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Finding a used loader and the right mount kit would be difficult, if not near impossible. At least out this way. I did a quick check in the sources that I normally use and didn't see anything anywhere in the 11 Western States region. A new one shouldn't be a problem though. A friend of mine...

That sounds like a good plan. They're really easy to change. Gotta love having a parts vehicle, too. My upper pasture looks like a wrecking yard sometimes and one of the stalls in my horse barn will probably never see another horse in my lifetime, lol. Mostly mid-80's Chevy pickup stuff...

Great deal on the Tech II! I'd sure do it. If you don't get it let me know and I'll have my granddaughter's husband grab it for me! He's an airborne medic up there at JBER. Just did his module when theirs went out on one of their cars, BTW. He was really nervous about doing it since he has...

Most of the time it's the ABS module unless there has been physical damage to the sensors. If my sensors look okay then I just pull the module and send it in and have the shop check it out. The module usually have a couple of electrical plugs and about 5 screws that hold the module to the...

Battery desulphating is a relatively new process and more often than not will work if there isn't internal damage such as shorted or broken plates. The military tested the process and they were so impressed that they bought truckloads of them and they've been able to reduce battery replacement...

I did a repair today for a guy who pulled his winch right off his truck because he had used the wrong bolts to mount it. I've seen a lot of problems over the years where people are using Grade 8 bolts because they're supposed to be stronger and had the bolts break so thought it might save some...

Thanks. Sure is good to have it nice and dry inside and well worth the effort. You're right about ships - can be vulnerable but nothing like my first assignment in '71 on boats in Vietnam. It's all about perspective!

If you want to take the time to do the research you can get the info out of the Army's HMMWV engine manual. The HMMWV originally used the 6.2 but later went to the 6.5 and there were a total of something like 5 engine variants. There are several places you can download the manuals for free...

We used the CTEK's in our shops and had pretty good success. If the battery had internal damage or had so much buildup in the bottom that it shorted the plates the battery was history but other than that it usually came back. I was at Walmart a few years ago looking at the marked down stuff on...

Good idea. I read this stuff a lot but haven't posted much. Never tried the link thingee so here goes: http://www.thetruckstop.us/forum/showthread.php?40781-Six-Pac-Camper-Roof-Repair

I'm a bit of a newbie here so am a bit confused. Is there supposed to be a illustration with the post? What do the numbers represent (i.e. 4-, 5-, 6-, 7-,)? Glad to help if I can be giving the right info.

By the way, I just checked and the lab I send my oil to is called Spectra Lab in Tacoma, WA. I checked their website and they list their basic oil analysis at $18 plus $3 shipping and advanced at $30 plus $3 shipping.

Hard one to say without being there looking at it but I'd lean towards dropping the tranny too and taking them to a shop. Some of the time when I have that seal leak the seal is fine but a bearing is bad, allowing the shaft to "hop", and no seal will hold with that. Just like I don't know how...

Here's a chart that gives some good info on where the wear metal that shows up in oil usually comes from in various components. Quality isn't real good (old scan that has been copied and saved too many times, I think) so I'll need to find my original and rescan it but it's still readable.

I buy my oil from an oil distributor that provides free oil analysis through a local lab. I'm sure I pay for it in the price of the oil but that's offset by buying it bulk and providing my own container (I have a couple of old metal 5 gallon oil cans that I take in and get refilled). I have to...

Yup - that's excellent stuff. I stay totally away from additives except for fuel additives. Danged ULSD...

Don, I haven't done a roof that had the metal follow the curve and then meet the rubber roof up on top, which it sounds as if your does. The ones I've done have had the rubber go over the curve and the seam was on the side. When you put down the rubber roof you don't want to stretch it at all...

I wash my 07 GMC every other week and do a full detail, inside and out, twice a year. My 84 Chevy CUCV is camouflage and usually has the camper on it, so just gets the mud knocked off within a day or two of getting home from each trip. The Suburban - well, I don't remember the last time it was...

I have a FASS Titanium system sitting in the shop that I just ordered. I did a lot of research on the injector problems and then stopped by the fuel injection shop that I've used for years and talked to them, looked at some pumps and injectors and so on. Several of the injection pumps were...

GM Published a bulletin on the fuel lines, too. Bulletin is #PIP4526 (search this site with #PIP4526). GM told me that the leaking fuel heads is caused by degradation of the seals from additives that fuel vendors blend into the diesel. Same thing the GM bulletin says causes the fuel lines to...