Recent content by ms&r

Clean out the algae and add motor oil, you can even add clean used motor oil, but don't do it if you have the newer engines such as the common rail.

I think the most important thing one can do for ones self at our age and for any age for that matter is to clean up our diets. I know it works for me and I understand what works for me may not work for you, but I know how some foods make me feel even in my joints. So I have learned what those...

There should be a bracket on the pitman near the ball that acts as a fulcrum point, when a bar is installed to pry the ball joint against the spring which allows the joint to be lifted off of the ball. If you have tried to remove without the proper procedure it maybe damaged.

Sometime in cold weather they can have ice develop inside and won't allow check valves to seat. I have put my fingers over the hole where you hear the air escaping and work the air valve and that will cause the ball inside to seat.

I would use a laser thermometer on the cold engine block when I plugged in and a couple of hours later get another reading, see if the block has warmed. If the heater is not installed, just plug it in, it will get hot fast. If you want to check the resistance on the heater, I would just want to...

Could be time for a lifestyle change but I would contact my county agent for some possible ideas and get his thoughts. Isn't that his job?

I have had very good luck with CL and will continue to use it.

Good to know about the tomato juice not working too good because iv'e always be told the same, now i know not to try.

If you need to ask that question and it's a spring brake you better get help. The thing can kill you if you don't cage it first.

I have two 1990 12 valves one ton dodges and I have put a full quart on a fill up and I cut them back to one half quart just to cut the expense and the black smoke in a hard take off, huge black cloud under load. I have a F 650 with the 24 valve 2000 model and I use a full quart at fill up but...

It has to be reprogrammed at the dealer as though it's unit for a bucket truck or a truck that needs to run while not moving.

I would be willing to bet that you would sell those things for half of what you paid for them. I know of guys that have paid 15k for an empty tool box and then come the divorce from the wife and then he has to pay her 7500.00 for her share and he still has to pay her for the tools. He now has...

It makes a difference in the type of transmission, but all manufactures claim the clutch should be used while selecting another gear, double clutching.

That don't do anything for the problem made when that radiator hose came loose over a cheap hose clamp and your dealer has to come out and remap the thing because it starts and runs for ten seconds before the engine stops running again. Not to mention that it would require my bath tub to hold my...

Snap-on are the best, but I only purchase the ones from Snap-on that are junk in the other brands like their torx and hex bits. Common wrenches are good in lots of brands, sockets and ratchets require a little better quality than wrenches do, so you can get some good quality stuff a a place like...