Recent content by Doug Kaye

good work.. my leaf springs look like that ;-) all rusty and slightly terrifying. I'd thought about replacing them but with everything rusted together, it will be a long job just getting them off..

ps we had the usual horrible experience at one of the Honda dealers and walked out on them, as they pawed desperately at our pocketbooks asking 'what can we do to get you out of here in this new car today !' bah. Schomp Honda here in Denver offered a fair price without negotiation, buying the...

We got a similar offer on my wife's 2006 Acura MDX, 180k miles and in perfect condition - $500. Then while shopping new Honda CRVs for my wife, one dealer had an online trade-in estimate. It took the VIN number for my 2004 with 180k, and offered me $3000 sight unseen. I thought that was odd...

all of those are pretty cheap from Rockauto, and not very difficult to replace on a 2wd. Still on my original calipers from 2004, working fine.

drove it out to Pumphouse on the CO river, went through some rain and the flickering began. Turned off onto dirt and hit a few good bumps, fixed it. Another bump knocked it out again. Deliberately accelerated onto some washboard and that fixed it again ;-) It went into and out of flickering...

welcome ! I have the same year, with 178 000..

replaced alternator, bled the brakes, rotated tires. Still running beautifully except for the weird charging issues, saw them the day after replacing alternator but have not seen again for a week or so.

thanks for suggestions.. cable links - unfortunately my cables don't look like that, instead they vanish into a giant sausage of other wires wrapped together, which then dives deep into the engine. The ends look clean but not sure about the middles in that sausage.. no codes oddly, would...

thanks - yep, disconnected and took the cables off to have a good look.. no visible problems. had exactly that problem with my old Sienna and cable replacement fixed it there. I'd replace these except it seems these cables are no longer made and would have to jury-rig something..

this is driving me crazy.. Last year the battery went bad, (I think) causing the charge light to flicker at random times. Multimeter confirmed wildly fluctuating voltage when the light was flickering. Usually a bad battery will show up as dim lights, hard starts etc, but this one started fine...

I won't buy reman alternators any more - bad experiences with the last 2, one for the Sienna, another for the Acura. OEM all the way..

my sympathies - I got rear-ended a year or two back, similar story - cover cracked, bumper pushed out of straight. Couldn't get anyone to replace it except at unreasonable prices, need to go haunt the wrecking yards and see if I can pull one somewhere.. recently put on new tires, went from...

handsome truck, very nice.. also interested in details of that ammo can console.. my console bag got stolen, now I have a random assortment of ballcaps and other junk that mostly falls out and disappears under the seats..

excellent ! that's a really nice-looking Trac.. mine is 2004, black, and very rusty underneath ;-) taking it and my son hunting tomorrow.. pic in Palisade CO on a peach farm, my truck also takes me fishing and peach-picking.. truly allpurpose.. ha

busted my arm rest by leaning on it to reach something in the back seat, stupid. It's a silly little piece of plastic under there, not surprising it busted. The replacement part appears to be about $150, that is silly too. part # is 3L2Z-78047A20-AAE available a few places, some Ford dealers...