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I’m a DA…what maintenance have you screwed up?
Me ten minutes ago, while mowing: "Why is the mower mowing so crappy?" Me five minutes ago, after shutting the mower down: "How did I install the middle blade upside down?"- Erik the Awful
- Post #44
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance
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Custom made shop tools
We started putting bolt marking compound on the voltage adjustment on our generators because some of the crew chiefs would tweak the voltage instead of fixing the electrical problems on their planes. QA wouldn't allow us to padlock the doors. Mind you, the doors had to be opened with a flathead...- Erik the Awful
- Post #229
- Forum: The Garage
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Gas Mileage
I'll definitely throw some blame on D students. I worked with one who spent more time defending his job than doing his work. I tried to document on him to get him fired, but we were geographically separated in the building and I was on the way out the door to a better job. I absolutely believe...- Erik the Awful
- Post #121
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance
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how to wire compass/temp mirror
There's a sensor on the radiator center support that you'll need.- Erik the Awful
- Post #18
- Forum: Audio + Electronics
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Gas Mileage
I've seen plenty of D students schmooze the boss and stay on, while B students get fired and A students leave after being the shop mule too long. When I see failure, I don't blame the C students, I blame management for not selling the mission and not being engaged to see what's actually going on.- Erik the Awful
- Post #118
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance
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Gas Mileage
Firing the bottom 10% is not good management. It's lazy leadership and it's destructive. It encourages backstabbing and self-promotion over the mission. As an Air Reserve Technician (ART), my position was pretty secure. High-year tenure doesn't apply to ARTs, but when I deployed overseas I had...- Erik the Awful
- Post #115
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance
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Free to me GMC 2500
You can buy permethrin and treat your clothes yourself. In the Air Force we actually got issued permethrin to treat our uniforms. It works. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ANQVYU/- Erik the Awful
- Post #238
- Forum: Street Build Threads
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Gas Mileage
I absolutely was, until I joined the military. I was not succeeding in college because I had dreams, but no support. College was all about seeing if you were willing to swim through a mile of crap for the promise of a "real job". I joined the military and got better training. I went back to...- Erik the Awful
- Post #112
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance
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I love plastic engine parts!
In my experience with 3D printing and metal inserts, that insert looks like hot garbage. A diamond cut insert might be good in a mold set process, but this insert's not. Those knurls are poorly defined. Epoxy is probably the fix I'd go with as well. When you install the plug, keep in mind that...- Erik the Awful
- Post #11
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance
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Smeding Performance 383 in a 97 C1500
That cam has a very wide LSA for so much lift.- Erik the Awful
- Post #32
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance
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Custom made shop tools
Many years ago the A/C broke in our hangar in early July. CE said they didn't have the budget to replace the A/C unit until the new fiscal year. We put MA-3D A/C units outside and ran them for three months, just to cool the offices down to the mid-80s. The fuel bill was three times what the new...- Erik the Awful
- Post #226
- Forum: The Garage
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Custom made shop tools
The Navy was that way when I worked GSE as a contractor. We had a mish-mash of equipment. We had four B-5 stands on order for years, and when they finally came in, there were 4 pallets of parts, mostly unusable, that they had scrounged from DRMO in Kadena. They got pissed that I ordered more $$...- Erik the Awful
- Post #224
- Forum: The Garage
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Full-Page ads taking over forum???
It sounds like you have a virus. I run Ubuntu, mostly because it's free, but also because any time a Linux virus is found, 10,000 nerds get pissed off and fix the vulnerability. Between Ubuntu, Firefox, and uBlock Origin, I haven't had a problem with malicious content in over a decade. I'm...- Erik the Awful
- Post #7
- Forum: Feedback, Help and Suggestions
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Gas Mileage
As a rebuttal, I offer up side post batteries, JB3 brakes, cartridge door handles, flimsy door hinges, and daytime running lights.- Erik the Awful
- Post #62
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance
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'88 RCLB C3500 "Roscoe P. Coltrane"
I'll sell you a 500" Cadillac powered Jaguar XJ6 if you're interested in helping clean some projects out. $2000, and it only needs some finishing. For $3000 I'll throw in a set of Corvette Grand Sport wheels, a spare 472, and I'll answer the phone when you have questions.- Erik the Awful
- Post #232
- Forum: Street Build Threads
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Gas Mileage
The world is run by C students and engineers are no exception. What do you call a guy who graduates engineering school at the bottom of his class? An engineer. Testing different air filters and tuning takes time, and the engineers are just as eager to get home on Friday as you are. They're...- Erik the Awful
- Post #59
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance
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I love plastic engine parts!
Remove that cap. It doesn't seal the actual hole, it just covers the mounting flange. Install a crank sensor in that hole and zip tie the wiring up out of the way. For getting the bolt out, needle nose vise grips and a thin, flat screwdriver.- Erik the Awful
- Post #7
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance
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'88 RCLB C3500 "Roscoe P. Coltrane"
Ricky Bobby says he'll have the title for me today! He went to a tag agency yesterday with all the evidence that he'd paid the truck off and the bank that held the lien closed over twenty years ago. I'll be getting a clear title in my name. I'm excited! I think I also found the parasitic draw...- Erik the Awful
- Post #230
- Forum: Street Build Threads
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Dual exhaust question.
I'm running a 2.5" dual exhaust on my 350, and I have a pretty good sized cam in it. I wouldn't worry about a 2.25" exhaust on a 305 if you put an x-pipe on it with some decent mufflers. And that's the rub. The mufflers are going to be your restriction. If you go with mufflers that aren't a...- Erik the Awful
- Post #4
- Forum: Exhaust
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L31 Extreme Budget Build
I bought a replacement condenser fan for my house last week, and it's Vevor brand. They appear to be one of the Chinese vendors (they're in Jiangsu, China) that's figuring out this "capitalism" thing pretty well and aren't pi$$ing all over their own reputation for a quick buck.- Erik the Awful
- Post #580
- Forum: 96+ Vortec Performance + Computer Swaps
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Tinkering with a 99 Suburban
Your blend door isn't working. My daily driver Mustang is doing the same thing right now.- Erik the Awful
- Post #62
- Forum: Offroad Build Threads
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700r from 89 Vandura questions
Feel free to give me feedback. I'm two parts idiot and one part sometimes kinda smart. I started the channel because a picture is worth a thousand words, and a video is worth about 62.8 pictures.- Erik the Awful
- Post #20
- Forum: Transmissions
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How much paint?
Rustoleum is incompatible with urethane. https://www.gmt400.com/threads/instant-orange-peel.60126/ The rear window was out of my one-ton and the window frame was rusted through. I had to weld in new sheetmetal, and when I was done I painted it with about $200 worth of 2k rattle cans. I'd have...- Erik the Awful
- Post #8
- Forum: Paint / Body / Detailing
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94 k1500 brake light fuse and the yellow wire going to the brake switch is getting hot. Any help is appreciated
More resistance = less current. Your current flow through the ground will never be more than when the ground is making its best connection. Is there a short that's drawing more current through the wire? Is one of the bulbs a 24v bulb?- Erik the Awful
- Post #7
- Forum: Wiring Diagrams
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