NOW WORKING ON PG 6! Master Mechanic here.... Ask me anything! Let's get your shit fixxed!

What did you have for dinner?

You spelled 'fixer' wrong in the title line under your username....... jsyk.

"Fixxer"........ lol

What brand of blinker fluid do you recommend?

Maria Calendars sesame chicken bowl. It was delish.

It's intentional.

Synthetic.

What's the best tool to tighten the nut behind the wheel?

Do I need a new AC motor? Sometimes it doesn’t work at all. Others I can only have it on low or it will just blow hot air.

A wench usually works.

Your blower motor is separate from your air conditioner. if your evaporator can't maintain it's temperature the system charge might be low.

You also could have a mode door problem where the temp blend door is getting moved at higher fan speeds.

'93 buick just started spilling gas somewhere between the filler and tank, fix or sell?

LOW miles, good condition all around...

04 Forester. Dies ocaasionally at stops. Replaced air filter and cleaned throttle body. . Better for a few weeks. Started dieing again. Replaced fuel filter. Good again for a couple of weeks. Died in traffic yesterday. Put high octane gas and a bottle of STP injector cleaner today. No engine codes.

I'd fix it. It could be a loose clamp or the rubber connector could have split.

Does it restart easily?

Most of the time yes. Had to wait a few minutes yesterday.

I have replaced the steering rack four times with "remanufactured" racks.
The first rack had a a limit of about 80 miles until the steering bacme stiff, did not return to center, and it was making my brand new ball joints creak and moan like they were old...Actually just the upper right ball joint in the end of the cycle of stressed evident withing the 80 miles.

If the car is parked for a minimum of a week without being started or driven , when the car is started and driven, the steering is perfect and no stress is evident until it is driven back up to the 80 miles.

Each rack has had it's own unique limits with the same process of the same symptoms developing and all ending with stiff steering and the upper right ball joint creaking and moaning.

Rack #1 was 80-100 mile limit.
Rack #2 was about 40 miles.
Rack #3was immediately unusable
Rack #4, the current rack, has a limit of about 30 miles before I have to park the car and let the thing rest.

Something in this system is causing pressure to build up on one side, I assume, in the valve body?

WHAT GIVES!? I am committed to finishing this project. It is a car I have had for 25 years.

Thanks, will do.

id eat that

I've heard that Walmart brand (Tech something) full synthetic motor oil is actually Quaker State full synthetic (or whomever wins the multi-year contract, Pennzoil, etc.)

Fact or fiction.

A different contractor to make the containers. Those containers are sent to the fluid contract winner for filling.

Last Edited by tkwasny on 07/02/2021 07:31 PM

ooh i actually got a question

during my yearly check up they informed me my back left break seems to be uhh worn out more than the other 3. i guess he was talking about the brake pads or disc. not sure

anyway, how could that happen? on one side only?

and would you say fix it next week because if I dont its gonna get more expensive, or can i just ignore it for now and have it done somewhere in October?
i dont notice anything when im driving.
rear wheel drive btw. and the check was a month ago

artist rendering of me going to work

https://imgur.com/a/c18Fv0g

Last Edited by T-Man on 07/02/2021 07:31 PM

Your power steering pump is likely coming apart and contaminating the spool valve in the rack, or it's over pressurizing the rack.

Replace the pump with the rack and flush the lines. If there's a remote reservoir replace it too, along with the cooler, if it has one.

For your ball joints, check your end links.

Have you looked into the power steering cooler or hard line and the fluid? If you dinged/bent the hard line, just get a rated hose and clamp it down.

Thank you for the pin!

Where do babies come from?

dont wanna google it, 02 ford ranger, the tension from my hood release seems to be slack, and / or....not connected. How can I pop the hood manually, since i leak oil, and prolly should check the dip stick.

Are you a Freemason? OP

I have a Jeep liberty, the AC is squeaking

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