Recent content by Jaime

My wife's 97 DI (170k miles) started making the dreaded metal on metal sound upon braking, and sure enough, one of the front calipers was frozen. Inboard left front pad was down to metal while outboard pad still had 3/16th of material. situation was similar on the right side as well as on...

Everytime I drain mine (every couple of months or so) about a 1/4 cup of rusty water shoots out. you think I'd learn by now...

welcome! I bet its the stepper motor / Idle Air Control. do a search on the 2 terms above and you'll find a lot of helpful posts and tech info As far as OBD, I use the one from http://obd-2.com/ connected to an old laptop but I'm sure there are others out there, just check that they support...

Is it possible that you had a mental fart and put the thermostat in backwards?

Thanks Dave, I'll PM you. Jaime

Anybody have a stock spare for sale?

couple on LRX

see OkRovers.com for a good group of folks. go to their Forum and say hello! they are based out of Tulsa and plan trips throughout the area. Paul Davis is a good contact. tell them Blueboy sent you over. Jaime

Educate yourself at the motleyfool.com

Heres a nice trick to make a tool to press the new races in. After you get the old race out, cut it crosswise. This cut allows the old race to compress a little. Now the old race can be used to drive the new race into the hub, and when you get below the edge of the hub, the old race won't...

I guess Kacer won't wheel in the Pine Barrens

One of the best tools I've bought is the ujoint socket from 4x4ag. Its a 9/16 air drive socket with a thin extension built in to fit in the tight u-joint space. makes getting the driveshaft off a breeze, especially with an air ratchet.

The direction on the Detroit tell you how to check if is working properly. Go through that exercise and call the Eaton (they bought out Trachtech)

Disconnect the wire going to the MAF, and the truck will run in "limp home" mode. It will run rich, but it will run. You may need a new MAF, but at least for a DII they are not as expensive as for a DI

Please explain this method...sounds like fun!