What are you working on today?
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Now that I've got a few years at Deere under my belt, I actually understand what you're measuring here! Bummer for the owner, though. Are you thinking factory flaw of some kind with the low mileage?
Probably left the factory low to start with. Every cylinder is consistent , mostly right at zero or a couple 1 thousandth above deck. 3 cylinders below a half thousandth to 1 thousandth on the intake side. I’ll post pictures when I have the liners out tomorrow and see what exactly happened.
Owner has been driving over a year with this issue. Popped radiators, multiple hoses, puking coolant.
Rig is very expensive. replacement is $500K used, and this truck is in showroom condition. Absolutely worth putting money into. Tows a triple axle race car trailer all
Over the country
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Drained most of the diesel out of the Gator, it looked awful. After sitting a few days it still looks awful, like eggnog. I still put in a fresh gallon, and it fired right up and ran for a few minutes. It sounds great under load, but the engine mounts are mush and the engine vibrates alot or needs its idle turned up a bit. Have a bit of other things to do but will get back to the Gator sometime and do a proper tank cleaning, fuel filter, battery, and hopefully take it for a spin.
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Added 1/2” spring spacer to the Tacoma front end to compensate for added weight. Front end has been sagging. Unfortunately I got kinda used to it. Installed the spacer tonight and it probably lifted it about 3/4”. Dont really like how it drives with the hood up higher. How can I even tell?? Will keep it for the week and reserve the right to remove later. Front is 7/8” lower than the rear so it should be right about stock. Rear has a 5/8” coil spring spacer as well for the same reason. If I put the tent back on it, it will probably sit level.
Ripped out the sagging headliner and the crumbly board that it was kind of attached to in my 92 Cavalier. The spiral pins were no longer working very well to keep it up and the board it was attached to was falling apart.
46 yards of 1 inch minus, and 23 yards of topsoil. I only need about 4 yards of the topsoil immediately to backfill a water line trench that has sunk a little after refilling, and a 1 foot by 8 planter. The rest is stocked for future projects.
Hauled 12 loads of rock for a new home site today and tinkered with this Husqvarna 142 that I found in a case on the property clean up over the weekend. It was drowning in bar oil and we didn’t know he even had it. So far I’ve found 4 chainsaws and we only knew he had 1.
Took it apart last night and steam cleaned it with my hot pressure washer to get the gunk and bar oil out of everything. The fuel lines crumbled when you touched them and the fuel in the tank was black. Threw a $16 amazon carburetor/fuel line/tune up kit in it and it runs great. Just need to sharpen the chain and I’ll take it back over there to use to cut trees out of the items I’m scrapping. The fuel line outer diameter was larger than original but I compared it to my Stihl saw and it matched. I drilled the hole in the tank out slightly to where it just fit and lubed it up with some caliper grease and managed to wrestle it into the tank.
Took it apart last night and steam cleaned it with my hot pressure washer to get the gunk and bar oil out of everything. The fuel lines crumbled when you touched them and the fuel in the tank was black. Threw a $16 amazon carburetor/fuel line/tune up kit in it and it runs great. Just need to sharpen the chain and I’ll take it back over there to use to cut trees out of the items I’m scrapping. The fuel line outer diameter was larger than original but I compared it to my Stihl saw and it matched. I drilled the hole in the tank out slightly to where it just fit and lubed it up with some caliper grease and managed to wrestle it into the tank.
I hate small engines. Hats off, sir!!
I wasn’t a fan either in the past but I’ve had to work on some out of necessity in the last year or so and I’m getting better. I hate carburetors with a passion but with these there’s absolutely zero reason to touch one other than to throw it away and put a new one on. This one was almost dead on right out of the box and would’ve worked fine for someone that didn’t know it needed adjusted. About 1/8 turn out on high jet was all it needed.
Finished the rear brakes on the 5th gen 2020 Ram 1500 today. Looking at the bolt threads and rotors, looks original and in great shape. Pulled the calipers off, broke the rotors free and used anti seize on the axle flange. Cleaned and greased the slide pins and then did a brake bleed. She had about 1.5 litres of brake fluid bled through it and everything looks and functions well.
tomorrow I will get it up on ramps to check the diffs and TC.
tomorrow I will get it up on ramps to check the diffs and TC.
Another fantastic day here in Crimetown. Today I planned on changing the gear oil on the 2020 Ram 1500. Easy, right? Each diff has an accessible drain and fill plug. Cool.
I get the front up on ramps to have an inspection. Well, I can see oily dirt residue on the power steering module, makes sense because of the dumb filter location. No worries. Well, why is it went around the axle disconnect? I went to pop it off and of course there is a bolt half way out holding the intermediate shaft to the diff, tighten that in and remove the disconnect. The sealing surface looks fine but I could feel a slight imperfection on the seal. I used a very light skim of RTV and will monitor.
Then I turn my eyes to the CV shafts. Why does the driver side inner tripot wiggle around that much? Well crap. Napa has a new CV shaft on hand and the dealer has a stub shaft in stock if needed. I start the tear down and of course, untouched, the splints are welded with rust. Used some penetrant cycle with heat and a BFH, no dice.
Ill cycle this a bit more this evening and try again tomorrow. Too much to do right now.
On a side note, must have been darn near original fluid, judging by the color of grey the gear oil was.
I get the front up on ramps to have an inspection. Well, I can see oily dirt residue on the power steering module, makes sense because of the dumb filter location. No worries. Well, why is it went around the axle disconnect? I went to pop it off and of course there is a bolt half way out holding the intermediate shaft to the diff, tighten that in and remove the disconnect. The sealing surface looks fine but I could feel a slight imperfection on the seal. I used a very light skim of RTV and will monitor.
Then I turn my eyes to the CV shafts. Why does the driver side inner tripot wiggle around that much? Well crap. Napa has a new CV shaft on hand and the dealer has a stub shaft in stock if needed. I start the tear down and of course, untouched, the splints are welded with rust. Used some penetrant cycle with heat and a BFH, no dice.
Ill cycle this a bit more this evening and try again tomorrow. Too much to do right now.
On a side note, must have been darn near original fluid, judging by the color of grey the gear oil was.
Changed the drive belt in my Camry yesterday. Since I have so much trouble getting the new belts on, I went to my local Toyota dealership for the belts. They got me for $50 for a Bando belt. 
Had some difficulty getting it on but then I tried my HF tensioner tool and the tensioner played nice and the belt slipped right on. Somewhere along the way, I gashed my arm and being on blood thinners caused a bit of bleeding. It should heal up in a few weeks. Slightly deeper and it would probably need stitches. Good thing I was wearing a heavy sweatshirt that absorbed a lot of the impact. Of course, today my hamstrings are toasted.
A soak in Persil along with LA's Amazing + Oxyclean + dish detergent with a scrub in with a brush and a wash in cold water got the blood stain out of my sweatshirt.
Had some difficulty getting it on but then I tried my HF tensioner tool and the tensioner played nice and the belt slipped right on. Somewhere along the way, I gashed my arm and being on blood thinners caused a bit of bleeding. It should heal up in a few weeks. Slightly deeper and it would probably need stitches. Good thing I was wearing a heavy sweatshirt that absorbed a lot of the impact. Of course, today my hamstrings are toasted. A soak in Persil along with LA's Amazing + Oxyclean + dish detergent with a scrub in with a brush and a wash in cold water got the blood stain out of my sweatshirt.
I mounted an Amazon Basics, 12-outlet power strip just inside the roll up door. It's been leaning against the wall on end for a few years. The power cord needs further work; I'm not good with cord routing. I'm gong to shorten it and terminate with a 90-degree plug. I'll coil the AC adapter when I find my roll of Velcro.
The second power strip will be mounted further inside near the side door with a floating shelf for chargers, etc. It'll be 2028 until this one gets mounted.
The second power strip will be mounted further inside near the side door with a floating shelf for chargers, etc. It'll be 2028 until this one gets mounted.
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It might need a new front diff.
@The Critic i should have specified, the splines that seized are on the wheel hub. I have it soaking and will hit it with an air chisel tomorrow.
Quick plug swap on son’s ‘13 Theta II. Unknown miles on old plugs. 163k on the odo today.