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Nagging repair you haven't gotten to
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 1:54 pm
by Louis Zerr
When I went through the front end of my car this past winter I also replaced the A/C condenser that had been damaged about 3 years prior. I will tell you that it feels awesome to have A/C again.
I need to change the ignition tumbler now (carry a hammer right now to tap it in if it gets ornery with me).
What repairs have you put off or are you putting off and why?
Re: Nagging repair you haven't gotten to
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 6:41 pm
by Steve@Tasca
Have you considered greasing the lock cylinder instead of beating it to death?
A little white lith goes a long way to keeping these ignition cylinders working, mines original with 135k on it.
Re: Nagging repair you haven't gotten to
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 8:12 pm
by iminhell
196,xxx and I just use dry graphite.
I don't have time to put a real list together. We'll just say that there's a lot of new parts going into the new car.
Re: Nagging repair you haven't gotten to
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 9:00 pm
by Pappy
I need to completely replace the exhaust system on the focus, as its rusting out.... But I have better things to do....
Re: Nagging repair you haven't gotten to
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 9:41 pm
by Patalrob
I've got a quite a bunch of them mainly this Red thing in my garage that has not gotten any road time since 09...
Plus a couple bike frames
Re: Nagging repair you haven't gotten to
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 9:58 am
by Doc
FYI, replace that tumbler ASAP. I had one that was acting up a little, lubed it up and it worked great. One day I was running errands, started the car several times and then at the bank, no go. Tried all sorts of things, had to give up and got towed. Can't get the tumbler out if you can't turn the key, so I had to replace the colum with a tumbler. What a pain. Replace yours while you still can.
Re: Nagging repair you haven't gotten to
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:24 am
by Steve@Tasca
Mine has started acting up a couple times over the years, as soon as it does I work in a little grease and it keeps going.
FYI-When you buy a new Ford lock cylinder kit it comes with a tube of white lithium grease for assembly.
The only thing on the radar right now for my car is a left rear hub/bearing, other than that it's doing pretty well.
-Steve
Re: Nagging repair you haven't gotten to
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:49 am
by Louis Zerr
Yeah, I need to spray it with the dry lube or work some lithium into it for now. The good news is that it has over 90K on it now!!! 2002 with just a tad over 90K. Crazy.
Re: Nagging repair you haven't gotten to
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:51 am
by oldoutboardjim
Louis Zerr wrote:I will tell you that it feels awesome to have A/C again.
The way the weather has been, I would miss my heater a lot sooner than I would miss my air conditioner! 