Where is everyone #5

Lol yea.... he bought a nice Pete with the ISX to get away from things like the 475 twin turbo Big Cam he use to own. Blowing black again and no local shops can get him in till the weekend to my understanding. He spoke of finding a lowboy and haul it to Ohio somewhere, said they were better equipped than our local Pete dealer. Ever notice there is no such thing as mechanics anymore? Really there isn't, just computer techs.

 

Waiting to get loaded for Wheeling, like to be warming my tires up instead of setting here....

 

Indeed. That's actually what our main mechanic has been saying for the past couple years. Guys with clean hands and soft skin plugging into the computer port on a truck, telling you it's going to be $15,000 to fix.

Nobody knows how to get their hands dirty anymore. I'm glad we have a mechanic like him at the company, because he's been taught right despite his youth (he's the same age as me). He would rather spend his days rebuilding CATs than going through computer reports and changing sensors... and I don't blame him. He gets the fun work while everyone else in the shop gets the monotonous stuff.

 

Did a little body modifying today on starcar. Dont like the key hole latch on tool compartment doors so I installed these latches.

 

Would not very big work lol. No pics mounted I can get some in a few days just not today lol

 

Are you putting bubbles into your fuel tank? What about your pick up tubes in the tank?

 

Mine are welded in. And my caps are all the way at the back of the tanks. Makes it impossible to see the return line in there. But I know it looks cloudy a lot of the time.

Gonna try the electric pump idea when I get a chance. I’ve got a small one to try and see if it makes any difference. If it does I’ll probably step up to something like wore out has.

 

Remember @ShooterK2 , alot of those electric pumps push better than they pull. If you do use one, I'd mount it as close to the tank as you can. That's just my opinion.

 

Oh, and 1 other thing. When using a electric fuel pump on an N14, the N14 uses a 1-1/4" gear drive fuel pump.

If you get an electric pusher pump, you have to make sure you get one that flows enough not to restrict the suction of the 1-1/4" gear drive pump. The gear drive pumps move alot of fuel, especially the 1-1/4"