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Yeah, you should absolutely not need to modify a product. Not only does that mean the product is wrong, but it will void any kind of warranty or customer support. It sucks to hear that they have not been providing great support (also in the past it seems too). I generally like to deal with...

ugh, thats rough, nothing puts a damper on the day like wrong parts.

I'm with Zim 100%. I always tell people to just use their rig and as you find shortcomings fix them. Quick note on the air bags, thats a good first mod. When I finally put air bags in my 93 Dodge I hated myself for not doing it sooner. It will make your pickup so much more stable with that...

Not surprising, the OEMs probably give a slightly higher PSI spec to improve fuel millage and handling.

So the intake runners were open allowing maximum air into the cylinders correct? What about cranking duration and pressure gauge behavior? Did you crank the engine until the needle on the gauge "stalled" at the highest reading? Maybe test again with a different gauge? Sorry but that 100PSI...

100 psi compression is quite low. For reference 70psi is the minimum required for combustion. A quick Google search shows 132psi as the service limit, so at 100psi, you should be planning a rebuild. So there's your answer, low compression causing excessive blowby. As far as the oil in the air...

FRS will give you a vague idea of how things work, the frequencies will be the same but FRS is limited to 2.5watts so usefulness will be more limited than a GMRS. As far as the narrow and wide band channels are concerned, all of that is preset in the radios, so it's not anything you will need to...

I'm just asking that you show some grace. Having been on the receiving end, people immediately going to the internet with CS issues before giving the company the opportunity to fix it is irritating. All that said, if it was negligence on their part and they refuse to make it right, by all means...

Its typically best to give people a chance to make things right before complaining on the internet. I've been there and it sucks, but give them a chance before smearing their name...

They are a dime a dozen here in the PNW, and rarely are very rusty. Unfortunately, all of them have like 300K miles on em, lol

My wife and I have seen The Dead South live twice now, such amazing performers. If you are into modern folk and maybe open to some darker subject matter two other groups that are amazing are Amigo The Devil, one man show from Texas. Amazingly talented and an absolute hoot live. He is an...

Well shoot, I was only aware of the OM606 and 616s. Honestly though I'm far from an expert, only Benzo diesels I have ever around are the 616 and DD15. Having been around some of the smaller diesels now I would love to swap a Benzo 5 cylinder into a TJ Jeep (but I think my ultimate dream rig is...

One of my favorite all time bands mixes VERY well with taking it slow in nature in my opinion. Dirtwire. They also put on an amazing live show, Ill be seeing them for the 4th time next month. Dave Satori, one of the founding members was who inspired me to learn banjo. His performances showed me...

Was it paid for? That 5K is probably what's left after squaring up the loan. Wich in that case I would take it as a win. If not, then they are probably just paying book value, which for a 24 year old 4Runner, 5K sounds reasonable to me, 20K is completely unreasonable.

Jeep ran Isuzu diesels, I thought the CRDs were Benzos? I would still say do it, chances are you need to replace the front main seal anyway, and the gear covers are prone to leaking as well. If you get something like the BD kit its super easy and you just need to pull the gear cover. If the...

Nope it's a 70s Motobacane. I have a soft spot for 70s French bikes. The French used much thinner wall tubing than anyone else for their racing bikes in the 70s and to make up for the strength used chromoly tubing. The result was a much lighter bike with almost the same strength (that frame is...

I hear ya, personally I would NEVER buy a take-out engine from an RV, typically maintenance is not kept up on to say the least. And yeah, I can understand wanting to steer clear of common rail. The fuel systems are much pickier, and you can't run waste oil in your fuel (I ran 25% used motor oil...

@shortbus4x4 , nope I am not at Western States anymore. I ended up leaving there in '20. To put it bluntly I was sick and tired of being the shop suspension guy. It was flattering to be told I was the only tech that could consistently make time, but I was over it. After that I worked for Diesel...

I'm a 10 year diesel tech with Caterpillar PAR Dyno certs and worked in light duty diesel performance parts for a while as well. Here's my two cents... Not 100% correct, the 7.3L Powerstroke was electronic in 94. International/ Ford was using Caterpillar HEUI under license. Also up until...

I have two, Leatherman (current model is a Wave+) and small Knipex plyers, the really little guys. I use them probably more than I should, lol.