My '99 ML430's break light will not come on when the break pedal is depressed. The center breaklight comes on. Break indicator on panel does not come on to warn of the break light failure. Left and right breaklights not on. Fuse OK, bulbs checked and OK. Any clues? Please help, thank you in...

Hello group. I've a 1999 Olds intrigue (3.5l/94K) that's been getting awful fuel economy for some time now and nothing seems to help. For the first year or so I owned it, it consistantly got 19-20mpg in all city driving. For the last 1.5 or so years it has dropped to 14-16mpg, usually closer...

1999 Chevy Prizm, same as a Corolla. AC compressor makes a scraping/grinding noise when the AC is OFF. I'm assuming this means the clutch bearing? How difficult is the R&R on one of these (car is my wife's, currently elsewhere due to a move, elsewhere being someplace where I have minimal tools)....

The A/C in the above mentioned car is not working as well as it once did. We've noticed a bit of a decline in cooling ability over the last year or so. Took the car to the dealership to see what they could do. Bad news: There is a teeny tiny leak at a seam in the condenser, so it needs to be...

I have a 1999 Toyota Corolla LE with about 77,000 miles on it and noticed today a soft knocking sound coming from under the hood. This sound wasn't present when I started up the car yesterday. The sound is like a steady tapping that's only noticeable when the car is in park. I can't hear it at...

Hi, I've got a 1993 Dodge Grand Caravan, 170k miles, still in great shape bodywise and mechanically, still some life left in the old girl. Couple of months ago, I noticed the gas mileage going south, then the "Check Engine" light came on. Had it checked out, the EGR valve and coolant...

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what are the specs of the screws for old american racing, ansen, etc. center caps with the five ears? Should they be allen head, phillips, other? I have a set of ansens with no hardware and nothing to compare them to. I have a marine-oriented hardware store nearby that can get me anything I want...

Is there any reason to ever buy a salvaged car for anything but a throwaway price? I'm talking about "normal" people here, not the Roadkill Garage guys... Two friends, two disasters. One friend had invested a lot in racing parts before the Mustang broke in half. The other was given the car...

We just got an '04 Cavalier, 2.2L, 4-spd AT. We do mostly city driving - not so much stop/start, but seldom into 4th gear. We don't drive it hard. Our old '99 Cavalier (2.2L, 3-spd AT) would get around 22 MPG this time of year. The '04 is getting less than 20 - not what I expected. Does this...

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I want to buy an electric chainsaw which has all steel gears.Do you know of any company that makes them? Those plastic gears are crap, they don't hold up too well. cuhulin

I have a small (7 hp, 1 cylinder) 4-cycle engine (Kohler) that won't start. It has a magneto ignition. A plug resting on the head sparks; but, for a number of reasons, I still suspect the ignition is 'weak', and doesn't fire strongly enough under compression to produce combustion. But, I'm not...

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Are they any good, better than 2 stroke.I don't do any weed trimming, but I think I like little bitty 4 stroke engines.I don't like to fiddle with finiky 2 stroke engines.I am thinking about buying one of those 4 strokers just for the heck of it. cuhulin

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Why aren't those pressure gauges at 5,000 feet below Sea level not cracked/broken/busted? BP doing some more Photoshopping? cuhulin

My little walk behind lawnmower has gotten almost impossible to push because the plastic wheels are worn out, they don't last long.One of the wheels is rubbing against the frame, another one is rubbing against the push bar, the other two wheels are almost as bad.A new set of wheels would cost about...

The Troy Bilt lawn mower I bought at a pawn shop last week.It has a Briggs & Stratton 6.50 horsepower engine.I used it this afternoon to mow my yard.A weeks worth of grass I mowed today and the engine was stalling down and making a clinking noise, I thought perhaps the blade was loose, but it...

My old Lincoln crackerbox electric welding machine has given up the ghost.I am looking for another electric welding machine, I need to do some welding on a metal security door for my house.It is an old security door, the kind with the square section metal tubes, up and down the door.The thickness...