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Sad but true. The mechanicals aren't very and the pilots are a bunch of whining weirdos. I keep thinking that the younger folks are eventually going to figure out that they need to hump it a little more - but that doesn't seem to be happening.
Yeah, I think my days of hustling three and a...
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I understand. That getting from the point of "out" to fully awake has been difficult for me too in the past. Mine were generally self inflicted with broken things that hat to be put back together or stitched up. Maybe you can sit still for a couple of weeks to get everything healing before...
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I was expecting maybe a 55 gallon drum to fill that tank. When you mentioned 100 gallons - I was a little shocked. That was when I started hunting and found the number. Still, they didn't do a very good job of documenting the oil in my opinion. The heat / petroleum smell I guess could be...
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According to the Lubrication Order, LO9-2320-272-12
Weekly, with boom in horizontal position, remove oil filler cap and gage from top of reservoir. If level is below full mark on gage, replenish to full mark. Every 12,000 miles (19,000 kilometers) or 12 months, whichever occurs first, remove...
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You might try tapping with a hammer as far around the nut as you can reach, then go for it again with a wrench. If you have a spare set of hands - maybe smack the wrench with a hammer. (like you would do with an impact socket that just won't quite budge a lug nut)
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Honest to goodness, I just can't quite understand how these fittings corrode. They aren't spastic, odd or weird. I got after mine with my normal "angle wrenches". About a third shorter than a regular wrench with a 30° and a 60° on the other end. I got nowhere. Huff and Puff and grunt and...