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Bought a 50 gallon aluminum transfer tank at auction with a 12v Fillrite pump. It was advertised as having some liquid in it-owner doesn’t know what’s in it and can’t get the pump to work. That’s how I bought it. Never actually looked at it up close. Much to my surprise when I went to load it...

I recently purchased this ex-USPS Mack tractor. There has been no maintenance done since 2007ish as far as I can tell. I want to do a service(maybe a couple) on the transmission. There's no current indication of a problem. What would you recommend? It currently has something red in it that...

Here are some photos of my first time cleaning a Spinner 2(first time I’ve actually seen one). I recently bought this truck and it hasn’t seen any PM work in years. I’m slowly working though it. I didn’t have the kit for it so I reused the O rings and didn’t worry about the little paper liner...

***also used 1 pint of Schaeffer 132. This was from 100% down to 14% on IOLM. Same oil back in but didn't have any 132 to add this time.

I'm having trouble finding a monitor for my shop workstation. Currently I have a Lenovo 14" laptop in the top of a Harbor Freight 5 drawer cart. We're starting to migrate to a digital work management system and as a shift foreman, my screen time is going to increase. I'm going to use the...

Was on my Tercel for 14 months and 4100 miles. Oil was Schaeffer 9000 5w40 and 1/2 bottle of Schaeffer 132 oil treatment. CenPeCo 5w40 went back in with a Toyota 90915-YZZN1 filter. ADBV was soft and pliable. Oil was very dark and clung to everything. This filter has been drained upside down...

Was in service from 100% down to 20% on IOLM, approximately 6500 miles. Oil was Schaeffer 9000 5w30 and 1 bottle of Schaeffer 132 oil treatment. Same oil went back in with a Fleetguard LF3681. ADBV was still soft and pliable.

Took off a single mothers car from work. No idea what oil it was or how long it was on. Oil hadn't been changed the entire time she owned the car. SuperTech 5w30 FS HM went back and I believe a ST10060 filter....it's been a while so that could be wrong. ADBV was hard as a rock and there was a...

Oil sample was as expected, glycol test was positive this time so that is definitive now. I'm on two big jobs right now and once those are done I'll be quitting for the year and doing a overhaul on the engine. This was Schaeffer 700 15w40 and 4 quarts of Schaeffer 132. Coolant consumption has...

Just picked up 4 of these Airloc H8501 skidsteer tires in 18X8.50-8 to go on my golf cart. Wanted something heavier than a standard turf tire as this is a Carry-all and it is usually substantially heavier than a regular golf cart. These are 8ply where a normal turf tire for these is 4ply. We use...

Wondering at what point you decided you had enough of your 9 to 5 and went all in with your business? I am currently struggling with that question myself. I have a decent job doing industrial maintenance(pay is decent for the small town I am in but ~$10/hr less than larger areas an hour away)...

This gentleman was a very well known farmer and Modot employee in our rural area. One of those people that the saying goes “if you met him you knew him”. He passed in a oil distributor truck crash last week. Visitation was Sunday evening, the funeral director said they had over 1200 people...

30,000 employees out of work just like that. Several reasons for it that I won't get into because of forum rules. 5th largest fleet in the US. I was told they essentially locked the gates today at 5pm EST.

I'm leaving in a few days on a road trip to see some of the western states. Plan to run I-80 west from Iowa to Reno, NV, south to Vegas, Hoover Dam, Monument Valley, 1 stop in El Paso and then winding my way back up to SW Missouri(home). Any places you would recommend I stop or things to see...

https://www.foxcarolina.com/2023/06/17/flying-wild-alaska-jim-tweto-bush-guide-killed-plane-crash/ Sad to see this

This was on my parents 04 Taurus with the 3.0 Duratec for 5841 miles. Total miles on car is roughly 402,000 miles. Oil was Castrol GTX 5w20 and has been used since she got it at 12k miles. Same oil and filter back in. Pulled UOA to send to Blackstone. I’m buying these filters by the case...

Concerning to say the least. My fear is a liner seal starting to let go. Coolant top off has maybe been a gallon to 6 quarts since I bought the truck in early 2021 so it's not using a lot of coolant.

Thought some of you might find this neat. This is the Mack Centri-max cartridge for my EM7. It is used along side two large spin on full flow filters. I change it at every PM although it’s not required, mainly because the gasket gets stuck and is a nightmare to remove when it’s installed for a...

I'm needing a set of tires on my 2016 F-250 and have been shopping around. Discount Tire lists the BFG TA KO2 at $322/tire in 285/70R17. Price for 4 comes out to $1288. Total invoice is $1727.31, this includes $88 for installation, $232 for "certificates", environmental fees, disposal fees, and...

Was thinking about this yesterday, it seems most people have some kind of interesting story about how they met. A little back ground: after many many years of being single I decided to try a couple of the better known dating apps. Never really worked out and about 6-8 months ago I gave up and...