Memorial Day
From : roy
Q: rudyxhiebert@yahoo.com writes owners manuals and car dealer insist on 5000 miles or as in canada 8000 kms. or six months - whichever comes first. i had mine analyzed after using it for 13000 kms and seven months and the report showed that it was still ok. the issue as i understand it is that the oil becomes contaminated with microscopic particles and combustion residue. besides clogging the filter it becomes thicker and so therefore presents more of a burden for the oil pump to circulate. even at the manufacturers recommended 5000 miles it gets pretty gooey and by which time the filter has also become clogged. changing oil at 3000 mile intervals as recommended by all of the various oil change shops and most dealerships only serve to embellish their receivables. funny story an old family aquaintance at one time owned a miller beer distributorship in danville il altman distributing and had 4 beer trucks on which he paid to have the oil changed every 1000 miles! the small independent garage next door kleins garage that did all of altmans mech. service on the trucks used to keep some of the used oil in a big barrel called altman oil which the garage owner would subsequently put into his own cars. if you want to change something early change the filter and then add another quart or 1/2 quart of oil depending on what was lost in the filter change. many years ago i.e. back in the 40s 50s and even into the 60s it was quite common to only change the filter at every other oil change. isnt it interesting how flawed that line of thinking was even today with modern oil and synthetics the filter usually fails long before the recommended mileage interval to change your oil. why anyone would only change their oil and not replace the filter completely baffles me. im also unsure what the 6-months or whatever comes first is all about. the oil only breaks down and/or becomes contaminated from being used. it doesnt wear out or separate or lose its lubrication qualities from just sitting there. anyone know what the line of reasoning is behind this recommendation .
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From : mac davis
they also own onan. generators for home commercial and marine use. craig c. steve lusardi wrote cummins owns cummins. however cummins also owns daf the dutch truck and engine manufacturer. steve in one of the other ngs i follow someone mentioned that ford owns cummins. is there any truth to this did ford own a piece of cummins at one point in time who owns cummins now or are they on their own .
From : mac davis
on sat 28 may 2005 123859 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote i know denny get a big one so i can get my fat ass into it. still i need some info on good brands what to avoid what sanitizing products to use. im in ma so it gets cold in the winter and i want year round use. roy i wont recommend brands as they are probably different on the right coast.. some tips we got from the guy that we bought ours from after talking to several places that were rip offs dont buy more spa than you need... average number of people in a spa at a time after 1st month or so is one.. get them to throw in or discount accessories like steps side attached bar insulated cover etc... they should provide you with at least a started kit of chemicals floater etc... if propane is reasonably priced there go that way if affordable if not go 220v if possible.. ours can be wired for 11v or 220v and we chose 110v.. should have gone 22 as it is actually a bit more economical and with 110v the heater electric wont run when the jets are on high.. weve found that after 4 years of experimenting the less chemicals you use the better... started out following the directions and using bromide ph up ph down anti foam shock iron inhibitor etc. etc... my wife read up on it and found the magic words parts per million the amount of anything that your spa water actually absorbs.. we werent sitting in water it was a chemical bath.. now we use a bromide floater with a few tablets in it. it holds about a dozen this keeps the water sanitary... our spa is a 4 seat model and holds a little more than 300 gallons of water... way cheaper and better for you to use more water and less chemicals.. i ran pvc pipe from the sink in the garage to the spa and top it off a lot... over flow it for 10 or 15 minutes with hot in winter and cold in summer we use it year round 102 in winter 70 in summer why do you drop it so low in the summer i used to lower the temp in the summer as well but only down to 98 from 101 in the winter. it really is amazing how much of a difference a few degrees make. when folks get into the tub they displace water and it over flows... you top it off later and the water stays pretty fresh and you dont have that toxic smell from all the expensive chemicals.. ymmv that is the advantage of a larger spa it isnt so easy to overflow it but as you said they do cost more to run and maintain. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .
From : henry
dang must be small hogs. henry viet 69 groundhogs that eat soybeans must be plinked... denny .
From : denny
moparman i paid $145.99 for my prodigy. where i live in florida ive seen them sell for $165.00. .
From : denny
any opinions on good aftermarket reclining buckets for this truck this is a mixed use truck personal driver and for work. i want cloth an arm rest and a good sturdy seat but not fancy and too costly. what are your thoughts clay -- there are 10 kinds of people in the world those who understand binary and those who dont. .
From : transurgeon
on a wd-45 and a d-17 ok-ok they hadnt invented the rifle yet when those ole alliss were in use.. g i saw your link about the beartooth. that sucks denny .
From : transurgeon
on a wd-45 and a d-17 this guy had rifle mounts on all his tractors.............. dont all tractors have spring clips in the cab denny .
From : transurgeon
i saw your link about the beartooth. that sucks yeah my old hs buddy doug and i were gonna start out in denver drive up to red lodge do the beartooth then ynp and out the n entrance then spend a few days re-tracing l&cs route across the mountains from near present-day dillon mt across the lemhis to the salmon river then across the lost trail pass then over the lolo pass to the columbia watershed sounds awesome.. shit..........the bt is such a great drive; now well have to go thru f*cking cody little jackson and over the chief joseph might take a dead-end run up to the top of the bt just for grins if they even open the western side this year the museum in cody is awesome. the first time we stopped there i spent 4-5 hours following the family thru the arts side--bored as hell and damned near took a nap on a bench.i didnt notice the other side till we was walking out. the next day i spent the 4-5 hours going thru the good side and who knows where all the women went. what really gets me is when i get talking and find out how many relocated easterners are out there.the first year we went west we stopped for a week in the big horns. the guy that owned the place we stayed at was from cleveland. i run into that alot out there. denny .
From : mike simmons
leroy this sounds similar to a problem i had with a chevy. turned out to be a bad voltage regulator. be driving along and it would just shut off then after a brief period restart. gm had a recall on their alternators and replacing it fixed my problem. the voltage regulator would skip a beat and shut the entire system down. dont know if this applies to dodges but it may be worth looking into. hth. bill 1992 dakota 318 a/t will intermittently shut down if i am travelling at road speed the engine continues to turn and in approx 8-10 seconds it will start back up own its own. its just same as if you turned the ignition off and back on except.when it happens the tach falls to zero and the maint reqd light goes off it has been on for some time but all of the other guages continue to register normally. it has been doing this for about a year and nobody has been able to find it. the distributer module was replaced .. waste of money. it acts exactly like some circuit breaker is tripping then resetting itsself. it is totally intermittent. it may do it once/month or several times/day. can find no commonality like i just hit a bump or am in a hard turn or whatever except -- maybe -- it seems to be more frequent during hotter weather. if it was the fuel pump then the tach and ck eng lamp should not shutdown. if it was the ign switch then all of the other guages should quit. also or am i wrong about that have checked the batt cables tugged and pulled on all harnesses with it idleing have looked and puzzled and beat on everything in sight under the hood have cursed and jumped up and down. i have a factorty manual have studied the wiring diagrams for circuit breakers etc can find none. the thing has got me stumped. any help/suggestions appreciated. thanks in advance. so many garys and clydes ..so.. leroy .
From : denny
i saw your link about the beartooth. that sucks yeah my old hs buddy doug and i were gonna start out in denver drive up to red lodge do the beartooth then ynp and out the n entrance then spend a few days re-tracing l&cs route across the mountains from near present-day dillon mt across the lemhis to the salmon river then across the lost trail pass then over the lolo pass to the columbia watershed shit..........the bt is such a great drive; now well have to go thru f*cking cody little jackson and over the chief joseph might take a dead-end run up to the top of the bt just for grins if they even open the western side this year .
From : denny
transurgeon wrote if its like the sentinel yes the red led goes to amber when the trailer is plugged in its a wiring open warning do you have a single red led lit up even when nothing is plugged in my power button is crooked and im just wondering if its broken. i wont have anything to pull to test it with until the 6th when my trailer arrives. -- nathan w. collier http//7slotgrille.com http//utilityoffroad.com i too have a prodigy. check in the instructions because mine has to be level and in the direction of travel. it cant be sidways like the old ones. it has to be in the direction of travel but it doesnt have to be level. it can be mounted up to 70-some degrees from level. mine sits at about 45-50 right up against the bottom of the dash and it works just fine. the prodigy has a single led lit always. 2 leds means boost is on. if there is no trailer connected it comes up nc if you apply the brake manually little lever. best brake controller out there..imo greg .
From : denny
everybody enjoy the day! those of you that have been there and done that thank you and welcome home bros. roy did you decide on the size of pond that youre putting in g looks like it will seat 6 or 7. or in your case it would be a 2 person. while i have your attention i answered the email you sent on the 19th about the stuff in your eye. did you get it or are you being ignorant vbg i just went back and looked in the inbox and the deleted files just to see if i got rid of it by mistake. i dont see where i got anything from you.. old age setting in today is gonna be a tomato planting/yard mowing/weed whacking day in my world. and maybe if im lucky i may get done in time to plink a few hogs. what kind and how big ground and if they walk they can be plinked. denny roy .
From : roy
if its like the sentinel yes the red led goes to amber when the trailer is plugged in its a wiring open warning do you have a single red led lit up even when nothing is plugged in my power button is crooked and im just wondering if its broken. i wont have anything to pull to test it with until the 6th when my trailer arrives. -- nathan w. collier http//7slotgrille.com http//utilityoffroad.com i too have a prodigy. check in the instructions because mine has to be level and in the direction of travel. it cant be sidways like the old ones. it has to be in the direction of travel but it doesnt have to be level. it can be mounted up to 70-some degrees from level. mine sits at about 45-50 right up against the bottom of the dash and it works just fine. .
From : roy
dont know about a shadow but on a 91 dynasty it is outside below the rh wiper pivot behind the %*&&*^%&^* ww reservoir................ 4 hours shot to shit looking for it.................... on sun 29 may 2005 122613 -0400 leroy dodgemanfromhell@aol.com wrote i was amazed that there is no group for plymouth. i was amazed that there is no group for dodge automobiles. got an 89 ply. sundance dodge shadow with only one blower speed remaining. if its anything like a dakota it is the resistor pack. any iseas appreciated. leroy my mistake. there is a dodge.autos. my groups list was out-of-date. but havent answered my question on either group yet. leroy .
From : denny
everybody enjoy the day! those of you that have been there and done that thank you and welcome home bros. roy did you decide on the size of pond that youre putting in g looks like it will seat 6 or 7. or in your case it would be a 2 person. while i have your attention i answered the email you sent on the 19th about the stuff in your eye. did you get it or are you being ignorant vbg today is gonna be a tomato planting/yard mowing/weed whacking day in my world. and maybe if im lucky i may get done in time to plink a few hogs. what kind and how big roy .
From : azwiley1
are you talking about a hot tub big tank of hot still water or a spa pumps jets and all of the fun stuff./ -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving i know denny get a big one so i can get my fat ass into it. still i need some info on good brands what to avoid what sanitizing products to use. im in ma so it gets cold in the winter and i want year round use. roy .
From : max dodge
bobandcarole bobandcarole333@hotmail.com wrote on may 27 214pm fred j. mccall fmcc...@earthlink.net wrote j doll j...@jvlnet.com wrote foleys crime is that he is a pedophile not a homosexual. is there any evidence that foley ever committed said crime hell if you take a roomful of heterosexual men and trot a cute 17 year old girl out in front of them i guess theyll all suddenly be pedophiles too... translation i like young girls wrong. translation men like younger partners. id suggest to you that you need to go look up the definition of pedophile... -- ignorance is preferable to error and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong. -- thomas jefferson .
From : ed h
ill be loading up a bunch of veterans in the am to parade them through town on a trailer. ill then be helping them place a wreath at the memorial park in town. -- max join www.devilbrad.com and find out what free exchange of info is all about. there are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty soap ballot jury and ammo. please use in that order. -ed howdershelt author tomorrow while you your loved ones and your friends are bbqing partying and enjoying life take a moment to remember all those that are out there sacrificing all they are and all they have for us. tip a hat raise a toast say a silent prayer but do not forget them. .