1998 Dakota front end knocking???
From : fishstick
Q: i hope w does something to keep the price of california produce under contol because of the freeze they supposedly suffered... shees the president no more controls the weather than he controls the price of oil. not true it is his energy policy that has alot to do with the price of oil. so far his energy policy in which he consulted with the major oil companies have done nothing but encouraged us to consume more. have you forgotten about the organization of petroleum exporting countries opec from whom we import most of the oil we use on a daily basis when ever the price of oil drops opec reduces production in order to artificially drive the price up. did you know that ws buddies are opec members if opec is engaging in illegal collusion and price fixing then why doesnt w kick thier tails for it i heard today that they are planning to do just that because crude oil has hit $51/barrel. oh lets not forget that not a single new refinery has been built in the us since the 70s and the formulations required by the epa and various states has become more complex hence more expensive to produce yet the evil oil companies have been able to increase the amount of refined products in the pipelines. you are kind of wrong here. refineries have been modified to where they can refine much more efficient than 30 years ago. i am talking exponentially more efficient. also w relaxed enviromental controls on the refineries making even more efficient but more enviromentally dangerous. if it were profitable trust me the oil companies would have a refinery next to every starbucks. also china is the largest growing ecomony on the planet and their thirst is insatiable. hell they tried to buy unical! luckily chevron saved our oil consuming interests. again partially right. true china and india have been consuming more. but production is much more efficient. many new wells in africa have been discovered. many new oil producers have entered the market. i wish all you liberal finger pointers could live in the world you create and let us realistic people live in ours but unfortunately our worlds are the same. i think i just proved to you using facts that the liberal finger pointers are correct. i dont believe anyone on this thread stated their political beliefs except you in your last tirade. we are talking about the economics of energy production. not political beliefs. why dont you demand energy price control that may keep the price of energy down but there will be so little of it only the privilaged few - politicians most likely - will be able to buy it. i am not for price controls. how about alternatives. hydrogen combustion better mass transit wind energy. it is too bad that ws energy policy did not make many concessions for this. now that ive had my rant you may respond as best as you may and i will do my best to educate you. you did nothing to educate. you stated multiple things that are not facts. i just heard on the that the price of oil has fallen 35% since july! i really havent tracked it all that well but it doesnt seem to me that the price at the pumps have fallen 35%. now keep in mind that the oil companies were awfully quick to raise the price at the pumps--a few times when the price of a barrel of oil went up the pump price went up that same day in response even though the price of the gas you were buying wasnt included in the per barrel jump. now if bush wants to know what to do to get his ratings back...........well for my part he could kick the big oil companies ass a little. that would make me like him a whole lot more! .
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From : stormin mormon
on mon 22 jan 2007 003741 +0000 fred wrote hi group and happy new year to all! would like to replace the lift pump on my 99 2500...looks like it might be a bit of a chore... can anyone in the group relate their experience and provide any tips on tools and techniques used in changing this pump tia fred did my 99 for the first time just a couple weeks ago. piece of cake. i have the service manual and apparently they want you to go from below as they say to remove the starter but that is not necessary. i left it in place and went at it from above but i do have knuckle-dragging-long arms. make sure the area is clean as you dont want to be getting junk into the fuel system and you want the banjo fittings clean so that they seal. disconnect the ground cables from both batteries youre working near the starter and a dropped wrench could prove disasterous if you leave the batteries connected. remove the two banjo fittings the support bracket bolt supports the fuel supply line electrical connector then remove the 3 nuts and its out. replace the washers that seal the banjos loosely connect the banjo fittings while getting everything in place then install/tighten the 3 nuts. install/tighten the support bolt bracket then tighten the banjo fittings dont go ape-$#!& on them -- 18 ft lbs is the spec. reconnect the battery cables and bleed the fuel system at the injector pump. the manual specifies that the fuel supply line quick-connect fitting should be disconnected/reconnected in the process but i left mine on. it didnt siphon any fuel but ymmv. .
From : stormin mormon
actually i think i *did* own an 84 chevette and no one broke into it. -- christopher a. young you cant shout down a troll. you have to starve them. .. get her an ugly color yugo or a lada dale or an 84 chevette! .
From : fishstick
theguy@whatever.net wrote now if bush wants to know what to do to get his ratings back...........well for my part he could kick the big oil companies ass a little. that would make me like him a whole lot more! bush doesnt control the price of oil or gas. theyre commodities. i do wish hed get rid of some of the subsidies going to oil companies and trash the democrats restrictions on building new refineries. the energy policies implemented by his do have influence on the prices. as for the democrats restrictions what a load of crap. they will not build more because that would cause the price to drop and they know it. after katrina they had a green light to build and refused claiming it was more cost effective to improve their existing refineries iow keep the number small so the risk remains high and they can make a killing. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .