Gearhead Thread

[Sgt PSN]

Here's a question for you guys.....

With my moving to Cali in September, I'll be living in the middle of the Mohave Desert so I imagine there will be plenty of sand and dust and sand all over the place.  Is there any special treatment or wax I should get on my car before taking it out there? 

[PhillyPhanInDC]

Get a K&N air filter. Clean and oil it every 10,000 miles.

Also look into getting some of this on the front of the car.  DO NOT put a "Bra" on it.


Going to the 'Stumps?

[Diomedes]

Get a K&N air filter. Clean and oil it every 10,000 miles.

This may seem excessive, but which do you prefer...taking the 30 minutes to clean your better-than-stock oil filter every third oil change, or feeding your cylinders a gas/air/sand mixture?

[Sgt PSN]

Get a K&N air filter. Clean and oil it every 10,000 miles.

Also look into getting some of this on the front of the car.  DO NOT put a "Bra" on it.


Going to the 'Stumps?

Already got the K&N filter.  Did that on my way home from the dealership with it.  No way in hell I'd put a bra on that thing.  It looks horrible with the new/retro body style.  I'll definitely check that stuff out.

Not going to stumps though.  I'm going to the Air Force's version of it......Edwards AFB.  We've got a Ch-46 Squadron out there and I'm going to be their Log Chief. 

[Susquehanna Birder]

DO NOT put a "Bra" on it.

THANK YOU! You don't know how much I hate those damned things.

[Diomedes]

Already got the K&N filter.

Word.  Clean it often.

..I'm going to be their Log Chief.

please to explain

[Susquehanna Birder]

I think that's something like "butt pirate."

[Sgt PSN]

Not to go too off topic here but Log Chief is short for Logistics Chief.  Basically it means that I will oversee all logistical aspects of the unit.  If the unit deploys in late 2009/early 2010 like it's currently slated to, then I'll be an exceptionally busy boy. 

[PhillyPhanInDC]

Haha. Not only are you a fat, lazy recruiter, your other MOS is a fat, lazy box kicker. Nice.


The Bras not only look like shtein, but they also trap dirt and other crap under them, and when you're out driving and they shift a few thousand times a minute, effectively buffing off your clearcoat.

[mussa]

I gots an K&N air filter on my quad. Nice and easy to clean

[Susquehanna Birder]

The Bras not only look like shtein, but they also trap dirt and other crap under them, and when you're out driving and they shift a few thousand times a minute, effectively buffing off your clearcoat.

And they also potentially put "tan lines" on your paint.

[Sgt PSN]

Haha. Not only are you a fat, lazy recruiter, your other MOS is a fat, lazy box kicker. Nice.

Ain't no box kickers here.  Embarker, son.  Woof woof!

Oh, and I've been off recruiting duty since July.  Try and keep up devil dog.  Yeah, I double d'd you.  So what? 

The Bras not only look like shtein, but they also trap dirt and other crap under them, and when you're out driving and they shift a few thousand times a minute, effectively buffing off your clearcoat.

Not to mention that while the rest of your hood is taking a beating from the sun and fading over time, the paint underneath the bra isn't. 

I doubt I'll be driving it that much while I'm out there.  I'll mostly stick to my 4runner for daily driving.  But I'll definitely take it out on some road trips, that's for certain. 

[mussa]

got a ac converter for my truck. can plug electronics into that shtein. anyone else got one? i see it being pretty useful, get an extension cord, plug in a boombox, tv, laptop, tools...etc..

[Diomedes]

I've spent the last three days or so doing nothing but wrenching.  front brake pads and rotors, rear coil springs and shocks on my friend's '89 Volvo 245; rear pads and rotors on a 93 Mercury town car thing, speaker replacement on a '92 honda,...and the bulk of the time tearing down the engine on a 1961 Case backhoe..an inline four...helped my friend replace piston rings and lower (big end) con rod bearings, plus gaskets etc.

saved literally thousands in shop labor by doing all this work myself...of course after putting all that work into the Volvo, the transmission shat the bed...but that's what you get for fixing shtein on an old car.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

I've spent the last three days or so doing nothing but wrenching.  front brake pads and rotors, rear coil springs and shocks on my friend's '89 Volvo 245...........

after putting all that work into the Volvo, the transmission shat the bed...but that's what you get for fixing shtein on an old car.

Time for that 350/350 swap. Let's do it. I'm 90 minutes down the road. We'll have you suckering Rustangs and Wee-28s in no time. Can do it Junkyard style for peanuts.

and the bulk of the time tearing down the engine on a 1961 Case backhoe..an inline four...helped my friend replace piston rings and lower (big end) con rod bearings, plus gaskets etc.

Ha. A '61 Case? Nice. My old man runs a company in Trevose that makes visual inspection equipment (boroscopes). Two of his biggest buyers are Case and Cats. Was it an eight liter four banger? I've seen them with four cylinder diesels with pistons the size of my head.

Speaking of diesel's, I was just in Thailand for two weeks, and the wife's friend again lent us a 1998 Toyota Hilux 4x4 (Tacoma here) with a 5 speed and 2.5 liter turbo diesel. Thing had the factory off-road package, etc. I've driven the American counterpart minus the diesel, and it's average. This little-big pickup with the diesel was smile-inducing. I've gotta have one. Lo and behold, the internet is my friend....

http://vpizza.org/~jmeehan/toyotadiesel/

Now to find a basketcase Toyota P/U with a shot gas motor.