rancherman

I've stopped underdash squeaks with a spray bomb of silicone.. Does your squeak come with road bumps or when you turn the wheel?

Please define 'going out'. Is it the electronic part.. or the mechanical. Maybe in this case it's one in the same??

I really don't know what to say about this. Yah, I can understand why they wanted Omaha to get this dude... 'for practice sake'. And I guess I am thankful this Country has facilities such as this. I just hope this doesn't become another 'something' to be dealt with

OH, no doubt the 20 yo mills are not near as efficient..... I'm wondering why they aren't replaced with new upgrades.. I mean, everything is in place.. infrastructure, right-a-ways... zoning... The only thing I can figure is 'no money/incentive' from Uncle $am... for 'existing' sites.

LOL.... when wife finds out what's in store for the '98.... SHE may bury ME! I am hoping the Jeep Liberty I'm getting her this week will distract her ...

...... I called it FIRST! LOL In this day and age, finding a 'deal' that is legit would be like picking the powerball... On the other hand, IF done right, and everything checked out, it may not be a bad deal for someone... a guy like me for example, where the truck works really hard, and will show it very soon! I'm the last owner of a vehicle. next in line is the recycler... I wouldn't mind having 'rebuilt' or 'salvage' on the title.

yes or no question here: wouldn't nuclear be considered the ultimate 'green' power source??? ............one truckload of fuel..... lasts what, 10 years?? These windmills are slated for a 20 year life span, Funny thing here, the few 'mills built 20 years ago, are being scrapped, and NOT being rebuilt. the site is abandoned... which mean to me "they are not feasible" Apparently there is no money (federal) for 'upgrading a project' Just NEW projects.

I thought so too! We've probably all seen the guys load the mini 'hoes' This is really pushing the envelope! Pretty sure the sump in the engine is not pulling pure oil... I"d love to see it unloaded!

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I think you are BOTH correct! rotomaster IS an American company, but in this day and age.... I'd bet their parts are coming via China. If they are priced like a Chinese set...then they is.

I HEAR ya! I am afraid of the 'brown noise' LOL... 24/7, and any possible effects from the 'field' coming off the 180k volt power line.. Oh, I wonder if they'll all have the little blinky lights... the ones that all blink simultaneously??? I swear, that'll give me epilepsy for sure!

well, there has been a couple of locations within this area that have been dismissed... due to Bald eagle nests.. They've spent (ha ha, your tax dollars) a LOT of money in past 3 years, just for the impact studies.. which I guess for the wildlife sake, this is good. Western Nebraska had a blade strike with an eagle... they got BIG problemos now!

I'm smack in the middle of a large wind energy project... 266 proposed windmills covering 54,000 acres. The company that bought up all the eminent domain rights for this project is a 'for profit' company. Not a public utility company. We all know the 'green' initiative money from the Fed is THE only way this is happening... My part of the state is well serviced with hydro electric, coal fired, and 2 nuclear generators.... one of which was shut down after the big tsunami in japan, which coincided with our extremely wet spring and Missouri river flooding..., the worriers wanted that reactor shut down at the time. I believe it's been recently restarted. Lets say, 25% of our states needs are met with hydro, 50% coal, and 25% nuclear... and suddenly, an additional 400 megawatts are injected to this supply via the windmills... (that's the claimed capacity of all the wind towers) Can someone explain to me how this plays out? How would the consumer dollar be split... I'd think none of the other generating plants are willing to throttle back, just so a windmill site gets their fair share of the consumer dollar? And since we can't guarantee constant wind, I'd think the coal guys and nuclear plants would have to keep their boilers at least on 'hot standby'... which costs money. I for one think capturing the wind, water, you name it... is a wonderful idea... but how it's being 'paid for' is another ball of worms! Our local public power district was wary 5 years ago when first approached.. they didn't think their customers would like the higher rates they would charge to help pay for the new infrastructure.. they've since gotten on board Federal law says they must pay retail for the new power. Thanks uncle sam. So, here we have an out of state investment corporation, who has gobbled up a county sized chunk of ground... getting money from US to develop it, sell the energy @ retail.. win/win for 'them'. My main 'beef' with this whole project is... These guys are the real winners. I have to deal with the sights, sounds, higher real estate valuation (taxes) a new phenomenon of 'looky lou's gawking around, and probable higher energy costs... Ok, I wouldn't mind the higher costs if WE (as a community) owned and controlled where the power was being sent... This power will be sold to the high bidder. (Chicago, Kansas City... wherever) Hell, I can't even erect a small windmill to pump water for cattle (Such as the one in my avatar) unless I am 1/2 mile away from a proposed tower! THEY NOW OWN OUR 'WIND'...

Can you weld? or access to a welding shop? If this is all you really need a crane for, I'd say some square tubing and a simple hand crank winch, a pulley, and you'd be golden. slip it into your receiver hitch... load your tanks. pull it out when done. this is 26 bucks on ebay 50 bucks for some tubing, 4 bucks for a 1/4 inch pulley for the overhang..

I've seen them fill them while sitting on a small platform scale... when they hit the 'weight'... that's it, done. I fill mine by opening up the little bleeder valve, and venting off the vapor as it fills. I've no pump, just liquid coming out of the big tank on it's own. When I fill my little grill type bottles, if they don't have that little bleed valve, I'll shoot about half gallon into it.. take the hose off, shake it up and open the valve while holding it upside down....*don't have to mention here... no smoking* it super chills the tank. soon as the gas is gone, I'll immediately hook the fill hose back up and hit it.. fills it to the brim in no time We've fill hundreds of bottles/tanks/vehicles this way over the years. I suppose by now a 'pump' would've paid for itself by not having to vent the vapor to atmosphere.

I regularly haul 100# cylinders to the hay field to fill our 4020 JD propane tractor... or to swipe fuel from one tank (my own of course) and put in another, cause I forgot to call the delivery guy... I can attest the fact those buggers are the most awkward things to handle when filled. I still 'iron man' them, but as I got older, I've gotten lazy; put the cylinder in the pickup empty, back the truck up to the 1000 gallon tank, and fill it there... vice versa in the field... I usually only 'handle' the empties. .......... I probably overfill them.. but I know I'm going to empty it right away. Nothing worse in the back of a pickup... 'a round cylinder'... laying down. especially a heavy one! I have many many pickup boxes with smashed wheel wells. legally, I think Tom is right... they gotta be upright. That way, if the relief valve blows, it'll only shoot vapor.. not liquid. So, some sort of stand will be needed to secure them. used to be, with a security deposit on the tank, you could 'buy' the gas, and just trade your empties for filled cylinders... I've recently seen 100# cylinders for sale (empty) at tractor supply type stores for about 120 bucks..

ah, that's where 'mouse motor' came from! cute vid

I agree, radar detectors have their place.. if you are in a crowd, you'll have a chance... but if you are all alone, it's a done deal... soon as you hear 'beep'.. ya might as well pull over!

oil level going up is the only way I know to tell. I was originally thinking about the fuel return circuit.. the circuit that comes out the back of the head, like Yankneck is talking about, but INSIDE the head... is there any possible way that could leak internally?

Have you noticed your oil level creeping up... getting thinner...

Wow! I didn't know that! Detroit also owns 40% of VM Motori.... maker of the engine going into the new Ram 1500's.... (also the engine in the Jeep I'm looking at!)

all I can suggest right now is to look for ANY signs of dampness at the fittings and lines.. might as well start at the tank! Although a bleed back won't be too easy if the leak is near the tank. Your problem almost has to be after the lift pump I know after bleeding, everything is soaked and wet.. and it's hard to see any 'new' dampness.. wash it up as good as you can, and check again. I swear, sometimes I find the dangest things... a fitting that may seal up fine on pressure, but as soon as a vacuum hits... poof. ilikeoldfords has a good idea with the drain valve. BTW, when you get this fixed, could you snap some pics of how you got your flat bed attached?

well, the truck empty, unhooked, and driven 'normally' @ 60mph will knock out about 17 mpg. Hand calculated. I've seen better, and next tank could be a little worse. 17's pretty good average. Just hooking the trailer up will knock it down 3-7 mpg.. EMPTY. Believe it or not, just taking the ramps off the back saves at least 1 mpg! hard to believe those 'flow through' ramps catch that much wind. That trailer is tandem dual... lots of rubber on the ground Trailer is about 6 yo, maybe 10,000 miles. Bought it new. drw, 4X4... all adds up, I do have 3.54 gears to my favor though.

So, in reality, a stuck open overflow shouldn't effect how well the vane pump operates??? as long as it's being fed plenty of fuel, it'll supply the head and advance system ..???

yah, I figured too the hole was too small for cooling... I just pasted the pic and some text from another forum... heres a post that caught my eye, this was posted in 2002, in a reply to the exact same question as OP here ^^^^^ KYLE--- Your electric lift pump has little or nothing to do with fuel return,except to bleed air out of the system after filter change etc. The lift pump can then force fuel and air thru the small orifce under the overflow valve and back to the tank. The VP pump has a 5 blade vane type positive displacement pump that pressurizes the high press. plungers,provides pressure to operate the hydraulic advance system,and provides a internal housing pressure in the VP assembly. The over flow valve maintains the housing pressure at 14 psig. This return aids the cooling and lubrication of the internal components and also vents out any air bubbles that get in the pump. The vane pump pressure is a function of pump/engine speed,and the pressure is regulated by the internal pressure control valve. It is a spring loaded slide/piston valve that is adjustable during calibration. It simply returns excess pressure to the inlet side of the vane pump. The vane pump pressure is approx. 150 psig . Estimate, as I am not priveledged to test specifications. ^^^^ if this is correct, then this answers my question on fuel flow through the body.. 1. vane pump supplies high pressure to head and the advance system. 2. internal pressure regulator maintains this pressure 3. overflow from THAT goes back into pump body.... then back to tank via overflow edit: I can agree with everything said except for the opening sentence....'nothing to do with overflow".... ummmm, pretty sure 'volume' must be there (at the inlet side).... and of course one way of measuring volume is psi (which most are monitoring these days) so a weak pump that can't supply enough fuel, will have poor psi, and may or may not 'fill' the vane pump efficiently. (starve). which then limits severly the amount available for downstream cooling