Recent content by bmod305

Detroit specs CK-4 with 10W-30 as preferred. We run 400 class 8 dump truck fleet with Delo 400 XLE 10w-30 & Baldwin filters with no issues. We actually use it in everything-on and off road-new or worn out We are a heavy road construction company specializing in concrete paving and tunneling...

Just remember if you have a block/frost plug heater installed, it must be unplugged before you start-no remote start then unplug it. If you do not, it will burn out the block heater. All manufacturers state this in their instructions but most customers never read it. According to the...

Every Ford my family has owned (only three, my kids bought them-I would never own a Ford) has had plugged up heater cores. Every single one was full of casting sand. Granted, they were all 2005 to 2012 cars but they all had the same issue. My son's 2005 Sable had to flushed every fall due...

Here in Minnesota, I’m billed an extra $75 every year for my Bolt EV. I think that is fair. Dave

I guess I'm confused or just don't know the risk for the area they were charging at. While you saw two M3's charging at a less than desirable location, how many hundreds of ICE vehicles were gassing up at the same time in a less than safe area? I don't live in a high crime area. Becker, MN was...

I have an EV but I charge 100% at home in my garage. I guess I'm being safer than you getting gas at a station. It works both ways. I guess we should being getting rid of gas stations for safety. According to the DOE, 80% of EV owners charge at home so I guess its probably not as big as an issue...

Not as much as big oil. The latest USN Super Carrier cost over 13 billion to build and we have 11 of them. The most any other country has is 2. Why do we need 11? Talk about big oil/industrial complex subsidies. And I'm a Republican lol, I truly don't understand the hate on EV's.

I love mine. Yes, it charges slow at DC fast chargers but I only charge at home so it isn’t an issue for me. Very cheap to drive, .068 cents per kWh when charging at home. Car is a little rocket and roomy inside. I’m 6’2” and it has plenty of head and leg room. I would buy another one in a...

Try a couple tanks of gas with Seafoam. Might want to check valve clearance also. Easy to do on Briggs V twin. Ton of YouTube tutorials.

i did read your post. You did not ask if it was a common practice. You asked if anyone had seen it such an outrageous charge. I guess I don’t see it as outrageous and only attempted to explain why. I meant no offense, all I did was answer your question. No need to shout at me. All I meant with...

Do you work for free? They don't and shouldn't. They are a "for profit" business and It still is extra work compared to a vehicle without one so they charge extra. They are using the term "skid plate" to mean anything extra that needs to be removed to do an oil change i.e. actual metal skid...

How about improving the air filter system to eliminate the dust from getting into the engine in the first place. Donaldson makes a ton of them.

Back in my college days(mid 80’s), I worked at Champion Auto. A customer bought an Edelbrock cam kit, intake, Holley carb and headers for his 350 Blazer. Spent all day Saturday installing them in the parking lot. Came in a bunch times during store hours. Finished up in the afternoon and drove...

Take the tin foil off. Do you own an EV? I do-2021 Bolt EV. It comes with a 66 kWh battery. It costs me .066 kWh x 66 = $4.37 to fill it up. I can drive from 120 to 300 miles per full charge. It all depends on the weather and speed. The worst was at 65mph in -20 air temp last winter. What false...

Does the "Easy Spin" compression release on the intake cam lobe count as variable cam timing? Came out in 1961! The old Pulse-Jet carb mounted directly on the gas tank=Direct Injection. Ignition coil mounting holes are slotted to adjust to adjust coil to flywheel distance and the flywheel key...