You all should be proud.
We had a snow storm over night so I got up at 4:30 to go out and move some snow before my wife had to do chores. There was about 6" and I thought she'd appreciate not having to walk through all the snow.
So, it's upper 20's outside and I walk out to the old plow truck. It's a 83 Chevy K20 with a carbureted 350/700r4. I open the shed doors, turn the key and fire it up. I blipped the throttle a couple times to make sure it was ready to go, dropped it in gear, and started plowing snow.
no warm up .. no delay .. just right to work.
the only bad part about doing that, and why I usually don't, is that the gear changes from forward to reverse are very harsh when the engine is at high idle. It engages hard enough to rattle everything in the truck, so I like to get it off high idle before plowing, but at 4:30 ... I cared less than normal.
20 minutes later I was back inside drinking coffee.
FWIW, the sump is filled with Mobil 1 Advanced Fuel Economy 0w30 from 2 falls ago. Not even a hint of darkness to the oil yet, and I'm only now down to the point where I might add a half-quart.
making Bob proud!
We had a snow storm over night so I got up at 4:30 to go out and move some snow before my wife had to do chores. There was about 6" and I thought she'd appreciate not having to walk through all the snow.
So, it's upper 20's outside and I walk out to the old plow truck. It's a 83 Chevy K20 with a carbureted 350/700r4. I open the shed doors, turn the key and fire it up. I blipped the throttle a couple times to make sure it was ready to go, dropped it in gear, and started plowing snow.
no warm up .. no delay .. just right to work.
the only bad part about doing that, and why I usually don't, is that the gear changes from forward to reverse are very harsh when the engine is at high idle. It engages hard enough to rattle everything in the truck, so I like to get it off high idle before plowing, but at 4:30 ... I cared less than normal.
20 minutes later I was back inside drinking coffee.
FWIW, the sump is filled with Mobil 1 Advanced Fuel Economy 0w30 from 2 falls ago. Not even a hint of darkness to the oil yet, and I'm only now down to the point where I might add a half-quart.
making Bob proud!
