic" trucks. There's a bunch off lease. Basically 4th gen Dodge Ram made after the 5th gen came out in 2019. No DI, good ZF transmission ... no oil pump belts like Ford has on the 2.7 and 5.0...

Well, this is frustrating. Last month I put a new fuel pump in the Grand Marquis. It started to have some issues that pointed to the fuel pump. Changed the fuel pump with what I thought was the best one I could get. Car runs great. I think I've put 1200 miles on it since then. Yesterday ...

I have some last minute shed leveling first thing tomorrow morning and decided to pull some of the smaller jacks from my jack fleet out. Unfortunately, 3 of the 6 smaller ones didn't work. One did nothing, two went up a little. The one that did nothing was completely empty and the other two...

Changed out the fuel pump in my Grand Marquis over the weekennd. Went way better than I was expecting it to. However, the little metal clips that clips onto the high pressure and return line were rusted away. Apparently they aren't too critical because they were rusted in half - but I'd like to...

I have a Cub Cadet z turn with a Command23 engine. This year when I pulled it out to mow it didn't want to start. Gave it a toot of starting fluid and it started and ran okay. But seemed to pop and after fire once it got warm. Definitely down on power. Noticed that the fuel filter was...

Wondering if anyone here has any actual info on it. I keep reading about "depinning" an alternator connector to force it to do normal alternator systems. I have been planning on doing it for a while. Went to drive the car to work today and it would barely crank and not enough to start. Battery...

This is my 2001 GRAND Marquis. 4.6L. 162K miles. When it's between 15 and 30 degrees outside, moreso during snow, I have this weird "bucking" issue with the car. I'm worried that one of these days it's going to break the flexplate when it happens and it has caused me to lose traction driving...

We haven't had a real winter in years. It's been snowing a little every day since Jan 1 this year. Some places had a lot of snow nearby, but just the "normal" snow this winter was a few feet deep. Last weekend, had a jeep ride. It was a cluster. I was BARELY able to move around in the snow...

I pulled an old Simplicity 2 stroke single stage snowblower out of my mom's garage that had been sitting since 2017 or 2018. I'm surprised that not only did it run, but it ran well. I'm on the 3rd tank of fuel now since pulling it out. Anyway, I was never a fan of these. My dad bought it back...

Got my truck back and it's ready for tires. Only half tread but the tires were installed in 2015. It also spent the last 18 months sitting so they're a bit shaky on the highway now. Factory size is LT265/75R16 rated for around 3400 pounds each. I like skinny tires and want to run a...

Just picked up a Zeroturn for a real good price with two of these transaxles For the price, I really wasn't concerned with the quality of the unit. Figured it would be something to get a year or two out of. Looked underneath and turns out it has the ZT2800 tranxaxles which seem to be the...

On a trail ride a few weeks ago, was creeping through a field in 4LO. I've got some real low gears, so it'll creep. I knew there was a giant drainage ditch coming up and was trying to avoid it. I failed. Dropped in it HARD. Didn't even hit the brakes but the light turned on. I thought a stick...

Was at the junkyard back in November looking for some parts for a friend and caught a Panther HPP basketweave wheel out of the corner of my eye. Wandered over and saw there was a wrecked 1999 Marquis GS with the HPP package. Opened the door, checked on the trans code and it had a 3.55 open...

It's always the stupid things that get me. Finally decided to throw my 3.55 rear axle in the car. What I thought would be a big project ... wasn't. I was able to swap caliper brackets, backing plates and ABS stuff over to the "new" axle pretty easily. Even the 24 year old suspension components...

The bed is currently off and it's getting a flatbed. Debating on throwing a fuel pump at it. The truck is 25 years old, it's been sitting for a year. Runs good now but ... that's one of those things that isn't going to be easy to replace sitting on the side of the road. Especially with how rusty...

Having a weird issue with my 99 Polaris Xplorer 300. It's of the 2smoke variety. Runs great. Carb rebuilt and dialed in by someone who knows what they're doing (not me). Plug isn't reading lean. If I nail it from sitting still, it runs great. If I'm on a trail and on/off the throttle...

I can't say I wasn't told to do this. When I bought this engine I had a few people tell me to do the guides / arms / tensioners while it was out. It had a sticker on the valve cover that indicated Ford replaced the parts at some point under warranty and it only had 114K on it. Judging by the...

Time for some leaf spring bushings in my jeep. 2000 Cherokee. Rear Bushing at the shackle. The front leaf spring bushings are good still. I have no idea what they are. Both sides were pulled off of random Cherokees sitting in the woods. Each side is different. The outer diameter of the...

It's the same car for 20 years but so many differences in year to year. 96-2002 have a different parking brake setup than 92-95 and 03-11. The parking brake cable has been sagging for a while. It did work up until it didn't. I like having working parking brakes on my vehicles. I had to put...

My Cherokee ( 2000, 4.0 , 215000 miles) has been losing fuel pressure when I turn it off for a few years now. Used to be one or two key cycles was all I needed to prime it up and it would start like a typical high output 4.0. Meaning - 2 compression cycles and it fires off. Within the last 2...