Recent content by alexfranke

Is "the shop" the dealer? I mean, is a dealer shop typically just going to stick to a by-the-book repair/replace, or will they know not to use "crappy Mercon V" etc? Is this the type of thing I should take to a local transmission or general repair shop instead? I'm getting delay from P to D/R...

I don't know why I didn't think to open the darn thing up before I ordered a new one. :rolleyes: There are four little SMT buttons on the circuit board, and they just happen to be the same buttons that another ebay seller sent me accidentally when fulfilling a different order. A couple minutes...

Update: It worked like a charm. Thanks for the tips, everyone!

Excellent! I was just looking at one of their ads on ebay to replace a fob with a dead unlock button. Believe it of not, I actually recently had to insert my key into a little keyhole by the door handle recently [gasp!] to open the door. Yes, I forgot the unlock code, too. :/ Thankfully it...

I went into the local parts store and picked up an assortment of T fittings, and a pack of little rubber caps. I'll cap one side of the T to form an L, and we'll see how it works out... I'll try to install it in the morning. Thanks for the tips, guys! BTW, This was the store that...

Hi all. Fluid stopped coming out of the spray nozzles, so I checked the lines. There's a little plastic right-angle connector at the bottom of the windshield on the passenger side that has snapped. I can't make out which it part it is from the diagram on fordparts.com, but I'd like to avoid...

Thanks, everyone! :)

Hi all. I went under the hood the other day and noticed that someone who recently serviced my '03 LSv8 apparently forgot to replace almost all of the cowling clips along the front of the engine compartment (above the radiator), and even the two on the engine cover. I went online to try to...

$275? Yikes! I'll let you all know how the glue works out. I'm considering whittling a new one. :D

I'm resurrecting an older thread here, but I need to get my hands on one of those latches, too. They're made of plastic and the pins on either end have broken off. Anyone know if this part is sold alone? I'm trying superglue first, but I'm not convinced that'll be a very good fix...

(This is probably an easy question for a lot of you, but I'm not that experienced in car matters, so go easy on me... :) ) Is this the type of kit that I can just take to my local repair shop and ask them to install? Would it be like a $150 job or so? I'm looking at $450 for *front*...

Okay guys -- I finally went picked up a OBD reader (got a good deal at Harbor Freight). When the light came on again, I checked the code -- it's 2272, which, according to the CD that came with the OBD reader is "O2 Sens Signal Stuck Lean Bank2 Sens2" So it appears to be an oxygen sensor. We...

IMHO, that should be how mortgage loans work, too.

I was going to make a related comment on that Omaba-is-like-Hitler thread, but rather than commenting on that one at all, it seems to fit in nicely here instead. Personally, I'm pretty open to new ideas, and my opinions can be swayed to alternate points of view. But throw me into a pot of...

...carbon-based life forms clever enough to figure out how to extract energy from fossil fuels -- but not without releasing carbon into the atmosphere.