Auto Repair

Recently I've built a deluxe version of thish Fujimi kit with included PE-parts. Nice fitting and overall quality of this kit gave me several joyful hours of modelling ? recommend it to guys who haven't purchased it yet. The color is Official Giallo Triplo Strato by PPG (although I've painted it to thick so the effect is difficult to catch) & 2K clearcoat. Also I've cut out the trunk-lid but was enable to make it movable on completed model. Comments & Critics are welcome! [more]

Hi Guys Here just another LeMans 24h model built by me 2years ago. The kit is from Renaissance and it is quite good! The WIP you can see here http://www.modelers-network.com/beri...ugeot-908.html Just download the .pdf on the end of the site. As special I opend the air vents Best regards Sascha

This is my first this year finished model. It has some little mistakes but in general I am very pleased with the finall result. The biggest mistakes are obviously the side windows I had some problems with fitting them in so there are glue residues on them. Model fits good togheter my biggest concerne were the doors but they fit perfectly on the hinges. C&C welcome.

Replacing the Car battery is easy, but doing so without impacting on a modern car is not. Many data can be lose, not only the GPS stereo etc but also in some cases, the electronic control unit can lose data, keys settings, etc. sometimes all parameters. One solution is to connect a small lipo battery type three-element, the load is 12.4 v, to the going terminals themselves, before replacing it, with this system, the electrical installation does not lose the voltage at any time so that the change battery is no problem as seen in the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkYSSeLsf0s

I love my car

I have a 92 S-10 blazer that finally leaked the charge out of the air conditioner, it had an oily compressor pulley for several years. Since the thing was working and slowly lost its charge would I be ahead to replace the seal for around $10? It is a Harrison HR100T compressor. If there is still freon pressure would I need to replace the dryer? I think I should flush the system (if that will remove the oil) and/or take the compressor off and turn it upside down. So I would know how much oil to install. If anyone has done this I would appreciate any tips! It quit last summer when the pressure dropped enough so It would not start. As far as I know it has never had any freon added. It had 70K miles when I got it in 1998. I have over 200K on it now. It lived in Alaska till 2005 so the A/C was not used much until after '05. I wonder If I should replace all the o-rings and such that are replaceable? I still have some R-12 around so that is not a problem.

I have a 99 Grand Am GT 3400. Just starting doing this, when you start the engine, it starts surging rhythmically as if you are pushing on the accelerator and letting off. When I put it in gear, I have to have the brake firmly pushed down as it lurches forward severely. I haven't driven it far, but it seems once you get going it runs fine. Any ideas?

Does anyone know where I can get a exploded diagram view of the steering rack, so I can replace the seals?

I have rust bubbles and the paint on the lip underneath the panels is gone with a lot of rust. Has anyone had this fixed before and how much should I expect for a good fix?

Filed under: MPG, Legislation and Policy, USA Americans are about to spend a lot of money on gasoline. If the number crunchers at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) are correct, US drivers will spend a tidy $1.44 billion filling up for their Memorial Day travels as 31.2 million people use the long weekend to participate in the time-honored tradition of a road trip. Almost nine out of 10 Americans (89 percent, by UCS estimates) who will travel this weekend are expected to do so by passenger car or truck and therefore will spend the equivalent of 77 million bottles of sunscreen or 300 million cones of ice cream on petroleum. That gas tab will theoretically go up a tad after that ice cream's polished off and the collective weight's put on, of course. The holiday spending number would be cut in half if we had tomorrow's cars today. The UCS says that if we were driving the average new vehicle from 2025 - which will have an average fuel economy that's roughly twice as high today - we would be paying about $619 million less on gasoline this weekend. Which means more ice cream and sunscreen for all of us. Check out the UCS press release below.Continue reading Memorial Day weekend gas tab likely to hit $1.44 billion in US Memorial Day weekend gas tab likely to hit $1.44 billion in US originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Fri, 24 May 2013 19:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments More...