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  1. Is an intercooler worth the effort?

    A side benefit is that after market ones are often fully tig welded and thus sturdier than the plastic and aluminum factory jobbie ( well my global one is anyway) which is obviously built to a price.
  2. Ford Dropped a Bombshell on Chips. GlobalFoundries Stock Is Taking Off.

    Er I wouldn't be too sure of that, you do realise that Global Foundries is ~ 80% owned by Mubadala Investment Company which is in turn owned by the Abu Dhabi government. It all dates back to when they bailed out AMD back in 2007. I agree about the decentralization though, that is the way that...
  3. Regular Maintenance Matters

    Not good, you have to suspect line pressure not clamping hard enough or else the shift logic erring too hard on "soft" engagement.
  4. Regular Maintenance Matters

    Yep sure does, when I first bought my truck (secondhand) the first thing I did was change all the fluids being darkly suspicious of "dealer servicing" which it had previously had. One thing was the diesel fuel filter which is absolutely imperative with a common rail diesel. Mine came out as...
  5. ARB Compressor Question

    https://www.directair.co.uk/air-compressors/hv02/ Yes I had a similar problem with my small reciprocating compressor, then I picked up one of these when my dad closed down his workshop. Problem solved, they're much quieter too.
  6. ARB Compressor Question

    Maybe this will help, https://www.arb.com.au/assets/air-lockers/6-07.pdf
  7. ARB Compressor Question

    Well I guess the issue is rattle guns use a fair bit of air say about 5cf per minute for a good 1/2 inch one, and the ARB tank is not that big.
  8. ARB Compressor Question

    Yes I also have a 20volt 1/2 drive electric impact wrench I pack. It easily gets off nuts my 1/2 allegedly 250lb/feet air impact won't shift.
  9. Loose bolt found resting on front skid plate

    Wish Ford fitted those to the diesel models released in Aus, no, even though the filter is in the same place, they just let it spill out over the chassis and front diff. So it drips for days afterwards, no matter how well you think you have cleaned up.
  10. Useful 3D printed items..

    Yes I considered one of these. Working good for you?
  11. Loose bolt found resting on front skid plate

    I thought that too at first, but wouldn't that be obvious to the OP.
  12. Loose bolt found resting on front skid plate

    By the looks of the colour of the thread it's been in there for a while. Maybe someone dropped it on the assembly line and just picked up another?
  13. Bubbles on Dipstick

    Now that would a real transmission flush!
  14. off road jacks, jacking points?

    I use something like this, of course it will only work for changing a tyre if you also have a safety stand to use with it as well. https://aussieoffroad.com.au/products/recovery-gear-winches-high-lift-jacks-high-lift-jack-mate-wheel-lift-strap-kit
  15. Darwin Award Thread

    And the average IQ of the locality is about to go up by a couple of percentage points.
  16. Finally tried out a 2024 Ranger

    Yes they are really popular over here, particularly with young families or people who live in the inner city where parking spaces are small and infrequent. All the advantages of a Ranger with the advantages of a station wagon. They're basically a Ranger from the back of the rear door forward...
  17. Darwin Award Thread

    Yep I'm pretty sure he was teed off!
  18. What are you guys towing?

    Hmm you would think that you would see it in the mirror? But maybe the people who leave slides out don't check their mirrors either.
  19. Fluid Disposal - Where to go?

    They don't need that just serve up some some Surstromming or Hakarl that would be enough to scare off any invaders. I've tried Hakarl, it's actually not too bad as long as you do not smell it before you eat it. If you do it is what I imagine a chewy urinal cake might taste like. But...
  20. Fires in California

    Not the night time sky display you want to see. I hope you continue out of harms way.


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