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I won’t be too much longer that whatever mineral wealth China has will belong to someone else as the country implodes.

Well, the initial investment would be 100% loss, sure. But my point is that if they can’t sell them for more than they cost to build, then producing them is additional loss, and the best financial outcome would be cutting your losses and moving on.

Thank you for the expertise, I appreciate your posting.

Right, but that's sunk cost. Ask Dodge how much "recovery" they're making on the Hornet.

Once you started seeing ads for them everywhere, I knew it was over as USAA being anything special. But they still give good service, you can get a human on the phone, and they have always validated the trust we place in them. You just don't get that at a bargain price anymore.

"Truss me" you want a real structural engineer to make the drawings and do the calculations. They'll know the codes and such too and that PE license prevents any future issues with insurance and such if something bad should happen.

My Academy roommate and his wife (a classmate of mine) are tanker drivers-- or were. She's flying for Alaska now and he's running the 225th ADS: https://www.wads.ang.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/4042452/gregory-p-huhmann-225th-air-defense-group-commander/ They have stories.

Well, next time you're out at Curt Gowdy/Vedauwoo, know that someone in Indiana is a little envious ;)

Spending is taxation because the government can only get money by taking it from you or by borrowing it in your name (backed by future takings) and inflating away the value of your money. So I fully agree that spending is a better measure. Where it falls apart a bit is at the state level...

As always, the largest beneficiary by far will be Uncle Sam.

Unlike west TX, I’d move back to Cheyenne at the drop of a hat. Still have friends there and I loved the area. Coping with wind is something you have to manage, but it’s so worth it.

Caution: just because an area is growing in population doesn’t mean you want to live there. Source: sister lives in Odessa. I used to live in Midland. I’d REALLY try hard to never move back.

Yup. Get the pool shock SH from WalMart. By far the best value in “bleach” that’s out there.

As additional context for these photos: 1) this cam is lubed by crankcase oil and the oil level is about in the center of the cam (it sits in an oil bath) 2) The film load is the highest load on any part of the engine into which it is installed. Those lobes are about 35mm wide (I don’t recall...

Did a bit of research since I know very little of Mercedes engines. Apparently these cams are made of cheap cast iron (as the photos suggest), perhaps not even ductile. LIkewise, the gears look like pretty cheap parts to me. I don't see any induction hardening witness marks, so they are were...

That's ok. I admit I work in some rarefied air with stringent requirements, and I might be unreasonably applying a high standard to a situation where "rinse it in the creek and slap it together" is what someone is leaning towards. And if that's the situation and the engine is completely...

All this. Great post. Diesel oils today are limited in SAPS (<1% per CJ-4 and later), but what matters is how the blender is spending their SAPS "budget." Diesel oils are today dominated by soot dispersant considerations because emissions-controlled engines are soot-generating fools. Add to...

As I've mentioned elsewhere, Premium Blue isn't just the Endorsed by Cummins, it is the "house oil" we use for all our engine testing in the USA. We buy totes because some of the oil pans hold more than a 55 gallon drum ;)

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Meh, the 2 door NYer was only 4500# ;) The 4dr Brougham would have come in closer to 4700. It's an achievement to put in a 440 and have it feel gutless LOL.