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    2012 Dodge Ram 5.7 Hemi 5w20 Mobil 1 630Miles

    As a preface let me say this truck has me a little bit concerned. The wife ran this truck without oil for ~1 mile (thank God it was downhill), she forgot I had told her not to drive it as the oil filter advance auto gave me did not include a gasket and I had to fetch a new one. What do you...
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    2005 Dodge Ram 4.7L V8 5,050 Miles Mobil 1 5w30 EP

    I'm a bit worried about the tin and iron levels increasing so rapidly. The engine tune was to a superchips gas mileage tune from a performance tune so I don't believe that to be much of a factor. Any thoughts ?
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    Generator Bearing

    Has anyone greased this bearing located in the rear of the generator housing ? I was getting my two generators ready for this winter. (2000 Watt, and a 5500 watt). While I was checking everything over I just started wondering about it. The 5.5KW generator is ~12 Years old, and the 2000 Watt...
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    Engineers

    How many Engineers do we have here at BITOG ? Engineers tend to sweat the details and most people on BITOG seem no different. I'm an Electrical Engineer.
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    Distributed Computing

    Do any of you run distributed computing programs ? I'm running folding@home GPU client right now.
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    Programming

    Just out of curiosity, what programming languages does everyone here know ? 1. C++ 2. C 3. Visual Basic 4. Perl 5. Java - Still learning.
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    Ubuntu

    For those of you running ubuntu, which version are you running ? I'm on 8.04.3 LTS.
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    How many of you run VM's ? (Virtual Machines) my

    I've got 3 on my main computer (testing software compatibility mainly). Then I've got 2 on my Home server (FTP,HTTP,Default household download location etc...) wanted to keep a lot of that on one server, and keep a lot of em isolated.
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    Post Your Desktop

    Ubuntu 8.10.
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    NetBooks

    How many of you own netbooks? Like them ? I was considering buying a Dell Mini 9, if you own this particular model please comment about anything that you really like or dont like. Thanks,
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    How many of you are running Linux ?

    I've got 3 computers running Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex). Have always loved the customization you can do with linux. Screen shot is below. What does your linux box look like ?
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    Treasury Direct

    Anybody used the Treasury Direct service ? You can buy Bonds and other securities from the US goverment there. I've got some spare cash that I'm thinking of putting there but I was wondering if anybody had ever used it before I input all of my information on there.
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    New Dodge Ram,2009. Details and pics.

    http://www.leftlanenews.com/dodge-ram.html http://www.allpar.com/model/ram/2009-ram.html Personal I think they look great, especially the sport models. Not to mention the fact that they are finally coming to the realization that theirs not to many people who tow at the upper echelon with Light...
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    What's the longest oil change you've heard of ?

    Mine would have to be my father, his 1989 f-150 Never got a Differential oil change. It currently has over 500K on it. He still drives it everyday. The thing has rust everywere but that's the only problem with it. As for transmission, it's probably my Brother in law, His 01 Silverado had 150K...
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    What's the change interval everyone is using ?

    My truck has the 545RFE transmission, which uses ATF+4. I've been considering changing the oil every 25K,using Supertech atf+4. This truck is my baby so I try to take care of it. Ive been considering a Deep pan (Which features a drain bolt) that adds about 3 extra quarts capacity to the...
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    How many miles are on your rides.

    It's been awhile since We've had one of these so I thought id see how everyones car's are going. 2005 Dodge Ram = about 15,000 right now, Mobil 1 EP 5w30 95 Jeep grand cherokee= 200K valvoline Max life 10w30 95 f-150 = 190K, valvoline conventional 10w30 (auto-rx)
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    Never seen anything really like this before.

    Some of you may have read that I was using a Old ford f-150 to haul lumber for the construction of a log cabin well Im happy to say that It made all the trips with no problems just Extremly bad Gas milage. We'll Now it's time to actually "Tinker" with this thing and My starting problem is the...
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    Truck refuses to pull water from reserve

    Ive got a work truck (1990 f-150 302) that refuses to take any water from the coolant reserve. It'll get about midway on the gauge and push some coolant out and it'll never take it back. The hoses will collapse from the vaccum inside the cooling system when it's cool, And when I take the...
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    Auto-RX and a Ford 302

    Has anyone here run Auto-Rx on a 302 or know anyone who has ? I've got a 1990 f-150 I bought as a spare truck and the engine has some sludge, Bad Blow-By,and a sizable rear main seal leak. Im just wondering if Auto-Rx could help with any of these or does it seem just like to much to ask?
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    Any Small engine Mechanics here ?

    I've got a old craftsman tiller 5HP. It runs extremly well until it gets warm then it just quit's. Its not a sputter quit etheir it just quits like I turned the key off in a car. Any ideas ?
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