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Went with a used car this time (2010 Accord Crosstour V6), so I won't be looking for another truck for 3-4 years (when this car likely goes to my 13-year-old). When I do, I hope the "compact" truck market is better than it is now. I don't need a full-sized truck, but compact ones are almost as...

Just wanted to drop a note of thanks to the board for the advice over the 16+ years I owned my 2001 ST. I saved a lot of money and skipped a lot of headaches thanks to the projects, wisdom and help I found here. In the end, the ST just needed too much work for me to keep, so this morning it...

I think I'll be moving on from my '01 Trac soon (114K miles). When we bought my wife's car a year ago, I spoke to the dealer there about trade-in value, and he indicated he wasn't really interested in it at all (mainly due to issue #1 below). Given that the trade-in is likely to be worth less...

Body mounts are probably crumbled.

This isn't the one that's currently out, it's part of the Atlas concept that's coming as an SUV and they're showing the truck version to gauge interest. Based on responses I've seen, I'd bet the truck makes it to the US in a couple of years.

Looks interesting, and not as ugly as the Ridgeline. https://jalopnik.com/the-volkswagen-atlas-tanoak-is-the-german-pickup-here-t-1824142485

Fixed it at lunch. Intention was to use Loctite, but I stopped at Advance Auto Parts and couldn't get the truck into Park. Was afraid I wouldn't be able to start it again, so I just went home and screwed the bolt back in. Pain in the ass to reach up there, but I got in without having to remove...

Hell yeah, thanks SWS. Figured that was way too coincidental. I'll get in there tonight and see if I can fix it.

So...yesterday my 2001 ST, which I already know has transmission issues, started doing something else odd. The column shifter seems loose and it became hard to get it into park. I figured out that if I drop it all the way down, then move it all the way back up I can get it into park, but it's...

The K-Cover on my 2001 isn't water tight either (though it was better when I first got it than it is now, 14 years later or so). It does a pretty good job of keeping most water out, but I wouldn't put anything back there that I wasn't ok with getting at least a little splashed if it rained...

Crutchfield is usually good about having wiring harnesses that hook into existing systems. I'd start there.

Ooooooh, that looks interesting.

Job 1 or Job 2?

Yep, RichardL called it. (Though technically Jeremy got there first.)

Yeah! Ended up being the negative battery terminal after all. It looked ok, but the cable was white and corroded inside the sheath. Cut it back a bit, clamped on a new $4 terminal and it's good to go. :banana:

Battery connections are solid. I'm thinking it's the starter. Popped the hood and tried to jump it and it's still doing the same thing. When the key is turned, there's loud clicking from the engine and the dash lights flicker, but that's about it.

So...on top of the transmission that needs to be replaced and the spark plugs I know I need to have changed...I walked out of my office at lunch to find that my Trac won't start. Battery seems to have enough juice. Radio works. A/C works. Everything sounds and looks normal until I turn the...

Thanks Richard, Transmission was flushed a couple of years ago and fluid looks good. I asked about the benefits of flushing it now at both shops I went to and both said it wouldn't help. I asked about a band adjustment or other service that might help and both also said that once these...

Well, it's official- I'm keeping the Trac. The Subaru dealer is offering us $4,200 for my wife's Pilot as a trade-in, but doesn't really want the Trac at all. We'll keep the $4,200, finance the entire Subaru (0% for 48 months, so no reason not to) and use some of that cash to replace the...

As of today, I'm leaning toward going ahead with a tranny repair/replacement for the Trac and trading my wife's Pilot (which actually has just over 150K miles now) in on a new Forester. I'm going to check with another shop to see what they think repairing/replacing the tranny will cost...