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Adding hitch and lift kit to Cherokee Trailhawk after winter. Bout the only work I can do on it.

Have driven and worked on beaters for decades.
Am done w that crap.

Might get one for a toy, but not for daily driving. Nope.
Fairly new w warranty.

Kids GM, had to remove fascia to change headlight bulb. WTF.
Wiper switch dead on 2004 GC. Hidden on frame rail, had to remove bumper fascia for that. I said fuggit and popped ligjt out and made access hole.from.top.

Way easier.

Hey. Some of them dang things you have to remove half of the front clip


201? Impala or Malibu comes to mind.

Yup, Mailbu, what my oldest had.

Got a 2011 motorhome sitting out here the innanet says I should replace the spark plugs on that v 10 or one day she might decide to change them herself.
E 450. There isn't room for two mice to pass there in spots. That performance is going to get hired out

no not a new one.........

hell 1-2 YO and they're still $98K

It's called, picking your battles.

I have a 99 Suburban, brake lights don't work. Diagnosis points to the Multi Function Switch <lots of systems use this device, brake lights, turns, hazards, wipers, cruise control, etc> that is in the steer column. Real mf'er to remove/replace. Maybe next spring I'll tackle this. Or not.

Rattlesnake came in the other day and said the low beams were out on the headlights. Ok, I'll check it out. Looked at fuses and there are 4.... 1 for each high beam and 1 for each low beam, but they all tested good. Ok, pulled a bulb and checked power at the socket and sure enough, no power to one side of he bulb. Pulled one of the low beam fuses and there was no power to it. Must be the switch.... $189 later and changing the switch didn't fix the problem. Ok, time for utube..... found out there is a low beam relay (that's not labeled in the fuse/relay box or the book) and since I dont have fog lights, I swtched the two relays. Now I got power to the fuses and power to the bulb sockets. Put my bulbs back in and found I had one low beam bulb that was bad. Took the switch back and bought 2 bulbs. Took 1/2 the day, but it's fixed.


Forgot to mention that while trying to pull out a fuse I ruined it. Since I dont have DTR lights, I used that one to replace it.

I’ve done the Super Duty v10 plugs twice, back two are a doodle, used a shop vac with an improvised “heater hose extension” to sucked any acorns, debris deep inside the plug well before unscrewing the sparkplug. Buy a caulk tube of dielectric grease when reassembling.

Took me allll day to do it but the dealership wanted $600+ And that was before JoeFlation

I pick em every day

I rarely hire anything out, I have lots of smart friends if I get into a pinch and they have me to reciprocate. My buds don’t forget favors.
Nice to have a bud put a new 3-1/2 ton heat pump in for me while I was in the hospital for a week.
For only unit cost, and ran thru my account on my EPA card.

Easiest I ever changed out a headlamp in - was "The Warden"s 07 GMC 2500HD.
2 pins, and the assembly came out into your hands. Twist lamp connector out, replace bulb, and reverse process.
Ten minutes max - the second and subsequent times. Took a while to figure it out, initially.

Some are simple, like my 2014 Hyundai and 1999 Mustang that I used to have. Some are a pain. I had to change the bulbs in a Chevy Malibu that our daughter had and that was hard going, especially on the drivers side.

Like a Homey Dippot. Sells the same over-priced cheap chit -and they don't have enough of it. Just shopped 4 stores in Wisconsin 2 months ago to find enough materials for one lousy not large dog fence for my son's yard. But all the Christmas crap was out on the floor.

After the job was done, I found the same stuff - more than I initially needed- at a farm and feed store in Chippawa Falls, only less expensive.

That was one of GMs better ideas. All the bulbs on the trucks of that era are simple to change.

Brilliant tool to own for new car repairs...

TRUST ME!

https://www.harborfreight.com/zr-pr...scanner-factory-reconditioned-57917.html

I have a friend that had a truck with the v10 and he said the same thing about changing the plugs.

Worse I ever helped with was a 327 in a late 60's model vette. Nightmare changing the plugs.

Helluva farmer.

LOL

That was an example of my dry witted sarcasm.

If changing a bulb isn't a hill your willing to die on, the bar isn't very high.

Same/same on our 04 T'hoe

But changing plugs on my 99 Frontier is a different beast altogether.
We had the damdest set of extensions put together to get the back two out.
Was almost to the point of pulling the dash and getting the drill out.

A crack mechanic had a hard time changing spark plugs on our 2016 F150.

$500 was cheap!