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After draining gear lube in my dump truck and final drives of the excavator, I know that smell. Like an industrial septic tank. Yuk! Maybe Warren uses a cheap sulfur based wear additive in the Supertech oils. Cheaper but works. And stinks. But in my time on BITOG, I've never heard of a poor UOA...

I use Amsoil grease with moly for the sliding bearing applications and because its easy to get NGLI #1 for the winter. Otherwise I use Texas Refinery 880 Crown and Chassis #2 for everything. If I were to have one grease, that's it. I've never used other TR products, but I'm certain 880 is the...

The beakers may not melt entirely at 100C but they may get soft. Add in the drill powered do-dad and it might get messy in the garage. I can't wait to see the 1 minute interval photos!

Ah that sucks. Sorry to hear that Hoosier. Is there aftermarket support for the cams and cam followers that could be more durable? It would suck to make the repair and keep doing this.

Bruce Wayne's mansion and the Batmobile!

The tires are about 1/2 worn out Firestones that are horribly balanced and egg shaped. Will be changing these out shortly as well. I've had bad luck with Firestones in the past but these are possible the worst tire I've ever encountered.

I think I'm due for something. Took a long highway drive yesterday (2hrs each way) and rougher parts were bouncy and a rough ride. Bridge joints sent me airborne. Shock are original and 12 years old, but only 52k miles. It passes the bumper test, but its pretty hard to bounce a 3/4 ton truck...

etrailer has an article that supports this as well. For what its worth, I was living in Massachusetts when this law was proposed, moved away, and genuinely shocked that they repealed it!

Depends. There are a lots of states that require owners to remove the tow ball hitch when not towing. I wonder if that has precedent?

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Funny - I was going to say she had a little Chihuahua in her. And yeah, would not have guessed Chow.

Slick gave some very good advice above. One thing as a tractor owner who cuts fields on the side (small field mowing), I have to ask how sensitive you are to allergens? After cutting for a few years here in NH, I have become very allergic to pollen and urushiol containing plants. So much so, I...

I learned many years ago from a railroad contractor super (Thanks Jeff!) to always peel the sheets back on the corners of a bed and never put your bag down on cloth furniture until you have inspected the room thoroughly. I have found: - Bedbugs (obviously, and didn't stay there at all) - Skid...

I kind of get the oil-reuse thought. It just seems like a waste not to re-use it somehow. I've tried making a cheap oil burner heater work as a waste oil burner (fail), used it as a wood treatment with linseed oil (50/50) with very good results, and even attempted to filter it and use it as a...

Yes, and the updated TES-668. The specs that Torque Drive meet are: "Allison TES-295, TES-389, TES-668, C-4; Ford MERCON V; GMDEXRON III-H; Isuzu SCS; JASO 1-A; MAN 339 Type V-1, 339Type V-2, 339 Type Z-1, 339 Type Z-2, 339 Type Z-3, 339F; MB236.91, 236.10; Voith 55.6335, 55.6336; Volvo 97340...

Not to add any confusion to the thread, but as I recall the Allison spec ATF meets Dexron III specs, has a higher viscosity and is extremely temperature stabile. I can't recall the specification number at the moment, but Amsoil meets the spec with their Torque Drive ATF. I think I may use that...

If you suspect that heat plays a role in the misfire, I think it helps support the ignition coil thought. ~120k miles and 8 years also supports the coil idea. Its worth inspecting closely and swapping to another cylinder for verification.

They are camo, so you're good!

I feel like its a good media story to make people panic about one more issue. I'm trying my best to filter that crap out of my thinking. The sky isn't falling, but some people need to get smart or they will have some painful lessons to learn. I learned them the hard way too.

I put gear oil in mine. Its fine either way. These machine literally beat themselves to death anyway.