joecool911

It's going to be around 92 in Portland today. We need to do a coal rolling parade by the next Algore convention.

Do you guys in the mid west burn corn stalks for heat?

We dropped a 135' fir tree on our property a couple weeks ago to round out our winter wood needs. All cut up, split, cleaned up. Just need to burn later this year.

I made sour kraut this year. No berries for me yet.

La notta influence here in Oregon makes for variable weather. I'm hoping for an early winter with low snow levels. Makes for November and December great hunting. Love hunting elk with a bow when there is snow down to 1,500'. Last couple of years we were able to drive over the crest of the mountains we hunt. That's 3,700'. Not good. Scatters the animals over a lot bigger area when snow doesn't concentrate them. My early season starts Saturday of Labor Day weekend. Can't wait! Buddy went scouting. Saw quite a few elk herds and a few scattered deer. Elk is our primary nemesis in September. Deer just opportunistic until November.

Ever had to start a truck with the clutch slave cylinder out? Then shift without the clutch. It can be done. Never done it with a diesel though.

Did you get the won't start feature with the clutch pedal? Unless the pedal is depressed?

Us old guys don't care for abs. Especially in washboard. Sometimes you just gotta have full brakes and skid. Remember pumping brakes to avoid skidding in slippery conditions? I was driving my wife's 06 and going downhill on washboard. Hit the brakes and they gave me nothing. Almost went off the road on a corner. Weird feeling. Hit the brakes and they don't respond even with heavy pedal. My friend removes the abs fuse when offroad.

Since the bands need periodic adjustment, not a bad idea to pull the pan anyway.

I have a fuel sending unit that's going out...my current diagnosis. Need to hook up with Jag1 and look over his tank unit access port through the bed. I don't believe I actually gained mpg's. Sorry to excite you guys.

So then the BD type compression fitting?

I think Frantz has a paper filter for transmissions available. What happened to Debbie? Looks like that outfit in California has taken over producing and the we filter it website is toast.

If a shirt-tail relative will screw ya, he'll screw anyone.

I've got a guy that I trust to do stuff I don't want or can't do. It's important. Keep looking. He is not your guy.

Anyone try this? http://www.kentsoil.com/dodgebug1.htm

Hey, my bypass filter sends filtered oil back to the oil fill on the valve cover. Anything wrong with taking the sample from that discharge? That'd be simple to get a sample! Leave engine running and remove the fill plug and fill the sample container. I don't think it'd get much cleaner than that.

I've got 20k on my oil change since the Frantz bypass filter install with paper change every 1,500. Wanting to have a sample tested. What's the procedure for obtaining a sample? I've seen recommendations in the past for testing facilities. But maybe for the discussion of taking a sample and sending it off for testing it would be best to combine them here.

Let's see, $4,000 every couple hundred thousand miles. A million miles and $18,000 in transmissions. I'd say dump the auto and go manual. What am I not seeing?

I know a guy who hit a deer and the insurance company almost totaled the truck. If you believe your truck is worth more than the insurance company is likely to pay you in the case of a total, you gotta have a protective bumper.

Love the 2 video's. Thanks!

Many counties in Oregon it's illegal to cut down a standing tree for firewood. Even just for camp wood. Crazy!

Wel this is interesting. Decided to pull the thermostat since it's so easy. High dollar cummins $60 thermostat failed. So the items listed above are not related. The disc on the bottom of thermostat fell off. Hope there is nothing else besides the stainless disc floating around to get caught somewhere in the cooling system. Had an old Napa thermostat in my spares box. Temperature normal now. $8 thermostat saves the day! Glad I didn't spend a bunch of time on electrical issues! I did buy a digital volt meter and no alternator noise issues.

Alternator noise is within normal range. Where is the 5 volt bus located? Is it part of the main fuse panel? What's it look like? I've done searches and have found nothing on testing it or locating it.

I found those old cans of oil with the piercing spout to be pretty user friendly.

Now if we were talking the bed of the truck, I bet I'd have most of you beat. I've got a canopy that's 8" wider than the bed on each side. I built shelves for that area. Shovels, rakes, chain saws, herbicides, sprinkler parts, 2 cycle oil, tire chains, hose end sprayers, hand tools, hand saws, jack for truck, grass seed, fertilizer, mole poison, pole chain saw-hedge shear attachments for string trimmer, lopers, hand hedge shears. The shelves are really handy because I can use the truck for pleasure and have all that stuff off the bed and canopy keeps it all dry. Shelves are 12"x12"x length of bed rails and don't protrude inward more than a few " inside the rails.