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From : roy
Q: if i remember wright there was one called zerostat block heater it goes in one of the freeze plugs holes. use only that style heater dont use the kind u put in the heater hose or the one that goes in the radiator hose they are junk i have a block heater on my gm diesel what i do with mine is i use a timer a indoor-outdoor timer i leave for work at 6am i have the timer turn on at 4am and shut off at 7am you only need to worm up the block for a couple hours you dont need it running all night long. i have the electrical cord laying out side so when i get home i plug it in and go in side and at 4am it turns on hmmmmm....ya must work close to home or have one hell of a long cord. .
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From : azwiley1
nosey wrote i /could/ tell you to piss off. but i wont. ;^ bless ye! smh .
From : ring
on feb 6 902 am roy r...@home.net wrote but you learned how to spell the name of the truck you are driving. thanks for proving my point roy. well i figure that if ya come on like a asshole ya get treated like one. maybe you should either lighten up of get a thicker skin. .
From : ring
in comp.os.linux.advocacy geekboy white@nerdy.com wrote on tue 6 feb 2007 144049 -0600 45c8e7c7$0$21704$a82e2bb9@reader.athena.com on tue 6 feb 2007 121650 -0600 geekboy white@nerdy.com wrote what is a standard interface something that it is more consistant to write installation instructions to install apps to or configure devices. the different flavors of linux makes this a bit more difficult. ----------------- thesnoman.com its all the same. windows uses a graphical interface to make changes to text files to tell it how most of it to operate. same thing in linux. not quite. windows presumably most of the system is geared towards making modifications to that great big grab bag the registry; this registry has settings galore in it and id frankly have to look to see where things are for such things as tcp/ip graphics display characteristics and other miscellaneous crap. some third party tools might still use .ini files. linux gnome has its own ideas on registry entries though they are backed up by a file in /.gnome2 somewhere. id frankly have to look. most of these are for the users benefit. i dont know where kde puts things but suspect a vaguely similar structure. system settings are handled elsewhere scattered in various places in /etc. for example /etc/conf.d/net is for the aforementioned tcp/ip settings. graphics are handled through /etc/x11/xorg.conf . since linux has a fair number of daemons these need to be configured as well; these generally are also in /etc/conf.d or /etc/ somewhere. there are also tools such as webmin which attempt to guify all this. no matter what branded or styled window interface they use kde gnome they still have to use the x-windows server which is standardized in all linux distros. thats only a small part of the problem. however its fairly straightforward except maybe for apache -- but apache isnt exactly a typical desktop app. -- #191 ewill3@earthlink.net useless c++ programming idea #104392 forint i = 0; i 1000000; i++ sleep0; -- posted via a free usenet account from http//www.tera.com .
From : roy
geekboy wrote it could take months to years to learn all that and the power that could be done as compared to windows. not so at all. it can take years to truly become an expert with windows. there are 1000s of little known hidden features buried among the multitude of applications registry entries etc. most people tend to work around those features and instead opt for the limited usuability of the gui. i still drop to the dos prompt because some things are far easier from the command line than in windows gui. .
From : roy
roy wrote mike steve is a country yankee. lives about 80 miles west of me. indeed. in the more tranquil and sedate and civilized part of massachusetts! where car horns are an aberration and anyone using one in a long blast immediately identifies himself as being from boston and a pariah to be shunned. smartass!g boy with this 0 degree weather these seat are wonderful. i wonder how wide ride is doing with his. i generally bike commute the 10-11 miles each way to work. yesterday coming in i broke a chain just short of the office. yup the country yankeee out pedaling his bike with the wind chill at -10 to -20 below. got a ride home with a coworker in his subaru forrester... with heated seats! my very first exposure to this decadent feature of infernal combustion engineering! arent they the balls i liked it!!! gotta figure out how to put one on my bike! damn steve use your truck until it gets to 20 above will ya. how warm can i get a bike saddle with 6v/3w bottle generator one of my bikes has a home brew 20w headlight powered by a 12v about 20amp i think motorcycle battery. how well might that sort of power toast my buns smh .
From : azwiley1
i cant tell you how many times i wish i had horns so loud that they would literally shatter the glass of the vehicle they were intended to get the attention of. -- ------------------------------------------ laszlo almasi ----cool toys formerly carolina watercraft works ----mack daddy trailers ----ice angels roy wrote tom lawrence wrote anybody have any thoughts on replacement horns. not for a truck but a car. both the horns on the magnum and the charger are weak. im looking for a plug in not air. ive looked at griots but would like more options. tia http//www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/product/tf-browse/s-10101/pr-pproduct.catentryid2009014/p-2009014/n-111+10201+600002595/c-10101 always had a compulsion to have air horns on my truck even though im overall against horns on cars rarely ever really needed and a long blast even more rarely so. theres probably some standard for car horns somewhere but i think it should be impossible to lay on the horn! im sure your thought would change if you drove in boston traffic. the way these fools drive over you ant try to drive through you id venture youd be looking for a way to mount a 50 cal on your truck. quad mounted 50s in the truck bed for use in boston i completely understand! a horn...useless! smh .
From : roy
on feb 6 324 pm roy r...@home.net wrote on feb 6 254 pm roy r...@home.net wrote on feb 6 902 am roy r...@home.net wrote but you learned how to spell the name of the truck you are driving. thanks for proving my point roy. well i figure that if ya come on like a asshole ya get treated like one. maybe you should either lighten up of get a thicker skin. now that i think about it didnt you have a problem with your cruise or od dropping out i remember a deal with the tps brake light switch.... i believe you received the help you needed with no problem. but then again i could be wrong impossible you practice buddism! ya friggin heathen! with buddism ya can say and do whatever the hell ya want and be correct. if ya want i suppose i can google our offended mr. ring and see if im correct or not. blah blah blah. i am starting to think all the brow beating from budd has converted you roy. bg since i am the one that has been accused of being offensive how could he be offended if i have never talked to him .
From : roy
roy wrote tom lawrence wrote anybody have any thoughts on replacement horns. not for a truck but a car. both the horns on the magnum and the charger are weak. im looking for a plug in not air. ive looked at griots but would like more options. tia http//www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/product/tf-browse/s-10101/pr-pproduct.catentryid2009014/p-2009014/n-111+10201+600002595/c-10101 always had a compulsion to have air horns on my truck even though im overall against horns on cars rarely ever really needed and a long blast even more rarely so. theres probably some standard for car horns somewhere but i think it should be impossible to lay on the horn! im sure your thought would change if you drove in boston traffic. the way these fools drive over you ant try to drive through you id venture youd be looking for a way to mount a 50 cal on your truck. quad mounted 50s in the truck bed for use in boston i completely understand! a horn...useless! smh .
From : roy
tom lawrence wrote anybody have any thoughts on replacement horns. not for a truck but a car. both the horns on the magnum and the charger are weak. im looking for a plug in not air. ive looked at griots but would like more options. tia http//www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/product/tf-browse/s-10101/pr-pproduct.catentryid2009014/p-2009014/n-111+10201+600002595/c-10101 always had a compulsion to have air horns on my truck even though im overall against horns on cars rarely ever really needed and a long blast even more rarely so. theres probably some standard for car horns somewhere but i think it should be impossible to lay on the horn! it should issue an initial couple second blast then beep intermittently after that even when holding down the button. much more soothing and in congested traffic less grating on the ears. smh stephen yankees drive with their horns theyd be lost without em. ;^ mike mike steve is a country yankee. lives about 80 miles west of me. boy with this 0 degree weather these seat are wonderful. i wonder how wide ride is doing with his. roy .
From : azwiley1
in comp.os.linux.advocacy schestowitz@runbox.com schestowitz@runbox.com wrote on 5 feb 2007 192255 -0800 1170732175.434416.253140@k78g2000cwa.googlegroups.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + + + c.o.l.a. newcomer faq and primer + + edition 21 - 9/24/06 + + group comp.os.linux.advocacy + + + + copyright c 2002-2006 linux reality team + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ welcome to comp.os.linux.advocacy otherwise known as cola. this faq will try to address most of the issues regarding linux and rest snipped still not fixed. -- #191 ewill3@earthlink.net people think that libraries are safe. theyre wrong. they have ideas. also occasionally ectoplasmic slime and cute librarians. -- posted via a free usenet account from http//www.tera.com .
From : roy
anybody have any thoughts on replacement horns. not for a truck but a car. both the horns on the magnum and the charger are weak. im looking for a plug in not air. ive looked at griots but would like more options. tia roy .
From : ring
snoman wrote more than anything the lack of a standard user interface or gui.htere are several flavors of them out there some good and some bad and if they can ever get standardized on one style gui they could grow more. more than anything else ms provides the standard gui to write software for and to work with. except they keep changing that standard at will. .
From : geekboy
back seat is for 7th grade. you on the other hand need a real one! check out http//cars.ozfreeonline.com today and start that engine! .
From : Annonymous
this truck surges a few hundred rpms during warm up. it also takes a very long time for the truck to warm up. engine temp. will hard start to climb after 15 minutes of running. engine is 3.9l fuel injected and our mornings around here have been about 0 degrees f. changed out the thermostat and even checked the old one in a pan of boiling water. thermostat opened just before water boiled and is marked 195 degrees same as the one i replaced it with. .
From : roy
i have had diesels for a long time and it wont hurt it to idle. on the farm our tractors idle for long periods my gm diesel pickup the same thing also the dumptruck with a 350 big cam cummins i drive idles for long periods on the job sight if that is the bullshit the service wrighter is saying you need to go somewhere else to have work done the only thing that has happoned to my stuff is it loads up a little but the first time i step down on it they clean them selves out. now the 250.00 bucks how did they clean the injectors did they pull them out or did they just put inj. cleaner in your fuel tank and take it out for a ride .
From : Annonymous
2006 quad cab 3500 w/cummins i recently started having problems with apparent missing low power and fuel mileage. i took the truck back to the dealer to resolve the problem as i only have 2500 miles on it. the response from the dealer appeared very vague and left me uncomfortable. when i went to pick up the truck i made sure i found the service manager to get a better explanation of the problem. i could tell from talking to him it was a problem that was frusterating to him also. the report i get is that i let the truck idle too much. with some recent design changes in the last year or so the cummins trucks apparently shouldnt be left to idle much. it was reported to me an acceptable idle was about 20% of running time where-as my truck showed about 33% idle time while running. apparently idling to much seems to gum up the injector system. cummins wont warranty the problem. the solution according to the dealer is a fuel system cleaning or flush or what-ever. the service guy let me know that cummins didnt consider it their problem so the dealers were having to eat the cost of the fuel system cleaning to the tune of $250. the guy told me this was the third late model cummins diesel to come in in a month with the same problem. according to him cummins was aware of the problem was working on a solution but was being vague in acknowledging the problem as to not accept responsibility. i mentioned to the guy that i thought diesels were generally used in situations where long idle times were normal and that the owners manual encourages owners to let the engines idle in order to properly coold the turbo. i mentioned that in town driving involved lots of idle times. he said cummins response to that was that if thats the type of driving one does you should buy a gas vehicle. anyone have any opinion or input i like my cummins/dodge but its looking like after 2500 miles i might have picked the wrong vehicle. sazrac as was mentioned there is a high idle flash that can be done if you dont already have it. iirc you can bring the idle up to 1200 rpm with the cruise control buttons .
From : azwiley1
on wed 07 feb 2007 013640 gmt mpberti mpberti@earthlink.net wrote roy wrote on feb 6 254 pm roy r...@home.net wrote on feb 6 902 am roy r...@home.net wrote but you learned how to spell the name of the truck you are driving. thanks for proving my point roy. well i figure that if ya come on like a asshole ya get treated like one. maybe you should either lighten up of get a thicker skin. now that i think about it didnt you have a problem with your cruise or od dropping out i remember a deal with the tps brake light switch.... i believe you received the help you needed with no problem. but then again i could be wrong impossible you practice
From : mpberti
showed about 33% idle time while running. apparently idling to much seems to gum up the injector system. cummins wont warranty the problem. the solution according to the dealer is a fuel system cleaning or flush or what-ever. the service guy let me know that cummins didnt consider it their problem so the dealers were having first of all tell your service manager hes full of shit. cummins doesnt warranty the engine at all... daimler chrysler buys the engines from cummins with no warranty cheaper that way and they assume all warranty responsibilities. this crap of oh well cummins wont warranty it is nothing more than the service version of the salesmans my manager wont go for that deal ploy. to eat the cost of the fuel system cleaning to the tune of $250. well if thats what it costs to keep the engine performing as you expected it to when you bought the truck then theyre just going to have to eat that cost. drive that point home to them. you purchased a vehicle from them and youre operating it as any normal and reasonable person would. its not your problem that they cant make a fuel system to deal with normal consumer use of a vehicle. anyone have any opinion or input i like my cummins/dodge but its looking like after 2500 miles i might have picked the wrong vehicle.
From : roy
sazrac wrote 2006 quad cab 3500 w/cummins i recently started having problems with apparent missing low power and fuel mileage. i took the truck back to the dealer to resolve the problem as i only have 2500 miles on it. the response from the dealer appeared very vague and left me uncomfortable. when i went to pick up the truck i made sure i found the service manager to get a better explanation of the problem. i could tell from talking to him it was a problem that was frusterating to him also. the report i get is that i let the truck idle too much. with some recent design changes in the last year or so the cummins trucks apparently shouldnt be left to idle much. it was reported to me an acceptable idle was about 20% of running time where-as my truck showed about 33% idle time while running. apparently idling to much seems to gum up the injector system. cummins wont warranty the problem. the solution according to the dealer is a fuel system cleaning or flush or what-ever. the service guy let me know that cummins didnt consider it their problem so the dealers were having to eat the cost of the fuel system cleaning to the tune of $250. the guy told me this was the third late model cummins diesel to come in in a month with the same problem. according to him cummins was aware of the problem was working on a solution but was being vague in acknowledging the problem as to not accept responsibility. i mentioned to the guy that i thought diesels were generally used in situations where long idle times were normal and that the owners manual encourages owners to let the engines idle in order to properly coold the turbo. i mentioned that in town driving involved lots of idle times. he said cummins response to that was that if thats the type of driving one does you should buy a gas vehicle. anyone have any opinion or input i like my cummins/dodge but its looking like after 2500 miles i might have picked the wrong vehicle. sazrac i also have a 2006 cummins i live here in albertaca and i have installed a compustar remote start system and it idles for about 20-40 mins before i drive it and then for 2-5 mins too cool the turbo ..... it has a built in high idler that kicks in after a little while of idling . also i work on the drilling rigs and their is times a service hand will come out with a cummins and stay a day or two and the truck will idle the whole time...i always ask if they have any problems with their trucks and they all reply no... thats just what i have seen up here..... i have always wondered about idling these trucks for a long time .... hopefully some one here knows more about it. sorry about my spelling/typing i dont care much for typing on a computer .