Search results

I've never met a local or state police LEO in CA who had a surplus of time :beer: There's always more than double what they have time to handle, with the staff and budget they have available. Interesting thought exercise, how much of your state is funded from vehicle fines and tickets... I've...

I had a boss in a job about 15 years ago who was from New York. When we were in a large car and he was talking to the people in the back seat, he'd always turn around and face them - as in, for several seconds, even on a crowded freeway or in stop and go traffic. It was my understanding at the...

1Bar(14.7psi)/10M(33 feet approximately) if I recall my dive math correctly - of course I let my cert lapse more than ten years ago. I do recall that there is a difference with freshwater and saltwater density that affects the rate of pressure/depth change. Color me curious as to how you are...

This also made news last week when TSA said they wouldn't accept non-compliant state issued IDs for entering an airport either... No, a SS card is not a REAL ID compliant identification by itself, you'll need to bring more stuff - or get a passport (for which you will need to bring more stuff)...

The vehicle may be rare, but the way air systems work is rather common. Even trucks made overseas have the same or very similar equipment - as the design of air systems is old-school knowledge. Any industrial supply company should be able to source an overpressure blow off valve. GET TWO: 1)...

M1009 goes "under the knife" tomorrow to get the cooling system refreshed - I'm excited :) Have to take off the dashpad tonight before dropping off the truck to expedite the heater core work. Only parts for the winter coolant pre-heater setup that haven't come are the valve and pump. I'll...

Yes, sad thread, but a moment to learn. Trucks that were designed to be broken down for air travel will likely never have ROPS cages, and even armored cabs may not have enough structure to prevent deformation in a roll-over. And back on the cab-over concept - there was at least one incident on...

https://www.crimereports.com/ AND http://www.areavibes.com/ Warning, if you look up your own area you will be just as shocked at how much goes on under your nose - gives new appreciation for your local LEO...

If you watch the antenna climber video, the GP card will do between no-glow and 30 seconds of glow depending on the block temperature. If the engine hasn't been run in a while (cold block) these rough number should work: Figure ~30 seconds if it's 30°F ambient or less - 60 seconds of after...

Looks like a power cable to a "device". I'm doing something similar to my 20' ISO storage container - it'll let me run a 24V truck outside at high idle and charge batteries or run loads (like a 300W inverter that powers 4' shelter lights) inside "the can". The fuse sounds underrated for...

I have seen this kind of accident damage on the bus conversion forum I'm on. Driver-forward designs are very hard on the driver in a wreck - modern civilian vehicles use the first and last 2-3 feet of the vehicle to crumple in a front-end rear-end wreck. Think about where the driver sits in...

That's a fantastic "roll-your-own" effort - I believe you even picked the location for the switch that jpg was talking about in another thread for the control button. My target location is the gauge plate next to the 24V voltmeter, but really it's wherever the vehicle's owner/modifier want to...

Welcome from California :beer: Don't do it! Get a 5-ton instead... :mrgreen:

Hmm... look what came today: Looks like it's maybe just about time to become a SS vendor. I haven't assembled the switch unit that this actuator clips onto, but once I do it'll do everything the above post #6 says it'll do, plus one additional undocumented feature for bonus diagnostics - just...

I do agree it sounds like a solid system (as long as the relay holds out with the cycle count), I prefer having lots of margin in my designs, as there are less failures/quirks later. HOW you do the installation is just as important as the WHAT you install question though. If you don't seal...

If you plan on running that truck empty on the street, you may want to put the proportioning valve you took out back in. Without it, your rear brakes may lock up sooner than they should (of course with bigger tires you may be able to "get away with it"). 2cents Getting closer [thumbzup]

Not supposed to do EMP posts either per forum rules. As much as I'd like to chime in thoughts about such an "event", in agreement with the last poster, I'll refrain.

Trick an old 2-stroke mechanic taught me, crank for a bit, and if it doesn't go, let it sit. The heat for compression on the cylinders will warm the cylinder's interior, and the next time you crank it's a lot easier - kind of like a super glow plug. This knowledge always made starting my...

Two words: "deferred maintenance". Indeed, 30 years is a "classic" truck. These trucks have often either been sitting, or run often there are parts inside some of these truck that have not seen the light of day since manufacture - even service items like seals, hoses, and heat exchangers...