the official OBS diesel off topic thread
Had my hitch issues before RRE. Welded in a couple patches and she was good to go. My brothers rented a 10k excavator this weekend and used the old girl to haul it around. They pulled into my driveway this afternoon, only for me to notice this. At least my welds held! Buckled the outside of the hitch though.
Looks like work Todd
No pot-o-gold yet! Lol. It's already turning into a parking lot with my 5er and Harley truck there lol
Yup it's a pretty cool old place. Tons of old posters and handfuls of old Coke and 7-Up bottles. My intent is to clean it out, get all the mill stuff out, and make it a shop. My gf wants to tear it down but I won't let it happen!
Yup it's a pretty cool old place. Tons of old posters and handfuls of old Coke and 7-Up bottles. My intent is to clean it out, get all the mill stuff out, and make it a shop. My gf wants to tear it down but I won't let it happen!
Had my hitch issues before RRE. Welded in a couple patches and she was good to go. My brothers rented a 10k excavator this weekend and used the old girl to haul it around. They pulled into my driveway this afternoon, only for me to notice this. At least my welds held! Buckled the outside of the hitch though.
YIKES, Todd. Glad you caught it before it went much further. As I have heard Bill say recently, I'd say you were "beginning to wreck"! I guess at least now you have time to wait for the class V hitch you need. Make sure you get a class V and not a (nearly identical but not nearly as strong) Class III.
YIKES, Todd. Glad you caught it before it went much further. As I have heard Bill say recently, I'd say you were "beginning to wreck"! I guess at least now you have time to wait for the class V hitch you need. Make sure you get a class V and not a (nearly identical but not nearly as strong) Class III.
These are awesome, I don't care what anyone says.
Those are great Mike!
Just an update for anyone who cares, but I wanted to post the results (and differences) of my second compression test on the engine in my truck. The first one I did last winter, was with the engine cold (really cold) at about 20* ambient temperature. I tested it again last night with 2 different gauges and the results were a little better. I posted last week that I saw no difference between the results in compression on a different motor between operating temperature and 72* ambient, but this time, with the wider temperature difference I did see some difference.
Here are the results:
20*Amb. 175* EOT
1- 315----340
2- 310----340
3- 315----360
4- 320----330
5- 315----330
6- 325----340
7- 315----340
8- 295----335
I don't want to get into the details of the engine or issues I'm having in this thread, but for anyone who plans to do a compression test I would suggest doing it on at least a warm engine. It's hard to tell in this case whether the difference was caused by the difference in cranking speed due to colder, thicker oil at 20* or colder batteries with lower voltage but at any rate I thought the difference warranted a response.
Also, as a side note, I can't explain why it makes a difference but having the grease hose compression tester adapter works a lot better than using a hard pipe adapter. I have no idea why, but suffice to say it does.
Just an update for anyone who cares, but I wanted to post the results (and differences) of my second compression test on the engine in my truck. The first one I did last winter, was with the engine cold (really cold) at about 20* ambient temperature. I tested it again last night with 2 different gauges and the results were a little better. I posted last week that I saw no difference between the results in compression on a different motor between operating temperature and 72* ambient, but this time, with the wider temperature difference I did see some difference.
Here are the results:
20*Amb. 175* EOT
1- 315----340
2- 310----340
3- 315----360
4- 320----330
5- 315----330
6- 325----340
7- 315----340
8- 295----335
I don't want to get into the details of the engine or issues I'm having in this thread, but for anyone who plans to do a compression test I would suggest doing it on at least a warm engine. It's hard to tell in this case whether the difference was caused by the difference in cranking speed due to colder, thicker oil at 20* or colder batteries with lower voltage but at any rate I thought the difference warranted a response.
Also, as a side note, I can't explain why it makes a difference but having the grease hose compression tester adapter works a lot better than using a hard pipe adapter. I have no idea why, but suffice to say it does.
Those are great Mike!
Just an update for anyone who cares, but I wanted to post the results (and differences) of my second compression test on the engine in my truck. The first one I did last winter, was with the engine cold (really cold) at about 20* ambient temperature. I tested it again last night with 2 different gauges and the results were a little better. I posted last week that I saw no difference between the results in compression on a different motor between operating temperature and 72* ambient, but this time, with the wider temperature difference I did see some difference.
Here are the results:
20*Amb. 175* EOT
1- 315----340
2- 310----340
3- 315----360
4- 320----330
5- 315----330
6- 325----340
7- 315----340
8- 295----335
I don't want to get into the details of the engine or issues I'm having in this thread, but for anyone who plans to do a compression test I would suggest doing it on at least a warm engine. It's hard to tell in this case whether the difference was caused by the difference in cranking speed due to colder, thicker oil at 20* or colder batteries with lower voltage but at any rate I thought the difference warranted a response.
Also, as a side note, I can't explain why it makes a difference but having the grease hose compression tester adapter works a lot better than using a hard pipe adapter. I have no idea why, but suffice to say it does.
Just an update for anyone who cares, but I wanted to post the results (and differences) of my second compression test on the engine in my truck. The first one I did last winter, was with the engine cold (really cold) at about 20* ambient temperature. I tested it again last night with 2 different gauges and the results were a little better. I posted last week that I saw no difference between the results in compression on a different motor between operating temperature and 72* ambient, but this time, with the wider temperature difference I did see some difference.
Here are the results:
20*Amb. 175* EOT
1- 315----340
2- 310----340
3- 315----360
4- 320----330
5- 315----330
6- 325----340
7- 315----340
8- 295----335
I don't want to get into the details of the engine or issues I'm having in this thread, but for anyone who plans to do a compression test I would suggest doing it on at least a warm engine. It's hard to tell in this case whether the difference was caused by the difference in cranking speed due to colder, thicker oil at 20* or colder batteries with lower voltage but at any rate I thought the difference warranted a response.
Also, as a side note, I can't explain why it makes a difference but having the grease hose compression tester adapter works a lot better than using a hard pipe adapter. I have no idea why, but suffice to say it does.
Generally what I'm reading is that as long as you're getting 300 PSI or better you're in okay shape. I'm not sure what I will do at this point. I don't see much reason to swap engines to gain 20-30 PSI on a hole or two...