Recent content by sd455dan

Yep have seen a few damaged truck bed upper front lip now hitting the cab... Need to get the speed right and know when to hit the brakes on a dirt bike when loading that way.

.102 per KWH until the sun started coming out more often. Last month we dropped to less than 1/3 of the same time the previous year because of adding the solar panels, batteries, and Inverter. This put us below the 1250 KWH per month threshold and dropped us to the .0823 per KWH rate. It...

I Agree on the cam crank phase timing being used as determinative is kind of a Joke. More likely cam chain stretch to set that code. For the phase to change solely by bearing wear clearance increases the pistons would most likely already be hitting the heads because of the increased...

like much of the above GM had reports the cranks bearing surfaces were not finished to a quality finish. A micro polished crank is almost as reflective as a mirror. Roller cams should actually hold up better minus having such a high number of roller bearing pins that can actually fail. They...

Yep, think of all those pallets and things the little Branson's FEL already lifted, moved, and dealt with, that in some other members cases couldn't do with Kubotas of similar HP at all, or say a new 68HP $68K John Deere... then ate a $4000 loss to get a tractor that would actually lift as...

Bob the Oil guy update on the test procedure and GM changing oil recommendation to 0W-40 on All new 6.2 engines as well which gets a new filler cap. This applies to new inventory vehicles on the lots as well. Stupid 0W-20 oil... Good riddance. Will keep running the Shell T-6 5W-40 in...

Nice repair, Good Job getting back to a useable backhoe.

I agree, and can can confirm that... with the fact I did it with the Ford 550 last summer, Hard enough I broke two case hardened 5/8s" diameter pins in the boom swing chain and tore the chain links in half themselves. Rang my bell and the TLB's. I would have had to be in a coma not to notice...

Great video! Spot on.

I am a Believer that Cummins has great diesels and even the new fuel agnostic six has some amazing specs. ~450 ft lbs. at 600 RPM even for the base model and lowest HP version. That has to be some kind of record setter for a stock 87 octane gasoline powered engine. Should pull a trailer...

They likely won't be bailed out again. Enough. That is a Whole lot better than what RAM was doing in 2012 with the Cummins. My nephews oil with a 1/4 the miles on the engine would be black within 1000 miles My 03 can still see through it at change time, He was changing it early because it...

That super thin 5W or 0W-20 weight is a Horrible idea for under/Non polished cranks, what happened to micro-polished bearing surfaces and washing the da-n blocks out. Sounds like an efficiency "expert" engineer- bean counter and short term profitability, won again over repeat customers...

Agreed, What does the Inspection "mean" After reading between the lines in the article... They will inspect and and in some cases replace with 0W-40 oil... If not a full engine replacement. So part of what GM is saying - engines that exhibit low oil pressure and are near end of factory...

We still have an "Avocado" matched 1970's set of the Maytag's in the old house, the "A 308" has had one set of OEM belts in that time. Back then Maytag's lived up to their Commercials of the tech hoping to get a service call and waiting in boredom. ps. No chicken plucking just used as a...

Not bad for a copy, still a lightweight vertically split crankcase like the 365. I grabbed my muffler modded open port 350 and the new saw and cleaned up some dead blow down beetle kill today and after I ran it a bit no load and heat soak cycled it a few times then did the limbing with the...