before? The tire shops get the wheels on there way too tight, and you nearely bust a gut getting them off.I bought a ten foot long heavy pipe at a scrap iron yard.I am going to get out one of my pipe cutters and cut off about a four feet long lenght of that pipe.I will keep the four feet long...

Article at www.worldnetdaily.com Anything that grows 'can convert into oil' If I could convert my yard grass and weeds and vines clippings and tree limb prunings into fuel at almost no cost to me, I could run my van for a year or more on that stuff. cuhulin

My 1996 Mercury Marquis developed a loss of coolant into the passenger cabin this morning. My mechanic's snap opinion (he hasn't looked yet) is that the heater core is shot, followed by major moaning about how tough it is to pull and replace the heater core and how much it will cost because the...

why I wont buy that 1990 Chevrolet RV van from a neighbor who lives in that house behind me is because I dont know anything about throttle body fuel injection,,,, I think I am too old to learn either.Carburetors, (simple one barell and two barrel carburetors, I know how to work on and get them...

I'm replacing the pads on the rear disc brakes on my Ford Taurus station wagon. One of the steps before installing new pads is to retract the piston by turning it clockwise with a special tool, which I have. I am finding it nearly impossible to turn the piston, and I was wondering whether it...

Check this website www.calculatoredge.com you can subscribe several free technical magazines, you just have to fill an application form. Tom

My neighbor has a 1988 Ford F-250 with a fuel-injected V-8 engine. In order to start it, I must first pull a vacuum line off of the intake and spray Gumout into the intake as a way of providing it with fuel to get it to start. Once it starts it is fine. I can shut it off and start it again an...

Ever get one of those HUH? questions stuck in your head? Here's the one posed to me by a neighbor. How did PRNDL become the standard nomenclature for automatic transmissions? P- Park - Makes sense because that it what it does. R- Reverse - Same as above. N- Neutral - Ditto D- Drive, Well you do...

I have a 95 Ford Aerostar with a 3.0 engine I just replaced both cylinder heads. after I got the engine back together , and started the engine I noticed right off that it was backfiring through the intake manifold. after shorting out a couple cylinders determined it was the number five that was the...

Topic says it all. (I have limited headroom). All suggestions are appreciated.

I'm changing the steering system on my 1948 Desoto Suburban (9 passenger, 4800 pound vehicle) from the original pitman arm steering to rack and pinion steering. I purchased a rebuilt back-steer rack and pinion (45" long) that was for a 1995-2005 Chevy Cavalier or Pontiac Sunfire. I built the...

Fired up the Subaru, went for a ride, about a mile from home the tranny started binding..again...pulled over and it shifted to first and ran fine aftger that... WTF?!?!?! (if you didn't see the other post, I adjusted the brake band on a Suby 3AT auto trans to stop it from jumping when shifting...

A friend of mine has an 05 Aveo5, manual trans. He recently had the PCM replaced (I believe under warranty?) Now, the MIL is on. I hooked up my autotap, and it connects fine - we can see the coolant temp and stuff, but it says there's no DTC's set. I tried clearing them anyway, and the light...

How It Works section at Popular Science online www.popsci.com Tomorrow's Hybrid.I subscribe to snail mail Popular Science and snail mail Popular Mechanics magazines, been doing so for many, many years.Usually it takes those online magazines a few days to get their latest stuff online. cuhulin

Anyone who works on cars will love this new product: It's called Form- A-Funnel, and you can watch a short video at http://www.formafunnel.com that will explain its many uses. This might be the most clever tool in any toolbox. Check it out! Thanks.

Installed new FLT automatic tranny. Installed Kooks headers, with MSD wires, and new spark plugs. (150k miles 1995 Camaro Z28 (LT1), original O2 sensors). She starts up fine - let her idle for 5 minutes, not a heartbeat missing. The "Check Gauges" light on the dash is on and the oil...

FREE BLUEBOOK PRICE EBOOK Good information and it's free. Was updated in January. http://aofra.com Jeff

I'm planning to replace pads & rotors on my mother's 2000 Acura TL this weekend. I've done lots of disk brakes but never on an Acura. Anything special I should be aware of? Thanks...

I own a 2001 Chev. Lumina with a 3.1 V-6 that has about 65,000 miles on it. The motor is quite noisy when it is cold. More of a dull tapping sound than a click. I do not like to drive it until it has warmed up some. It quiets down after reaching full temperature. The motor has always been...

I took the car out the last few days (Thurs, Fri Sat) and added about 30 miles to the clock. Pleased to report everything seems to have sorted itself out just fine. No more 'grabbing' after ~1 mile or so, running nice and smooth, smooth up/downshifts and immediate kick-down. Whatever it was...