It looks like the hose attached to the device in the second photo is near to failure. The hose diameter change at the end of the hose nipple is showing failure cracks. It would be good to replace now before it fails. Soap Box Rant Alert! Everyone attempting to service a modern vehicle should period...

I can't really see the glass polishing results, but your interior looks fantastic. How did you come up with the polishing mixture? volvolugnut I have been doing detailing for a very long time and paint correction was something I loved doing. The orange hand cleaner idea was told to me from an old t...

Made heaps of progress today. While investigating my AC line vacuum leak I narrowed part of it down to the Schrader valve. I replaced the valve with a new one but did not have the proper tool to tighten it. Went to homedepot to buy the proper tool today but quickly discovered it was too small to eng...

I remember the era of disappearing headlights with vacuum driven covers , all of which froze up in winter so you couldn’t use the car at night. Also, all the V8s that wouldn’t crank at -10 F, while my mother’s 66 Beetle fired up like clockwork. She was quite a sensation. The soccer Mom back in Unive...

Perfect summary at the bottom Only sell cars like this to people with Ph.D.s I tried to sell Elizabeth in 2013 for $2500. I had one call from a guy who came to see it. He then took my start price and started to deduct needed repairs. I picked up the ball and we got to that I owed him $1500 to take m...

It went from Columbus, Ohio, to Toledo, Ohio, and now it's in Detroit, Michigan??? Was the scenic route included in the shipping? :shock: I know people make mistakes, and if that's the only one to happen this week then I'm ok with it. My fiance is having surgery tomorrow morning, and I'm really hopi...

I've organized parts and tools.

I lost a friend from high school to non-hogkins lymphoma when he was only 21. My aunt passed away from breast cancer, my grandma from colon cancer, and my uncle from testicular cancer (he was 53). I took care of my grandma, and my uncle, all the way to the end. There's nothing worse, that I've seen,...

I'll update this as it happens. As of today, we've had 3 contacts, one is nearly complete. FDPP #1: initial email contact, currently backburnered & waiting to hear back, July 2020 FDPP #2 : nearly 360° complete, August 2020 FDPP #3 : initial forum contact, underway, August 2020 Considered solved...