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Gasoline varies in composition from batch to batch. The refine from whatever source the can obtain it from, Middle East, Europe, US, Canada, South America, etc. What was perfect gas one day can easily have a much higher sulfur content the next. Exactly what kind of smell is it? Sour, putrid, musty, wet, dusty, like exhaust, like gasoline, like something burning, like burning rubber, like sulfur or acid? Can you describe the smell better? When you smell molten solder your really smelling the mostly resin in the solder. I would lean to protective coating on engine parts burning off.

Just curious, did you put the old one next to the new one on a flat surface and compare what differences exist? Be interesting to see if they were made differently, or if the existing one became compressed.

Perhaps this might help.http://owner.ford.com/how-tos/maintenance/engine/selectshift-automatic-transmission.html

Ford's offering an 8 year battery for $120. http://owner.ford.com/maintenance/service-coupons-and-offers.html?couponId=BT090

Fuse?

Yea, I agree with knickerbocker, some gasolines with high sulfur content can really stink. Nothing you can do but try a different brand. Cat converter just doing its job.

Have the 09 MKX and have no problems with the tranny or AWD. Talked the a mechanic at local Ford dealer and he recommended changing gearbox fluid. (Tranny already flushed). Still smooth as glass (knock on wood).

Marines, CH-46, avionics. Was assigned as Air Crew, flew as a door gunner by day, patched them up at night. TAD for 2 weeks to Chu Li in January, 1970 as air/sea rescue; should any Phantoms need to ditch after takeoff. Our helo was sited on a pad, halfway down the runway. As a game we used to stand as close to the runway as possible as the Phantoms took off, full load of ordinance, full afterburners. Game was to see who could get their nose the closest to the wingtip as the plane passed by. I won twice. Loved those Phantoms, what a rush standing right next to the runway, feeling the jet exhaust burn your face. Loved flying at dawn. Clouds came off land, rolling ever so slowly over the hills at the ocean. Like slow motion waterfalls. The early morning cold, crisp, clear air, away from the smell of the jungle. There were some good times amongst the bad. Seen nearly all of I-Corps by air and some of Laos (although we were officially never there). We resupply ed all of the fire bases, Fwd units, ran medivac's deep in the jungle in the A-Shaw, the Highlands and most all air fields. Took some flying lessions after I got back but never pursued as had two young'ns to raise and flying is expensive. Have traveled extensively by air on business, but not the same as being in "Fields of the Lord" by yourself. I envy you, what a thrill.

I think the bars make the car look chintzy. Might consider adding curb scrapers on to match. LOL.

You know, that reality looks great. Rich looking.

Don't have this problem, but good to know. What did you use to clean the contacts and what's the name of the grease you used? Great writeup btw, thanks for posting this.

Lucky you. All I got was a VW Beetle with a wife and two young'ns, no job to go back to (went under) and a recession (no one was hiring). Sweet ride, but honestly I really don't care for Corvettes. Seems like your always filling up the tank and on regular roads, it's like your riding inside a basketball. (Hard suspension). But they will definitely put you back in the seat! (If you can afford the gas). Wasn't my first, but a senior in high school (64-65), I bought a 62 Tbird convert. Loved that car, real chick magnetic (not that I needed it mind you - cough, cough). {How did that song go "Those were the days, my friend...."}. Semper Fi

Eh, .... 90? Where do you live, Wyoming, Texas, Boston?

I think there's a joke about being just married buried somewhere in there .....

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One additional thought, is that a fog light atually diminishs your highway vision. The reason is that, when you are running just headlights, the light is scattered down the road (diminishing law of squares), and you iris need to open wider to "see" better. When you turn on your fog lamps, they throw a LOT of light close to the car. The brighter light will close your iris to compensate and this reduces your distance vision. Under very poor driving conditions (fog, rain, snow) you are driving very slow and your main objective is to stay "on the road". The ONLY purpose for fog lights is to illuminate the center line and edge lines on the road. Turning them on at any other time only hinders your ability to see further.

Seconded.

Another option comes to mind. You have gunk in the resivoir itself. Settles to the bottom creating a partial blockage. Blowing air backwards displaces the gunk, which just resettle to the bottom afterwards.

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Glad to hear it. I'd be questioning your dealer's service department.

Additional thoughts, try putting the radio into the diagnostics mode (press & hold button #3, these press button #6). The speaker test will start, before it finishes, exit by using the screen and run diagnostics. See if there any codes present. (I imagine this is what your dealer did, but just in case ... ).

About the only thing I can think of is to check fuse #13. It's 5 amp, forth from the bottom on the left side. If you don't have a spare handy, try pulling the 5 amp #45 for the wipers just to test.

As for the false reading, yes, it's quite possible for an officer to accidentally get a reading much higher than the car was traveling. The way this works is, if the officer pulled the trigger rather than squeezed it, it's possible the sweep across two cars during the same pull. This more likely to occur at long distances of a half mile or more and if he didn't aim carefully and properly lead the car he was checking. A good officer when checking a car at distance should try "hitting" to target more than once. Assume two cars are traveling at the posted speed limit, 45 mph. The gun reads the more distant car, then continues to sweep to the closer car. Even though both were traveling at the posted speed limit, the gun reads that the closer car traveled it's actual distance plus the distance separating the two cars; say 85 mph.

There are two latching positions for the hood. If the hood is held closed just by the safety latch, it will indeed move up and down by a couple of inches. Open the hood and let it slam closed from about the one foot open position. Then test the hood being fully closed by pulling up on the lip. It should no longer move at all. If it's still loose (but safety latched), the catch mechanism needs to be looked at.