Recent content by amonostereo

I've failed emissions every single time I've gone to re-register (every 2 years) for the last decade. The last few times, I've taken it to a mom-and-pop mechanic. Sometimes they get it to pass, sometimes not, but I always walk away about $2k lighter. (CO offers a 'repair waiver' after spending...

Thanks guys! I ordered the additive, looks like it will be perfect for this application.

All I got is "door lock" FSM screenshot:

I have a bunch of Royal Purple grease laying around. This stuff. So when I serviced all the driveshaft zerks and the birfs, I just used it. Didn't occur to me that it might not be molybdenum disulfide grease like the FSM calls for. On a scale of "meh" to "don't even look at it without servicing...

I just noticed that my maintenance schedule says to 'lubricate driveshaft bushing'. Ummmm... what is the driveshaft bushing and where is it located? Searched Mud and the FSM, no dice. I have lubed the u-joints and slip joints, and since they are called out differently on the maint sched, I...

Noice. Slee panhard there too? Keep us updated on the handling improvement; I'm looking into the same thing and hoping this is the solution to some pretty crazy body roll. (That's what I get for putting a rooftop tent on an already topheavy SUV...)

The first place my mind went to with all this was electrical. I had similar symptoms when a ignition coil was going bad really slowly (granted, it was a Jeep). It did pretty much the same sporadic and erratic idle, and sudden loss of power at speed for a couple weeks before just completely...