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I'm really happy for you tom!

I personally would go for a manual swap and be done with it. You could even take it a step further and get the manual built up, too.

Wow! that would be pretty nifty. Up to 1.75 gallons per week to run! ...but what if your in the middle of nowhere and don't have access to such fuels? Gotta think outside the box.

http://www.amsoil.com/shop/by-product/other-products/oil-analysis-services/oil-analysis-pump/?code=G1206-EA ^Stick the hose down into the dipstick tube...

I like the prospect of the raw part in milk. Obviously that would be eliminated canning it though. A very versatile creature, indeed...

Ugh! I would have threatened him with the attorney general or told him he will get major bad publicity from it. Don't let the guy live it down.

....and here where I live, when this sort of thing happens, we are legally allowed to then take it home and turn it into your favorite meal! ...instead of letting it go to waste and rot on the side of the road or become a coyotes dinner. ...not saying that you do or do not do this, just an opportunity to be resourceful!

Its OEM. I have it on my truck, too. HAHA! I'll sell you mine!

I know what you mean when you say this, killer. I have a person in the family who has the same train of thought. I know about and sometimes have to correct the person. It usually comes in a seasonal manner so fortunately its not all the time.

I've been dabbling in making my own "MRE's". Just add water and eat! We have alot of canning planned for this year... I have a huge dehydrator I made out of plywood and have done 25lb of carrots at a time and have done 50 pounds of potatoes as well. Its a really nice dehydrator for its capabilities! I never thought about canning milk! Our plan is to have a milker here sometime soon. We were going to have it this year but not everyone got on board with the idea on time... I had often thought about living with the Amish many times to gain the skills they have. But I doubt it would ever happen, and I tend to view them as cult.

Gotcha

I would not dare point a finger at any one person when I say this, but I'm willing to bet a few of you old chaps have had these sort of experiences! Maybe it was not just from the plain simple fact of being there when it was part of the times. Maybe it was just simply from a financial standpoint, and to have any more than what we call modern, was more of just a luxury then. As I sit and think more and more daily, how I can bring myself to a more self sufficient person, I think continually about what things I do now, that was done differently in the past. My first subject matter for this thread is: An ice house! Now, I'm not typically the type that one would define as a prepper. I'm just a person that looks at security through liberty. If I'm able to do it myself and can save a buck at the same time and over the long haul see it as a self sufficient means, I'm game! My father in law is not as old as dirt, but he also was an individual that was not wealthy by any means. Especially at certain times of his life, he lived on the indian reservation. They had at one time, their own little ice house. Not the large extraordinary ice houses like you may have seen in history lessons or on the channel as well. But a means of being able to keep and preserve their things that which needed to be kept frozen or cold. This intrigues me to a high degree. As I can see that what lays in my future plans, a freezer may not be the most prudent thing. Modern technology makes dependent on many things and cannot be self sustained. The more primitive and basic I can get and still achieve the same function, purpose the better! How many here, in their lives have had or either experienced the era before refridgeration? I understand that many people did not have an ice house so to speak, as their use to be large buildings that would house the ice blocks harvested from the source and then distributed appropriately. Where upon, the everyday consumer had a primitive like fridge, AKA the icebox. Now, consider what were to happen if you lost electricity. Your freezers go down, but you may have 4 days or more depending on some factors before that freezer content goes bad. What then? Did you store fuel for a generator you may have bought? What if you ended up going through a long period of time without electricity for weeks? I know as a younger boy, I experienced what the local area identifies as "ice storm". We were without power for over 2 weeks. The only saving grace, in a way, was that it was obviously during winter. What would have happened if we lost power for that long in the summer? Maybe you want to be an individual and live "off grid"? Do you want to restrain yourself to modern tech to keep a freezer running through means that could fail? The more and more I look at it, the more it seems advantageous to see that having an ice house is of huge benefit. The initial investment could be large, but over the long term, it small compared to the rewards. I would very much like to give it a shot and have a scheme to harvesting my own ice. No, you don't need a body of water near you to achieve this, but you need to have a winter cold enough in your area to freeze water! My father in law has told me his story about his family's ice house and how they had it built. It could literally keep ice frozen through the dead heat of the summer and still have ice left over by next winter! I would like to hear from you fellas, do you have a story, an experience with an icehouse, icebox or the era of this matter? Do tell!

I looked at that page before for the codes. Now, I cannot seem to enter it in? I don't get how it works... I must just be a dummy...

Mike, I can see it now! = you and that dead standing timber.

Wait for it, here in a few months your going to see it as the new Ford commercial...

I'm thinking the biggest way to keep temps down is by actively cooling the fuel through a radiator heat exchange system. I had thought about this idea for a while when I first got the truck. Now, it seems like a big waste of time to me. No offense to anyone when I say that. But its my opinion. I just don't see how its worth it when these trucks run just fine without one, or is this just for conversation sake?

Alright, I'm trying to figure out how to utilized the x-gauge. I looked on scangauge's website and I'm still at a loss what to do. I'm also having a hard time trying to figure out how to enter in the codes. Mike, what x-gauges do you use and how do you do it?

No boosted launch?

lawsuit? ...or tell him it'll be attorney general time.

The suspense!

Don't let mntom paint a picture of what all the auto trans owners go through! I have yet to encounter any problems after getting mine rebuilt. But yes, I still wish I had a stick instead...

...dude, this is like a really bad nightmare. I guess your really living up to your avatar! You need to start carrying out what W&F has for his!

http://www.fostertruck.com/

I had me comp turned off and only was utilizing my bigger injectors at the time. I maxed out my turbo and still had high egt's. I was in 3rd unlocked and had the rpms up high enough to keep going but my EGT's were still hot. If you keep giving it fuel, it will just get hotter. I have to watch how much pedal I put into it, because even if my gauges say its good, if the EGT is high its telling me I'm putting in too much fuel that is not being combusted to create work.

...as a matter of fact, I had my dipricol EGT gauge say more then that when I towed my 5th wheel up a grade. I could hear my turbo maxed out and the engine make different sound. But to this day, it does not consume oil more than common and fires up on the first crank every time...