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The Mighty Merc – M5OD Maintenance
While the 4R70W isn’t a bad transmission, and probably one of the few automatics that doesn’t piss me off, I still rather have a manual. After searching for a small block ZF-5 that wasn’t overly priced or broken, I came across a M5OD out of a 4.2 V6 truck from a ’97 F150. The 4.2 trucks use the Small Bock Ford bell pattern (have to drill out the top two bolts to 7/16”), and they have the shifter tower further…
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2004 Mazda 3 – I Haz the dumb
You ever buy something, and then immediately question the wisdom of your actions? I know I have, but this last round was a dozy. After looking at 7 other cars that were dismissed for various reasons, I came across this gem:
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Small Rolling Tool Tray Update
After using the small rolling tool tray, it became apparent that I chose poorly for the casters. The original plastic ones were much too soft and would often pick up ‘junk’ laying on the ground. This would cause the thing to not roll very well which irked me greatly. So off with the old wheel and on with some cast metal ones: And now its back in service, and often being piled full of stuff: It is still definitely one…
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Oh Canada! 2013 Trip – Tuesday’s Gone Again
Not much happened on this day as it was just a travel day for us. Since Highway 1 was still closed due to washed out bridges, our 1.5 hour trip back to Calgary turned into a 5.5 hour round about trip back across unknown roads to get us to the airport. We managed to make there with plenty of time to spare, where we dropped of our very dirty adventure mobile for this trip. The mighty Toyota Camry who’s only…
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Oh Canada! 2013 Trip – Monday!
Monday morning we were thwarted every which way we turned to try to get to see some good sunrise photos. The roads (and most of the town) of Banff were still heavily flooded which cut off our likely paths of travel to the good view points. But we made the best of it, the sleep town of Banff down below: