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Got the heads on my Mustang rebuilt and slowly going back together today.

Oh, and flushed the heater core while it was apart. Got some nice brown stuff and debris out. Hopefully that helps with...

Did some tachometer calibrating today. Bought a cheap signal generator and wanted to verify the frequency was right so I connected my PC based oscilloscope. Frequencies were off by a little bit, but...

Pulled heads off my 5.0 yesterday. I'm going to go through the heads and probably bring them to a shop for full rebuild. Been dealing with a misfire which I think is due to poor valve...

It's stupid. (St. Paul, MN)
2 weeks ago it was close to 70F and over last 2 day we've received about 7" of snow and still coming...

Mustang came home from storage yesterday so I can tackle a few things this week while I'm off work. Crappy part is we are under Winter Storm Warning and my Edge has to sit outside. The apron from our...

Ufda as we say in MN.
We have 0 snow on the ground, it's 47 degrees and partly sunny.
Par for the course in MN this winter....but apparently that's going to change this weekend.
We're in for...

I was going to say it was a Gallant VR4 (or is that just a different name for same car?).

Oh, that I know.
It was ~10yrs old when I bought it and I'm pretty sure it went through every MN winter since new.
As they say, it was ridden hard and put away wet.
I should have known better when...

Interesting, I didn't know that.
Mine was still a POS. :laughing:

Nice job.

My first car was an 87 IROC w/ 350.
Biggest POS. I was a dumb 16yr old and all I thought was "Big V8, good."
Transmission went out about a month after I bought it, suspension was...

After 10 years (and 1 day), I finally decided to polish the 'piano scratch' plastic on my 14 Explorer. This is one of the back C pillars. I did 2 steps on the 2 rear and I just hit all the other...

That handheld cordless blower has me very intrigued.
I use an old, corded leaf blower which works fine, but bulky and sucks to deal with the cord.

I was also going to say try a scotchbright pad, just not sure which one.

Found this on a Google search so take it for what that's worth.
As usual, start with the least aggressive and work from...

I installed Raybestos E3 rotors on my Explorer with Wagner OEx pads a few months back.
Basically all I did was take it around the block and used the brakes a few times, that was it.
My wife has...

Not specifically pretreatment, but when I do rineless it's usually in the winter and I hit the DIY 2 blocks away to spray off all the heavy stuff before rinseless in garage to remove the remaining...

I know this wasn't an option, but I do the 5 towel method. Each towel gets used 1 time for a section and placed in discard bucket.
Only need 1-1.5 gallon of wash mix since dirty towels do not go...

To continue my post from a few days ago, we had 2 record highs this week.
Yesterday was 55F, which is 30 degrees above normal high.
Odd to be watching my daughter downhill slalom race and just be...

Gave zee 'ole Fords a wash.
Spray off at the local DIY and rinseless to get the film off.

The Explorer hadn't been washed in a long time (couple months) and the Edge just got a spray off last...

MN weather this winter has been weird. Snow lovers are very disappointed.
Warm and very little snow for the majority of it.

Jan 12-20 was cold but other than than we've been above average for...

My (12yr old) daughter has really gotten into downhill skiing over the last year and joined the school ski team so I figured I'd make the stand so we can do some maintenance at home during the...

I had a small amount of Cquartz SiC that has been sitting in the cabinet for a while, so I decided to coat my winter wheels.

I hit them real quick with some Megs UC and a drill polishing cone,...

Went indoor 'downhill' skiing on a carpeted treadmill and finished up drywalling the garage.

It's been over 12 years since I put on skis and this was brutal. Quads and calves were worn out. It was...

Garage work: added 4 outlets (2 on each side) and started insulating walls. Plan to finish insulating tomorrow and get a good start on drywall. I need to figure out what I'm going to do about...

With my Mustang away for the winter, my Edge needed a good wash after sitting outside all summer.

Washed with Griots Brilliant Finish, wheels got HD wheel cleaner and finished with a layer of...

Short rest stop break on my up to winter storage. I gave it a quick rinseless wash before hitting the road.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231110/87cdab354e3335fa21311336e3ccf4a5.jpg

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