I am getting to park my son's 2003 F-150 in a storage facility (outside)
for 6 to 8 months.  He just left to go to Iraq (he is in Marine Corps).  I
am in Sugar Land, Texas (outside Houston).
Should I do anything special for his truck while he is gone ?  The tires

What am I missing. Temp guage on my 94 Topaz barely moves, even on a
long run. Not the fuse, replaced thermostat and temp. sensor, the one by
the thermostst. Car works excellant {160,000 orig. km} lots of heat. Gas
milege is down 6 miles per gallon to 20 from 26. Winter will ...

Has anyone come across this problem. When the switch is set to dipped beam
with the ignition on the lights stay on dim/dip (sidelights) However when
indicating left the dip beams on both headlights come on. They dont flash
they are steady. When you cancel the indicator they go off ...

We have had a host of electrical issues with our 2005 Explorer.  We
have had to replace the heater/AC fan.  We have had an intermittant
left front speaker with the stereo.  We also lost power to our rear
lights.  But, most painful has been the failure of our moonroof.

Toyota Deals the Final Blow to GM and Ford with New Engine block
manufacturing technique that will cut each engine cost by $1000. Toyota
plans to transfer reduced cost to customer. WWII soon to come to a true end
when Toyota places the nails in the coffin.

I run an european Escort -99, with the Zetec engine fitted, it's a
1600cc with 16 valves. The thing is, when coldstarting, one or more of
the hydraulic valve lifters seem to generate excessive noise, quite a
while until the engine is warm. I've heard it's possible to help this

What is a roadster?

Stuck at side of road
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not for the life of me can i find the fuel filter so it can be renewed.
also cannot get a workshop manual for this vehicle. any ideas?

My 98 Grand Marquis is miss- firing. I got a check engine light. I
will bring the car in for service tommorow, but I am told that this is
an expensive ordeal The spark plug colis fail and they are $60/each
The spark plugs have alreay been replaced.

I have 4 center caps, about 8-1/2 inches across but I cannot identify
the car they came from. They are stamped with the Ford oval on back.
The center is raised (stands out from the plate that screws to the rim)
and has this emblem: glossy red circle about 1-1/2 inches across with a

Okay... I just bought some new speakers for my 04 Focus Zetec.  I'm all
ready to install them but I've fallen at the first hurdle.  The wires
that were connected to the Ford factory speakers are white and grey.
Which is positive and which is negative?  Or even more helpful to an

'95 Taurus 165,000 mi. Lost all but Lo gear while driving. Can put it
in Dr & can accelerate from stop. Stays in Lo. When I let off gas,
coasts as if in neutral. Doesn't re-engage until RPM's pick up to match
the speed in Lo.

The auto seat belt on the drivers side is stuck half way and i cannot
figure out how to remove the trim, does it just pop off?

I'm getting multiple fault codes from an 89 topaz (2.3 with
airconditioning)  Here are the codes:
13  RPM idle out of range/low:  
cant control idle vachum leak,TB base idle off,idle air valve dirty or