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  1. OkieHick

    Penetrating Lubricant

    I wasn't gonna disassemble anything. I had planned to just spray the bushing-bar junction and hope that the stuff penetrates along the bar into the junction.
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    Penetrating Lubricant

    What's the best spray-on penetrating lubricant to spray onto the swaybar bushings? I've looked at the Sea Foam, Blaster, Liquid Wrench plain silicon and WD40. Mine will squawk on occasion...
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    Noisy Tires

    The car is my 2012 V6 with the Pirelli 18" tires and 19K miles. I have noticed significant road noise as of late and was basically wondering WTF. The noise does not change with the road surface. It's most noticeable at around 40 mph and is quite annoying. So I went on the net and read some...
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    My Toys...

    OK. So "Crux" has to do with my bike's aluminum frame. Yep, but the fork is composite! It's a 2006 Giant OCR2. I could have spent $2k more for a full composite frame and had a bike that's maybe 5 lbs lighter which is cool and what the objective is. But instead I decided to lose 5 lbs of...
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    My Toys...

    I've been biking for years...average about 800 miles/yr. This year I'll be at about 600. I put Draw-Tite hitch receivers on my cars so's I can tote my addiction whenever the chance presents itself... :nice:
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    My Toys...

    Bro! What's "aluminum crux"?
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    My Toys...

  8. OkieHick

    Tire noise

    Yep...tire rotation/balance #2. I'm anal about rotation/balance. Thanks for the info. Solution to the problem: turn the radio up and/or roll the windows down! Speaking of tire pressure, I am surprised that the door casing recommendation is for only 32 psi. I would have thought 36. The...
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    Tire noise

    Anyone experience tire noise? I'm not talking the tire-road contact noise. I'm talking a "wah-wah-wah-wah" noise that's independent of the road surface and can really be heard on a smooth black road with windows up and radio off. I've had the tires rotated and balance checked....no re-balance...
  10. OkieHick

    Please Post Your Gas Mileage

    This week a 385-mile trip averaged 30.7 mpg with AC on 1/2 the time. I have the V6 Premium auto and a light foot.
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    Hiding the mufflers

    I love almost everything about my 2012 V6 Premium...ALMOST. The thing that bugs me is the obvious presence of the 2 mufflers as the car is viewed from behind. I can spot a V6 from great distances just because of those huge silver things that hang from the rear of the car. Is it possible to...
  12. OkieHick

    Steering Wheel Shake / Vibration

    I had a 95 TBird with steering wheel shake/vibration problems. Balancing the wheels on the car like in the olden days did the trick, but the places that do that are far and few in between. It's a tedious process to do it right.
  13. OkieHick

    Steering Wheel Shake / Vibration

    Anything lodged between the break rotor - lug nut plate or the wheel-rotor junctions?
  14. OkieHick

    BLOWN UP 2011 5.0

    I feel your pain and frustration. The root cause of this whole problem is what your were told by the dealer about its being OK with the tune and nitrous. You should have had that "OK" put in writing with a signature. I guarantee they would NOT have signed it. They mislead you bigtime...
  15. OkieHick

    SYNC connecting to my phone

    THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just bought an iPhone 4 (no, not that silly 4S) and SYNC connects as soon as the car starts!
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    3.31 differential

    LOL about the blown intake. Poor granny. I hope you fixed it for her! I have my eyes set on a 2014 GT. I'm basically a V8 guy and would be 100% happy with the V8 vs. 98% happy like I am with the V6 if for no other reason than the sound. I like the way Ford has tuned the V6 duals, but it...
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    3.31 differential

    Thanks for the input. I don't spend much time regretting what I have...I really love the car and will on occasion dig into the gas pedal. The result is quite pleasing and I walk away wanting nothing more. BTW, I have yet to go WOT and probably never will. I bought new Crown Vic Sports (2003...
  18. OkieHick

    in the top 5

    The new Consumer Reports lists the Mustang V6 in the top 5 for value in sports cars. It's #5...the top 4 are foreign cars. #1 is the mini cooper...?????:confused:
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    Trying my Sync gps for first time any tips

    LOL. I have this exact experience. 2 or 3 nights ago my son and I were playing with it. It became all confused, kept asking us to repeat, read back how it understood us...it was laughable...an' ah ain't got no suthun' yaccent...! My only comment to my son was that I'd be irate if I were...
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    Not happy with Ford product or service

    I had to go to 2 dealers before my water leak was fixed. My experiences are a thread in the forum. After 2 visits to the first one and having to listed to "We can't duplicate it...", I decided to give the dealer I bought it from a shot at it. Their first assessment was "We can't duplicate...
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