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  1. Tail_Gunner

    Smallest CAT Engine I have ever seen.

    Too cool!! I wonder if PHP has a chip for it? :D:D
  2. Tail_Gunner

    Hello

    I was refering to a 99 with the early 99 7.3. You didn't specify what year "new" F-250 you were getting and whether you were getting a 7.3, 6.0, 6.4 or a 6.7 engine.
  3. Tail_Gunner

    Hello

    I used to pull a mobile hearing testing trailer about the same weight. On the interstate I'd get around 10.5 to 11 mpg. The biggest factor will be the wind drag of the trailer. My old hearing testing trailer was about 12' high. My camper is around 10.5' to 11'. I'm guessing I get about...
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    Help Needed The 99 is smoking again.. Why?!?!

    What does the smoke smell like? Engine oil or diesel fuel? It'll give you a clue where to start looking. My truck was once smoking like a bitch and I later discovered engine oil in the exhaust pipe tip. Long story short, it was my turbo bearing & seal had gone bad. It was dumping oil...
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    Road Trip...........

    Here's a suggestion in the area of Shreveport, LA: Welcome to the 8th Air Force Museum
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    Humor Kyle Busch big OOP!!!!

    Yeah, they're hard to tell apart since the leather seats and high end stereo are so alike. :lmao
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    Humor The Rapture (that wasn't)

    An interesting footnote to my mother-in-law passing away-- Certain members of my wife's family have a gift of premonition and/or a "sixth sense". Mrs. TG has it to a point. Mrs. TG correctly foresaw that our grandchild was going to be a boy and that he'd be named Cody. Mrs. TG's older...
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    Humor The Rapture (that wasn't)

    It's interesting now that I think about the coincidence of it. Mrs. TG's mother had a massive stroke Saturday night, and passed Sunday morning. The call went out Sunday morning and all her kids were either there or were able to talk to her on the phone. My wife was the last to speak to her...
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    Like they say: when it rains, it pours!!

    Did you ever feel at times like there is just too much on your plate at one time? Two months ago, I started the new job, going to work after spending all day in school. A month ago, I was taking finals in school, then my taking my FAA exams and working after that. My truck sprouted an...
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    Question Front End

    A bad power steering pump won't cause the problem you describe. A bad steering box will generally just get loose & sloppy causing the truck to wander from side to side and make it hard to keep it between the lines. When you say it takes off to the left, is it just drifting to the left...
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    Announcement HEY JLD! Another year?

    :HB2 Happy Birthday you ol' phart!! :tounge:tounge
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    Humor The Rapture (that wasn't)

    I asked him because being the new guy, I know we've worked enough with each other where were we can joke around. To be honest, I wouldn't want his box. Lately, I've been eyeing this 72" Montezuma tool Chest. But it won't happen at least until after I get that full-time mechanic position.
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    Battery Killing

    It is possible the glow plug relay could do the same thing. One other thing to consider if the previously mentioned possible causes don't pan out, you might have a bad diode in the alternator. A diode is like an electrical check valve that allows current to only flow in one direction. What...
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    Humor The Rapture (that wasn't)

    Last Friday at work, a couple of my co-workers were talking about the "rapture" that was going to happen. I asked one of the guys if I could have his tool box. :lmao:lmao
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    Nissan Titan/Cummins Engine

    Agreed. A 1/2 ton truck with say a spark-plug-less V-6 engine that has the grunt of a big small block or even a big block is so past due it isn't even funny.
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    Announcement Happy Birthday, Dpantazis!

    :Birthday 8
  17. Tail_Gunner

    I'm Really, Totally Done Now!!

    I'm DONE!!!! As of 4:30 pm EDT Tuesday 5/17/2011, I am a FAA certificated Airframe & Power Plant Mechanic. I can't believe it! It has been a very, very long time coming.
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    I'm done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I'm surprised he didn't have you load test the battery and do a specific gravity check as one of your practicals!! :tounge:D
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    I'm done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I'm not too worried about the oral & practicals. They're little more than a formality by the sound of it. The examiner who is doing the "O & P's" is one of our professors. For 4 semesters now, he has seen what each of us knows and the type of work we do. So anything we'll be doing during the...
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    I'm done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I'm now finished with my FAA written exams. I'm taking my oral & practical exams next Monday, Tuesday and Wed morning. By this time next week, I should officially be an A & P mechanic. At work, they put all of us "graduates" on crews along with the crew's schedules instead of the special...
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    I'm done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I finished the last of my FAA writtens today. So all I have to do now is spend a couple of days with the designated mechanic examiner. That's scheduled now for May 16-18. So on the 18th, I should have my "ticket". I got my grades too. My streak is intact. I'm happy that once again the ol'...
  22. Tail_Gunner

    Help Needed Engine knocking, Maybe Injectors?

    How much fuel in the tank?
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    Oil Prices Dropping Like A Rock Today!!!!

    Price of diesel two days ago a half mile from the house: $4.29 Price of diesel yesterday: $4.19 Price of today: $3.99
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    Question Oil pan hard replacing? Leaking, Not gasket, Puncture.

    What is he using for a pan? Something from the aftermarket?
  25. Tail_Gunner

    Back in the day------

    This is "how we rolled" in the heyday of SAC or Strategic Air Command. SAC Exercise Global Shield This was filmed around 1980 at Griffiss AFB, NY. This video shows the ultra close takeoff intervals used to get airplanes off the ground as quickly as possible in the event a Soviet missle...

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