Recent content by Stugar

You can if you just want it to survive for a little while longer, though I'd try to put some sort of a flair on the ends so that it'll hold a bit better than just sliding it on the hard line. Even the return side of the PS system does develop some decent pressure when it heats up since there's...

You'll be best served with an M6x25 bolt. The factory bolt is "special" in that it has about 7mm of dog point on it so that they don't cross thread it at the factory using power tools. You're going to want the extra thread because you'll be hand starting it and need the extra threads to pull...

Well that's yer problem lady! Not really, this thing technically worked. Problem is in the programming on the microcontroller (center right). I swapped in the original Valeo board that I'd saved from the factory wiper motor and it works perfectly now. But still, this was a brand new Carquest...

If it were a new factory radio he would be seeing the security warning from the radio not being paired to his VIN. So it's probably an aftermarket radio. I recognize the symptoms because they're the exact same I had when I swapped the radio over from my Envoy without Bose to my Trailblazer...

You have a bose system, did you use an appropriate adapter module like the Metra GMOS04? With the Bose system the amp needs line level inputs, not speaker level inputs, which the GMOS04 handles, but I guess could be done with a bunch of line level converters, though that'd be more expensive and...

Digging through the issue with the rear wiper motor Sunday, I figured out there's something wrong with the programming of the control board. Again, this seems like a "never trust aftermarket parts" moment. What it'll do is it'll go through it's test sweep, and return to the parking spot, then...

I used Woolwax, thicker than fluidfilm and doesn't smell nearly as bad. Took about three cans to coat the rust prone spots.

Michigan doesn't have inspection, I just wanted the light to turn off. $6.99 and 20 minutes wasn't a lot of money or time, I think it was worth it.

Installed a spacer on the downstream O2, "fixing" the P0420, then undercoated it with woolwax since I had it in the air. Stuff is way less stinky than fluid film. I almost wish I'd learned about cosmoline based undercoatings before ordering the woolwax kit, but oh well.

Thanks, did this on mine this afternoon and fixed the P0420 code.

And yes, Body Control Module is under the rear driver seat. It's what controls a lot of functions since it's both a computer and a fuse panel.

Power Distribution Center, sorry, industry term for a fuse box.

Did you undo any connectors to get to the rubber bushing holding the lines to the strut tower? Given you have no radio or crank I'm inclined to think that it's not an issue of just one ground being off. Are you also sure that all the connectors are properly aligned in the PDC? Is there...

Ford at least required ATF as a PS fluid starting in like the late 80's IIRC, and if you tried to use PS fluid it would destroy the PS pump seals and make it really noisy and weak. A lot of other OEM's switched to it as well, it was one less separate fluid they needed to stock on the line. Of...

Tip on the zip tie, put it on above the manifold, tight enough to keep it from coming apart, loose enough you can wiggle the socket onto the bolt head, it's a balancing act for sure. And yeah, this ranks up there with the trans cooler lines and the alternator on my 00 Cougar in frustration I've...