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Comment on Can I park my RV on the driveway next to my house in Oregon? by clark

clark — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:19:23 +0000

When I lived in Oregon, we always did just what you are posting about and nobody ever said a thing……

Comment on Does anyone know what type of metal a cat 525 loader with a de-limber is made of? by morgan o

morgan o — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:53:59 +0000

just use a low hydrogen rod 7018 should work just fine,If he welds much he will know what I’m talking about

Comment on Does anyone know what type of metal a cat 525 loader with a de-limber is made of? by PRIBB

PRIBB — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:39:33 +0000

Mostly good old steel. Of course there are a lot of parts to it that are made of other materials.

Comment on What hazards did workers face in the Union Pacific Railroad side during construction of the Transcon. Railroad? by crazyace777

crazyace777 — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:28:18 +0000

The weather was key, but the worst was the Indians, there were more attacks on the men building the T.C. Railroad in attacks by Indians than accidents and illness combined

Comment on What hazards did workers face in the Union Pacific Railroad side during construction of the Transcon. Railroad? by Jim W

Jim W — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:40:15 +0000

The mountains, the desert, the storms, bad food, bad men, bad women and bad liquor.

Comment on Bulldozer: Where can I find a good sportbike luggage rack? by Swagman

Swagman — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:41:17 +0000

Go and have a look at these sites, I have used both on my VFR800 and CBR1100. The Gearsack I have is the 52ltr and can carry a 30 can pack of beer.

But I find the Ventura bags to be the best.

http://www.ventura-bike.com
http://www.ronangel.com.au/gearsac/6.htm

Comment on Bulldozer: Where can I find a good sportbike luggage rack? by randy c

randy c — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:18:50 +0000

online, J&P CYCLES, JC WHITNEY CATALOG, local Yamaha shop

Comment on Crane: 83 camaro crane cam 305 v 8 4brrl edelbrock carb problem.? by JaneM

JaneM — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:44:44 +0000

the first thing to do is eliminate a vacuum leak problem. get someone to keep the car running and then spray some carb cleaner around the base of the carb. if there is a leak it will be obvious. make sure all lines are plugged or not leaking even if you have to isolate the carb to be sure. if the carb was used it could also be a stopped up idle circuit. eliminate all the simple stuff before snatching out the distributor. that may well be the problem, but on older vehicles a idle stall is usually, “but not always,’ associated with a vacuum leak or bad carb.

Comment on Asphalt: My car died this morning just as I was pulling in the driveway and indicator lights came on. What’s wrong? by pat c

pat c — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:33:20 +0000

Sounds like you lost your belt that drives everything.

Comment on Crane: 83 camaro crane cam 305 v 8 4brrl edelbrock carb problem.? by mailbox1024

mailbox1024 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:57:34 +0000

Is the edelbrock carb new or used? You may have a defective carb if used and needs to be rebuilt. If you reinstall the q-jet, does the problem go away????

good luck……

Comment on Crane: 83 camaro crane cam 305 v 8 4brrl edelbrock carb problem.? by chevyraceman_383

chevyraceman_383 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:26:30 +0000

1st off, you need to tell us what distributor you have, It sounds like the car has been changed from stock so you may or maynot have the right dizzy. now.

What you need is a large cap HEI style dizzy.

It has the coil mounted in top of dizzy cap.

Pass side of dizzy has a cone shaped can sticking off the side with a nipple on it for a vac line.

If thats what you have, then your good to go and it just sounds like you didnt get timing set back right, idle air mixture screws adjusted right on carb and idle speed screw set right on carb.

Set timing to 12* before TDC ( with out the vac line hooked up to dizzy)
Then place the vac line from dizzy to small driver side front vac port on carb.
Adjust mixture screws on carb by using a vac gauge and adjust to get highest vac reading
Adjust idle speed screw to give you around 800/900 rpm idle speed

Comment on Crane: 83 camaro crane cam 305 v 8 4brrl edelbrock carb problem.? by dodge man

dodge man — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:36:27 +0000

get you an accel distributor to use in that car they run the best on them with that engine combination,i got a 305 in a 79 Chevy truck that’s running that combination and it runs good with an accel distributor,you also need to go with high voltage coil on it,like a super coil,you don’t need the computer on it no more,also check around the base of the new carb for a vacuum leak,good luck

Comment on Crane: 83 camaro crane cam 305 v 8 4brrl edelbrock carb problem.? by Two Lane. Striped Tomato

Two Lane. Striped Tomato — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:40:37 +0000

Yes. You need a pre-computer distributor with a vacuum advance on it. The quadrajet had a TPS sensor on it. The Edelbrock doesn’t.
I would think it would idle though. Sounds like you have a vacuum leak or it’s not adjusted right.

Comment on Loader: I have a 95 dodge aries automatic fwd, something in my front end popped or broke? by Paul Rein

Paul Rein — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:43:32 +0000

sounds like one or both of your half shaft axle popped out of the tranny. Get a flashlight or wait till daylight and you should see your axle sliding out of the tranny. You can see this by looking to either side of the engine near the back of the engine right at the transmission where the axles go into the transmission. If it just popped out you can try popping it back in using a prybar or soft mallet hammer or both. If you don’t know what to do have a friend who knows or two it to a shop you trust. It could a broken cv joint as well. That cost more to replace. If you heard a clicking while you were driving or turning that means your cv joint is bad and about to break or has gone bad already. I can’t say for sure what is wrong is I have limited info but those are the two most likely culprit.

Comment on Loader: I have a 95 dodge aries automatic fwd, something in my front end popped or broke? by atarparker

atarparker — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:34:38 +0000

Likely a CV joint, A arm, knuckle or wheel bearing.

Comment on Bulldozer: We have a 1987 chevy silverado pickup with a 350 engine in it..it has bucket seats and a nice? by gail r

gail r — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:22:16 +0000

In our state, grocery stores and gas stations have a free magazine called auto trader, where you can advertise vehicles at no cost to you. Take a picture, write a description and submit an ad. See what people will offer you. Surely there is a GEAR HEAD out there that would want it. Hope you get a nice price for it.

Comment on Bulldozer: We have a 1987 chevy silverado pickup with a 350 engine in it..it has bucket seats and a nice? by Preston

Preston — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:56:42 +0000

go to KellyBlueBook.com they can pice your truck exactly at what it needs to be.

Comment on Bulldozer: We have a 1987 chevy silverado pickup with a 350 engine in it..it has bucket seats and a nice? by Dr. Bling

Dr. Bling — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:45:39 +0000

you could estimate the selling price at http://www.kbb.com
Now it won’t give you estimates for any of the extra features someone put into it like the chrome you mentioned,but it will give you an idea.Any of the features you mentioned that do not work,I would not check those boxes since whoever buys it needs to fix them themselves. The user who said 3000-5000 is out of their mind.

Comment on Bulldozer: We have a 1987 chevy silverado pickup with a 350 engine in it..it has bucket seats and a nice? by mazuk

mazuk — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:21:35 +0000

not much with a knock. No one in their right mind is going to give you anything for it without knowing what the sound is.

Comment on Bulldozer: We have a 1987 chevy silverado pickup with a 350 engine in it..it has bucket seats and a nice? by Rinjaa

Rinjaa — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:48 +0000

I would suggest pricing it on kbb.com and just throw all the goodies on it. But my personal guess would be 3-5 thousand maybe less since its dinged up and gas mileage is everything as of right now. 3-5 thousand would keep it in your price range which would be someone who needs a truck for towing or hauling, or a teenager who just thinks they are badass.

Comment on Bulldozer: We have a 1987 chevy silverado pickup with a 350 engine in it..it has bucket seats and a nice? by Mr. KnowItAll

Mr. KnowItAll — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:13:37 +0000

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/car/349398436.html

Here’s a nice one for $ 3000.
Does it compare?

Comment on Asphalt: How many kilometers/miles do brand new sportsbike tyres last? by Dan H

Dan H — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:39:47 +0000

race compound tires thrashed on a track might last as little as 50 miles.
Dual compound sport touring tires might run upwards of 8-9000 miles on the rear – more on the front when run on the street.

And anywhere in between.

On a 250cc bike, you could easily get 10,000 out of the rear and more out of the front. It’s a light bike, doesn’t go all that fast and can use a harder compound tire.

Comment on Asphalt: How many kilometers/miles do brand new sportsbike tyres last? by kelly_f_1999

kelly_f_1999 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:51:27 +0000

depends on tire type
most ive got was 8000
what i get most of time is 5000
or they dry rot crack before wearing out
depends on type of tire
how wel you maintain it how you drive it

Comment on Asphalt: How many kilometers/miles do brand new sportsbike tyres last? by jon

jon — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:10:14 +0000

All tires are different. The bikes size makes no difference. Look up your tires make online (as if you were shopping for them) and you should be able to see the mileage rating in the specs sheet for the tire.

Comment on Asphalt: How many kilometers/miles do brand new sportsbike tyres last? by Andy

Andy — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:28:21 +0000

It’s a some what ambiguous question! I ride a gs big heavy goes like ‘stink’. 0 to 60 3.9 seconds does 115mph (not here in the EU) For summer riding here I use soft middle hard walls tyres For touring I use a ‘standard’ compound tyre. For winter i use knobblies.
The soft wall ones typically do 3000 miles. Touring tyres 15 to 20 K miles. knobilies go on for winter and then off and back on again for the next winter and average about 30 k miles.
it’s down to how you ride and on what kind of tyres you use.So the only way to find out is to pick a tyre that suits you and what your doing and see how they go.

Comment on Crane: Why does my car die when I turn my lights on? by renegadesail

renegadesail — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:22:19 +0000

Your alternator is not working. The battery has enough power to start the truck, but not enough when the lights are turned on. Start the truck and take a long screw driver, hold it about 1 inch over the center of the alternator, If the alternator is working, the screwdriver will be pulled to it like a magnet. A new alternator runs around $ 180.00

Comment on Crane: Why does my car die when I turn my lights on? by c j

c j — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:15:24 +0000

Try changing the battery cables. If they are cracked from inside they will work sometimes, other times they wont.

Comment on Crane: Why does my car die when I turn my lights on? by Phurface

Phurface — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:46:30 +0000

Sounds like there’s a short in your wiring some place. It might be the alternator but highly unlikely. Unlikely that it’s a dead cell in the battery too.

If not a short, turning the lights on could be overloading a circuit. The 10-15 minute wait is the time it takes for it to reset. Have a mechanic track down the problem.

Comment on Forklift: is there any diesel engines that have been made to run an gas ? ? by Kasey C

Kasey C — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:29:25 +0000

The M-1 Abrahms, with its turbine engine, can take just about any fuel, from diesel to gasoline. Makes no difference to the turbine.

However, strictly speaking, you can’t “convert” a diesel engine to run on gasoline, without switching the pistons and the heads completely so that you have spark plugs again to ignite the gasoline, and decrease the compression.

There is a difference between a multi-fuel engine vs. a diesel engine that can be converted to gasoline. A company called Orbital has a “FlexDI” system that has a special injector and ignition system that claims to allow an engine to run on almost ANY liquid or gaseous fuel. However, while they did say their engine can run on diesel, they are using diesel fuel in spark-ignition mode, not the tradition compression-ignition mode that diesel engine is known for.

So to answer your original question… You can’t convert a disel engine to a gasoline engine without reinventing the whole engine. A “multi-fuel” engine must be designed as a multi-fuel engine to start with. There’s no conversion kit that’ll turn a diesel engine into a multi-fuel engine.

Comment on Dozer: What’s a reliable fun car for around $15000? by Jacque M

Jacque M — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:21:59 +0000

Hyundai elantra. Gets 40 mpg.