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Would you like that oil filter super sized? How about some fries with that crank seal?

My problem is they don't listen to what you say. Last week I ordered a left rear door latch/lock assembly for a 2000 Volvo v70 and a power steering pump for a 1998 Volvo XC70. Next day in comes a door latch for a 1998 Volvo and a power steering pump for a 2000 Volvo. I call him up and he says he'll send the right things out first thing. Three days later I call " where's my parts" and he tells me he forgot what I ordered and couldn't call back because he lost my phone number. Now my customer is calling me when is his his car go to be fixed. It's hard dealing with stupid. From another supplier I ordered front brake pads, front rotors and rear brake pads. 2 hours later they deliver front brake pads, rear brake pads and rear rotors. This goes on all the time. It's rely hard to deal with stupid. I go into a parts house and wait my turn. In walks a nice looking young lady. Counter guy gets off the phone and asks the gal if she needs help. With that I ask him "if I wore a skirt would I get faster service"? Probably not. I'm tired of dealing with stupid!

Wild and Free, I've been running an AME filter since May of 08 and have put 25k miles on it. What makes them "junk" and how did your buddy dust an engine with one?

Here's my take on why fuel prices have been going down. Since 2006 punitive UN, US, and EU sanctions have been imposed over Iran's nuclear program. By the beginning of 2014 the Iranian government was on the verge of economic collapse and civil unrest. Inflation was at 20%, unemployment 30%, and interest rates at a high of 25%. Those sanctions were lifted in Jan. 2014, 6 mo. before Iran's hard currency reserves were thought to run out. The state religion is Shi'i branch of Islam. Saudi Arabia, which is a Sunni country, does not trust Iran's nuclear program and wants it stopped. With a glut of oil on the world market the price is going down but Saudi Arabia is not cutting production to increase the price per barrel as they have in the past. 72% of Iran's exports is petroleum, a low oil price is a big hit to that country's income. If this can be sustained until sanctions are reimposed Iran will fold. The moratorium on sanctions has been extended from 7/2014 to 11/2014 and now to some time in the spring. Thank you John Kerry. Russia's take over of the Crimea and it's incursion into eastern Ukraine has the EU nerves about any future movements made by Putin. This has frozen the EU as what to do by the fact that it's major oil and gas supplier is Russia. Russia's major export is petroleum products at 63%. The reduction in oil prices is costing them billions of rubles and the ruble is down more than 40% to the dollar and was down another 5% today. If the price of oil goes below $60/ barrel Russia will be in big economic trouble. "The Russia market is a victim of OPEC's apparent decision to reduce the volume of high cost production through lower prices". So the country to watch this winter is Mother Russia and see what Putin does. http://news.yahoo.com/asian-shares-meander-china-data-disappoints-053600507--finance. http://news.yahoo.com/russian-ruble-takes-nosedive-low-oil-prices-080027202--finance.html

Here in Escondido, CA gas is $2.819/gal of gas and $3.459/gal for diesel. The price of all fuels are going to go up this Jan.1st because of a new "carbon off set tax" that's going to start. This tax is to help reduce global warming at the rate of 10¢ to $1 / gal. of any fuel. We're trying to stop the implementation of the tax but in this left coast state you might as well spit in the wind.

The beginning of this month the Battery on my work van went dead over night. Recharged battery and load tested o'k. draw test was 9 amps. AC voltage varied between .7 and 3+ volts. Disconnected red wire at B+ terminal on alternator and no more draw. Replace alternator and no more draw, no more dead battery.

I have the magnaflow 4" and the muffler is just a big long straight through resonator. It drones pretty good at freeway speed but I think that's a characteristic of this truck/engine combo.

I can't think of any thing, make sure you get the boost elbow with it. If you don't get a boost elbow you can make one.

I tried to PM you but it wouldn't go through.

I know the bristlecone pine forest is in the White Mountains east of Big Pine, CA. You have a picture of kokanee salmon after they spawn in the fall when they move out of the Upper Twin lake and into Robinson Creek which is east of Bridgeport, CA. So, where in the Sierra is this?

My neighbor works for a fence company and gets me used 1x6x6 or 1x8x6 ceder fence boards that I use to make compost bins. Try to find used material to cut cost.

When I first installed the pump fuel pressure was 17-18 @ idle and 20-21 1500 rpm and up measured at the VP. I moved the fuel pressure pick up to before the stock fuel filter due to to much hammering from the VP even with a snubber . Now the pressure is 15 psi when I first start it and goes to 20 psi when I push the fuel peddle, after a few miles 18 psi @ idle.

Sorry for the delay in answering, I've been camping and fishing in the Sierra Nevada for 11days. I've had my trans rebuilt back to stock at around 65k mi because the front band went bad and all the junk took out the torque converter. The truck just turned 80k on this trip.

Put the fuel boss on with stock filter and an Airtex pump as a backup. 15 psi at idle and 20 psi at 1500 rpm and up. I have the Airtex unplugged and will only use it if the belt breaks or prime the system.

I'll probably start burning in late November. This week the highs of 75-85 and lows 59-62

Butyl tape is used in auto glass installations but it gets very soft in hot weather and will be a black gooey mess. I would Not use it on roof repair.

I put the Edge EZ with the boost elbow on and it did wonders for towing my 5er.

I go to the u-pull-it yards all the time. The problem; is the vehicle you need there, is the part you want still on the vehicle, and is the part better than you have at home. You can spend a lot of time and get nothing or score big. What I've found is the starter motors and alternators have all ready been replaced and most of the time you don't know who rebuilt it.

Very nice wright up and like the pics.

The trailer on you tube, or google hornet's nest.

From the base where it rotates up looks like my engine hoist with a cable wench on it.

I read some where and a few years ago somebody with an automatic had trouble keeping the trans temp down when plowing and put a trans cooler with fan under the truck. I think he hung it from the trans with home made brackets.

I have an engine hoist in my shop and it is not light. My buddy takes it over to his place sometimes. When he does we have to brake it down for transport. Those parts are heavy, and you would be manhandling them by your self once a month.

Hot summer day and the wife take the truck to the store, Her car was in my shop getting a hvac fan motor. She calls me up an hour later, "the truck wouldn't start". I drive over with the shops work van and put the scan tool on. Code p0230 transfer pump circuit out of range, running a Fuel Boss pump with back up electric pump so no big deal. I clear the code and try to start. The engine turns over not real fast and no start. O'k wife is hot could care less about doing diagnostics and wants to go home. I have it towed to the shop and put the wife back in her Volvo. An hour later I turn the key and it starts up with the check engine light on. It's the dreaded p1689 NO COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ECM AND PM. Take the truck out for a 30mile drive, park it for 30 min. and no start. The engine turns over slowly and then not at all. Batteries are 2 mo. old and voltage is 12.7. Voltage when cranking 10.5-11 then drops to 9. so it's a bad starter motor. The starter motor was replaced 8/21/08 with a lifetime warranty part from NAPPA . I retested with the new starter and no more no more hard /no start hot or code p1689. So in conclusion I think a bad starter motor drawing the voltage below operating parameters caused the ECM not to "see" the VP and therefor set code p1689. What do you think?

I think Home Depot is selling them...... in Europe