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  1. rickf

    2012 Haspin info/dates/attendance

    If you have the strawberry milkshake you might as well tear it down now. It WILL die shortly. The water will steam the clutches off of the plates and it all goes downhill from there. I am surprised you made it home. Just changing the fluid will not work, trust me. It will let you down at the...
  2. rickf

    MEP 002 for home backup?

    AMEN!! Triple those prices for 002's over here in the east. I was going to sell one of my oo2's but I think for now I am going to hold on to it. Jerry, I may be calling you soon if I can ever find the problem with mine. I have to put in another injection pump and see if that solves the problem...
  3. rickf

    MEP 002 for home backup?

    The air cooled diesels run hot enough that wet stacking is not really an issue. As long as you are running it at the rated rpm (Never run it too slow, things burn up!) you will not have to worry about wet stacking. I ran mine for three days after Irene on very light load (could not get the right...
  4. rickf

    M113s and Variants in Vietnam

    I can pretty much guess how the ensuing conversation with the OC went! I was in Yakima installing a piece of equipment in a printing plant ,5/18/80. The day Mt. St. Helens decided to blow off. Another of those Holy Chit moments as everything went gray, dark, black! I was stuck there for three...
  5. rickf

    DLA letter

    I know a guy, a SS member, who had one rejected. Lost a sweet truck because of it. They said his paperwork did not match his address although he had lived there for years. Got it straightened out later but they had resold the truck. I did not get the letter, I did have the the class 1A clearance...
  6. rickf

    th400 problem

    The transmission is fine, what you are hearing is the parking pawl trying to engage while moving. Picture throwing the car in gear while rolling. You have lost something in the transfer case and it is allowing the transmission to keep turning as if it was rolling. The fact that it is...
  7. rickf

    Pop went the weasel. Any ideas?

    My mistake, I was thinking of a powerstroke. I work on several brands. You do not have to be such an a** in pointing it out do you? You could say "you are mistaken" I am and have been a certtified master tech both auto and truck for 42 years. I am still human though and as such I do still make...
  8. rickf

    Pop went the weasel. Any ideas?

    You will not get enough power through the test light to engage the fuel solenoid. There is no timing chain in a 6.2. There is a plug in the timing cover you have to pull out to get to the gear bolts to remove the pump. You can see if it is turning through there. If not you probably have a broken...
  9. rickf

    2012 Haspin info/dates/attendance

    WOW, Gravelrama! There is a name I haven't heard for a while." Top of the hill club", 4 years running back in the early 70's.[thumbzup] What ever happened to that affair? Rick On edit, I just Googled it and I see it is still going on, the Big Elim does not look as steep or as long as before...
  10. rickf

    expensive lights

    By the way, I said I would never make it to 30, did my best not to. Now I am pushing 60 and paying for those years. Rick
  11. rickf

    expensive lights

    AMEN TOO THAT!!!!!! And those freakin ultraviolet lights too. When they are coming at me I can not see at all, blind!
  12. rickf

    need help trouble shooting a mep002

    You forgot to mention skin, Wear gloves. It will dry out your skin very fast and I am sure it is putting bad things into your body in the process. Rick
  13. rickf

    need help trouble shooting a mep002

    If you have a nasty tar like gunk in the tank I have found that Xylen works very well at disolving it. Do not use fresh diesel fuel on it because it will get even worse! Ask me how I know. I am still trying to get the stuff off of my hands a year later!
  14. rickf

    2012 Haspin info/dates/attendance

    You call THAT mud?! I get dirtier than that in my driveway, all 40 feet of it.rofl:whistle: Rick
  15. rickf

    unrelated hyperlinks

    Nope, nada, don't see it on my work or home computers. Rick
  16. rickf

    Won 2 MEP-002As--my first

    1000 lbs. each, you don't want to hang it on the gate. One of my gate cables broke the other day with nothing on it! Nice thing about these is they have a lifting eye so they lift level. Rick
  17. rickf

    M1009 towing an M105A2 trailer..

    Wouldn't it be ironic if he did a search and found this thread by himself where he was so preoccupied about getting nothing bigger than a 416 because of the weight? At that time a 101 was "too heavy". :whistle::whistle: http://www.steelsoldiers.com/cucv/79094-m416-cargo-trailer-m1009.html
  18. rickf

    need help trouble shooting a mep002

    If you crack the lines you will get fuel up there quicker. You should set your frequency at about 61-62 when you first start it up. after it warms up a bit see where you are. Before you start welding have it around 61. Most welders are not that frequency sensitive unless you are using one of the...
  19. rickf

    On abandoning your vehicle:

    Due to my age and medical conditions I can no longer go out like I used to. If that is the prevailing attitude I am **** glad I don't! Not sure I would want to meet you on the street or at a show and **** sure I would not want to meet you on the trail. You seem to have some hate/paranoid issues...
  20. rickf

    On abandoning your vehicle:

    It only takes a 300 milivolt error on an O2 sensor to make it go full rich or so lean it shuts down, only 150 - 200 off on a MAP sensor. Moisture is great at changing ground readings. ECM got wet? you are done. You jumped someone and spiked the ECM? You are done. Fuel injection is great and has...
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