Oil change on wife's Juke. Lowered to 4k OCI. It's starting to use a bit of oil. Just over 155k miles. Hope it last another few months before replacing it. She has a long commute and she's tired of it and a manual Trans in traffic
You mentioned the slippery feeling if the 132, I've noticed the same thing with Swepco 306 oil. When I check the oil in my truck, even after 7000 miles if any gets on my fingers it's difficult to just wipe away with a rag. Very slick.Changed the oil on the Mack today and got it all greased up. Also had a couple cracks in the subframe for the cylinder mount so I ground them out and repaired them and shot some new paint over it. That gallon of Schaeffer 132 in the engine oil really makes things a slippery mess when you go to drain it. The stuff literally sticks to you.
Tonight we went and looked at a fence clearing job that will start tomorrow. I’ll move what I can with the skidsteer, grapple, and tree puller tomorrow and move the track loader in to finish what little the skidsteer won’t be able to do.
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Your welds look immaculate.Changed the oil on the Mack today and got it all greased up. Also had a couple cracks in the subframe for the cylinder mount so I ground them out and repaired them and shot some new paint over it. That gallon of Schaeffer 132 in the engine oil really makes things a slippery mess when you go to drain it. The stuff literally sticks to you.
Tonight we went and looked at a fence clearing job that will start tomorrow. I’ll move what I can with the skidsteer, grapple, and tree puller tomorrow and move the track loader in to finish what little the skidsteer won’t be able to do.
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Thank you! I’m no professional welder but I can get it done.Your welds look immaculate.
Pfft, amateur! I can take a one-hour job and somehow make it take 8 hours per day for two consecutive days. I win.I'm sure I'm not the only one, but I can take any one hour job and turn it into a 2 hour job over 2 days.
I finally got the clamps and lube to take care of the 'Ford Slip Yoke Bump' that pretty much any Ford vehicle with a 2 piece driveshaft gets over time. The first time I did the job (a few years back), I noted that the middle slip yoke is keyed, which is nice so you don't have to pay super close attention when you put it back together, so I thought.
Yep, they're keyed alright, but they can still be flipped 180 degrees out from each other. So while you don't have to pay super close attention, you should probably still make a mark on the boot and shaft so you don't put them back together 180 degrees out from each other.
Guess what I managed to do.
Luckily, when I bought the boot clamps, I bought 10 of them, so back under the truck, the next day, I go to fix the screw up.
The vibration from being out like that wasn't terrible, between 40-55 mph it was more of a very slight grumble, but normally my tuck is completely vibration free, so I noticed it immediately.
Ohh well...
And yes, I know Ford calls the 4 driveshaft bolts a disposable part and you're supposed to use new ones. Likely because the threadlock they put on them really should be replaced. They're not TTY, so cleaning them up on a wire wheel and reapplying some threadlock will do the job just fine.