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Production Figures by Car Model

Hi All When looking at auto ads, I sometimes see cars or particular models with certain option combinations advertised...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by clemke
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by clemke

68 Ford 289 Died...

My son's 68 289 just stopped working. History: Parked it Last night, this morning would not turn over, ran battery dead...
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posted by nospam
26 comments posted 22yrs posted by nospam

Smog Check 2

Hello, I just had my 1991 Ford Ranger XLT pickup taken to a Smog Check 2 station, and here are the results: %CO2 %O2 HC...
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posted by dcrudy
7 comments posted 22yrs posted by dcrudy

Mercury Grand Marquis 96 - CoolDex?

I just bought a Grand Marquis 96. Was this car delivered from the factory with CoolDex or normal cooling fluid? I am th...
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posted by kaatpocodotse.ihatespamandIwillstalkspammers
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by kaatpocodotse.ihatespamandIwillstalkspammers

high rpm/coolant fan

I have the following problem with my 91 olds cutlass supreme 3.4. When I start the car in the morning the rpm will rise...
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posted by sknipas2000
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by sknipas2000

90 Dakota Transmission

I had the overdrive section of my auto transmission in this truck turn into a nice soupy mixture of metal shavings awhi...
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posted by nospam.aleckson
8 comments posted 22yrs posted by nospam.aleckson

Steering project

Hi Ben. I may follow thru with my idea to impart some feel in the steering of my TrailBlazer. I think the improvement w...
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posted by zok9
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by zok9

Bigger tire to save gas, will it work ?

My father has a 97 corolla with a 3 spd auto tranny. He's getting around 25 mpg in town mileage and roughly 30 on highw...
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posted by buywheels
18 comments posted 22yrs posted by buywheels

GM 6094M Spec.

I bought a new 2004 Chevy Tracker and was looking at the manual. It says on 4 different paragraphs that I must use engi...
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posted by mvtss
3 comments posted 22yrs posted by mvtss

Snow Tires

Does any mfg. still make snow tires ? I don't need studded ones. Just the deep lugged ones that I used to see. Now all...
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posted by dswebber
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by dswebber

Battery light comes on, what does it mean?

What does it mean when a battery light comes on while you are driving? This is for our Ford van. It started happening i...
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posted by jbrandonbb
5 comments posted 22yrs posted by jbrandonbb

Exhaust tubing reducers

I'm in the process of attempting to fabricate headers for a 3.8L Ford V-6. It's a special use engine that will be power...
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posted by charles.k.scott
10 comments posted 22yrs posted by charles.k.scott