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Speaking of parking brakes, back in the day when I had my '77 F100 the parking brake stopped working. The engine had some kind of compression leak too because I would park in the driveway, which had maybe a 10-15 degree incline, and by morning my truck would be at the bottom of the driveway where it...

That's the rotary knob style I just railed against. Zero chance of telling what gear you're in without looking at the lights and not just one but two other rotary knobs in the area. Since it's up higher and differently sized from the potentially confusing controls, it's not as bad as the 200, with ...

Now here is a simple, space saving selector that should work quite well, but don't tell me that button below it with the P is the parking brake! Really need a lever or pedal for the parking brake not some pushbutton. I want direct cable actuation of the parking brake, and you can feel it. Won't feel...

There was nothing wrong with the column but it wasn't sporty enough. Now we have to solve the space-efficiency issue caused by the floor-shift movement and the solutions are worse than the problem. Why do they need sporty in a utility vehicle. It is just a living room easy chair on wheels with clim...

They had an advantage when they had a separate lever just for Park. The force required to shift out of Park, when parked on a slope with the vehicle loaded at GCW (Gross Combined Weight - that's Gross Vehicle Weight + the weight of an International Harvester combine being towed behind it.) can be q...

When it comes to automatic transmisisons, the least obtrusive selector the better. Since the selector does not actively function to drive the car, why have a big nasty lever sticking up between the seats (unless one wants to think they are cool, when at best they are a poser). No, Chrysler had it ri...

Perhaps in a year or two we will want more giddy-up and can have someone stuff that 3.73 into the pumpkin. There is a shop near me says they can do it for around $250. Grab a matching, complete axle (drum to drum) at the junkyard and stuff the gears into that one. Then swapping is a relatively simp...

I had two of these Mustangs back in the day, both purchased new. They were quick back in the late 80s & early 90s, but by today's standards, a V6 Camry will outrun them. Still though, lots of low end torque to have fun with. My first one had the highway gears in the rear end (2.73) and my second on...

A friend of mine is noted for all the many uses he has come up with for the wire used to stick a political campaign sign into the lawn. That would have been convenient and easier to bend but a bit thin for the hood catch. I used store-bought stock. But you are right about campaign sign stands being...

Hood latch catch turned out to be a block of wood with a bracket on it and it fell out. Can't figure how the guy had worked it so I made a latch catch from 1/4-inch steel rod. Works great and lines up nicely as shown by the red line in the last image below. You can see the previous owner had monkeye...

I just wish Michigan would realize that my motorhome sits parked most of the time and issue my registration when the vehicle is on comprehensive only for being parked. But no, they will not issue the registration unless I show active liability insurance for driving it on the road. Then I have to wai...

Are you talking about buying a car that is not drivable, that is, it needs repairs, so you have to trailer it home or something? If it is simply a used car, here in Michigan we are allowed to drive it home without getting the title transferred, simply by having the signed over title in hand. I would...

Thanks. Well my main concern is not to run too low an octane and make a hole in the nice forged aluminium pistons from spark knock. No idea what Ford calls for because we don't have an owner's manual with it, or if we do, I don't know where in the car it may be. You would think this is the basic Mus...

In particular, when did regular pump gas drop to 87 octane? My and ClutchDisc's '92 Mustang 5.0 LX is rated at 9:1 compression. My gearhead friend at work says 87 octane is fine. The guy who sold it to us said he always runs premium. He did not say there were any engine mods so I am thinking it is s...

Here ya go. Auto-rev-match-downshifting on the 2019 Mustang. (No thanks, I'll keep my 1992 Mustang)

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