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I dropped of my truck with a mechanic about 3 weeks ago. It was only supposed to take a couple days, but it took 3 weeks. He only billed me for 12 hours of labor during that time. Anyway, as soon as I got home I realized there are two giant circular scratches/gouges in the hood and another big...

Long story short - I have a 2004 F350 with the 6.0 Powerstroke. I have two mechanics fighting over what is wrong with it. There is an unknown substance in the radiator. The cap is a bit milky, like oil, but not frothy. It smells like a petroleum product, but neither I, nor my mechanic can tell...

I just wanted to make a little public service announcement about my AAA service. I will NEVER let it expire again. A few months ago I wrecked my truck. It took 3 tow trucks 3 separate attempts to finally get my truck out of where it landed, and AAA covered the bill no problem. On the final...

I have a problem with my knees, constant pain. Doctor's can't give me an explanation, MRIs and Xrays come back perfect, and the knee doctor and the physical therapist disagree on the treatment. It feels like arthritis, I have all the symptoms, but they won't give me that diagnosis mostly because...

I bought a diesel truck a few months ago and I'm trying to track down why I'm not getting very good MPG. How does one know if the gas station is pumping out a "winter" blend of diesel? I'm in NW Oregon, where it doesn't normally get that cold, but definitely below freezing this time of year...

I had an accident in my truck a few weeks ago and I'm currently fighting with Progressive for my full coverage for repair. Let's just say I've already switched my insurance to somebody else. As they attempt to weasel out of every last thing, of course they want to use non OEM parts everywhere...

This is related to my last post about the guy breaking into my shop to get his forklift. I have a roll up door on my shop just like any other garage door. It has a sliding bolt lock on one side that goes through the track. I always keep a pad lock on top of that. That way if somebody breaks into...

I lease a large commercial warehouse for my shop where I work. In October I moved into a new building. The guy that was in there before me left a forklift. He said he'd be back in a day or two to get it, and I said that was OK. He was to be moved out on Oct. 10. For more than two months I've...

I've come to the conclusion that I need to buy a GOOD cordless tool set. I've been buying cheap sets every couple years for a long time now and I'm tired of it. Mainly I want a drill and impact driver with lithium batteries. Looking at Home Depot there are about 17 brands of the same thing. All...

Somebody told me that heating oil is no longer going to be dyed red due to the fact that the dye causes problems with the injectors on certain high efficiency furnaces. Does anybody know if this is true? Doesn't seem likely to me but I am curious. I can't find anything with google...

I have an 04 diesel F350 with the 5R110 transmission. I've been searching on what fluid to use and I'm getting really really confused by the various types discontinued fluids. What I would like to know is, can I use the Chevron MD3 fluid found at Costco? Their website claims it is for most...

I bought this 200 watt magnetic oil pan heater for my truck: http://www.amazon.com/Kats-1155-Watt-Mag...=oil+pan+heater Stuck it to my truck, plugged it into a watt meter to see if it was working. Oil temp was about 67 according to my Scangauge. It works for a minute or two, then shuts off for...

I just bought a turbo diesel F350. I've never driven a turbocharged vehicle before. It's a LOT of fun! If this GIANT truck is fun to drive I can only imagine what a small truck or big car would be like. Why don't more manufacturers sell turbocharged vehicles? Why don't they turbocharge the...

I just bought an 04 F350 with a 6.0 Powerstroke. It has about 193,000 miles on it. This is my first diesel, so I don't know a lot about it. It is running a little rough when it is cold, from everything I read this sounds like an injector stiction issue. I've got some diesel kleen in the tank and...