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Ford also used the C3 in the lower powered Fox body cars, either with the 2.3 4 cyl. (non-turbo) or the ubiquitous 200 inline 6. Thank goodness I had moved to wrenching Honda's by the time Lincoln-Mercury had starting selling the Merkur in the states in my 13.5 year stint as a mechanic for a...

Did not know that either, though the C4 was a decent transmission, I wonder how well it held up mated to a K code motor. Not unlike Ford's woeful C3, that thing would disintegrate if you sneezed at it...lol:crazy:

Not true, I ordered a set of NGK Iridium spark plugs for my beater CRV several years ago, the seller was Amazon.com. When they arrived and I was ready to install them 2 of the 4 plugs had paper sleeves to protect the threaded end while the other 2 had the correct plastic sleeves. Close...

My first car was a '65 Mustang which my Father bought new in mid 1965 or so, it was his very first new car ever. It had a 289 4V mated to a Borg-Warner T10 4 speed and had decent power, I tried as hard as I could to talk him into getting the 271 hp version, but he wasn't having it. He did...

What an OUTSTANDING gesture of gratitude! I'm sure the entire crew appreciated it and enjoyed themselves. I myself am a former Firefighter retired with 28.5 years of service with the Honolulu Fire Department and can totally relate to your post...

Not wanting to turn this post into a vintage appliance forum, I'll start a thread in the lounge later. Check it out when you can, you too Orange Streak, if you're so inclined... :like:

The Fram PH8A used to be well constructed filter back in the day, I used to use it on all the Ford's in the family stable. You could not GIVE me a Fram filter in this day and age now... But then, almost everything was well constructed back then...my Sister has gone through 3 washing machines...

Amazon is riddled with counterfeit parts, all of them well known and trusted automotive aftermarket brands.... I don't doubt eBay is just as bad... Have not had any issues with RockAuto, not yet at least...however their shipping rates to Hawaii give me pause.

You mean the Walmart in the Ala Moana district, Waikiki is adjacent to it. I am always surprised at certain "Wallyworld" patrons when I go there, which is, as little as possible. There's lot to do on Oahu, like anywhere else, it depends on what you'd like to do or see... Quite frankly, I'd...

You ain't seen nothing till you see their shipping fees to the Fiftieth State bud...the price to live in Paradise!

I hear you, the Walmart's here in Hawaii are no exceptions at all...lol

I cannot fathom why anyone would want to cheapen out when it comes to a critical part such as an oil filter. As the adage goes: "You can pay me now, or pay me later"...

The only filters I use are either OEM or Wix, nothing else... Trivia here, who remembers the aftermarket oil filter setups in which a toilet paper roll was used as the filtering medium? I wonder how many engines that engineering gem destroyed...

Wanna invent some new words in oil filter access? Try it on a Pinto/Bobcat with a 2.8 V6, you can get a strap wrench in it, but you'll have about 2 degrees arc in which to swing the wrenches handle. Granted, most of these vehicles have been recycled into your neighbor's Subaru, or the new...

I had the same issue with my special ordered '86 F-150 back in late '85, the dockworkers in Oakland, CA were on strike, so my truck sat, waiting to be loaded onto a Matson container ship. My dealer notified me of this 2 days after the vehicle arrived via rail from Ford's Twin Cities plant...

I was lucky that it took just 5 months, in comparison to an eternity like 9, however my delivery date was 1/18/20, before Covid-19 became a pandemic and the resulting labor shortage/global supply shortages. My very first new car, a '79 Mercury Capri took 7 months to arrive in HNL, but that was...

I believe Ford changes their Michigan Assembly plant production line sometime in mid-October for the next model year production run. The order for my '20 Lariat was placed on 8/18/19 with the dealer and was submitted to Ford on 8/26/19 and was assembled on 11/19/19, the Tuesday before...

Yups, and a bargain @ $1295, I feel sorry for those whose dealer is, theoretically, just 5 miles away from the plant, Ford still charges the same rate. Pasha (shipping lines to HI) charges almost $1K from Long Beach, CA to Honolulu, HI alone, however all the vehicles are enclosed on board the...

My '20 Lariat spent almost a month in transit, however this was during the holiday season in late 2019 and it had to travel 5K miles to get to my dealer. It sat on the docks @ Long Beach, CA for a week, from 12/30/19-01/06/20 till it was loaded onto a Pasha "RORO" bound for Hawaii.

All present day Rangers sold in the United States are assembled @ Ford's Michigan Assembly plant.