Archive for the 'Auto' Category

Failed Smog Test in California

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

I recently failed my smog test in my 1995 Civic EX.  I have 175k miles on the car and my catalytic converter needs replacing.  I didnt want to spend $1000′s of dollars making all the necessary repairs so I spoke with my neighbor who messes with cars.  He suggested to try the following: The most [...]

99 Dodge Ram 1500 5.2L Quad Cab Manual Transmission Problem

Sunday, August 21st, 2005

My check engine light came on after towing a boat and a uhaul a few hundred miles. My truck has 70k miles on it so its not suprising. The symptom my truck was having was when letting off the gas the truck would jerk forward and backwards. I just got the clutch replaced so I [...]

5th gear problem

Wednesday, May 11th, 2005

I just bought a very nice 95 honda civic in pretty good condition. The clutch needed to be replaced so I had that done. However one small thing happened that could have been very expensive. The mechanics somehow, forgot to refill the transmission fluid back to normal, so on my way home from work it [...]