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Yes, that’s an old joke definition for FORD, but sometimes it seems to describe my life. After spending Labor Day weekend repairing my wife’s Grand Prix ignition switch and DRL diode, and my Chevy Colorado (radio bulbs and door speaker replacement), along with other household repairs, the 2 year old 500 GB Seagate hard drive […]
The HVAC blower motor in our 2001 Grand-Prix started acting up, sometimes only working on ‘5’, sometimes not at all, along with the trip computer (Driver Info Center or DIC) blanking out randomly. The fuses were fine, I cleaned the ground connections to no avail. Not wanting to chase the problem further, I took it […]
File this under one of the reasons GM earns its bad reputation: After 60K miles, 2 (or maybe 3) of the 7 light bulbs in my 2005 Colorado XTreme pickup radio had burned out. As a die-hard DIY type, and knowing that such things cost more to repair than they’re worth, I tackled replacing the […]
In the late 1990’s I swapped my headlight bulbs for Halogen bulbs. While this was an improvement, it wasn’t as good as it should have been, and I learned that the headlight switch wasn’t designed to handle that much current. I’m a computer engineer, so I really don’t have any excuse for putting off a […]
The “wall-wort” AC adapter on my 2-wire 2701HG-B AT&T DSL modem/router died after roughly 2 years. This was protected by a decent UPS, and a whole-house surge protector, so I don’t think lightning was an issue. AT&T was no help, they insisted the only option was to purchase a complete new gateway for $100 and […]
