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    undercoating with both Woolwax and Fluid Film

    I maintain our family’s fleet of older vehicles some of which are relatively low mileage considering their model year. 2013 Grand Carvan (71xxx miles), 2011 Terrain (160xxx miles), 2008 Silverado (80xxx miles), 2007 Focus (130xxx miles) and 2005 Grand Carvan (225xxx miles, winter beater). All...
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    guys over 50 doing maintenance

    Installing a lift in my barn was a game-changer for me. No more fussing with jackstands and rolling around underneath on a creeper.
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    What are you working on today?

    Bought a 5 gallon bucket of fluid film and practiced undercoating on my daughter's 2008 Ford Focus. The fleet I maintain consists of 6 vehicles and I decided that I wanted to start coating each of them every year. At the local Crown guy's $150-200 charge, I figured the $120 bucket of FF, a...
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    Any experience with SKP or TYC alternators?

    Just remembered that there is another rebuilder not to far from me that I've never used. I'm going to stop in and see if he can get parts. Maybe he has a different supplier.
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    Any experience with SKP or TYC alternators?

    Son is on a budget. Alternator went out in his Saturn Aura with 3.6L engine. I pulled the alternator and took it to local rebuilder who said that parts are on back order. So his budget options are either $120 SKP (new, 12 month warranty), $140 TYC (new, lifetime warranty), $130 AC Delco Gold...
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    Rental F150, strange cruise control behavior?

    LOL. I was thinking about safety and subsequent lawsuits. What if it set the cruise over speed limit and it was engaged at the time of a fatal accident? And the people who want to save the environment probably would sue too. Considering some on the left are working to outlaw gas...
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    Rental F150, strange cruise control behavior?

    I did confirm this was this issue. Speed limit was 65. Recognition was turned on with a +15 tolerance.
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    Rental F150, strange cruise control behavior?

    So the speed limit recognition is based on the vehicle reading the road signs? I just figured the little icon came from GPS data as I was using Android Auto at the time.
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    Rental F150, strange cruise control behavior?

    It did display a little speed limit sign beside the speedometer! I'll have to scroll through the settings to see if there is a +15 setting.
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    Rental F150, strange cruise control behavior?

    No error message on the dash for me. I found it odd that each time it set itself to exactly 80 mph.
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    Rental F150, strange cruise control behavior?

    So I flew to southern CA today and picked up a late model F150 rental for the week. I was driving up the 101 and three times I had the cruise set in the mid to upper 60's when all of a sudden the truck started accelerating. Each time, when I looked down, the dash indicated the cruise was now...
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    AutoZone or AAP for new car battery ?

    Just another option for those of you with a Rural King nearby. I've bought my last several batteries from them for substantially less than Auto Zone or Advance Auto. No issues so far...
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    My poor truck

    I'm in Ohio but have no idea what this means? What is "carrying the title"? RSP? F4? F5?
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    Bosch brake pads from Rock Auto came with a rag?

    Yep, I ordered Bosch pads from RA in March and they came with a blue rag.
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    Do you have more vehicles then driver's in your home?

    5 vehicles to 4 drivers. Mainly so we have an extra when something breaks. Odometer readings: 245k, 202k, 189k, 185k, 135k
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    A tale of (3) misfires this year

    2005 Dodge Grand Caravan, 3.8L, 201k miles - Occasional fishbite misfire when cold. Eventually started fishbite misfiring all the time. No codes set. My records showed the iridium plugs and wires had 83k on them and one boot had what appeared to be some carbon tracking in it. New plugs and wires...
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    Scion tC long crank time

    So far, I haven't had any more issues after cleaning the MAF.
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    What are you working on today?

    Finish the pallet fork assembly for my tractor and painted it. Plus I added a cheap reverse camera from Amazon so I can see the tips of the forks when they are hidden behind the hood.
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    What are you working on today?

    Farmall 656 front end loader. I bought parts from two towmotors and welded the plates together to make a pallet fork assembly for when I take the bucket off.
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    When you search online to try to figure something out -- are you getting a lot of generic results? Is it AI generated?

    Yep, search results are just about as worthless at this thread is in the mechanical/maintenance fourm.
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