What are you working on today?
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Failed attempt at humor.I mislead
Yes, it seems to leak half a quart over a 5k OCI
I went to the shed for a bottle of that Total clearance oil a lot of us spent 2023 buying, and I'm amazed at how little is left in my stock
I guess I did more oil change changes and top offs than I thought
New brakes, rotors, and spark plugs on the wife’s Equinox to replace the 51k mile old stuff from the factory.
New brakes and rotors were CQ Platinum courtesy of AAP @ 80% off
New plugs are NGK Laser Iridium LNAR8B7G.
Old plugs don’t look too bad given the mileage and auto start/stop.
New brakes and rotors were CQ Platinum courtesy of AAP @ 80% off
New plugs are NGK Laser Iridium LNAR8B7G.
Old plugs don’t look too bad given the mileage and auto start/stop.
Got my rat sled, Shtty Bill out and running this season. Had to service the clutch and pull the carb for a cleaning. Likely going to have a sore back tomorrow as it got a sizeable shakedown on the trails, hills and flats.
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Hardcore tech 2004 Ranger: 3D printed parking brake release lever from ebay. Cool example of the aftermarket and 3D printing guys filling a need. It's a little crude but looks fine and works great!
The part
Before
After (yep I'm so good I can pop a plastic lever onto a steel rod!)
The part
Before
After (yep I'm so good I can pop a plastic lever onto a steel rod!)
Cranked out three more today for the owner of the '04 Ranger. It's after Christmas but I give these to clients and say give 'em to your wife because women love them. And I get to stay in the good graces of their wives as the best neighborhood mekanik.
After disabling TPMS in my '07 F150 yesterday I did the wife's '08 today. I converted A6D1 to binary, flipped the 12th digit and back to hex, resulting in A6C1. I wrote that and the nanny is dead!
Disabling TPMS and seat belt chimes....these are a few of my favorite things.....
Disabling TPMS and seat belt chimes....these are a few of my favorite things.....
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Back at my friend's shop for some of this week and next week, maybe. Things are kinda slow this time of year.
1991 Ford F-150 5.8 V8
Replaced starter and solenoid (yes both were bad) changed oil
2016 Honda HRV
In the middle of a starter replacement, R&I intake manifold, got fed up with it and called it a day. Finish it tomorrow
1991 Ford F-150 5.8 V8
Replaced starter and solenoid (yes both were bad) changed oil
2016 Honda HRV
In the middle of a starter replacement, R&I intake manifold, got fed up with it and called it a day. Finish it tomorrow
Yeah but the forum is a bit of a feces show. Since you're ONLY Ford I don't understand why it's not broken down by model and generation. Instead it's basically EVERYTHING about Config & Programming in ONE GIANT section.
But a '19 Edge is a wee bit different than an '02 F150. For that matter configuring the '09-14 F150 is way, WAY different than '04-08. So you're left searching for terms Iike "F150" and "TPMS" but you'll get EVERY generation of F150. It's nearly impossible to search a range (eg '04-08) of model years efficiently with keywords.
The xB has been laid up for a few weeks, due to a sticking rear caliper
Took it out of use to save on insurance
I thought it was time to go check on it, I left it parked around the corner
Battery completely dead, and dashboard slightly soggy from windshield leak
Deploy jump pack
It's so dead it won't run without the jump pack
Get it home, and on some "proper chargers"
Why do I have a feeling I shouldn't have done what I did, but AFAIK it's done no damage
Total of 6.5 amps charging is hardly excessive
A few hours later, it's running again
Some judicious smearing of clear silicone at the top of the windshield should keep the water out, time will tell
Let's see how we're doing on oil consumption
Current fill is AZ Clearance Edge 10w30, 2,300 miles on it
Most agreeable
Took it out of use to save on insurance
I thought it was time to go check on it, I left it parked around the corner
Battery completely dead, and dashboard slightly soggy from windshield leak
Deploy jump pack
It's so dead it won't run without the jump pack
Get it home, and on some "proper chargers"
Why do I have a feeling I shouldn't have done what I did, but AFAIK it's done no damage
Total of 6.5 amps charging is hardly excessive
A few hours later, it's running again
Some judicious smearing of clear silicone at the top of the windshield should keep the water out, time will tell
Let's see how we're doing on oil consumption
Current fill is AZ Clearance Edge 10w30, 2,300 miles on it
Most agreeable
Ford flex oil change (filter is super duper purolator) oil filter stays every other change. Castrol GTX full synthetic.
Sadly noticed that my cam timing plugs wiring is "wet" looks like oil is leaking somewhere.
Sadly noticed that my cam timing plugs wiring is "wet" looks like oil is leaking somewhere.
$16 off TikTok shop well spent, saves me trips to the parts store for battery testing
Probably not as good, or as thorough as a load test, but it's some easy guidance
Probably not as good, or as thorough as a load test, but it's some easy guidance
VCT solenoid seals. Very common on those.
Christmas night we got a lot of rain, a few days later noticed this
The chimney/roof is designed poorly, and water and dirt pools up
Many pinhole rust holes
And this gaping hole...
Bought some of this 4 years ago for this job, finally getting around to it. Used it together with the specified fiberglass mesh
Highly recommended product, it went on great
You probably can't see it, but I trimmed the flashing back at the sides to help it not make a pool in the middle
Marked the patch, to make sure
The chimney/roof is designed poorly, and water and dirt pools up
Many pinhole rust holes
And this gaping hole...
Bought some of this 4 years ago for this job, finally getting around to it. Used it together with the specified fiberglass mesh
Highly recommended product, it went on great
You probably can't see it, but I trimmed the flashing back at the sides to help it not make a pool in the middle
Marked the patch, to make sure