Well when I needed $ to go some where, or to get a needed dirt bike part or later on once I was 16 and I needed a truck part. I just got to hustling harder, as in busting my hump working at all jobs I could get. I believe there are more jobs out there than hard working people, so get busy working.

I started when I was like 10/11 mowing grass and splitting fire wood. Cleaning out fence rows, gutters, help with cows, repair fence and gates. Dad taught me to weld, so I could expand my services, and it was all stick welding back then. At 12 I was a bus boy and dishwasher, and finialy got to be a short order cook at 14/15. Child labor laws did not exist back then.

Once 15/16 I got my 1st Ford truck and then could cut, split and take rick or a coard of wood to the Walmart parking lot and sale it right out the back of the truck. I used the truck to haul animals for people from the sale barn to their farm.

Also did all sorts of farm work, vehicle maint is one thing that most farms and or farmers to NOT have time to do. That could be your nitch for steady work.

Heck even when I was in the active Army (for 20 years w/Aviation) I would still have side gigs at night if not night flying. I was a DJ and bar tender at a German country bar when I was stationed over there. Once back in the US I really got busy working on buddies trucks in the MWR vehicle repair shop on base in the evening. I have did oil changes in a Army helicopter hanger at night. Ah the good ol days of being able to do that.

If you can change the steering knuckle (and all attached parts) you might be able to swap it over.

 

Thats a pretty cool setup that youve got on that truck. EFI 5.0 must be nice not having floats on it so itll just work.

Everybody loves a deathtrap why fix the sketchyness.

Gotta learn to work on the stuff its the only way of preserving anything.

I hear you, ive been working on some projects here and there. Ive currently got a 00s yamaha bear tracker at my house that needs a tune up and a tank replacement.

Sounds like you did alot of stuff I pretty much stay to doing mechanical work for people. I help my buddy out with landscaping stuff from time to time.

I got my white truck when I was 14 and have used it for alot of work over the years since ive owned it.

I wish I live in the farm lands but I live in the desert so not many farms todo maintenance on.
Currently working on doing classes to get in with the local utility company as a electrical mechanic.

Thanks for your service! That sounds like an interesting side job you did there.

Did heli's use a ton of oil or is it kinda similar to a car oil change.

I was thinking the knuckle may be the same between them but wasnt sure.

 

Went and helped my buddy pick up his new project a 68 or 69 F250 Camper Special. FE engine Auto should be a good truck.

 

Oil changes in a UH-60L Blackhawk helicopter are part of a strict, hour-based maintenance schedule, not a fixed calendar date. While preventative maintenance checks (PMI) occur every 40 flight hours, engine and gearbox oil filters and oil samples are often changed or analyzed during phase inspections, which occur roughly every 150 hours.

• Preventative Maintenance: A 40-hour inspection interval is standard for the UH-60 series.
• Phase Maintenance (PMI): Major inspections and deep maintenance, including system lubrication, are often completed in 150-hour intervals (Phase I-IV).
• Oil Samples: Gearbox (42 and 90 degree), transmission, and both engine oil samples are taken frequently (sometimes during 25-hour or 150-hour checks) to analyze for metal shavings and contamination.

 

I see, sounds like fun. Ever done a sample of your trucks oil and sent it in out of curiosity?

 

No I never though about doing that, I just stuck to the (old school) standard back then of the 3000 mile oil change.

The 3,000-mile oil change interval was a standard based on 1970s engine technology, which used conventional (mineral) oil and had looser engine tolerances. This frequent interval was necessary because older engines produced more contaminants, and conventional oil broke down faster, leading to sludge buildup, particularly under heavy severe driving conditions.

Why it Changed:
Today, most vehicles use synthetic oil, which lasts longer and protects better. Modern manufacturing and oil life monitoring systems allow many cars to safely go 5,000 to 10,000+ miles between changes.

 

I see, I do the 3k mile oil change on everything I own as well.

I drive my parents Ford escape fairly hard so I always change it around 3-4k miles plus it has 240k miles on it.

Ill probably treat my vic a little worse because it has 112k miles on it so ill run up to 5k or something.

 

The other day the local High School threw on a "Car show" so we pulled up in our trucks.