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Recent content by Birken Vogt

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    GM 6.2l diesel Al radiator replacement

    Cat EC-1 is the spec for the common deep red ELC that goes in most everything these days. Final Charge is what the local place here stocks. You can get it in concentrate much cheaper than the 50% they seem to want to push.
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    Overload of the Day

    That is how it always seems with commercial real estate. Company builds or gets landlord to build huge palace. Plans change and it sits vacant for years. Eventually gets sold and used by somebody else not for original purpose.
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    perkins/shibaura problems

    Sounds like a bot wrote that
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    This will be an interesting thread moving forward......

    Did anybody at any time even tell him what the cost was on that assembly? Maybe he has no concept.
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    Strange buyer's

    Look up attorney Steve Lehto on youtube and he has dozens of videos on CAF. I don't think states have responded with many laws worth a hoot, they like taking money too much. Actually there is a law already on the books, it's called the 4th amendment, "no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable...
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    Scammers . . .

    I had one a long time ago. Some guy from the city called wanting to buy a number of new generators I had. Wanted them delivered, he was offering a good price. Two guys went, they were going to pay by cashier's check. Well they had a check all right, but I told the guys to take it in to the...
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    Strange buyer's

    I pulled a bunch of cash to take to an equipment sale. Sale was pouring rain, no cover, I had things that I had to look at so I just got wet and so did the cash. Did not end up buying anything, took it all back to the bank next day. They were annoyed it was all soaked, said they would have to...
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    Watching the eclipse--welding lenses

    I've watched eclipses for decades with whatever welding hood was handy. Never for long periods, though. I don't find it interesting enough to just sit and stare anyway.
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    Safety BS

    That's what I have always said. No accident = nothing to litigate. Vs. following dumb procedures and having an accident because of them.
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    Safety BS

    You need a fatter operator who is too fat to unweight the switch. Should not be that hard to find
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    Strange buyer's

    Plumbers and electricians around here use them as extra storage when they are not big enough to have a full shop of their own, but too big for their garage/house. About the only economic use I can see for these things.
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    Strange buyer's

    Rental storage space just keeps booming and booming. They just built a couple more across from my shop, made major improvements to the existing ones. Funny thing is, you don't see many people coming to visit their junk. It just sits there year after year incurring rent.
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    battery cable suppliers

    Always correct for Alaska or good for the lower 48 also?
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    Diagnostic tools

    How about the adapter from the computer to the machine plug?
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    Can I swap out Yanmar diesel with another type/brand engine?

    Hopefully he comes back with some more info. But from my other thread this is what I discovered. I called my local small diesel guy and he said he used to be Yanmar but they decided to go direct and kicked out all their dealers maybe 10+ years ago. Now nobody will have them after that stunt...
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