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    Transmission Woes

    Its a 96 Tauras with a a4xn trans. the problem I'm having is it won't shift out of first in "D" range. you put in "2" and it shifts perfect through all the gears, it will down shift if you hit the gas, just like it was in drive. After about 10 miles of normal driving you'll feel the thing...
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    Winstar Casino

    I've been to Winstar several times and probally made my last trip there lastnight. The only reason I went was because I was on call and couldn't be to far away in case I got a emergency call. I recall the first trip I made to Winstar. When I saw the place I told the wife this is nothing but...
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    Guess I had better Fess Up

    Over reading trailers and towing about how not to launch a boat. Well, about a year ago wife and I decided to go fish. Got to the ramp, make my u-turn to line up to launch. Every thing is normal, Pull off the tie down strap, pull off the transom saver, Pump up primer bulb. All is going...
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    Taurus /Check engine Light on

    Its a 96 Taurus 3.0 DOHC. Problem started about 3 months ago. I got the code reader out and the code was P430 catalyst below threshold left bank. For about a month it would set the same code. I did not erase the code but the MIL would go off by it self and then a few days later set the...
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    MG Midget ???

    Dads got a 1976 MG that he gave a hundred for. The car is all intact, Straight body, no rust that I can spot. My intentions are to make a driver out of it and not a show car. Don't know if I'm going to have to go through the motor yet but prepared to, and it will have to have a complete...
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    Mid-Life Crisis

    I'm to the point of saying (edit) it to everything. I'm fifty the wife is 47 and she feels the same way I do. The house is all paid in full, No other bills except utilities and ins. Were both sick of the Metromess. Were to the point of selling out and finding a spot in the piney woods of...
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    1963 40HP Rude, Cutting out

    Just got back from a 4 day outing. Motor ran fine till yesterday. Normally I run 3900 rpm. Wot will run 4600. Anyhow, running along motor cut out to a idle. I was using a new to me tank and figured problems with the vent. Now this tank has the pin that when you hook up line the connector...
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    Plastic Boat Repairs

    My boss at work found out I was rebuilding a fiberglass boat, so he brought me his little bass buggy to repair the potoons where he dropped it. Now he had glassed in some of cracks. Some of the repairs took hold and some of the glass is peeling off. In my exp. with glass is that it won't...
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    Ford Mechanics

    I've got a couple of Questions about a 96 Tauras. Just finished replacing plugs, plug wires. While I had the upper intake off so I could replace the plugs on the rear bank I noticed some of the vacume lines were looking bad. Had 4 that I wanted to replace since they are burried. Talked with...
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    Johnson/ Rude cluch dogs

    Seems like I read somewhere in the forums that the clutch dogs for the late 50's and early 60's big twins are no longer available. Am I having a brain spasam or is this true?
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    Thanksgiving

    I start off by giving thanks for my wife, my 5 kids and 4 grandkids.<br /><br />I give thanks for this wonderful country that we all live in, where we are basically free to do what we want to.<br /><br />I give thanks to my parents, but this Thanksgiving will be on a sadder note.<br /><br />At...
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    SIL gets 2 weeks R&R

    Found out yesterday that SIL, that has been deployed to Iraq got to go back to home base in <br />Germany for 2 weeks. Daughter is still stationed in Germany. They have been apart since Feb. <br /><br />He will finally get to see his son, Milo, that was born back in July. <br /><br />This...
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    Should I try this??

    This should probally be posted under "Stupid Human Tricks" so JB if you need to move this, so be it. <br /><br />The wife wants to get a kitten and she has plans to take it out on the boat with us. Now the kitten is 6 weeks old. Any ideas, should I get a heavy duty first aid kit for the...
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    Bad day at the lake

    Went to the lake with the wife to get in some fishing. First off she left her medicine at the house. Called son to bring to boat ramp. Only 3 miles from house to boat ramp, all is cool. We get to favorite fishing hole, wife acts like she is mad or something. We drop our lines. Last week...
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    Q and A ,

    Hey did I miss LF'S weekly Q&A or is are you on vacation getting ready for get together on monday?
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