Recent content by Jim Eichman

From my understanding, a lot of the NE depends on snowfall for its drinking water. What are ya'll gonna do about that? Doesn't sound like it's good to me but then again, I generally don't wear a coat here because rarely does it get that cold. We maybe only have a couple of days below freezing...

I would suggest you check these tires real often. I have a set on my girls Cougar and they pickup eveything that even resembles a nail. And be prepared to get ripped when you take it in for the "road hazard warranty". I paid as much for the adjustment as I did for the tire with only 3500 miles...

I have a 66 Mustang fastback, 289 numbers correct HIPO, T-4 tranny with 3.50 T-Lok gears. It came with pony interior, rally pack, GT package, wonder bar radio, and the ever popular Mustang tissue dispenser. Its RED with the correct wheels and redline tires. The car usually wins its class at car...

Seafoam, per their MSDS, is 80% pale oil which is a light oil, usually around a 20 viscosity, and 20% alcohol. I certainly would not suggest putting any alcohol in the engine unless you are wanting future seal issues. Some folks run this thru their intake system to clean carbon. A few manage to...

My OOPS. Here's the Texas hot rod wagon that is in this vid. I will still be looking for the 4 banger that turns in the 11's and yes- its stock.

So here's the best part- the station wagon is stock, and its a four banger. I'm not kiddin'. This vid has been on the internet for several years. The owner of the wagon has it on his website and claims it is 100% stock and he had pics of the engine- its a 4.

Hope you have high speed internet but here is all of the Ford manuals for the OBD systems and part of that concerns random misfires. Hope this is helpful. http://www.motorcraftservice.com/vdirs/retail/default.asp?pageid=diag_theory_retail&gutsid=diagsheet

Here's an updated version of the 2006 MY OBD systems.

I have seen a few ask about codes and etc and thought maybe you could use some help with these links. http://www.obd-codes.com/ Click on trouble codes for each brand specific code http://www.fordfuelinjection.com/ Menu is on the right side of the screen. All you never wanted to...

I don't think you understand how serious this is already. The guns have been drawn, people are dying and dying daily along the Texas border with Mexico. The "wets" that came across years ago just wanted to make a good days wage which was usually sent back home in Mexico. The punks that come...

The factory fill is a synthetic blend usually a Gp III and Gp II basestock. Ford has been sourcing out of Conoco/Phillips so the probabilities are that it is the same formulation as Motorcraft oil. The factory filter, if grey, is made by Champion. FWIW, the blends will turn in the lowest wear...

The factory fill is a synthetic blend usually a Gp III and Gp II basestock. Ford has been sourcing out of Conoco/Phillips so the probabilities are that it is the same formulation as Motorcraft oil. The factory filter, if grey, is made by Champion. FWIW, the blends will turn in the lowest wear...

You might want to rethink using the Water Wetter or anything like it. Per MSDS, it contains Tolyltriazole PolySiloxane Polymer. This stuff can coat the entire cooling system and short of dynamite, it isn't coming out. It has been known to slim a cooling system. Any failure on its part and figure...

I had an 02 SCrew, 4.6 that I put some hard FAST miles on. I made several trips from South Texas to South Carolina and speeds of 100+ were common, especially coming home. I have never heard of the head gaskets for that year model. Tritons prior to that had issues with gaskets and spark plugs...

Not to belittle the oil filter study but you can't tell anything by opening one up and looking at the media or the parts. So you open one up, at what micron level is the media filtering? You can't tell by looking. So it has a lot of media. More media usually equates to poor flow, not more. More...