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    Which truck would you buy

    The chevy has a tendency to rust out in the rear tubular crossmembers. I think the ford frame can rust out somewhere along the internal side portion. Honestly all seem pretty overpriced unless they are southern trucks.
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    Hagerty for collector(ish) car versus State Farm or Allstate?

    Currently have hagerty on my old mercedes. Agreed upon value and i feel the rate is fair. Never had to use them but the reviews i read made me feel good about my choice. Most people said they deal well with body shops.
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    2002 7.3 Powerstroke in Excursion - coolant recommendation?

    Something with sca added. I know the older 7.3idi suffered from cylinder liner pinholes from cavitation. Not sure about the newer 7.3 powerstroke but it cant hurt.
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    5.7 Chevy Engine Questions

    I think it’s going to vary quite a bit depending on wear. 40-60psi would be fine. Pretty much any oil from a 30-50wt. Maybe tailor the weight to the oil pressure and application
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    New Bradley stander with air cooled B&S vanguard 26 HP twin questions.

    Would recommend oem hydrogear filters. They are made in china but i went through two other cheaper filter brands (stens, rotary). Both filters were less than steller. The rotary had poorly pressed louvers and the stens had a weak leaf spring and the filter media rattled and didnt seal. The oem...
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    Post up some Hobbies you like to do in your free time.

    Wow that table is impressive. I love surfing craigslist free section and finding stuff i think i can fix. Basically it either works out im my favor or how it usually goes is i get the item and realize after digging into it it needs more than anticipated but end up fixing it anyway. Its a great...
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    Suggestions for mechanics stethoscope

    I second the harbor freight version. It’s quite uncomfortable in the ears but works good and is cheap
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    Golf Cart questions

    Small real garden tractor. Maybee something cheap like an old john deere 200-400 series
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    Foam filled tires

    What about tire tubes. Cheap and will hold air
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    Does anyone here without a garage use a pop-up canopy tent?

    If you do the pop up canopy a cheap way to weight it down is to fill 5 gallon buckets with water and tie the canopy to the bucket
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    Kawasaki fr691v smokes badly

    Oh yeah I didn’t think of the displacement from the back of the piston motion. I guess that’s why the dipstick screws on with an o ring.
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    Kawasaki fr691v smokes badly

    I opened the dipstick as an easy check and holy crankcase pressure batman. All the compression is going past the rings. I think i could have used it as an air compressor.
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    Wire going through mower engine fins

    Yes its normal. Here is my 2012 cub cadet with the same engine essentially. Fr691v
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    Kawasaki fr691v smokes badly

    Im thinking maybe the cylinder got hot enough that the oil control ring spring lost tension and is allowing oil to get sucked into the cylinder. I will have to measure the bore either with my t gauges at various points or i may be able to use a bore micrometer from my job.
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