Recent content by Drew2000

Used the Stewarts non-ethanol premium several times travelling upstate. Politics aside, didn't notice much difference in mileage or performance from 93 octane 10% ethanol downstate premium vs the 91 non-ethanol. (Ford Ecoboost 2.0)

A professional window cleaner at work turned me on to this. I add Unger Easy Glide Glass Cleaner to either plain water in summer or the -20 blue stuff in winter, a couple of capfulls per gallon and It boosts the cleaning significantly. I also leave a bucket of solution in the garage and use a...

I work as a operating engineer in a very large office building in Manhattan. Speaking to ConEd engineers, between the new moratorium of natural gas hookups, "decarbonizing" of commercial buildings (40% CO2 equivalent reduction by 2030, 80% by 2050) read electric heat-pumps, huge increase of plug...

Marguez did around 10 laps each in FP3 and FP4 today, but dropped out of Q1 after one lap. Thinking is to rest for tomorrows race and see how far he moves up from the back of the pack during the race. It's just amazing that he broke his arm 6 days ago, had surgery only 4 days ago and is riding...

For steel into aluminum threads, zinc-based anti-seize works the best. I bought a can years ago primarily for working on motorcycles. The zinc dust is not abrasive to soft metal and prevents di-electric corrosion. Never had a problem removing or stripping aluminum threads that had a dab of this...

Originally Posted by nascarnation Originally Posted by PowerSurge This thread reminded me of an Emerson QuietCool window unit we had when I was a kid in the 70's and 80's. Talk about cold air. That thing would freeze your face off if you stood in front of it. Sounds like the old GMs with the...

https://bgireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/737_SPEC-1.pdf From their Ireland site. Same product number. Looks good.

Check your owners manual! The regular 2.3l base is spec'd for 5w30, the high output "Track Pack" 2.3l version is 5w50. Any oil that meets Ford's WSS-XXXX for the specified grade will work fine but I would use a "full synthetic" that meets the Ford spec.

The Ecoboost 2.3 debuted in 2015 for the Ford Mustang, some Lincolns and the Focus RS hot hatch. The Ranger 2.3 is a direct descendant from the Focus RS which produced 350hp and 350lb torque. Don't think too much if anything was carried over from the old Eco-Tech engine. (Even the Ecoboost 2.0...

FWIW, A giant, 18 dispenser Shell opened last year near me replacing an old junky garage/no name station. They buried a huge submarine size tank and a somewhat smaller tank. Since they also sell diesel, I assume that the giant tank is regular unleaded and the smaller tank is 1/2 premium unleaded...

Look for the API markings painted on the ground fill ports. Middle unleaded tank will be marked if present. No middle tank, then a pump blend of regular/premium.

Thanks for all the feedback! The will definitely continue research and post to the RV forums, but folks on BITOG have a ton of knowledge too. A chassis cab running hard with a heavy vocational body (often by employees that aren't too gentle) probably is better test of durability than sightseeing...

Looking at a smaller B+ or C RV for retirement in a year or so and thinking about going full-time. Question is, which cutaway chassis? The E450 is a proven (old) body on frame design with the reliable 6.8 V10. The Transit is a unibody with the Ecoboost 3.5. Neither will be MPG champs, with the...

Bet Lincoln will go the way of Mercury in a few years.

The reason I went M1 EP was last year when I bought it, Walmart had a pallet display of M1 jugs on rollback with the regular M1 and EP mixed together. They honored the display price, think it was around $22 minus the M1 $10 rebate. Forgot to mention that this was the older Dexos spec M1, not...