Rob

I have a tig machine for that. This one will prolly be just for steel.Rob

Been wanting a small gas drive welder for quite some time and seen one like this advertised. http://www.ebay.com/...=item19d042a916 Kinda familiar with this one as a machine shop I once owned had a duplicate of it. I found the machine comfortable and easy to use back then on mobile repair jobs. Think I'm gonna build a box to house and mount it to the passenger side of the winch truck. The generator portion is only 3kw rated, but I've seen more pulled out of them easily. "Momma" is gonna wind up killin my ass yet. Rob

They were a couple of steel and rubber straps that were bolted to the rear bumpers of cars, (Cadillac, Lincoln, Chrysler) mostly and dragged the ground.It was a 60's and 70's thing. Rob

And Static Straps!! Chain steering wheel, white fur dash cover, dingleberry's hanging from the overhead, bobblehead dog with individual lighted eyes to indicate turn signal actuation.........Rob

It is actually called a sleeve but old habits die hard sometimes. I would get a new sleeve and not reuse the former myself.Rob

Like the 500, and 900 series "Signal-Stat"?Simple and effective. I think it's the switch also. Rob

Be nice to leave that Pete for a backup you'll never need. Rob

I think you miss the point. Safety is paramount whether it is yours, or the motoring public. As you mention, you are the "owner operator" and the choice is yours to make. Hard to sue yourself if something is missed and it breaks causing harm or damage to someone, or someone's property. Not doubting you, or your abilities at all but it's a whole different game when you do something for hire, as opposed to making your own repairs. Rob

The answer to your first question is yes; It is a cost of doing business.The answer to the second question is up to the vehicle owner. Being a non driven axle both wheels can spin at differing rates independent of each other and not cause undue wear such as a Mack power divider suffers when running mismatched tires on the rear(s). Your concerns are not "Silly", nor out of line. There are all kinds of "cowboys" out there repairing vehicles the way they see fit. If they own and make the call to facilitate repairs as cheaply as possible, the liability is upon them. As the owner of a repair facility, I have to make prudent judgement as such to be covered against the liability exposure. I'm not a spring expert by any means and am not qualified to make the call to replace a single side or not. I am however in charge of my future and in the position to make the call to perform the job or pass it by. A repair does not leave my shop until I am personally satisfied and confident in it whether I physically performed the repair or not. I've had to back this up in court and run my professional life based upon personal integrity. Just my thoughts, practices, and business ethics. I stay busy this way. Rob

I just got a call from otherdog's phone number and the ringer sounded just like a motorboat!Rob

Sounds like an injector cup has pulled free of the head when the injector was removed. All six injectors are the same as are the heads.Rob

I'd have to agree as I've seen it several times in the past. Our gensets are standby power and sometimes set without running for a month or so. This used to be a common occurance and back in the mid 1980's we started retrofitting electronic overspeed governors onto all gensets. Nowadays any genset that runs faster than 5% of regulated engine speed is shut down immediately. Haven't had a catastrophic engine failure since this action went into practice.Rob

Up to about 15 years ago we had a lot of Detroits on generator duty of all variants. I've seen fatigue, stress, broken parts and the likes plenty, but for the sheer numbers that were in place, the margin was small. Those are the best genset engines there ever was in my opinion as they are very smooth in operation. Uncle Rob

An open mind is a good thing to have to further one's ambitions. A closed mind usually hastens defeat.Rob

The "Viking" series was the medium duty line. The "Apache" was the lighter duty line. Lots of chrome and trim on those for what they were. Rob

If turbocharged, duct tape the exhaust stack shut to not allow the turbin to spin unlubricated while traveling. Rob

In the "Trusty, yet Crusty" ole Dodge, I set the load on the trailer to drop the truck about four inches or so. This allowed the truck to maintain good handling characteristics and not burn the tires off from being too heavy. Basically, split the weight of the load on the truck and trailer. About 60/40 is great balance with the heavier on the pulling unit, (truck).With no dovetail on the rear of the trailer use good long ramps to avoid dragging the bottor of the truck when loading. Rob

You got a lot yet to learn here on BMT.We'll teach you; pay attention so we don't waste the effort. Uncle Rob

He was another I was less than fond of. His early campaign commercials were much too "cheesy" to believe at the front.Rob

Looks like it would leave lipstick on the dipstick.Rob

It must have had larger injectors installed. A normal 4-71 with N65 series injectors would only run about 3300 rpm and starve for fuel due to restriction of fuel flow. Basically it would not run over this rpm due to depleting the available fuel supply to the injection rails faster than the pump could replenish. Uncle Rob

All in a days work at times.Rob

With the exception of a couple, I've hauled all my trucks home on a trailer much like that one. I wouldn't make attempt to haul a "U" model home up and off center like that. The so called "kick stand" needed would make the load too wide and would invite Mr. DOT to come visit. Rob

You NEED it!!!Rob

Is the lanyard in her rt. hand an emergency deflation device? Rob