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My buddy has one of the scissor lifts, its only good for brake jobs as the transmission and exhaust pipes are not accesible thru it, also it is quite easy to move the car on top of the lift if you use too much muscle.

SMOOTH8 It hits the limit a 5000 in neutral, no load.

SMOOTH8 Is it possible the tranny is slipping bad?

SMOOTH8 I hear there is a wrecked 97 Mark at Mikes Auto Parts , Hy 20 Stoney Creek Ont. Havent seen it yet but a MK8 buddy has

SMOOTH8 I had the same code and watched the tech take out the computer, remove the back of it and scrub the connections on both sides of the conector with a Scotch Brite pad , the conections were in two half opened up. The only precaution was not to have the key in ignition or the computer...

SMOOTH8 Our active members are spread quite a distance in Ont. and with family and work load its hard to get everyone to take on a duty, so smaller and less formal seems logical.

SMOOTH8 I would be interested in going

SMOOTH8 Ya I fess up, havent had time to get any resuilts at the strip, but the gas mileage went from 24.6 up to over 27.2 on long runson the highway. Short highway runs are in the 29.range , no city driving. I check this daily, also run on 90 or 91 octaine with no ping. Big difference in the...

SMOOTH8 There is nothing wrong with Nascar tee,s on Mark VIII drivers, did you know that there is a 1996 Mark VIII car that was supposed to run Nascar, but Lincoln wanted to keep the luxury image not the race image. They madea special run of 2 door Focus when the Thunderbird stopped production...

SMOOTH8 Just for information purpose I have changed the broken rear bar, and put in a solid one 1 -1/8 dia. It made a much better ride possibly because I didnt know the origional was broke. For any sensor lowering they recomend a shorter bushing kit , not the stock one. Its quite easy to do on...

SMOOTH8 I was getting the klunk and checked for shocks etc. and found a broken sway bar, take a close look

SMOOTH8 Count me in for 2 in AM only please as I have evening commitments, Rick

SMOOTH8 If the third cat combines, is that similar to the (X) pipe?, balancing exhaust pressure from both heads?.

SMOOTH8 Its a pressure control valve for rear brakes, part #2B091, not repairable unless you know the relief settings and have a test bench

SMOOTH8 That was a nice post for front brake job, but does anyone have a similar for rear brake job?