Recent content by GeoHorn

I”ve never witnessed a “remanufactured“ WM battery, so I don’t know about those. I”ve only purchased new mfr batts. If you can believe AI… None of WM’s new batteries come from China. Clarios (split from Johnson Ctrls) still makes WM batts in Mexico, but other mfr’s also make WM batts in...

Yes, Thank you for pointing out my poor sentence—construction. I SHOULD have written : “Amsoil was never around Germany in WW2. Synthetic oil was first developed in the late 1870s in Germany and was widely produced during WW1/2 by Fischer and Tropsch” …And I should have clarified by adding...

I DO have one small question, Mr. Haney…. When you wrote “I hope we don't have to beat this very dead horse again. My bet: we will soon hear familiar hoofbeats.” Exactly How does a dead-horse make hoofbeats…? LOL

Thx for that. I”ll ck on it…and see if the WM Mgr in Marble Falls (a guy named “Dale” can be embarrassed. Perhaps the State Law only applies to “core charges” when buying a new batt..?)

HORTH-THIT. ( You can’t believe everything you read when “A-I” pops an answer on Giggle.) Amsoil was never around Germany in WW2. It was first developed in the late 1870s in Germany and was widely produced during WW1/2 by Fischer and Tropsch. The early (1960s) turbine oils used in Bristol...

No…not in reciprocating engines. Turbines, yes. Mobil attempted a synthetic back in the late ‘70s early 80’s and ended up buying engines that failed due to the synthetic oils not scavenging TEL (lead) which caused failures in piston engines. Synthetics have been predominant in turbines...

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Well…. I’ve had my M4700DT now since May ‘18. I bought it with 400 hrs on it from its second owner….(who’d deceived me about a failed alternator by having installed a brand new battery…. but I’ve told that elsewhere.) The battery was dated 5/18…an EverStart H7 from WalMart. The H7 is the...

YEP! ALWAYS…”relax” ALL hyds for storage. Firstly, because it takes the strain off the hyds and seals during storage…but more importantly: (Some day you’re gonna find your dog dead beneath that bucket when he crawls under it for shade for a nap…and gets trapped under it…. OR, the grandkid...

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It’s probably still worth what it’s window-sticker said.

Yeah…I didn’t PLAN it…but I joined the Cummins-Club last Sept when My little Ram 1500 got totaled in KY and I had to get something to tow the Aistream back home. The Ram dealer had only one truck with Ramboxes….a Ram 2500 LImited, and it has a Cummins 6.7 … and, now I’m HOOKED! What a fun...

There IS another possibility….it’s rare…but it occurs…. The lower (suction) radiator hose Liner can “collapse” INternally …. and close-off coolant flow. (Hoses are commonly made up of an outer rubber cover…then a fabric strengthening middle layer…and a rubber Inner liner. If it becomes...

With the ignition ON and a good BATT: If the wire from the sender to the gauge is broken …the gauge will read Empty. (in which case the gauge is not receiving power…OR a mouse or other has chewed the wire.) If you disconnect the wire from the sender, and touch it to the engine block…the...

No..it’s quite easy. Use a flashlight down the open cap-spout and if the thermstat is Open and the pump is working….it’ll look like a Texas Flash Flood.