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spencer664
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2mo ago
Rant: That 'it's fine' customer who handed me a death trap
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iris_burns
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2mo ago
6 hours to find a 10-cent o-ring on a Cummins ISX in Nashville
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butler.mark
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2mo ago
Just realized how much fuel I waste idling in the lot every morning
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king.lisa
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2mo ago
Took me 8 hours to diagnose a no-start that was just a bad ground
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jake_hall88
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2mo ago
Just realized my old mentor had it right about fuel filter timing
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wesley_hart
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2mo ago
Am I the only one who sees guys cranking torque specs way too high on injectors?
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king.lisa
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2mo ago
Swapped from synthetic to conventional oil on an old Cat 3406 and it stopped leaking
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margaretk89
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2mo ago
Stopped by a fleet garage in Salt Lake and saw them using an impact on oil drain plugs
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brooke484
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2mo ago
Compared open element injectors vs pintle style on a 7.3 Powerstroke
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noahclark
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2mo ago
TIL a simple brake bleed trick that saved me 3 hours of frustration
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paul117
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2mo ago
That engine fire on I-95 taught me a hard lesson about zip ties
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wren_rodriguez
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2mo ago
PSA: Stop using brake cleaner on wheel bearings before packing them
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terryr46
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2mo ago
Just realized I wasted $400 on a fancy injector tester
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wesleyburns
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2mo ago
20 years in and I just learned I was torquing head bolts wrong
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markm27
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3mo ago
Pro tip: swapping to Teflon tape on my injector line threads cut my leak repairs by about 80% in just two weeks
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