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    Exploring, riding motorcycle from rv base camps.

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  1. noteven

    Myth Busters

    Myth: a diesel engine has to roll coal black clouds of smoke to produce sufficient power to move a pickup twuck
  2. noteven

    Myth Busters

    Myth part 1: 91 octane gas is better for your modern 8:1 compression ratio generator engine but part 2: “87 minimum required” as stated in the owner manual for your almost 400hp 6000rpm computer controlled fuel injected 10.5:1 compression ratio variable valve timing 379 cubic inch etc etc V8 means “recommended” and 91 is a conspiracy between Ford and Big Oil…
  3. This writer uses a cast iron skillet on a propane cooktop for precise heat management. Don’t overheat the skillet. More slices toast fast once the skillet is stabilized at Toast Temperature. I stand finished toast vs laying it flat so it doesn’t develop the sogginess. I like it cooled just enough that the butter doesn’t melt enough and soak into the toast. Nice and crunchy with crumbs everywhere to clean up afterwards.
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    Myth Busters

    My uncle knew a guy who’s friend’s cousin made a 200 mpg carburetor…
  5. noteven

    Myth Busters

    Myth: it’s horsepower not torque. It’s why heavy haul companies are replacing 2050lbs-ft torque Cummins’s’z with really Tuned up 6.7 Powerstrokes
  6. I used an Air Safe air suspension hitch for “bumper” towing with Tatanka due mostly to him being single rear axle. The SA falls into every hole and dip with no equalization attempt like a tandem. It reduces the pummelling handed out to the trailer especially on winter busted roads on the continent. Tantanka never required “sway” control. I asked him about “weight distribution”. He fired off his air dryer at me in disgust.
  7. Sold Tatanka to a very nice new owner.
  8. Other than hot running water on tap air conditioning has to rank as a Great Invention.
  9. Australia imports over 90% of it’s petroleum. Australian trucks are big and heavy. Janus Electric is producing an interesting system to repower existing commercial heavy trucks with battery electric power with fast “recharging” time.
  10. Hi Deezl -I’ve pretty much exhausted my 2 minutes of “knowledge base” on air conditioning 🤣
  11. Not much help with hvac - the KW system on the B models is different than Pete’s. KW sleeper heater hot water valves liked to leak from time to time. The fan and it’s racket and most of the rest of the system on a KW is outside the cab on the firewall and serviced from under the hood standing on the floor. The engine intake is also totally outside the cab not routed inside then out again which works better at 30 below. The sleeper curtain is insulated to isolate the sleeper from heat/cold/noise from the driving cab. Not much help to you on Peterbilt systems…
  12. The early much ballyhooed ISX Signature 600hp / 2050 torques engines would leak compression at a copper washer sealing the injectors such that they would turn 200gals of fuel on board black with asphaltenes through the return system.
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