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You’re about to buy a collectible car to keep as an investment. It’s got a salvage/rebuilt title. Does this change the value you’re willing to pay? Asking for a friend.

Well, when it rains it pours, I guess. My Mounty (1998 5.0) has an AC line that’s twisted up. Only thing I can think it that it was replaced by a garbage mechanic in the past. The line pictured needs replaced. Is this going to be something I can do myself? I have access to gauges and a...

I was looking into options for a pre-Oiler for my Kia. It’s fairly new still, and is my first new car, so I’ve been doing all the appropriate maintenance stuff. Looking at pre-oilers I discovered accusatory systems. These use oil pressure and a check valve to fill with oil pressure when...

Well, it finally happened. I was using a flash drive I have at work, and apparently I gave the work laptop a virus. I can only assume that I have it on my current laptop. I recently installed a virtual machine I didn’t create. I used this flash drive with the VM. Is it possible only the...

I’ve noticed my speedo has been acting a little erratic lately. It’s had a little bit of a flutter to it, although it seems to shift fine, the odometer works as it should, and I’m not getting an ABS fault. I thought the VSS signal originated in the rear differential. I pulled the sensor off...

Like the title says, my Mounty will surge in RPM if I am coasting down a hill under no throttle. If I have my foot on the gas at all it doesn’t do it. Surges almost 1,000 RPMs at times. Otherwise it’s shifts well, and doesn’t miss. Transmission fluid color is good (about 40k on it though)...

Well. After a solid launch I broke the CV on my front driveshaft. I am hours from home, and need to know what size Torx holds the front shaft on. I’m sure I can dig up the 8mm for the CV side in the Mounty somewhere, but I’m not sure I have any Torx bits that will be good enough to remove the...

Have a co-worker with a Fusion (2.3) that breaks the idler pulls bolt every few months. Looking online this seems to be a very common problem. There didn’t seem to be a definitive fix for it, so I figured I’d ask here. Tensioner is recent, and the belt tension seems reasonable. Any ideas?

I’m at the point where I’ve been driving 5.0 Mounties for about 15 years. (2, both identical except interior color, and built within weeks of each other) and have been thinking it’s time to buy an even more ridiculous car. I’ve been on the hunt for a few different cars, near the top of the...

My Mounty started squeaking today. Looking it over, I noticed the fan is wobbling on the water pump. I’m assuming this means the bearing is shot, and the water pump would need replaced?

I’ve been planning to ditch my spare tire, I run 31s and it’s not really valid as a spare with the AWD. My original plan was to save my best 31 when I replace my tires, and make that fit. Lately, I’ve been thinking of making a tray to hold a few accessories, mainly a air compressor, small...

I’ve always been a huge fan of old school audio, and the era of cheater amps. It seems like there was much more beef involved, and that the amps of old school outperform most of the modern amps, even at drastically higher power output. I’ve always loved the original Phoenix Gold, Orion, and...

this morning I heard a whirring sound from the rear of my truck. Looked out the window, and the rear tire was almost dead flat. Was in the center lane with jersey walls, and no where to pull off. I drove about 3 blocks before being able to pull off and fill it. I’m assuming this tire is...

My rear diff has a pinion seal leak, which I can't take care of right now, (temporarily without a garage) so I planned on checking and filling as necessary until I came get this done. Problem is, the fill plug is TIGHT. I'm afraid of stripping it out. I only had a 6 inch ratchet on it, but it...

Was checking my axles this morning, and found two quarts of fluid I bought for my t case. I opened the fill port, and fluid came out. It'll probably be a week or two before I can get the seal swapped out, should I fully drain the t case, and refill to get the Mercon V out of there? On the...

A coworker has a 2002 Sport. It's supposed to be pretty nice, and is rust free. He broke the hatch somehow to the point he needs a new one. (Not entirely sure what he did). He says he's looked for 2 years and can't find a hatch for it. Should these really be that hard to find? I did a...

That's right. I'm back. The resident cynic is finally rolling back around. I lost my previous LED/vinyl sign job, and spiraled into an introverted funk. This was my second shop closure, and it was about all I could handle. But, I'm back now. Still have the Mounty. She's got 192k on...

I have searched and didn't really come up with anything. This is so common I figured there would be one. My '98 has been leaking since I got it, and now my inspection guy won't pass it this time(along with a host of other ball-busting repairs) I have no desire to do this, since I am sure...

I was wondering if anyone has used the Dean Wildcat Ext's? I normally run Dunlop Mud Rovers, and love them. I can't get them until between the 15th and the 28th. My inspection ran out last month. I need tires now. They look decent, and are comparable in price to the Mud Rovers. I have...

I am working on a 97 ranger 2.3 for a wife's friend. Wouldn't turn over, battery showed 12.3 volts sitting. Solenoid on the starter just clicked. Checked the connections at the battery, the fender solenoid, and on the starter. All clean, all tight. Yanked the starter. The ground wire that...

My 98 Mounty v8 has had a slight miss at low RPM's for some time. Never anything major, happened almost always right around 40mph at minimal throttle, right before it was time to downshift. A few moths ago it bucked like it wasn't getting either fuel or spark 3 times in a a 5 or so second...

I am replacing the brake lines on a 96 Ranger 2wd 2.3 and need to figure out the fitting size that is on the master cylinder. The chain auto store guy(my Mom and Pop guy was closed :( ) gave me a 1/4 to 3/16 adapter for this. Seems to me that this fitting is fairly loose in the master...

My wife's uncle recently purchased a 97 sohc with 120k. He had a first gen he loved, and I told him he had to get the V8. Of course, he goes out and buys the second Ex he looks at. Its a SOHC, and of course has the death rattle. Don't know if the private owner had shown it warm, but it...

I recently stripped out a head bolt in my KTM dirt bike. It was a M8 thread. I then made the mistake of drilling and tapping the hole to an M9x1.00. Unfortunately, this tap is very easy to find, although the bolts in this thread size are almost non-existent. All I can find online is taps in...

Is there a trick to putting the front driveshaft in a V8? I know there are 2 different lengths. I bought a crappy reman, and it failed. I'm almost positive the first shaft I purchased was the longer version. I returned it for another, and they gave me the short one. It was too short to fit...