I was contacted by the author NotanImportantPony to do a full review of his story "The Final Setting of the Sun". Thanks for the opportunity! If you or someone you know would like me to review their story, send me a PM.

Some minute spoilers are likely inevitable but will be kept to a minimum.

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Rather than regale you with the tale of putting a junkyard engine in a Chrysler 200 (which went surprisingly well) or timing chains on an Acadia (which didn’t), I figured it was time to get back to electrical stuff, because that’s going to be a good time.

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Spoiler alert: it wasn’t

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Got a nice short one for y’all today. We’re gonna talk briefly about a Ford F150 with a 3.5L dual-turbo. So grab your libation of choice and let’s get into it.

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Updates!

Some time ago I mentioned that there were two cars in the parking lot that needed an engine and a third that needed a priest.

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Also, there was that Ford I told y’all about in the last blog post.

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Today we're gonna talk about a Tahoe and a usually reliable code. You know what to do:

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The uploader of the video "had to fuck about with [his] VCR because it had broke on [him] and [he] thought the mechanism was pretty interesting so [he] filmed a short video." The result is nothing short of masterful, a 2 1/2 minute demonstration of how the way in which a VHS tape interacts with the VCR and it will amaze you all the way through.

It's always the season for a fic as great as today's story.

The Celestial Mechanics in Midsummer
[Slice of Life] • 8,716 words

"My dear Twilight Sparkle,

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Have a short mechanic blog!

Couple of days agoAbout a month ago [because that’s how far behind I am at the moment], we got a 2012ish Buick Regal towed in. Looked like this, more or less:

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The complaint is that it barely runs, and stalls frequently.

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2021 is nearly upon us . . . depending on your time zone, it might already be upon you, in fact.

Are things better on the other side of the temporal divide?

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Welcome to another mechanicing blog! It’s been too long since I did one of these, so for everybody who’s forgotten, grab either the beverage of your choice or your thinking cap, and let’s have some fun!

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Yes, I have a clever title for the blog. However, it's a huge spoiler, so you'll get the actual title at the end.

Meanwhile, y'all know the drill:

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Good day.

After being sick for a few weeks I'm back on the warpath. Today I finished uploading the last of Gary Oak's videos about

What Makes a Good Story part 3/3 Mechanics

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Whew, that month went by fast, and boy, was it busy! A lot of things happened this month, and there are a lot of things in store, so below the break, get my monthly progress report on all things story related plus details on what's about to go down, as well as a few surprises!

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A mechanic blog post, we haven’t done one of these in a while! It’s been insanely busy at the shop; we’ve already hit our March monthly goal, in part because some people are spending their stimulus money fancying up their pickup trucks.

Which brings me to the subject of today’s blog post: IWEs. Not to be confused with IEDs, those are very different.

Who wants to learn about IWEs?

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I hesitate to even suggest you grab your favorite beverage, you're just gonna skim this one. But, if you're game:

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But before I tell you about Monday, let me tell you about Friday. Which, you might remember, was the 13th. And the moon was full-ish.

Y’all know what to do.

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This one's gonna be a quickie . . . probably.

You know what to do.

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Hooray hooray the first of May

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The sun in shining, the birds are chirping, the weather is warm. I found my lawnmower and it still runs, so I got some of the yard mowed, too.

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That's right, folks, we've got it all here!

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News and updates and a writing tip and a mechanicing tip, plus we can talk about the weather! So, basically win, win, win.

So much winning.

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Hello MetaVerse Fans!

As the Coronapocolypse is upon us, it’s been mighty quiet around the sites and discords, despite the fact we’re all sheltering in place!

So I thought I’d present a quick rundown of what's still going on!

First and foremost, STAY SAFE! There's so much to do in that simple idea: Washing your hands, social distancing and making sure you stay informed on your local, state and federal sources for the next steps that affect you!

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