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Old May 12, 2004 | 08:28 PM
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Blinker Fluid

ok guys, i was talking to some freinds about ford trucks, and we got to talking and they started teliing me about blinker fluid. so i have a few questions about it, first off, were would it be located on a 94 ranger 4.0 4wd, also, how often should i check it, my friends said every month or so, and if that's true, i probably dont even have any blinker fluid lefT!!! i appreciate the help,
also, they were talking abour muffler b earings?? i just kind of went along w/ the talk cuz i had no idea what they were talkinga bout! should i take my truck in to get those checked too??
thanks for the help, thanks in advance!!!
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Old May 12, 2004 | 08:35 PM
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You put the blinker fluid in the '710' cap on the motor. This needs to be done about every 3 times to start the vehicle or every 50 miles, whichever comes first.
 
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Old May 12, 2004 | 08:37 PM
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Is this a serious question.....?
 
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Old May 12, 2004 | 08:43 PM
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Also remember to rotate the air in the tires also

I use to go in a chatroom on another Ford truck site all the time and we had a 15 year old girl in there all the time and we started telling her to do all that stuff when she got a vehicle. She actually believed us until I told her about a week later they were just playing a joke on her and there were no such things.
 
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Old May 12, 2004 | 08:48 PM
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Muffler bearings... If Ford thought they would let them cut a few cubic inches of displacement, they would probably try to invent some of them.
 
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Old May 12, 2004 | 09:17 PM
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I'm now running synthetic blinker fluid and my gas mileage has increased by a factor of two. Your muffler bearings should be good for at least 100,000. When I replaced mine I used the ones made of nuclear titanium. They're good for 300,000 miles and can resist a nuclear blast.
 
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Old May 12, 2004 | 09:22 PM
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Make sure you keep your canuter (ka-NOOT-er) valve clean and well lubed!
 
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Old May 12, 2004 | 09:24 PM
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I think you can actually cook hot dogs on a nuclear titanium muffler bearing. But only one at a time.
 
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Old May 12, 2004 | 09:32 PM
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I used to work for NAPA many years ago, and one of the guys actually built a muffler bearing ( found an old one that fit on the pipe ) just to send back with the poor new employees that were sent to pick one up.
 
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Old May 12, 2004 | 09:38 PM
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Don't forget about compression dust. You need it for when you are doing a compression check.
 
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Old May 12, 2004 | 09:44 PM
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To answer your question about the blinker fluid......Check it after a hard rain or after fording in deep mud.
 
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Old May 13, 2004 | 09:24 AM
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HAHHAHAH that canuter brings back some memories of last semeseter in auto awareness, there was a whole movie aobut the canuter and it was actually qutie scary!!!
yeah our auto awarenss tecaher had surgery so we had this old a$$ auto teacher, adn we were like, how often should i check my blinker fluid and muffler bearings??? and he actaully went to napa and auto zone aap!!! that was fricking hilarious!!!
 
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Old May 13, 2004 | 09:40 AM
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Don't forget the importance of Halogen fluid.

Jimmy, Sounds like you've got a blinker fluid lead dude. Shouldn't need topping up that often.
 
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Old May 13, 2004 | 09:45 AM
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I can't believe you guys gave all of this advice without even MENTIONING the aluminum magnets. If you don't replace those every 50k miles, don't expect to drive your vehicle any farther than 60k.

Jason
 
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Old May 13, 2004 | 09:51 AM
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Ahh you guys forgot the most important item for all cars!

The wobulator shaft is the most esential part of a car, located right behind the muffler bearings...this important shaft keeps the car shaking, if your car doesnt shake, then you need to get it fixed!
 
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