Mopar1973Man

Technically... Yes I'm packing my 9mm Star pistol. As a matter of fact yesterday evening I got pulled to the side by the USFS LEO. Questioning the fact of my carrying a pistol in fire camp. I was told at my initial briefing through the Sheriff Office that SAR's could carry a side arm on the job. Well after than I packed my supplies for the night and headed for my post up Fish Creek to Four Corners again. Once I got there I talked with the Idaho Co. LEO on duty at the time and he told me none of the SAR's could not carry. Huh!? Ok. So no biggy toss the pistol on the center console and went to work. After about 9:30 (21:30) the road got very quiet and the fire crew where gone. Killer! Chase and I sat and talked trucks for hours it seemed until the air got cold. Chase looks at me and says "Hey you want to watch a movie?" Hell yeah! He fired up the laptop plugged in a DVD and we go comfy in his truck. (Ford 7.3L) About 11:00 (23:00) I was nodding off... Time to haul over to my truck and nap. Set the alarm on the cell for 12 midnight (00:00) and drifted off to sleep. I kept doing half hour alarms to keep me from sleeping to deep and not hearing the Radio. Well about 1:30am I got up to eat. Cold I mean cold! (38*F) Tried reading a book for hour or so couldn't do it. Back to half hour alarms again. Well 5:30am rolls around and wake up. Still colder than ______ out. So I pulled myself together and got my paperwork done in the dim of the morning. Expecting the commander to call us out... WRONG! He left his post and no one came so I had to roll out to post to find no LEO there. Ok. Still not a biggy... The relief crew came in just about on time. So Chase and I left and headed for ICP. Knowing I got to pick up my buddy in Grangeville... Here what sucks. I get to Grangeville, ID and my buddy James is nowhere to be seen. Well I knew he's out on Hungry Ridge holding his post which is farther out. Hour goes by... Ok. Finally I see a fellow SAR's member and she is pissed off. Also come to find out as long as I'm a concealed wepaon permit holder and working with SAR's I permitted to carry at all times after to talking with my fellow SAR's member. Come to find out the schedule had a error in it she was called at 8:30am to cover Hungry Ridge. I knew it would take her 1 hour to drive in and relief my buddy James and another hour for them to get out. Needless to say radios helped a bunch they transfer in flight. So a hour later James shows in Grangeville. Headed for home... I got home at 12:10pm. Thankfully I don't have duty tonight or I would of came home and left 2 1/2 hours later... (Thank you Lord! ) So I get to sleep at home tonight! YEAH!

I did a video log of my first night... I don't have the time to process it now. I'm bushed and tired... But I'm long ways from home approx. 90 miles to the check point. Only action we had was a car load of teen aged girl that drove all the way back there at about 1am to go look at the fire... Geez... Parents be smart keep your kids at home.

Well gang... I'm signed up and waiting for my order to come to me tonight from the commander. I'm going to most likely be working the night shift from 6pm to 6am holding a road closed in the Sheep fire. http://www.inciweb.org/incident/maps/3240/0/ Basically my duty will be to keep all unauthorized personnel out of the fire like hunters and firewood cutters. I will be working directly with Idaho County Sheriff Office in Grangeville, ID. So from this point on gang I will not be available for phone information you'll have to contact ISX or any of the other members here that are willing to aid you in you issues. Thank you for being understanding...

I been doing 30 ft pound where mine broke at.

As for the thread title no I don't have wood... I'm only got 6 of my 9 cords now and think I got maybe another cord unsplit... As for adding the chimney on top you going to regret it. I've got a extra 1 foot of chimney and it a absolute pain in the arse. That exposed 1 foot of pipe plugs up because its not insulated but the original chimney liner so I got to keep 800-900*F of pyrometer temp to keep that top 1 foot clean because at 0*F the top 1 foot of chimney is luke warm when the stove is huffing at 1,200 to 1,400*F. You might reconsider you exposed chimney height.

I got a set of RV275 injector right now that are way past replacement (400K+ miles). Like I'm getting a random misfire again as the weather cools all I got to do is pull them clean them and re-install them again I know they would work good again... But I'm not sure I want to keep have to clean injectors because there plum wore out.

From what I was told from the shop in Lewiston, ID no pop testing is required if you do not mix an match parts between injectors.

Donated... I rather build them a demo site and hosted and see if it flies for them if it does then they can move it to there own domain later. So this winter will be the kicker where it will be used the most. Being weather and road conditions tend to make meeting night rather difficult and now all the staff can stay hooked up and pass documents back and forth. Current if the fire chief need a report you had to hand deliver it to him.

I use 80W-90 typically in my truck since heavy hauling and trailer towing is limited and not done every day. But thinking of this its time to check the rear diff again.

Just 2WD there will be zero effect. Just if you use 4WD just be aware of the difference and keep a feel for the binding. You'll know...

Typically in the late spring we take a S190 class for the Red Card and have it before fire season kicks off. But this year I kind of slipped under the wire and still worked the fire under the local fire dept. as structure protection. Take care of your wife... I know what it like to live with asthma. I had a ex-girlfriend that had it and was rough at times.

No. The 98.5 is a bottom loaded filter housing and both fuel lines come out the top of the filter bracket.

Well it seem to never quit for me now I've got another web site to manage. This is a private web site for my fire dept and currently sharing a small part of the server. If the Salmon River Rural start to really using it they will take over the ownership on there own server. But here it is at... http://srrfd.mopar1973man.com It still rather raw. But this is going to hopefully soon have fire information of what going on up here in my local area.

Always... Excuse me... My hair is typically tied up neatly... I'll be back in one piece... It will be a very boring job from what I'm finding out. I'll be stationed at a road with a road closed sign and check all vehicle traffic in and out of the fire. 12 hour shifts of sitting around in the truck all day. So I better get my MP3 collection together, a few books to read, and lots of food to munch on. Where I'll be at there is no cellphone signal so that's out... Radio service is limited to. Still waiting for information to come down the pipe from the SAR's commander. Also informed my Fire Dept of the hat swap too.

I was just called tonight from Search and Rescue of Idaho County to do road closure for the fire areas. We are getting to many looky loo'ers driving up in the fire areas, etc. So I'm not sure when and where exactly yet but I'll be gone for 12 hour shifts for maybe 14 days. So I'll keep you all informed of what's happening...As for air quality here it nasty at times...

Also running a DiPricol mechanical fuel pressure gauge with air brake line. Never had any issues with line breaking in the cab and leaking. If air brake line is good enough for over the road trucks and has burst pressure around 600-800 PSI I doubt there will be a issue with using on a fuel pressure gauge if protected properly.

Contact Eric at Vulcan Performance he's got all kind of fuel fitting and some larger one if you want to upgrade maybe...

Feel the love...

Still a full day job to pull a heater core and put it back together. This is doing the right way!

I know this isn't exactly a right on the topic but... With all the steep grades and washboarded roads out here I learned a few thing about 4WD Dodge Cummins trucks.1. You can use 4WD going up a washboarded road just be aware to swing wide to keep the front axle from binding up.2. Do not use 4WD going downhill with a exhaust brake. What happens is all the engine weight over the front axle, bouncing up and down from the washboard and then the braking force of the exhaust brake will break u-joints even solid u-joints.So as for the mismatch tires I would be careful on any dry solid road even dirt. Now in mud and snow you'll be fine because the tires can slip a bit.

Or if you have to buy another stock OE lift pump for now and install in the block location.

Driver side you need the take the knee bolster out, drop the steering column (2 bolts). Then on the kick panel there is a single bolt to loosen up but don't remove. Passenger side there is the same single bolt that is loosen up but not removed.Cup holder is removed and there is 2 bolts and 2 nuts holding the center of the dash.Then the 5-6 screws across the top of the dash too.Swing and hang the dash on the passenger "Oh-Crap Bar" with a cam lock strap this allows for up/down adjustments easy.

Welcome to the family... You can see we got a few guys here that like to pick on the newbie but done with a flare and taste! :whistle:Hang around a bit and talk with them you find out they are great guys!

As long as you don't swap parts around between them the pop pressure shouldn't be affected by the cleaning.

Now your looking at doing a heater core for sure. But now you got to ask yourself if the hore core is failing how good is the rest of the cooling system like the radiator, oil cooler, etc. ?