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    Attn Wheel & Tires Guru's: Pontiac wheel question

    Mrs TG's 08 Pontiac G6 is going to need new tires before the snow flies. I've been shopping, but the price of 17" tires is nuts. I looked at the cost of 16" tires in comparison and they are MUCH LESS than 17's. So what I've been thinking of doing is putting 16" wheels & tires on it and...
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    &%@#+ Jury Duty!!!!!!!!!!!

    I understand the "civic duty" thing. I've heard that before. But compelling a person to perform jury duty should not cause severe hardship. In my case, the possible hardships that may result are substantial. I have been out of work for two years now and in school to train for a new...
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    &%@#+ Jury Duty!!!!!!!!!!!

    As most of you know, I've been going to school for over a year now with the goal of becoming a FAA licensed aircraft mechanic. Because the school is governed under the rules in FAA Federal Air Regulation part 147, class attendence is closely monitored and documented. Any missed class time, for...
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    2000 7.3L smoking/hazing at idle????

    Mine smokes a bit at idle when the EGT is low, like before the engine is warmed up. I'll typically hit the exhaust brake and run the engine at a fast idle for a few seconds to get the EGT up to 400* - 500* and the exhaust then clears up.
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    2000 7.3 rough running

    Or you can use one of those laser thermometers.
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    Parenthood

    As an experienced parent and rookie grandpa, I can pass along two bits of sage wisdom, 1) Enjoy every moment you can with the kids while they are little. Once they hit the 11,12,13 range they'll think parents are an embarrassment. Being seen in public with them is so uncool and social...
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    Send Prayers Please

    Got some more info today. Sounds like they are sending him to Madison for reconstructive surgery. Apparently when he hit the telephone pole, he hit with the right front of his noggin'. So his skull around the right eye is all busted up. The pain meds sound like they are working real well...
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    My School Now Has a Facebook Page.

    As it happens, I'm the tutor for the first year class. This last week, they have been studying trig problems. So guess what I've been focusing on during the tutoring sessions? :tounge We have also been doing turbine thrust equations.:censored: We'll be running this bad boy pretty soon...
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    My School Now Has a Facebook Page.

    This came as a bit of a surprise since our instructors last year were coming down on people in my class for being on Facebook during class. But one of our instructors started a Facebook page for our Aircraft Maintenance program. Supposedly the idea is to publisize the university's Aircraft...
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    3 in intakes

    I put the 3" intake covers on my early 99 Superduty. There were two issues to address: 1- The transition of the intake plenum to the 3" intake covers. I found some adapter connector boots that were 3" on one side, and whatever size it was on the other end to mate up with the intake plenum...
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    Fuel leak

    X3 on the fuel bowl drain o-rings. They like to start leaking this time of year when the weather starts getting cooler.
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    Think about this and your safety

    Many years back around '96 or so, when I still was doing OSHA hearing testing, I did the hearing testing at the GM Fairfax plant in KC. After the lunch break, there were many people who would come in for their hearing test who smelled of alcohol so badly I couldn't tolerate standing near...
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    Send Prayers Please

    We heard this morning he was airlifted to another hospital. That isn't good. The hospital here is not a small one, they can handle just about everything but the most very, very serious situations. If it's bad enough to send him elsewhere, that is really grim news.
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    Send Prayers Please

    Update: Apparently late Monday evening, Luke was found unconscious in the street with his bicycle nearby. It looks like he collided with a telephone pole. They don't know if he was the only one involved or if maybe a car caused him to hit the pole. They did surgery yesterday and brought...
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    Send Prayers Please

    A guy in the aircraft maintenance class just ahead of me that finished last April, Luke Cushway, was in a horrible accident last night. He's in the ICU in very serious condition. Please remember him in your prayers and ask that he may recover from his injuries. Please pray that he recover and be...
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    Injectors getting louder. Is one on the way out?

    That's the beauty of the QD sucking air, it constantly replenishes the air in your fuel, not matter what you've done in the tank. ;)
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    Injectors getting louder. Is one on the way out?

    X2 There are mixed opinions on the subject, but the 2 stroke oil works for me. The other thing that comes to mind, is the fuel line going from the top of the tank to the fuel pump. Depending on your view, it may or may not be part of the "Hutch" mod. I think generally the "Hutch" mod is...
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    Question Built Transmission

    If at all possible, the best thing is to go to Brian's shop. Last I heard, the price of the transmission included installation if you can get to him. If he has to ship to you, it'll show up in sort of a moulded case looking thing, mine did. About a year and a half later, I paid him a...
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    Question Turn signal return

    It might be one of the bumps on the cam lobe on the steering shaft. There are different lobes one each side of a center position, L & R. I did a pictoral project/ post on modifying the turn signal canceling function so it wouldn't cancel the turn signal with minor steerin wheel movement (...
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    Help Needed HELP with trailer charging!!!

    No problem, glad to help. :sweet
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    major malfunction help

    Sounds like classic case of bad battery cable connections to me, just like I had a few years back. When I checked voltage at the battery terminals, I had 12 volts. But when I checked voltage at the cable, I only had like 8v to 9v. :eek: I jammed a sharp pointy metal object between the battery...
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    Help Needed HELP with trailer charging!!!

    One of the contacts inside the oem factory 7 pin trailer plug in on the back of the truck, is a switched 12v source. Most commonly, it is used for charging the battery in a camper. As set up at the factory, the superduty will have a fuse & relay in the truck to protect the wiring and ensure the...
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    Help Needed Tranny Over Heated

    I was pretty much thinking along the lines of the previous statements, altitude & lack of air flow.
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    Question turbo

    You can put an intercooler from a 6.0 into a 7.3 truck, I've done it. But not the turbo, too much differecnce.
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    How to upgrade 7.3 fuel system?

    I could never see the benefit of one of those Airdog systems, the cost vs benefit just wasn't there for me. The "Hutch" mod and rubber hose in leu of the quick disconnect gets rid of the air in the fuel. The fuel filter protects the fuel pump and seems to have gotten rid of a stumble or...

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