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We ran into issues with our old propane vehicles. Everything ran dry and tricky to remove. Our old factory propane van ate valves.

We pay on the high end, maybe 5$ a dozen for large, fresh, farm eggs that are delivered. Cannot beat them. To brag, I have maybe 6 dozen in the fridge. Man I love living in the country!

Traeger chicken thighs and chicken breast. Both finished on the gas grill for a little extra crispness.

@D60 that doesn't surpise me at all about parts overlap. Well it doesn't in this case as the old Escape was one of those Ford/Mazda joints efforts. Well it doesn't surprise me on the Mazda end but I would be surprised as all hell if Ford used that mindset (don't ruin it for me by using...

Busy day off here. Worked on my daughter's Escape this morning. It actually took a lot of grunt work, which tired me out. We had a bit of snow last night and this morning. It's nothing great but enough to access the trails for my vintage sleds. I got a couple miles in but it's rough out...

Oh and @D60 ,I did not spill any oil this time, so it's highly likely it was pee on the ground after I finished......

I managed to get the swaybar bushings and end links done on the Escape. Was tedious but not hard. Actually the concrete was hard so my knees and back are quite sore. I managed to not have to cut the links out. Used some heat and a lot of elbow grease but everything came out. Oh, I used a...

Did another spill and fill on my daughter's 2004 Escape. The fluid coming out was looking pretty decent so this might be the last for several thousand km. In went 3+ litres of convention Dex/Merc (finally found some cheap stuff).

Did a spill and fill on the Ram's AS69RC and for fun, checked the exhaust pressure sensor. Other than being black, no carbon buildup but there was a bunch of moisture. Also picked up some swaybar bushings and end links from Napa. This is fore my daughter's 2004 Escape. Also ordered up some...

Did a quick spill and fill on my 2017 6.7 with the AS69RC. They call for this every 48,000km. It's overkill unless you are 100% duty cycle in my eyes. Anyways, I am at 173,000km or close to it, so 25k past. Out went 5ish litres of whatever mix of factory Mobil 3303, PetroCan Duradrive and...

Very interesting post and hope to follow your journey on this. I ran into a similar issue on my 2017 Ram 6.7 Cummins. The factory fill 5w40 and subsequent 10w30 (conventional and semi synthetic) fills showed no discernable oil consumption, ran one 24,000km index with a semi synthetic 5w30 and...

Very nice!!!!

Found this out early on with our 2011 1500. I check all the tire change equipment semi regularly and used grease on the threads often. This reminds me to check my 3500 again as it's due for a tire rotation. While the design leaves wanting, it's still superior to GM's spare tire safety catch...

Decided to take another look at my little Hyundai hy2000si genset. Last fall I tried to run it and she calved out on me. Started like usually does when cold but when fiddling with the choke, she'd died and unable to restart. Cannot get spark. Plug tested fine in another piece of OPE. I...

Reading about you guys in the US, thunderstorms already??? @Jdeere562 Man, we have cold coming back in. -20c ambient tonight and tomorrow night the snow is garbage so I can't even go sledding. Had a busy day out here. Wife is setting up for an equine obstacle challenge tomorrow, the kids...

2000 Polaris Magnum 500. Out was, if I recall, Co-op DMO 0w40. In went the remaining 0w40 and 5w40 to top up. I change the oil at the end of the season, so maybe late fall. I had some other maintenance planned so it just sat pretty much unused for a few months. I do the oil filter every...

Might be a vent?

Finally made time to install the new aluminum/bronze lower steering bushings on my old 2000 Polaris Magnum. The old plastic bushings had play between in and the steering shaft and there was even more play between it and the rivets allegedly holding it in place. Had to rip the whole front end...

Some of those saws had a greasing port on the crank tip so you could hit up the clutch bearing without removing it. My 9 year old Husky 445 does not though.

I would say go with the Ram. Now this is my opinion, i have personally owned Ram trucks for 14 years and drove Dodge before that. I much prefer Ram's interiors, layout, switchgear etc. To me it's simpler (SLT trim) and much easier to use. In contrast, i have been running Ford trucks for...