put a starter in when i hook up batt.. it starts to crank with key off what
could be the prob....

Once again - 1992 Ford F150 5.0L 302 V8 175k miles, auto.
A mechanic determined there's a blown head gasket.
Following behind the truck, you could see "steam"
coming out the exhaust and the truck ran roughly.

Does anyone have any idea how much vacuum should develop at an EGR port
on a carburetor with the engine revved to about 2000rpm?
I installed a brand spanking new Holley 2280 carburetor on my 87 Dodge
Dakota V6 engine and failed the NO part of the California smog test. The

This has been an ongoing problem with my 98 dodge stratus for five months.
This experience with this car proves to me why I never want to take my car
to a mechanic unless it's absolutely necessary. Five weeks and two mechanics
later, who were both highly recommended, my car still ...

before? The tire shops get the wheels on there way too tight, and you
nearely bust a gut getting them off.I bought a ten foot long heavy pipe
at a scrap iron yard.I am going to get out one of my pipe cutters and
cut off about a four feet long lenght of that pipe.I will keep the four

Article at    www.worldnetdaily.com   Anything that grows 'can convert
into oil'
If I could convert my yard grass and weeds and vines clippings and tree
limb prunings into fuel at almost no cost to me, I could run my van for

My 1996 Mercury Marquis developed a loss of coolant into the passenger
cabin this morning.
My mechanic's snap opinion (he hasn't looked yet) is that the heater
core is shot, followed by

why I wont buy that 1990 Chevrolet RV van from a neighbor who lives in
that house behind me is because I dont know anything about throttle body
fuel injection,,,, I think I am too old to learn either.Carburetors,
(simple one barell and two barrel carburetors, I know how to work on ...

I'm replacing the pads on the rear disc brakes on my Ford Taurus station wagon.
One of the steps before installing new pads is to retract the piston by
turning it clockwise with a special tool, which I have.  I am finding it
nearly impossible to turn the piston, and I was ...

My neighbor has a 1988 Ford F-250 with a fuel-injected V-8 engine.  In order
to start it, I must first pull a vacuum line off of the intake and spray
Gumout into the intake as a way of providing it with fuel to get it to
start. Once it starts it is fine. I can shut it off and ...

Ever get one of those HUH? questions stuck in your head? Here's the one
posed to me by a neighbor.
How did PRNDL become the standard nomenclature for automatic transmissions?
P- Park - Makes sense because that it what it does.

I have a 95 Ford Aerostar with a 3.0 engine I just replaced both
cylinder heads. after I got the engine back together , and started the
engine I noticed right off that it was backfiring through the intake
manifold. after shorting out a couple cylinders determined it was the

As you may already know I am in the running to be submitted for G4TV's Tech
Correspondent.
G4 is the one destination on television that feeds your addiction for the
latest must-have tech gadgets, web culture and video games.

I'm changing the steering system on my 1948 Desoto Suburban (9
passenger, 4800
pound vehicle) from the original pitman arm steering to rack and
pinion steering.

How It Works section at Popular Science online    www.popsci.com
Tomorrow's Hybrid.I subscribe to snail mail Popular Science and snail
mail Popular Mechanics magazines, been doing so for many, many
years.Usually it takes those online magazines a few days to get their