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What would happen in you put a Mopar 318 into a Celica?
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NASA will help probe Toyota accelerators
NASA will help probe Toyota accelerators Carmaker also convenes safety panel, vows new commitment to customers WASHINGTON - Auto safety regulators said on Tuesday they will tap the expertise of the...
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91 Explorer A/C parts, what's the difference between parts marked "From 4/91" and "To 4/91"?
All the A/C parts for the 91 Explorer, like hoses, blower motor, etc call out two different part numbers. One is marked "To 4/91" and another "From 4/91". Was there some kind of significant change at...
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GMC 1991 s15 Jimmy tuning problem
I have a 1991 GMC s15 jimmy 4x4 with the 4.3L 'Z' engine. It has 197K miles and has been in the family since new. A couple of weeks ago, the idle started to run very high and the "service engine soon"...
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Studebakers.
If you are interested in old Studebakers and other old vehicles, tune in American Pickers on the History channel at 12:01 AM vehicles are in old motorcycles are in Mississippi. cuhulin
 
for the guys that are into recreational oil changing...
shock, horror, they used oil analysis to arrive at these recommendations!
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Designer of the Mustang.
I saw it on local tv news, Donald N. Frey dies at 86. I have owned two Ford Mustang cars before.A 1964 Mustang and a 1968 Mustang.I wish I had kept my first Mustang. Rest in Peace, Donald Frey....
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Need Advice: Removing Ford Power Window Regulator?
The driver side power window motor on my 93 Ford Aerostar (171,000 miles) has gone bad. I know it's the motor or regulator gearing and not the switch or wiring because when I put a good 12V and ground...
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"stretch bolts"? (Cylinder head)
I'm considering taking the head off our '99 Cavalier 2.2L. A couple of parts stores have said that the head bolts are one-time-use "stretch bolts", and need to be replaced. The (GM) service manual...
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Chevrolet El Camino
Have you seen that MacDonalds tv commercial on tv? Two guys sitting in a Chevrolet El Camino and there is a talking fish on a cellphone, one of the guys throws the cellphone out the window. What year...
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An AD on TCM?!?!?!
Hey cuhulin, you watch TCM tonight? There was a AD on! A Toyota ad. A 30 second Yaris ad. No narrative, just music and pictures of the car, followed by "Toyota Yaris". Hope they don't take the same...
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lifter: stuck or "collapsed"?
('99 Cavalier 2.4, 115K) Has a pretty loud engine ... 'slap', I'd call it. (It had a 'tick', but this is loud enough to be embarrasing to drive.) We had a similar problem last summer. I listened to...
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Geely to buy Volvo from Ford for 1.8 billion.
Selling off the Asia. cuhulin
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Is it ok to switch between brands of synthetic oil?
Sometimes I do my own oil changes and I prefer to use Mobil-1. But at quick-lube places like Jiffy Lube, they usually offer Penzoil Platinum synthetic for only $12 more. Is it ok to switch between...
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Chrysler offers reinstatement to 50 dealers
cuhulin
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