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    Chevy C60 OBD Connector?

    If its got a carb the only thing it might have is some version of Electronic Spark Control, if your distributor has a vacuum can, it won't even have that, and was probably converted to a standalone HEI. On light duties, pre-obd, w/esc the module was bolted above the glove box, it might have...
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    Chevy C60 OBD Connector?

    That 3-prong plug on the fuseblock is for a 2 pin flasher on c10/20/30's. Thats about all I can accurately say about it. What kind of fuel control is on an 1988 c60? carb? tbi? fuel injection? HEI still used in those? (has a vacuum can) Or a distributor with a single plug in connector on...
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    Any Hemi owners here???

    You guys arguing maintanence costs, take a look at your locations. You are comparing Canadian to US costs for items. We (Canadians) have a significantly higher parts and oil cost vs our U.S. counterparts for the exact same product.
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    Vehicles With No Electrical System

    I'd like to thank you for sending me down another internet rabbit hole. That truck article incidently has been floating around the internet since 2000. Rehashed every couple of years. Randomn tidbits from various sources; https://www.wired.com/2009/10/gbt-nrao-tour/...
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    Vehicles With No Electrical System

    I suspect they want to minimize continuous interference from vehicles around the antenna. A starter will be brief interference and they probably recognize the noise signature of a starter if the antenna picks it up. All the electronic gagetry and b.s. running in a newer vehicle will have a wide...
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    GPS TRACKING DEVICE

    If you want live tracking I think you will be stuck with a fee service as they use the cell phone system to communicate back to the tracking service. If you just want to see where your equipment went after the fact, you can look for one of those 'track your teen' type devices that just gather...
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    Broken leaf spring and crash course in driving a big truck?

    Sometimes this works to find an elusive crack, take your digital camera, set it to the highest resolution your camera is capable of, flash on, macro mode, and take photos of the spring from different angles and then take a look at the photos (use the zoom in & out in your viewer program)...
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    One more bucket then we'll hand dig

    Yikes. When you go big...
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    Ford alternator wiring schematic

    Ford 3G alternator. 75amp on the low side, 130 amp for the high, generally speaking. By 2001 it was probably 95 or 130amp.[if the ebay alternator, 95amp] Big one I hope is self explanatory, Bat terminal, output stud. I goes to a switched ignition source via the idiot light/500ohm reistor. S...
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    Cali genius (true story)

    Wrap the cartridge in tinfoil and call it a spin on... Paint it orange if there is any question of its validity. =-)
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    locates not proper and hit gas line

    I hate that. Bell Canada and Rogers didn't want to come out at all to mark anything. 'If you hit it, we'll come out'. I had to twist their arm to come out and mark my yard once even after telling them I've got both of their sub-boxes in my back yard. So I ask them if they really want to deal...
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    Am I off base?

    Future bids with this guy on the business side, have a built in PIA adjustment to recoup what was lost this time. Personal bids for this guy, no more hand shake deals, just double them. I don't like working on the side/after hours, so if somebody asks me how much, they get a ridiculous price...
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    Is it just me?

    Add in todays modern book-smart manager who thinks every problem is by-the-book with a 'if this, then it must be that' mentality, or, it is intermittant, thinks the fault is only caused by a single possibility. It gets frustrating. Doing it right doesn't mean throwing parts at it as fast as...
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    Field service guys.

    Don't buy cheap ty-wraps. If the shop supplies cheap tywraps, go buy your own (I ran out and needed them...) Cheap ones have sharp edges (eventually cut into cables/hoses), and are a lot stiffer than good tywraps aka a lot more difficult to wrap & engage when you could use a third hand. And if...
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    Who makes the best heavy haul truck? (Semi)

    DEF tank is on the passenger side for those roadside pit stops... <rim shot> But it is likely located on the same side the exhaust pipe is on.
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    Odometer Fraud and Tampering

    About all you can use is previous ads provided they can be clearly identified as your machine, and hope that bends a sympathetic ear. As stated, an hour meter is not an odometer by any stretch of the imagination--no way to measure distance travelled. Alex.
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    Stubborn Bolts - Advice Needed

    Figure this is a good spot to drop this back in since heating up things with a torch came up; https://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/showthread.php?16857-Dangers-of-welding-wheels
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    Are trailers insured under truck.

    Yes, Ontario is a no-fault province. And as I recently learned, while the insurance company will assign fault, they no longer go after the other insurance company for damages even if the other driver is at-fault. I had a car written off recently much to my protest, and got "enlightened" by...
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    Just one of those days

    OSHA demands manufacturers come up with safe slope machine...
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    Education vs experience

    Large companies suffer from having too many people in an office with nothing better to do. They can quantify and file paper qualifications. They have no clue how to translate real experience into something they can file away. Seen it happen multiple times where I work. We lost out on a few...
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