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Find out the torque specs. Use the value per service manual. Clean the rims and axle flange before you install the wheel. If you have been over doing the torque, replace the studs or bolts and or nuts. Use anti-seize compound when installing. Invest in a decent torque wrench. Life will be better...

Most definitely go see the neighbor first, since your children reside there. One of my neighbors was burning off a garden plot, and it was windy and dry that day, it jumped over on my place. A fire truck and forestry commission came and controlled it pretty quickly, as my house has that plastic...

So, are you a tech or an engineer, what do you do for a living?

Most turbochargers do not generate boost pressures until they reach a certain RPM spinning up. At idle it is not apparent.

Yes I know. I was a manager at a fleet of IH with the 6.4 L engines. Seen a lot of intakes have to come off. Also other problems associated with the EGR systems on the Cummins as well. I am no stranger to modern diesel engines with electronic control, and Freightliner runs EVERYTHING through the...

Diesel fuel produces more torque, down the long cylinder, than gasoline does, simply because it burns slower. In the tractor world, torque is king. For day to day operations, diesel is there for those that have to work for a living. Gasoline used to run in tractors on the farms 50+ years ago...

It wasn't just to atomize the fuel. It was done to meet EPA regulations without a DEF system on trucks. The is no judicious mix for diesel exhaust dumped back into the combustion chamber. In my humble opinion. This, is only following the path of the automotive world on heavy trucks and...

International worked on that a while back, the valves being operated by solenoids. They put some experimental units out there, but I don't know any more than that.

Here is some of my qualifications as to why I know.

Yes, I own two vehicles that have direct cylinder fuel injection. Yes, I very well know about direct injection on the gasoline engines. I know that the valves begin to neck with carbon deposits and can cause premature problems as compared to other systems for automotive fuel injections. In...

I fired up one of the two portable generators we have before that 13 degree weather hit us in the deep south here. Alabama, that is. Then about two weeks later we were dodging tornados.

In the industrial world they call that "wet stacking", I call it a load test.

Did it have the black death algae in it?

Why are the newer diesel engines a lot quieter than they used to be? Because some electronic engines atomize the fuel in as many as 6 times before the final event where they make the power. With different amounts of fuel. Comparing diesels to gasoline engines is like comparing apples to oranges...

Actually, the injector atomizes the fuel. So the idea that just around the injector will have a flame front is not entirely correct. I have a tool that I can actually see the flame in the cylinder. It's always white hot at idle and throughout the combustion event.

Well, pull that pen out! It's just a few dollars a month. A man's got to have some fun, and it's easy to train a lady to ride them.

We have a healthy coyote population at both properties. Feral hogs are in spots close by, but none directly on top of us at either. I got something for them...just hard to catch them in daylight.

We have them here, in East Central Alabama. We also have them on the other farm down there in North Central Fl every year, the little ones following behind their hen. I hear them here in Alabama every year but rarely see them, on my place.

This is what the government is good for.https://youtu.be/d30O8Tq-huM

So, you know, they hired a bunch of college kids as enforcement for the IRS 85,000 I think is the hires. They looked like clowns in their training, cause they were arming them. This will result in getting them killed, if this keeps up. I mean, nobody wants to deal with the agency that can...

Well, of course, but they can just run up the debit we have with the Federal Reserve Bank, which is as Federal as FedX. As long as the economy stays afloat, but they have been running on fractional reserve banking so long now, the timbers holding the bridge up are rotting.

Diesels inject fuel BTDC. Depends on the engine to what degrees you set it on. 18 BTDC was common if I recall correctly. So it's close up there, but not at 0. The amount of fuel is controlled in the old injection pumps, and is controlled by HEUI systems now. Common rail fuels systems now are...

Trump is doing the crash prevention method to boost the economy. If he does away with income taxes, he will be a hero to all. Hope they do away with a lot of agencies that are nothing but regulatory agencies, EVERYTHING does not need to be regulated.

I've seen holes in diesel pistons due to clogged injector holes. Overheating the top of the piston. Carbon can build to a point to where it will stop up an injector hole.

I put a 55 gal oil drum on top of my harrow. Fill with water to desired weight, and let it out to take it off or just make it so the front of the tractor is not so light. Or, to take the drum off. I just have it strapped on with load straps. Works great for me.

The thermostat is helping to control the flow of coolant through the radiator. If coolant flows through too fast the coolant doesn't have time to stay in the radiator long enough to cool. It not only regulates temperature, but also regulates flow. The engine needs to be hot enough to burn the...

What kills a lot of batteries is the bottom of the battery collects the contaminates from the plates with constant charging and discharging. This will eventually fill enough to contact the plates, causing shorting between the cells. I like AGM batteries, but they tend to just die a sudden death...

All engines will run hot if running lean. I've seen holes burned in pistons where an injector had some of the holes stopped up. The properties of gasoline and diesel fuel are engineered to help cool and lube the cylinders.

My wife loves hers! It is a hoot to ride! 115 hp

Three in the barn now,+ one in reserve! My dad rode me on a HD when I was in diapers. I have been having two wheel fun since 1971 on the highway! Born in '57

The thing is, once they make something idiot proof, they come out with a better idiot!

There are many diesel engines that use a pre chamber in the head firing deck. It gives them a tighter area to burn the fuel at the beginning of the firing event. Direct injection sprays fuel directly on top of the piston on it's way up and they are shaped different to allow for this. The larger...

Injection timing is critical to a strong running engine. Diesels ignite the fuel due to heated air when it is compressed, this makes compression critical. A lot of diesel engines produce only 300 to 400 at a compression test (crank over, no start) but once running develop 1000 psi, some even...