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Alright here's the issue. I just moved into a new place. My bedroom window faces a major highway. There's some vegetation between the road and my place but not enough to drown out much of the sound. The traffic noise is driving me insane, especially at night. I'm a light sleeper and if a big rig...

Every once in a while when I turn on my computer there's a black bar about 2 and a half inches on right side. It's like the settings think my monitor is narrower. Usually when this happens I just restart the computer and it turns back on and everything is ok but I've restarted it 3 times now and...

Well I've been putting it off for months and today I finally got started on replacing the ball joints and tie rod ends to fix a horrible alignment problem. I got it all taken apart, old ball joints out, new ball joints in and greased up. My problem is that when I go to reinstall the knuckle I...

I know there have been a few of these discussions going around, well here is another one. I'm in the dilemma of whether to keep my truck or not and time is running low to make a decision. I leave for college the 15th of this month. It's about 100 miles away. Didn't seem like a big deal til my...

How in the world do you get these new seals onto the rotors? I've been working at this for an hour on the seals alone. Tried freezing them even and still no use. I'm afraid to hit them too hard for fear of bending, one actually is a little bit already, not very badly though. I'm lost at this...

Well this has been an odd problem that's gotten worse over the last month. In the beginning, every once and a while, when I go to start the truck it would crank once, hesitate a bit, crank a few more times then fire right up. Problem is that I lost power in that hesitation. The radio and clock...

Got a check engine light on yesterday. Had it read today. Only 1 code, P0133: slow response (heated oxygen sensor bank 1 sensor 1). Probable Causes: Oxygen sensor defective Fuel system running rich or lean - check other codes first. Looks like a bad O2 sensor but I wanted to know if there...

*Law of Mechanical Repair After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee. *Law of Gravity Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner. *Law of Random Numbers If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal...

Is there a program or website that can do conversions of video formats? I got a digital video camera a few months ago and love it. Problem I have is it records in MP4 format and I can only play it on Quicktime. For one thing I can't stand Quicktime and also I want to send the videos to other...

Well here's an annoying issue. My 6 disc changer in my 97 stopped working the other day. Just happened suddenly. I turned the truck off and it was working, turned it back on and nothing. I can hear the discs shuffle in the player and can hear them spin up but then nothing happens. No static...

Just rolled over the odometer this morning. Took a few cellphone pics of the progress. Drove through a neighborhood the last mile and a half so I could pull over when it rolled and take a couple shots without the speedometer needle in the way (and for the safety factor of course). I'm just so...

Went down to Orlando for the annual International Autoshow last week, now finally have the pictures up. Enjoy. Very first thing I see when walking in is this Ford Airstream concept. Also a Ford Interceptor. Pretty sure its a concept. Starting with trucks is the new Ranger of course...

Does it matter if you mix different types of motor oil? My brother's Cadillac developed a small oil leak, went unnoticed until the oil light came on. He was afraid to drive it until he got some oil it, not a bad thing. We had some cheap conventional oil in the garage but I told him not to use...

I'm putting this in the General Discussions category cause I don't know exactly where the problem is coming from. Started on the highway yesterday. Whenever I get up to about 50 mph the truck gets a loud buzzing noise and vibration. I can feel it in my feet on the floorboard/pedals and in my...

I've got the 97 Ranger 4x4 with the TTB front end. It has a 4" superlift suspension kit on it but it rides really stiff as the superlift is known for. I read that you could swap in a 6" skyjacker spring in place of the 4" coils to soften the ride and get more flex. Has anyone done this to...

I get off work yesterday afternoon and go to my truck to leave. I get in, turn the engine over and all the sudden I hear a very loud CLUNK! Freaks me out. I shut the engine off and go to find what the hell made that noise. Only took a couple seconds when on the ground underneath the engine there...

4wheel parts truck fest was in Orlando this weekend. A group of people from various Ranger forum sites all got together and went. Then got off into the dirt later on in the day. Enjoy. Bronco on Rockwells and Boggers Nice K-5 Blazer Up close with the Grave Digger Some nice showoffs...

Well it's Sunday and a few of us with Rangers were bored so we decided to go mudding. The real idea was to test out this guy's new limited slip but we were all there to play. It was hotter than hell outside but it was still a good time. The guy in the center is from RPS and was the truck in...

I've got a 99 Chevy Blazer with a 4.3 sitting in the driveway. Trying to get it together to sell and found a problem with the A/C. The blower kicks on fine but it blows hot air. Found out that the compressor wasn't kicking on. I got an R-134 can of refrigerant with the gauge on it and hooked...

I've had this set of tires sitting in my back yard for about a year now and know that they won't be used. I'm going to clean them up and try to sell them but I don't know all the information on them. What I do know is that they are 33x14.5R15 tires on 15 inch tall rims but I don't know the...