Jun

12th

2023

Mechanic: 2007 Dodge Caravan · 1:32am Jun 12th, 2023

Got a little bit of a different one for y'all today—instead of being a diagnostic adventure, it's a repair adventure! But first, you know what to do:

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Report Admiral Biscuit · 551 views · #mechanic #2007 Caravan #put a dodge in your garage. . . #routine maintenance #found problems #found more problems #which wheel bearing is loose? #. . . and leave it there #brake caliper locked up #got to Seaquestriafest anyway #con blogs coming soon(TM)

May

14th

2021

Mechanic: 6.4L transplant, or what the Admiral did last week . . . and this week. · 3:34am May 14th, 2021

I lured some of you here by false pretenses! The horror!

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Well, only slightly false pretenses, as those of y’all who’ve been around for a while know, when the Admiral is stressed out you get cute ponies.

Therefore, let me present a 6.4L engine replacement, a photo essay.

Feb

24th

2021

Mechanic: Monday · 3:05am Feb 24th, 2021

Oh boy!

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I wasn’t going to blog about Monday, but then the end of the day was the perfect capstone, so . . .

Jan

12th

2024

MECHANIC: What I got for Christmas at the Shop! (part 1) · 3:15am January 12th

So I already told you what I got for Jinglemas, but let me tell you what I got for Christmas (and New Years) at the shop!

Fair warning, those of you who are used to my normal mechanic blog posts where it's a mystery until the very end, this one was not a mystery for very long. Fixing it on the other hand . . . well.

Report Admiral Biscuit · 450 views · #mechanic #explorer #sure you can fix it yourself #various lengths of wire #electrical nightmare #fourteen hours of soldering #worst puzzle ever #hashtag #data lines #shoulda just got a harness #original problem still isn't fixed #or even diagnosed #typos are a feature

Apr

6th

2022

MECHANIC: The Ranger · 3:49am Apr 6th, 2022

Today we’re gonna talk about a Ford Ranger! This one’s from a while back, but the repair process was similar to a truck I’ve been working on recently.

But first. . . .

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Report Admiral Biscuit · 559 views · #mechanic #ranger #multiple problems #the customer just bought it #lots of new parts #and some of the repairs are questionable #OBD-II #hunting the root cause #multiple issues #fuel trim #fuel pressure #obligatory Sweetiebot pic #lessons learned and re-applied #followup coming soon(TM).

Feb

9th

2023

MECHANIC: F350 · 5:30am Feb 9th, 2023

Alrighty, kids, I've got a fun one for y'all today. Like, y'all know how some authors—even me, when I remember—do state of the author blogs for particular months? Mine would be mostly working on this one, specific truck.

But first, you know what to do:

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Report Admiral Biscuit · 603 views · #mechanic #f350 #7.3 #shotgunning #more jargon than anyone wants #did the cute pony pictures help? #like Sisyphus and the rock #self-immolation #tomorrow brings a week of working on this dumb truck #fix one problem find two more

Jun

8th

2016

Read It Later Reviews #51 – Plainswalker; The Brief, Torrid Love-Affair of Fernando the Straw and Madame le Flour; “So… what IS your call sign, anyway?”; The Gentle People; The Element of Audacity; The Mechanical Donkey · 7:03pm Jun 8th, 2016

Procrastination on writing creates a surprising amount of motivation to review stories.

Today’s stories:

Plainswalker by Burraku Pansa
The Brief, Torrid Love-Affair of Fernando the Straw and Madame le Flour by CoffeeMinion
“So… what IS your call sign, anyway?” by Vivid Syntax
The Swap by Monochromatic
The Twilight Zone by Bad Horse
- The Gentle People
-The Element of Audacity
-The Mechanical Donkey

Dec

15th

2022

MECHANIC: Mazda Miata and Ford F150 · 3:02am Dec 15th, 2022

Alrighty, kids, it's time for another mechanic blog! This time we're gonna talk about a Mazda Miata I worked on nearly 20 years ago, and then a F150 that I worked on just recently.

But first, you know what to do:

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