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Been having a loud howling noise in the Cougar for the past few weeks so I haven't been driving it much (been too busy to look at it so I just drive the truck). Well yesterday I finally had time to monkey with it a little, could barely spin the hub by hand :eek: Turns out the wheel bearing was shot and the hub has been spinning inside it... :ponder:
 
:laugh: Good job!!! :laugh:

Though I guess I cant say much... The first car I owned, which was a Contour, I had some weird noise coming the front drivers side. Come to find out the pads had eaten all the way through one side of the rotor... :troutslap:
 
Ok so I feel completely stupid asking about this, but I have been having some personal problems lately.

Tonight I went out to attempt to start and run my car. As the battery was dead I hooked the cables up to my truck and let it sit for a bit. After a while I tried to start it(with the cables still attached) and it wouldn't start. It's hard to explain, but it just barely starts to turn over but then it wont. I took the cables off to see if it would start on its own and this way it only clicks instead of starting to turn over. I tried this a few times and still nothing. I'm a bit frustrated as I just had it running a couple months ago when it started immediately and ran fine. Is it a battery issue? Or possibly the alternator? I can't seem to figure it out.
 
cnewton44 said:
Ok so I feel completely stupid asking about this, but I have been having some personal problems lately.

Tonight I went out to attempt to start and run my car. As the battery was dead I hooked the cables up to my truck and let it sit for a bit. After a while I tried to start it(with the cables still attached) and it wouldn't start. It's hard to explain, but it just barely starts to turn over but then it wont. I took the cables off to see if it would start on its own and this way it only clicks instead of starting to turn over. I tried this a few times and still nothing. I'm a bit frustrated as I just had it running a couple months ago when it started immediately and ran fine. Is it a battery issue? Or possibly the alternator? I can't seem to figure it out.
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Still doesn't have enough charge to start...battery is completely dead. Let it sit a good 10 min while the truck is running, then it should go.
 
cnewton44 said:
I can't believe I have been here three and a half years... :shocked:

My my how the time flies...
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haha 3 1/2yrs... oh well suppose you have to start somewhere :laugh:

What am I going on... 6 years 5 months and 25 days ;)

Hey now you can post in the Old Fart's Tarven... or maybe they changed that to two years... I can't remember
 
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