Recent content by D60

WHAT is happening with that headstock? I see a jagged reversing (?) switch and a clown nose? Where do you select your feeds and speeds?

Is this much ado about.....something? ie is the PTFE superior in life span or other attributes in practice?

LONG LONG ago it was either Petersen's 4WOR or Four Wheeler who wrote an editorial about EXACTLY this. They titled it "The Fish Bowl Theory" and essentially said you were drawing slips of paper from a fish bowl. They found that by simply cycling through the line and getting a different clerk...

I doubt Disney would have such a sense of humor now because you might offend the people who identify as sloths, but Google character "Flash" in Zootopia!!!

I don't think a Ford C4 will bolt up to an FB25 :D

When I did the Mad Max SJ Forester I had to rig up my mid-torque 1/2" and do quick blips to shock it loose. This is VERY common on the TR580 -- not sure why.

I've been using axle straps to hold the water tote on our little utility trailer but they walk along the rails, which annoys me. I added a pair of 1/2" D-rings Also I kinda wanted additional tie-down options on the front rail. I'm always hoarding old u-bolts for reasons like this and finally...

Techs should demand four hours added to flat rate. Procedures like this are stupid ‐‐ who has the time? Furthermore, unless you finish a customer's car by ~noon, they can't pick it up before COB

The degas bottles crack and cause a leak so check that for giggles. The water pumps weep and are down really low and VERY hard to see the drip. Well, at least on the 3.0

This is an excellent point! I forgot about the H/K oddity of needing a VERY specific bypass pressure. I also agree with @Pablo -- we need WAY more evidence than a single picture before encouraging a Holy War.

Sounds like Ford. The '08 SuperDuty had a selection for TBC output in the dot matrix display but Ford never got around actually implementing. I think it worked in '09 and '10. No one cares anymore because EVERY engine offered '08-10 was garbage and very few are left on the road.

RMS on '95 ZJ with 5.2 Once I got it apart I wonder if the oil pan gasket wasn't leaking as much as or more than the RMS. I added the arrows to show the owner how it came apart vs the new pan gasket in foreground Oh, whoever put the 02 sensor connector WAY up the side of the transmission in...

That horse is dead. Read this and stop kicking it. Do what you're comfortable with. https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/are-we-over-exaggerating-the-perfect-atf-fluid-level-thermal-expansion-seems-to-think-we-are.381585/

If the filter points the same as the 3V, I prefer a cup socket on a wobble on an extension. I'd go so far as to say it's mandatory. The filter catch tray actually dumps 99% behind the xmember. In time I've learned where to put my drain pan near the front diff cover. I service an '06 Expy...

Ok well I wound up installing it flush with the bearing cap seam. My belief/theory after this research is that it doesn't really matter, and the old one came out flush. After a brief test drive to get it up to temp I shut it down on my concrete floor and haven't observed any leaking yet. One...