Cars & Bikes, Driving & Riding

Postby **NTP66** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 8:52 pm

JB Weld is magic stuff, though.

Postby **Willie Kool** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 8:58 pm

JB Weld is magic stuff, though.

I patched a hole on the Regal exhaust with JB High Heat and it's got me through two inspections. Have had a JB Water Weld patch on the bottom of the old chrome P-trap in the bathroom for years. My uncle even fixed a tooth with the stuff...

Postby **faftorial** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 9:00 pm

I had a oil leak in my car after a manual teaching gone wrong with my son but jb weld put a stop to it.

Still holding after seven years.

Postby **NTP66** » Sat Dec 23, 2023 6:00 am

The live rock in my saltwater tank is all held together with Water Weld. Atrocious to work with (and that smell), but damn did it work well.

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Sat Dec 23, 2023 11:03 am

Heat in the Flex quit working reliably last week. Some Fords have a well known issue with the blend door actuator, didn't think much of it and scheduled an appointment. Checked the oil this morning and noticed- oh hey the coolant bottle's empty. That's not good. Thought it was strange because I have not smelled coolant at all, but evidence shows that it's left the premises somehow. Oil looks good, fortunately.

Pissed off about it but looking at the bright side, I noticed it before it was Found On Road Dead and the last major repair got me an extended warranty, so this could be worse.

Postby **mac5155** » Sat Dec 23, 2023 11:06 am

Eek. Might wanna check the oil too... Is it milky? I hope not.

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Sat Dec 23, 2023 11:07 am

Eek. Might wanna check the oil too... Is it milky? I hope not.

It looks and smells fine, fortunately.

Postby **mac5155** » Sat Dec 23, 2023 11:30 am

Good deal. Usually coolant doesn't just evaporate haha.

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Sat Dec 23, 2023 11:44 am

I'm hoping it's a hose or something simple. Older Flexes have an issue with a water pump design that was improved before mine, but still hoping that's not it, even if it's under warranty it's a time consuming job.

Postby **Morkle** » Tue Dec 26, 2023 11:21 pm

Eff Mazda - Only offering $2K in assistance. So total of $6800 still owed. Never again will I buy this piece of **** brand.

So Mazda only offered 2K in assistance, and we asked the dealership if they could assist any, they're willing to knock off more, all told - it's going to coast us around $3K to fix. Down from $8900 totally. I'll count that as a win.

Postby **Shyster** » Wed Dec 27, 2023 12:04 am

I'd probably take that deal. I know you are totally pissed at Mazda, but as the saying goes, "It's cheaper to keep 'er." Or the resale/trade-in value would be much higher with the new engine, if you want to get it fixed and then dump it in favor of something else.

Postby **mac5155** » Wed Dec 27, 2023 12:36 am

Any sort of warranty offered on the work?

I'm always leery of major issues being fixed like, what caused it in the first place? A design flaw?

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Wed Dec 27, 2023 8:25 am

I guess that's my question, when our catalytic converters went on our Flex shortly after the 80k mile emissions warranty was up, Ford gave us a 3yr/36k extended warranty on top of what they covered. Can't hurt to ask.

The warranty has already helped and replaced the brakes when we had a stuck caliper and I assume it will pay for whatever's going on that caused the coolant jug to be empty.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Wed Dec 27, 2023 9:11 am

What would cause my wife's brakes to make a grinding noise only when backing up? 25k miles. No stopping issues, no noise when braking moving forward.

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Dec 27, 2023 9:15 am

Caliper is the first thing that comes to mind if it's a grinding noise and not a screech like the wear indicator hitting.

Postby **mac5155** » Wed Dec 27, 2023 2:20 pm

Could be something as simple as a rock stuck in the pad.

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Wed Dec 27, 2023 8:04 pm

Bought the CX-50 today. Love it. Based on Morkle's experience maybe should have bought the extended warranty.

God they put the full court press on that thing.

Postby **eddy** » Thu Dec 28, 2023 10:27 am

Anyone familiar with Tuxmat car floor liners? We got a set for our telluride and from the very short use of them so far, I am very pleased. This is my first time trying out something other than the factory rugs that came with it

Postby **dodint** » Thu Dec 28, 2023 10:32 am

I prefer WeatherTech.

Postby **eddy** » Thu Dec 28, 2023 10:33 am

And I prefer you to go **** yourself

Postby **dodint** » Thu Dec 28, 2023 10:33 am

Yeah, a lot of that going around lately.

Postby **eddy** » Thu Dec 28, 2023 10:34 am

I honestly don't know anything about these floor liners, this was a gift and I'm pretty excited about how they look and fit. Time will tell when the cleaning part kicks in

Postby **mac5155** » Thu Dec 28, 2023 11:11 am

I have weathertechs in all my vehicles. They're pretty easy to find used unless you have a brand new vehicle. They work well but are expensive if you buy them new. My dad has husky liners in his truck and they're actually a little nicer than weathertechs if you ask me. They are the same thing but have deeper ridges in the floor to hold mud and dirt in place instead of sliding around.

Postby **Ad@m** » Thu Dec 28, 2023 11:56 am

My custom fit Husky liners are 26 years old. They still look new.

Postby **NTP66** » Thu Jan 04, 2024 3:55 pm

I sold my spare TL-S seat over a week ago, but it's still sitting in my basement. The guy who bought it had a sick pet at home and was waiting to see a vet, and I haven't heard from him in like 4 days. Hope everything was okay and he just forgot.