Recent content by dhanger

If you haven't gotten the OK better not try to sneak it in--they can tell :-)

This week I replaced defective Amazon/Hayden fan clutch with NAPA version. Backstory: In March last year (2025) I decided to replace HVAC components with a RA kit (compressor, condenser, accumulator, orifice tube). System was functional but getting old and weak (compressor was so bad that after...

How bad is it, can it be repaired? I've done some plastic repairs with hot glue/epoxy and fine mesh hardware cloth. If a replacement can't be found and repairs impossible maybe the best solution for the time being is to just remove it. I know it won't look good but better to be safe than be...

Okay, here's another idea. Have you seen these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BKW3AKI/?tag=gmtnation-20 Something to try would be to use the original actuator, replacing the gear with the Amazon kit. In most cases the failure point on these actuators is that gear. I suppose the electronics can...

Quoted from my post #55 earlier: Did you double check the gear timing of the actuator with the external gear attached to the door? Of the 5 actuators this is the only one that has to be timed correctly with an external gear.

After some more searching I came across this: https://www.okpetroleummarketplace.com/johnsens-r-134a-hfc-134a-automotive-ac-refrigerant-case-of-self-sealing-12oz-cans-12-pack.html This seemed much more legitimate and a good price so I used the AI method plus some other scam checking services...

I've gotten so turned off by AI that I never think to use it for something useful like this. Another big tipoff was free shipping on 30 pounds, besides the low cost--not reasonable. Thanks.

This looks 'too good to be true'. It's less than half the cost of every other seller I've looked at. I wasn't really looking for this much but if it's legit it's too good to pass up. I have my doubts...

What am I doing today? Sweating my arse off, our 2 year old heat pump compressor died yesterday afternoon in a heat wave that's hot even for Arizona. Just had a whole new system installed 2 years ago after our 20 year old system spit out its last ice cube. Found a local guy who runs his own...

I recently bought a cheap Chinese bidirectional scanner (xTool A30M), I'll have to look into that but I have my doubts.

Maybe a dumb question, I googled it but came up empty handed. In former days with carburetors and/or mechanical linkage it was easy to manually control engine speed while tinkering under the hood. Now with drive by wire it's not possible any more and I can't find any info on a way to do that. Is...

If nothing else it's a measure of how many people are still trying to keep these fading rigs going I guess. I don't feel so alone :2thumbsup:

I always see a red numeral on top of the alert symbol indicating the number of unread messages or reactions, not so for you? Or am I talking about something else?

You're referring to the connector going into the ignition switch, right? The thought did occur to me that it may be a factor, it doesn't take a great deal of force to connect/reconnect.

That makes 2 of us, LOL. I consider myself reasonably competent at automotive 'electrical' as opposed to automotive 'electronics' where I get pretty lost in the woods. Things make some degree of sense after the fact, but being able to diagnose and understand the workings in the bowels of the...