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black.patricia
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12h ago
Stopped using starting fluid on every cold morning and my starter thanks me
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lucas_carr24
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1d ago
Pro tip: I stopped using starting fluid on a stubborn 12 valve after 15 years, and a block heater in a Fairbanks January told me why
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pat_hart
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1d ago
Showerthought: my toolbox hit 200 pounds on the shop scale and it kinda got to me
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rileygarcia
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1d ago
Vent: I mocked the torque angle gauge for 12 years, then a 6.7 Cummins head gasket set me straight
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the_jana
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2d ago
Serious question, why did nobody tell me a brass drift beats a pickle fork on ball joints
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sean_perry
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2d ago
Watched a shop in Amarillo lose a motor to a $4 gasket, now I pressure test everything
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pat_hart
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3d ago
Hot take: spent 2 hours on a 7.3 glow plug job debating breaker bar vs impact, picked wrong
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adams.troy
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3d ago
Question about the new lube tech who asked me why I still use a paper clip on injector connectors
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the_patricia
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4d ago
Bought a $90 "heavy duty" fuel line disconnect tool set and it snapped on the first fitting
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the_willow
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7d ago
Switched from impact wrench to torque wrench on injector hold-downs last month in Reno
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charlie269
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8d ago
That cloud of white smoke from my exhaust wasn't a head gasket, it was my own dumb fault
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angela_kelly
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9d ago
Shop got quiet on Tuesday so I tried the starter fluid trick on a 6.7 and it fired on the second crank
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avery_stone95
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10d ago
Tried the dollar store zip ties on a charge pipe boot, and one let go at 22 psi on the test drive
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richard110
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11d ago
Hot take: my 12 year old nephew asked why my shop truck sounds like a tractor and I didn't have a real answer
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anna177
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12d ago
Put diesel in a gas loaner by accident, and now I want to know how dumb I really am
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