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that's a pic of jack lalanne - one of the early fitness gurus, I think when he was 95 he was still going strong

Don't need no stinkin diverter valve

Question for Grumpaw - how many times have you been asked in your travels " you tow that with that ? " I tow a modest 4200 lbs trailer and have been asked that question more than a few times by my fellow RVers.

Sounds like the valve lived up to it's name. :sunglasses:

WW Obesity Chart, I've never seen one regards short people, however did read Dutch are the tallest. Just think how much red there could be once Canada and Greenland are "absorbed. "

In an unusual yet thorough study, a team led by Denise Guastello surveyed 600 students, diving deep into their relationships with cats and dogs. What they discovered was fascinating: cat owners scored higher on average when it came to intelligence compared to dog owners.

A man absolutely hated his wife's cat and decided to get rid of him one day by driving him 20 blocks from his home and leaving him at the park. As he was getting home, the cat was walking up the driveway. The next day, he decided to drive the cat 40 blocks away. He put the beast out and headed...

Oil Geek youtube vid on GM recall and oil viscosity, it's long and probably not a lot of new info for those who know oil, but one thing I found of interest early on in the vid is the geek advocates doing the 1st oil change at much lower miles than standard prescribed interval . Also the test...

How far is the nearest donut shop?

I at times regret selling my 2004 Saab - cast iron block, no egr, no variable cams, no cylinder de-activation, no DI, no BMS, no stop/start, no $1200 BLIS tail lights. All that modern stuff is great until it breaks then you are screwed.

Did you try drinking 2 shots of lubegard before taking it in ? Supposedly good to relieve any 10r80 and dealership angst ? Hope things work out ok, I'd be a tad perturbed that one can't schedule a day to drop it off and know they will work on it that day, esp since you are paying for a rental.

Since I've been towing, (probably 10k miles) decided to pull/replace some fluid at 50k - it was what I'd describe as dark red - certainly not black and no burnt smell or other indications that it was beyond it's useful life span, have drained ATF in the past from a toasted tranny and the burnt...

2 weeks back bought a rechargeable stick vacuum for daughter in her new (Dad assisted financed) townhome, like most things I research before buying - amazon has 20 or more of these things and most are made from the same basic components, and many have a link that takes you to their "store" to...

Fixed it - very simple centrifugal pump but if the pump cover bolts aren't tight - well it just sucks air , annoying but it worked well.

Dasbet pump is a piece of garbage , worked for a couple of minutes then stopped pumping, I've generally had good luck buying cheap stuff made in China but my luck has run out with this pump. And I'm past the return window, just a heads up. Gave it a well deserved sh*t review on amazon.

nice looking kitty - mine will walk across my pc keyboard and disrupt my work, cats are good at doing stuff like that.

Ford uses it on 5.0, Mazda, Honda, toyota, gm, ram also. Like the Chrysler lean burn the 8 6 4 Cadillac was conceptually sound but the microprocessor technology at the time wasn't up to the task. Today processor speeds are orders of magnitude better allowing for stuff like DI to be effective.

Had they been using Amsoil from the get go the whole thing could have been avoided:giggle:

Take a very reliable design from yrs back like GM V8 and then increase the power , add direct injection, change the oil pump design and use a very low viscosity oil with extended drain intervals - really a roll of the dice. If you get lessening of the 0w-20 viscosity - be it from fuel...

Hyundai got their a**es kicked to the tune of a $100m fine for concealing a known safety defect when the Theta II engines were seizing owing to crank bearing failures. At 1st they claimed it was as result of improper crank cleaning after machining and was fixed but the engines kept on seizing...