Recent content by JayTheCPA

Is it too early to tell the newbie about the monthly belching contest?

Now that you got that solved, stay away from ideas of modifying the resistor value. Hint: with a drive-by-wire system, it does nothing. Actually, there are quite a few mods that do nothing with a drive-by-wire system other than drain the wallet. So, all the more reason to stick around and ask...

Amount of sand is low, but still enough to cause trouble for the water pump. Not helping is that Ferd originally spec'd something like 100K mile change intervals on one of its coolants (IIRC, the Orange variant), so even a tiny bit of sand had plenty of opportunity to pelt internals. Perhaps...

By the way, yanking the IP and re-installing it without telling the computer will probably not change results as the computer remembers its last state. Put another way, need to trigger the TDCO learn routine after each installation / rotation of the IP, otherwise the computer will not change...

Here is what I learned for DS4 mounting orientation on an OBDII platform: - As others note, make sure there are no fueling issues or leaks. - Mount the DS4 IP somewhere in an acceptable range of possible orientations. Don't sweat "exactly perfect", just get it somewhere physically in its happy...

FWIW, structural is not the only critical area for concern: https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/3d-printed-part-failure-causes-light-aircraft-crash-after-plastic-air-intake-melts-during-flight-pilot-escapes-with-minor-injuries While this event falls into the generous "good landing"...

Printing parts is a neat idea. Personally, I'd wait a while and see how this plays out as there are news articles in the aviation world where current technology for printed parts is not exactly the greatest thing for all applications. Especially for critical locations.

Unless the engine has a history of needing the coolant filter, it won't hurt, but might not help either. I run one in the Ferd because the casting process for that block is known to leave a lot of sand which works its way lose over time, blasts the water pump, and causes it to leak. At first I...

At the risk of insulting, perhaps check with a local independent exhaust shop? Although, might need to check with a big-rig repair station as 4" is a bit large for the typical exhaust shop as many will only go up to 3". Never hurts to call though.

I'll go with: It depends. Glycol based is good providing it gets proper maintenance and flush / change at recommended intervals. Not everybody is anal about the maintenance part. Letting this stuff run too long can lead to rust in the coolant, pitting in passageways from boiling at hot spots...

X-2 on ^ this. My mechanic and I have each had our fair share of "I told ya so..." conversations over the years. When it is my fault and was warned in advance, I pay to get it fixed and he just gives me a look. When it is his fault and I wanted to do something different, I just roll the...

About those gap-less rings that WW mentions. 15 years ago my local mechanic was not a fan of them. But... I am in the middle of restoring a Ferd and the mechanic recently asked whether we should go through the engine, and mentioned adoption of gap-less rings among the items to improve. So...

I had the Internet howl at me (not this community, but others (plural)) not to use the timing gears as they whine at high RPMs (IIRC, 5K and above). These doomsday inputs were from "experts" that raced V8 gassers. When I pressed these "experts" on how to get my 6.5 above 4K RPM without turning...

If not too late on the tank, consider doing a sump mod on the tank rather than using the OE pickup tube. Did this on my Ferd a couple years ago and it is holding up well. I also had the tank coated with LineX (installed the sump feature first). Reasoning for collecting fuel via a sump is that...

Soooo... Moral of the story is that when buying the Big 3, to buy Ferd as their bean counters are less destructive than GM's bean counters by not re-engineering a good thing??? Overall, no new news though. Two thoughts on the video. The 'expert' sounds like somebody I know fairly well. Not...