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2007 Kia Rondo. I need to replace the antenna base. It is attached from the underside of the roof, near the rear edge and tailgate, so I have to remove enough of the plastic trim to drop the headliner down a little. I was not able to get the trim loose in the areas in the pictures. I think I saw...

The car is a 1988 Dodge Aries, and certainly, panel gaps on K cars were not up to modern specs, but here is the issue I want to correct, if I can. Around 20 years, back when the car was a daily driver, the outer edge of the driver's door was bent outward (it hit the side of the house, door was...

Has anyone else seen this? I was going to add some oil, using what I thought was an open container of oil. I looked at the visible strip along the side, and saw a dark color around half way down. It turns out the container was unopened, and there was something that looked like clearer & lighter...

This is the first million dollar Beetle I have ever seen. it certainly is a rare find, a 1964 with 23 original miles. If you really were into Beetles and could afford it, you would be torn between wanting to drive it a little and hating to put miles on it. Anyway, maybe this will also be the...

This is on my 88 Dodge Aries station wagon. The circuit that protects the rear wiper & washer is protected with a circuit breaker. All of the other active slots in the single circuit panel of this car have ATO/ATC size fuses. The wiper & washer stopped working, so I probed and I see there is...

2003 Saturn L Series, 2.2 4 cyl. Ecotec engine. The handbrake cables had to be replaced, and the heat shield over the exhaust pipe near the muffler had to be removed, in order to attach the cable to the handbrake assembly. Just about all of the mounting bolts broke off, so for now, no heat...

This came up on my old Chrysler K-car, 2.5 engine, recently. While I was working on a few things, I changed the old coolant hoses, including the ones for the heater. Fortunately, I was able to still get the proper hoses. The heater hoses that connect to the engine and the water pump were 5/8...

I installed 1 (Spectra Premium CU883) in my 1988 Dodge Aries 2.5. I have been driving since 1967, but this might be the 1st time that I actually purchased a new rad (I probably had a few replaced along the way, and I don't know what brands would have been used). This is an effort to track down a...

I will need to replace my winter tires (195/65R15) this season, and I have seen this new tire at the Tire Rack site. The reviews look good, and there is a Goodyear dealer nearby (walking distance from home) and there is a Goodyear rebate + more if you use yoru Goodyear credit card. I have picked...

Today at a nearby Walmart, I picked up a spare oil filter for my old K car, Mopar MO-090. I always open the box if it not sealed, to look at it, and good thing i did so this morning. Someone had stuck a Fram PH-16 into the box, I assume so that they could purchase the Mopar, in the Fram box...

Here in southern CT, the winter has been not so snowy, with several stretches when the roads don't have any visible snow or slush or salt (I hope). So, this winter, unlike past ones, on a few weekends, I have taken my 1988 Dodge Aries wagon out for a 20-30 mile drive. It's not a daily driver so...

The other night, while web surfing, & thinking back to the late 70's when I worked in Manhattan, and there were still some Checker taxis left, and I had ridden in a few - I figured I would ask if anyone on the site ever owned 1 of them? I guess there are not many left. I would guess when they...

I saw a post in the lighting forum about the high beam foot pedal that was in American cars a long time ago, before the function moved to a column stalk. So it reminded me - in the 70's & 80's I had 3 Opels - Kadett B then Manta A then Ascona (1900) A. There was a small foot pedal to the left of...

I am having the changeover to the winter tires tomorrow morning (working 6 days / week for the rest of the year, hate doing it this early but...) - Mastercraft Glacier Grip II tires, made in USA, 195/65R-15. I think I have had this set for 5 years, and I think they must have around 30K miles on...

Does anyone remember these? My 1988 Aries - 2 weeks ago, temp gauge shot way up, I pulled into a parking lot to cool, it dropped on its own, so I was able to make it home without overheating. I already had a new t-stat & outlet & gasket. The thing with that setup (2.5 L, also the 2.2's) is that...

When snow is on the way, do you flip the wiper blades off the windshield, if you will be away from the car (like at the beginning of the work day)? I would say almost half of the cars where I work would flip them up when snow is on the way. Personally, if it is already snowing I would flip them...

I have a 2007 Kia Rondo, in service Dec. 2006, so 10 years now. This is my 1st car with TPMS. I have read that the estimated life is around 10 years, and eventually, the battery can fail. Tire changeover to the winter tires is coming up. I don't have spare rims, so changeover means tires off...

Today I changed the plugs in my 2003 Saturn LW-200, L61 Ecotec 2.2 engine. The plugs supposedly would be good for 100K miles, but I would be afraid they would not come out cleanly after 100K. And it is an easy task on this engine, and not so expensive (AC Delco iridium $ 7 each at Advance Auto...

Has anyone else used this - http://www.amazon.com/Best-Choice-Products%C2%AE-Compressor-Automotive/dp/B00M39ROM8/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&qid=1435519976&sr=8-19&keywords=strut+compressor It is a strut compressor with a single bolt and grabs both sides of the coil spring. It worked pretty well...