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Old Apr 14, 2018 | 03:56 PM
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Some sad news for the late night crowd from way back.
Art Bell passed away April 13,2018 at his home.

He was only 72.

I liked his way of interviewing unlike George Noory he controlled the direction of the interview.
No rambling like George lets go on.
 
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Old Apr 14, 2018 | 10:00 PM
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Sad news indeed, Coast to Coast has kept me awake on many late night/early morning trips.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 06:26 PM
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Time to change the topic.
Why do '99-'07 super duties use 20 inch wiper blades while '08-'16 SDs use 22 inch wiper blades when the windshields are the same size on either? And why did the wiper assembly quit working on my daughter's '08 at 188k miles, while the wipers on my '05 and the '03 both with over 320k miles are still working, no problem? (knock wood)
 
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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 08:13 PM
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dunno but ive got 22" on my 04... thinking of going to 23 next time... ive been slowly going up an inch each time ive replaced them... felt the stock size was too small...
 
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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 08:56 PM
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You're right, the 20s are looking small especially after driving the '08 for a while. I think I'm suffering from wiper envy.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Monster-4
Glad I am not the only one that feels this way about fordparts.com. I wanted to order a complete EGR gasket installation kit (3C3Z9433BJ). It keeps saying no such part number is available. Worked fine before the "redesign".
Late to the party, but if you select a vehicle and enter only the part base number 9433 it will come up - $66.14
 
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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by OneCylinder
You're right, the 20s are looking small especially after driving the '08 for a while. I think I'm suffering from wiper envy.
ironically when i was using the stock size i could swap them between my stang and truck whenever i had to stop driving one to do the other for awhile... saved me in buying blades everytime i had to do so lol...
 
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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 11:32 PM
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Who else is having issues with FTE's new update loading SOLW?
 
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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 11:38 PM
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go into options and disable the endless scroll and the similar thread scrolling... got rid of the annoying part with it and solved other issues...
 
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Old Apr 19, 2018 | 12:07 AM
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Thanks Sparky, just got rid of the endless scroll and the similar thread scrolling.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2018 | 06:43 AM
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Thanks for posting about those options.

I found some things I need to address.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2018 | 06:57 AM
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Late to the party, but if you select a vehicle and enter only the part base number 9433 it will come up - $66.14
Thanks! Odd that before the redesign of their site you could just use the complete part number. I'll have to try that trick with a few other parts.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2018 | 07:48 AM
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Thanks Sparky, just got rid of the endless scroll and the similar thread scrolling.
Originally Posted by TooManyToys.
Thanks for posting about those options.

I found some things I need to address.
np.. they were driving me nuts.. would try to return to the top since the "back" button on the browser wasnt working and it kept loading older pages of the thread.. theres something on the site now that loads the same page multiple times in the browsing history.. very annoying..
 
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Old Apr 19, 2018 | 08:16 AM
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Not a fan of the new changes on the site. That why I didn't pay yet. I'm not computer tech savvy and I find it hard to use now.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2018 | 08:51 AM
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Not a fan of the new changes on the site. That why I didn't pay yet. I'm not computer tech savvy and I find it hard to use now.
i refuse to pay because they kind of bully you into it.. "well if you pay to use the site youll get less ad's." and then you got the CL and mods going "well i dont have a problem with the ads.. " but thats because theyre in a different "class" on the site thats similar to the paid membership. wish they would take the stupid notice off the top of the forum about being a writer. if im going to pay for a sites its going to be because i like the site.. not because im being bullied into it with crappy site ads that open their uses to getting viruses from the banners.
 
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