This is the last part of this repair article. The only aggravating part of this repair is the antenna cable. In order to pull the passenger side of the dash out far enough the cable has to be disconnected from the dash at two locations. It is held to the dash with push pin retainers … Continue reading “1999 Ford F150, Replacing Broken Blend Air Door, Part Three”
This is the second part of this repair to see the first part please click here. Moving to the driver’s side of the vehicle the finish panel that covers the sides and top edge of the steering column opening needs to be removed. It will pull loose by grabbing the lower edges and pulling it … Continue reading “1999 Ford F150, Replacing Broken Blend Door, Part Two”
I had already determined that the blend air door was broken in this 1999 Ford F150. There are some hacked up ways of changing this door and if that is what you are looking for this article is not for you. Although there are a lot of steps involved in replacing the broken blend air … Continue reading “1999 Ford F150, Replacing Broken Blend Door, Part One”
This 2007 Toyota Tacoma came in with the complaint that the compass and thermometer in the overhead display was not working. The owner of the Tacoma told me that he knew what was wrong and just needed some help soldering a part back together. He also told me that a friend of his has a … Continue reading “2007 Toyota Tacoma, Overhead Display Blank”
I was going through extra pictures that I have taken over the last year. There were several that I could not use in regular posts. Generally either because it was too involved of a repair or the customer could not afford to fix the problem. Anyways I decided to just publish these pictures of costly … Continue reading “Costly Mistakes”
This 2005 GMC Sierra came in with the complaint that when the vehicle is started cold, the headlights, dash lights and dome light will flicker or pulsate. As the system runs the problem diminishes but never goes fully away. This is a common complaint on many Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC full sized trucks and suv’s. … Continue reading “2005 GMC Sierra, Lights Flicker or Pulsate”
This 2003 Chevrolet Silverado happens to be my personal vehicle and today I decided to test the battery as cool weather is upon us in South Carolina. The battery failed a load test as expected. I have heard the cranking sound slightly off key for the past few weeks. Yes, I can detect/hear a weak … Continue reading “2003 Chevrolet Silverado, Changing The Battery”
This 2002 Ford F150 came in with the complaint that the battery would go dead overnight. After the basics of checking the battery and alternator, I disconnected the negative battery cable and installed my Fluke multimeter in series between the negative battery post and the negative battery cable. I set the meter to read DC … Continue reading “2002 Ford F150, Battery Goes Dead Overnight”
This 2001 Cadillac Deville came in with the complaint that the driver’s side vent temperature stays hot all of the time. I checked codes in the instrument panel module and found a code B0408 stored for a fault in the air mix one actuator. With the B0408 code the problem could have easily have been … Continue reading “2001 Cadillac Deville, Driver’s Side Air Stuck, B0408”
This 2002 Chevrolet Suburban came in with the battery light on and the system voltage at 12 volts. In talking with the customer, I found out that the battery light had been coming on and going off for a bout a week. Yesterday the battery went dead while driving. I was pretty sure just from … Continue reading “2002 Chevrolet Suburban, Changing The Alternator”