Recent content by Monster5601

The rate of price increases exceeds the speed of a Space X launch. Just the other day I built the same exact truck I bought 14 months ago and the MSRP was $6,000 more. I wanted to replace my 2015MY 3500 with a 2023 but discovered the MSRP the way I wanted the truck trimmed was just over...

2003 Tahoe Z71, owned it for 10 years and put 300K on it with nothing more than scheduled maintenance. 2013 RAM 1500 Hemi, no drama for the 9 years I owned it. 2015 RAM 3500 Cummins, another no-drama truck that I currently own. I replaced the 2013 RAM with a 2022 RAM 1500 ECODiesel, I've owned...

If the "all day" the OP is asking for equates to say 10 hours, then a 200 amp hour battery would fill his needs...

I got "took" once by cashier’s check. An item I sold was more than the buyer wanted to carry in cash (thanks to stupid civil forfeiture) so I agreed to accept a cashier's check drawn from a local bank. Sure enough, I got a cashier's check from a local bank for the correct amount. About a week...

Me too, I was at the proving grounds in Milford from 1998 through 2008 in the diesel and premium V8 engine group (building 3). I was shared among other groups and I remember when they built the hydrogen fueling station down by the tracks. I heard through the "grapevine" the program was shelved...

I remember that. It was unfortunate because his death (and his dog) didn't need to happen if he knew about the manual door release. https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-man-72-dies-trapped-corvette-dream-car-article-1.2253934

My wife's 2013 Equinox, if the doors are locked, the first pull of the inside door release does nothing, but the second pull will open the door. When her battery went out, she could get out of the car but neither of us could remove the ignition key until I put my jump box on the battery.

On the business side, corporations realize the only place the laws of physics can be ignored is in comic books.

I don't recall any post of a problem running ULSD fuel. I picked up a 2022 RAM ECODiesel and was somewhat surprised to see this in the manual; "Under normal conditions the diesel fuel filter should be replaced every 20,000 miles (32,000 km) (every other oil change). If the vehicle is being used...

I went with one of these as a solution that is the best I could find for my use case. I got the 58-gallon version and built a pallet for it. It was also $100 less a month ago...

I wish I had a better understanding of what GDE did with their cals and the CP-4 pump, what they discussed is over my head. It does make me wonder why RAM didn't do this to help protect the HPFP. About a year ago I took delivery of a new RAM 1500 ECODiesel, with about 1,200 miles on the odo, I...

I used Seafoam several years ago to help all my 2 stroke engine to fire up without pulling the starter rope to death. Seafoam did the trick. Now that ethanol-free gasoline is available near me, I stick with it and also follow Stihl's recommendation of the oil to the gas mix and use Stihl branded...

Some of you, those with a CP4, may find the following interesting. It was written by the engineers at Green Diesel Engineering and posted on forums mostly involved with the RAM ECOdiesel. GDE discusses software mitigation in their calibrations with the CP4 on ECODiesel engines. Currently, all...

Road rage is another that is gaining popularity. It just seems to me people are angry about something and I guess I can understand some of it albeit I'm retired and debt free. Growing up and raising a family in the 70s and 80s, I can see their pain. Just last week the wife and I were driving...

I have zero knowledge of the Massey Fergusons but I was wondering if they give you the ability to manually control the glow plugs. All three of my Kubotas allow me to manually power the glow plugs. Even in single-digit temperatures, all I need is a count of 10 to the glow plugs and they start...