What did you do to your car today?

[MyBlackBeasts]

Cut down 4 pine trees (diseased) and prepped to burn. Too windy today, hoping for good burn weather tomorrow. Mowed lawn then backed MM out and continued with garage project. Hoping to complete garage tomorrow so both Black Beasts are garage mates again.

[Gerry24]

Where did you purchase the battery Gerry24? Perhaps your FLAPS could have looked it up for you... just a thought.

Ft. Myers Ford dealership, now I’m in West Palm. The guy was adamant that it needed the receipt. I’m always keep my paperwork but it was Saturday and needed to replace ASAP. She’s my DD now since I sold my CV.

[Zim Hosein]

Ft. Myers Ford dealership, now I’m in West Palm. The guy was adamant that it needed the receipt. I’m always keep my paperwork but it was Saturday and needed to replace ASAP. She’s my DD now since I sold my CV.

That's a shame that the Ford dealership guy was adamant Gerry24!


Going forward w/ your new battery, keep a copy of the receipt in the glove box, might save you and/or others reading this in the future.

[Invective]

That's a shame that the Ford dealership guy was adamant Gerry24!


Going forward w/ your new battery, keep a copy of the receipt in the glove box, might save you and/or others reading this in the future.

Hmmm...the Ford dealer I primarily use keeps records of every transaction I've done with them going back to when I moved to the area in 1999. They still have me listed at the previous address in the area - can't get them to change it for some reason.

[Invective]

Returned Marauder to the local shop who worked on the car last friday. 'Check Engine' lamp came back on without the 'Check Fuel Cap' lamp this time. The periodic 'erratic idle' (trying to stall) returned too. Hoping to know something this morning.

At my daughter's house with 5 dogs, by myself and no car. Everyone has gone to work/school. Two bars of service on AT&T isn't the same as 2 bars of service on Verizon apparently. Have usable service on a spare Verizon phone and my recently upgraded AT&T phone is still useless in this area.

[xopher]

Got alot done this weekend.

Wiper Motor: Removed wiper assembly and cleaned fully to fix wacky wipers. Found condensed pine needles in the "garbage chute" at the bottom. I haven't parked near a pine tree frequently in 6+ years, so I've been driving around with them the whole time. If anyone wants some pine needles with 70,000 miles on them, PM me. Also replaced wiper motor with Rockauto replacement. Fitment was iffy, but OK. Upon install, wacky/haunted wipers have be exorcised, lights have stopped flickering at random, and regained 3 intermittency settings on the wiper stalk.

Headlights: Had nasty hazing and moisture on driver's side headlight, so bought TYC aftermarkets, installed, and adjusted. Loosened side-markers to make install easier. Bottom bolt on side-marker was a pain to reach with a ratchet and actually get the ratchet to ratchet. Any advice short of removing the air intake and battery to reach the bottom bolt on each side?

Taillight: Had a taillight with faded paint, so bought a TYC replacement. Old taillight turned out to be PO's aftermarket TYC, so it sounds like a bought myself a few years until it fades again.

Hand washed, followed by touchless local car wash with underbody flush I like, followed by hand spray wax. Wanted to full hand wax, but ran out of time this weekend.

Talked with blazen71 and going to buy his 2.5" stainless exhaust and Magnaflow mufflers. Should be louder before the snow flies.

[Invective]

Hand washed, followed by touchless local car wash with underbody flush I like, followed by hand spray wax. Wanted to full hand wax, but ran out of time this weekend.

Have you ever considered Cilajet Aviation Grade Wax? A cut above the Cilajet Automotive Grade Wax and a bit more expensive too. This was applied to my 2005 Mustang ONCE in 2005 and is still holding up. Hoping to get my detailer to apply this to my Marauder and Ranger also.

Previous owner of Mustang stated the Cilajet wiped on and off just like conventional liquid wax. Local Cilajet dealer wants $700 to $1400 to apply it - won't happen.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NxcwoWkvdI

[Dragcity]

New slicks, wheel spacers and new rear shocks. New Supercharger belt and new tensioner. Still need a transmission and 3,500 stall converter.......

[cheapthrillb2]

Played with my boost controller settings and went from 7psi to 11psi and spools way quicker now.

[xopher]

Have you ever considered Cilajet Aviation Grade Wax? A cut above the Cilajet Automotive Grade Wax and a bit more expensive too. This was applied to my 2005 Mustang ONCE in 2005 and is still holding up. Hoping to get my detailer to apply this to my Marauder and Ranger also.

Previous owner of Mustang stated the Cilajet wiped on and off just like conventional liquid wax. Local Cilajet dealer wants $700 to $1400 to apply it - won't happen.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NxcwoWkvdI

Might consider in the future. My go-to for a 10 minute job is Turtle Wax spray: https://www.amazon.com/Turtle-Wax-T-.../dp/B0007TV6M0. My go-to for a several hour job is NXT Techwax: https://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-G127.../dp/B0002UQATS

[Invective]

Might consider in the future. My go-to for a 10 minute job is Turtle Wax spray: https://www.amazon.com/Turtle-Wax-T-.../dp/B0007TV6M0. My go-to for a several hour job is NXT Techwax: https://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-G127.../dp/B0002UQATS

Cilajet Automotive Products on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_s...=287PS6CACJLY5

[Gerry24]

That's a shame that the Ford dealership guy was adamant Gerry24!


Going forward w/ your new battery, keep a copy of the receipt in the glove box, might save you and/or others reading this in the future.

That was the first thing that did with the receipt

[cheapthrillb2]

Turned the boost up again. Car sounds a whole lot different at 15.5 VS 12 psi. I think 12psi might be where I leave it lol.

[Gerry24]

Drove the MM to dunkin doughnuts and back home.

[Maverick pro]

New upper control arms, new endlinks, new brakes, painted rotors and calipers to match.