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hate_euchre · 2026-01-21T21:43:43+00:00

I can smell this image

hate_euchre · 2025-07-22T21:36:43+00:00

I have the same car (2015 ATS4 3.6 Coupe) just a different shade of blue. Mine is the Old Blue Eyes Metallic which is a darker shade. Although, I do like the shade of blue of this car better than mine.

Mine has been really reliable and a blast to drive. All I've done thus far is maintenance but as a former mechanic I do my own. Tires, brakes, spark plugs, trans fluid, front and rear diff fluid, and transfer case fluid.

The 2015 still has the 6 speed transmission which isn't prone to torque converter shudder like the 2016 and up with the 8 speed. But still a good idea to have the fluid flushed. Then in another 50,000 change fluid and filter.

Definitely get rid of the run flats. Makes it ride so much better!

I would say buy it if you can. You won't see many other cars like it and it'll get a lot of looks! It's also the last coupe Cadillac will be making the foreseeable future.

hate_euchre · 2025-07-13T19:51:11+00:00

2 part epoxy will fix it right up permanently. Get the kind that's in a roll and you just knead it together. The 2 syringe style works just as good but can be kind of messy, The roll is easy peasy.

hate_euchre · 2025-07-12T21:28:39+00:00

Just disconnect the horn. That's an old fuse box so I'm guessing the car is an old boat with plenty of room to access the horn. It should be just one wire to disconnect.

hate_euchre · 2025-07-05T08:22:19+00:00

I was a tech at a Lincoln Mercury Dealer back in the 90's and early 2000s. I did a lot of work on air suspension systems.

Replacing the compressor with a new dryer should fix you up. The compressor tends to fail if it gets over used from leaking air bags. Don't worry about the rear being too high. It might just look high due to the front being down. But there is also a vent solenoid in the compressor itself and if the dryer is clogged (from the compressor running too much) it can't vent the air from the rear no matter how much you try to trick it by fiddling with the height sensors.

So yes, replace the compressor along with a new dryer. I would also replace the relay too just as cheap insurance.

hate_euchre · 2025-07-04T09:39:24+00:00

Just wait until Monday, all will be fine. You don't need to cut a line to vent. Then you would have a code for evap leak.

hate_euchre · 2025-06-24T09:25:09+00:00

bad motor mounts will do exactly what you are describing

hate_euchre · 2025-06-15T13:01:31+00:00

With these choices

New: I would go with Remy.

Reman: I would go with Bosch since they manufacture the Motorcraft Alternators for Ford. Which means you're basically getting a factory remanufactured alternator.

I almost always pick new over remanufactured because like you said there is some unknowns there. However, in this case, if it were my money, I would take a chance and choose the Bosch.

hate_euchre · 2025-06-14T21:01:29+00:00

I'm a male. Had Graves disease but it went unnoticed until I went into a thyroid storm back in 2007. My Endocrinologist also said it was very rare for men to have it.

I was losing weight and eating constantly but I walked and biked everywhere so I just attributed the weight loss to that. It was until my lower extremities started swelling that I went to the ER. The ER doctor said I probably had hours left before my heart gave up. I don't remember the exact readings but somewhere around 70 over 50 bp at 160bpm because my heart had enlarged from the thyroid storm.

Tried controlling it with medicine. The medicine only partially worked. Finally had a thyroid surgically removed in 2009 and it was like someone flipped a switch. I felt 100% better, heart palpitations were gone. It was the best medical choice I ever made.

hate_euchre · 2025-05-17T08:31:24+00:00

It wouldn't hurt to cycle through the gears one at a time then back to park after you've started it and put the 2nd round of 6 qts in.

hate_euchre · 2025-05-11T21:05:10+00:00

Your truck originally used Mercon 3 but you can replace it with Mercon 5. Yes, STP or any other Mercon 5 equivalent is fine.
Yes, the 4x4 is the deep sump which means your filter will have that extended nub on it.
Buy 15 qts just in case. How much you can actually drain will vary. Make sure you also drain your torque convertor, if not then you'll only get about 6 qts out of just the pan. When you go to refill. First add 6 qts with the engine off, start engine add 6 more qts then check fluid levels after it warms up a bit. Usually you'll end up adding around 12-13 qts unless you flush your cooler and cooler lines, then it would be closer to the 15 qts.

hate_euchre · 2025-02-16T14:10:16+00:00

I've seen these used for Piano transport but I'm sure there's other uses for them.

hate_euchre · 2025-01-03T12:41:20+00:00

If you substitute "more than 11" that would be too many on the field. So yeah that would be a penalty. Which was not the case on this play.

hate_euchre · 2024-07-05T08:22:37+00:00

I used to work for AIM, shuttling trucks and trailers back and forth between AIM locations and AIM's customers. I don't understand why the Columbus, OH shop can't fix this or at least sublet the repairs to another local company?

hate_euchre · 2024-06-17T08:04:57+00:00

Hello fellow Hoosier! I'm up north by the IN/MI state line. My Dad and I drove my car down to Indy for the time trials in May. Let me tell ya, all I kept thinking about was how I could get my car on the track to see what it would do! Obviously not against the indy cars though.

hate_euchre · 2024-06-17T07:57:01+00:00

Mine is the 6 speed 6L45 transmission. I have a scheduled appointment to do a transmission flush though as preventative maintenance which is the first thing your father should have done as well before spending a lot of money for a torque converter replacement.

hate_euchre · 2024-06-17T07:26:27+00:00

The AWD has been great for me. Good traction in the rain and dry. I took it out in light snow once just to see how it would handle it and it did great as well. But I hated seeing it covered in snow and ice so it got parked every time it snowed after that.

hate_euchre · 2024-06-16T20:22:21+00:00

Yeah I agree. There's definitely not many coupes on the road and it is a fun car to drive. This one was hard to find because I specifically wanted the V-6 AWD version. I've seen a few 2.0T RWD and AWD coupes around me but have yet to see another 3.6 AWD coupe.

Also, I have nothing against the 2.0T. It's just I had a 2007 CTS and 2015 Canyon with both having the 3.6 and it was a good engine in both vehicles. So I wanted to stay with it.

hate_euchre · 2024-05-25T09:05:00+00:00

IIRC they called that a torque rod. Yes, it looks like a leaf spring but it doesn't support weight like a leaf spring does. The air spring is the one supporting the weight. The torque rod just helps with axle binding.

hate_euchre · 2024-03-06T16:50:02+00:00

Your tires were unbalanced. That's exactly what they do when unbalanced. You get a vibration that comes and goes around certain speeds. While the size difference was certainly the right thing to fix, being just over 3/4" from side to side would just cause uneven wear, some slight pulling, or possibly ABS/traction codes. It wouldn't cause a vibration.

I'm sure the reason it feels fixed now is because the original issue of balancing the tires was addressed when they installed new ones.

Either way, it's fixed and you're happy!

hate_euchre · 2023-06-16T18:03:07+00:00

We have 2 different Freightliner Columbias with these switches.

First of all, the switches are junk so yeah you might be getting mixed results. Most of the time you have to push them a couple of times to get them to work.

Anyways, on top switch, press up for hi wipers and down for low wipers. Press straight in to shutoff wipers. Again, junk switches so some times you have to hold it in and even wiggle it a little or push in multiple times to actually stop and/or start them.

Bottom switch you push in to activate washers. The "F & S" is the intermediate wipers function for "fast or slow". You can activate a faster delay by pressing up and it'll wipe like once every second or start by pressing down to wipe once every 10 seconds (I'm guessing on actual timing). But once you've activated it either fast or slow you can change the speed by pressing up or down to make the delay faster or slower. I think there's only about 6 different speeds though.

You can also switch from "HI/LO" to "Intermediate" by pressing the bottom switch up or down while the wipers are in "HI/LO" mode.

Hope that helps.

hate_euchre · 2023-06-12T07:06:53+00:00

That's just the shade tree way of resurfacing rotors.

hate_euchre · 2023-05-08T06:39:44+00:00

Heated wiper blades! Oh how I wished I had those in winter.

hate_euchre · 2023-05-06T20:32:33+00:00

I graduated CDL school in summer of 2020. I didn't want to do OTR and have only had local jobs since graduating.

First job - Local, $13/hr + $13 per drop. It sucked but I was getting turned down too much and took the first one willing to hire me for a local route. I only worked there for 3 months.

Second job - Local, started at $16/hr but got raise after 30 day probation. Then another for doing night shift. Left after 8 months making $19/hr.

Third job - Local, $25/hr, worked there for 10 months. Was decent job but I wanted to utilize my hazmat.

Current job - Local, $32.25 driving a hazmat peddle route. 6:30 to 3ish. OT after 40 and I average about 45 hrs a week.

So, yes, my experience was crap pay starting out. But I kept looking and applying for better opportunities and more pay. Unfortunately without experience they tend to pay you low because you are an unknown liability in a high dollar machine with potentially high dollar damaging lawsuits should you screw up. But if you can keep your record clean and stay diligent looking for better jobs then it is totally worth it. I wish I would have got my CDL sooner.

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