Recent content by Nick

Please help me find a how-to on the front sway bar. I have found many many threads about people having the problem, but no how-tos. I've stared at it many times wandering how it comes out...and its time for me to do it. Help!!

I roll with that and see what happens. I have never seen one that short and I have sold tons of struts.

i dont care what they call it...shock or strut. When you open the box and pull the strut out of the box, there is only about 4 inches of the shaft sticking out of it. The shaft is down in the tube for shipping so the box isn't 3 feet long. There has to be more travel than this. I know how to...

I have brand new front motorcraft struts in the box waiting to go on my car. I can not figure out how to make them extend. They are compressed in the box for shipping purposes and they have to come out somehow. I have tried pushing in and turning each way and nothing happens. Dealership...

Did you ever change them? Is there any way to check those and who told you they were bad?

I was trying to solve a front end vibration issue. I put new tires on it and went to the dealer to get an alignment done. They wouldn't do the alignment cause my lower ball joints and slack in them, which i went out into the shop and saw myself, so i just changed all of them. I am going to get...

Just finished it. Took me about 4 hours to do both sides, with taking some breaks cause its around 100* here. The knuckles cost me $212 per side, and the upper arms were $76 per side. Those are wholesale prices from the dealer. List price is much more. I just hope i never have to do that again...

I'm changing both the upper control arms and steering knuckles tomorrow. I bought the parts today and they look much better than what came on the car in 2000. The steering knuckle looks pretty straightforward, but those upper arms look like it might be tight getting to the bolts? Any tips...

red or blue display?

Car is a 2000 made 05/00. Has the 8. There is not any driveability issues that i can tell. I have driven on city streets and highways and no difference than when the lights where off. Why would u suspect a speed sensor? If one of those were bad, would a code particuliarly for that pop up?

Check engine light came on and display read "check transmission" Had a friend scan it with a snap on scanner and it said TCC solenoid failure or lose of signal. TCC=torque converter control. The torque converter is definately locking up on the interstate properly. We cleared it and it came...

Of course i could have, but this car is not hard to work on. Couldn't see spending like $1400 and then a deductible everytime it goes in. And it wouldn't have covered the brakes anyway...

Well I knew it was going to be outrageous, but i couldn't tell where the noise was coming from so it was worth the $80 diagnostic fee for that, and they hit the nail on the head with the noise. I got the front ceramics from Advance and the rear ceramics from autozone. Both made my Morse and i...

Sway bar bushings $12/piece Inner tie rod $30 Outer tie rod $35 drill/slotted rotors $160(ebay,all 4) Ceramic pads $80 (all around) Alignment-free, great to know people at shops Total $329 Freakin dealer wanted $728 to do just the sway bar and both tie rods, and the alignment. Insane!

Figured i'd update this to let yall know the problem was indeed the sway bar bushings. They didn't look bad at all, but infact they were. Driver side took like 5 mins, freakin passenger side toke about an hour. Also changed the inner and outer tie rod on the passenger side as it was bent from...