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Battery Dead - Advice Appreciated
Hi, My 1997 Saturn has a new battery installed 3 months ago. I don't drive much, and it started perfectly normally the last time I drove it a week ago. (It's been a cold week with average temperature...
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Charging antique electric vehicles
Any antique car enthusiasts here familiar with antique EVs? How did they charge them. Did the cars have onboard chargers? Did the batteries have to be removed for charging? Was there a simple plug...
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Looking for stand alone OBD2 software with bidirectional capability
browser electronics has a package but i can't remember if it is bi-directional A wrote: inputs so I can test solenoids, maniulate the EGR, IAT, etc. I've looked at Autoenginuity and it doesn't appear...
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New Water Pump Still Leaks
It does look like there is still some crap or rust on the mating surface that needs to be scraped off; can you use a straight edge to verify that the surface is flat? Also, could there be some...
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Two Row Saturn Radiator
I'm trying to find the maker of a two-row radiator for Saturn S series cars. My favorite places got blown away, and I can't relocate the one I found. Larry
 
Need resource for GM truck rear end overhaul
I have to overhaul the rear end in my 1984 Chevy K-20 truck. It's a 14- bolt GM unit with a 9.5" ring gear. My Haynes manual is basically worthless on this subject. I mostly need torque specs for...
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2002 Jetta auto transmission problems.
Seems to operate OK except when accelerating up, shift into third (I think) there is a jerk (rough shift). Fluid OK, it feels like a sticky solenoid. Does anyone know if adding a bit of gear glide or...
 
99 Infiniti i30, oil in spark plug hole?
Ok, I called the local Infiniti dealer and got a price quote for $100 labor to change the front valve cover gasket as well as the 3 spark plug holes, with parts its about $135, which includes a loaner...
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intakes
can young take the intake off a 88 ford 5.8 efi and put a intake to fit a carburetor on it
 
I was
drunk when I said that about 1952 Ford cars.But, they were really the best cars ever. cuhulin
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SUCCESS IN REMOVING PULLEY!
Thanks to the suggestions here and me following one to get a pulley puller from Harbor Freight, the pulley is now off of the shaft. MANOHMAN! What a job. I had a 2.5 foot cheater on the wrench to the...
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460 ford
im having promblems with a 460 ford that wont stop flooding i think at idle and throttling up it starts to smoke (blueish white smoke) and smells like unburnt fuel i change the plugs twice both times...
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94 BMW 525 failed emission second year in a row after replacing catalytic converter 12 months ago
Any advice how to get my car to pass emissions after failing this year second time in a row. Last year I had to have the cat replaced and now I'm being told that due to the mileage of 321K the cat is...
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The irony of GM, Chrysler and Ford asking for money......
Not to take a political side here, but... The unions have pretty much supported a Democratic candidate for quite some time. And now that the union is begging the politicians for a bailout, GBjr (and...
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30 minute guarantee
I used to deliver pizzas with a 30 minute guarantee and went through 7 cars in 3 years. The best cars I owned were a 68 Opel Kadette and a Datsun 210. They were both straight 4 rear wheel drive...
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