Recent content by slackinoff

Well.....IDK what to think of that since after May 31st, 2024 production l87's are not going to 0w40..... yet the newest replacement engines are. That's where my confusion comes from. My direct experience with all this further confusion. My twin sis has a 23 Suburban with the L87 and I called...

What confuses me is that if you get the new replacement engine....they still are spec'ing 0w40 oil in it....so are the new replacement engines still at risk??

That is wild... would be awesome to see a member do a cut open on one of these here...I already searched on on ebay. Found some white can ones, but they are not plain white. One of them is already dented though! lol

Thank you for posting that - My mom became interested in this story and about what happens on an extended stay. She will enjoy that link. I followed Scott Kelly during his year long mission. As it was going on, NASA had a thing that allowed you to keep up with him.... I forget what it was...

That is a great point. Plus what if they not only did it while new, but as the vehicle was being built! Then it would be even easier to get into tough spots. I don't think any of the manufactures have this option?, you know like a serious deal where they are literally assembling the car and...

I am going to say it's motor to motor issue. There are several awesome engines that still will have very specific things that need to be addressed or they will die early. For example the 12v Cummins with the "killer dowel pin". Besides things like that, they normally will get retired from...

True, but I say you don't need to justify your purchases to anyone but yourself or partner. I am glad you are happy with it and have shared it here! Where I was raised, if someone is showing you something, you don't just openly start telling them how you think they overspent on it. That's a...

That is really cool. I knew about fluid film, but didn't know folks were doing this professionally. I also didn't know there was such a thing as that wax paint. Very cool.

Googling the f18 out of curiosity - I had no idea we had a rig set up like this to test taking off from these types of aircraft carriers. wild...check out that elevator action right after lift off.

I feel the same way for sure

Thank you for posting this, I did not know. Interesting.

One of the first projects with my new TIG welder was gutting the cat out of my newer Echo leaf blower and welding a plate back on the muffler to cover the hole. Echo doesn't use the newer style of "Strato charged" two strokes. Where they have a dual throat carb. One throat is air/fuel mix and...

Many newer (for example GM LS engines) your engine will have knock sensors or similar style of ECU strategy.... in short the computer is constantly trying to run as much ignition timing as possible. It does this by periodically bumping the timing up until the sensors detect ping. Even a bit more...

Why did I immediately think the same thing? Home Alone style....on a string from the staircase. @George7941 - that bar is sick! Very cool purchase.

I thought the same until I started getting used oil analysis and the results pointed me closer to 3k mile changes. But I guess it's not that insane after considering the vast majority of my drives are less than 4 miles, a 3 or 4 times a day and a couple/few hours between them allowing motor to...