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The Ebikes are becoming a real hazard in my area, they ride them on the sidewalks as well as in traffic like a motorcycle. You can't hear them coming behind you when they are on the sidewalk and they are mostly unregulated. it is going to take a few people getting killed before they start making and enforcing the rules. I did hear 1 get towed the other day on the police scanner because it didn't have pedals so they categorized it as an unregistered motorcycle. They don't obey any rules of the road, riding against traffic blowing through stop signs and red lights etc ,IDIOTS

You sure about the makeup?

Seems a bit high for dealer rate but every dealer has different labor rates. My local dealer uses a lower hourly rate for service work like brake jobs, some suspension and other odds and ends. It's like $50 less per hour compared to the regular shop rate which is over $200 now. Smaller independent and chain stores around me are less per hour labor rates. Ranging from around 150-190 a hour. So they will always be cheaper than a dealer. From what I see and being in the parts business I hear brake jobs are ranging from $500-700 for trucks now. For a rough example, a local shop is buying the higher end rotors and pads for about $150-200 total, then you double it for re-sale, plus the labor. This is non-dealer parts I'm talking about.

No I don’t do my own oil changes and yes I’ve checked the oil level after each change regularly, dealer removed rollers and push rods today all look good on right bank, so going deeper tomorrow by removing head to get to lifters we will see what they find at that point!

No programming is needed. I've removed the throttle body tons of times on these trucks. I clean it and re-install without any problems. I just don't open and close the throttle blade a whole bunch of times. Spray it with cleaner and use a soft brush or rag to clean the surface, brake clean it off and back on the truck it goes.

Bearing speed kills with perfect machining. Just showing the board what bearing speed is. Not talked about much.

Rpm and something called bearing speed. This tears up oil. Not crank speed but bearing speed. As the journal size increases, bearing speed does. In other words, imagine a 2.5 main turning 5000 rpm. Then, a 3 inch journal turning 5000 rpm’s. The bearing length increases for the same rpm. Lots more heat generated. I have an engine with a 3.25 main. I can turn this thing to 6400 rpm. I run 10w30 most of the time. If I race it, it gets 20w50. If I run 10w30, especially in the summer, while racing, you will roast the bearings as the oil thins too much and allows the crank and bearings to touch. All this gets worse as rpm’s go up. No matter the journal size. BUT, the larger the journal, the more intense conditions the oil has to face. So, rpm’s, bearing speed, and heat. This includes towing on hot days. Now one can see a 6.2 liter engine running on 87 octane, towing, in the summer, with 0w20 oil. Add long oci to the mix. Not discounting the crank roughness. You will sheer the piss out of the oil. Spun bearings are in your future.

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Double checked the plug wires. 7 and 5 were swapped. The miss is gone only to reveal a shudder when accelerating with slow acceleration almost like no fuel. It has a new fuel filter. I'll need to pressure test the pump.

That's a nice gesture. If I see Oreos stacked on the side of the road, now I'll know.

Bridgestone Dueler A/T Ascent Installed this morning.

Bridgestone Dueler A/T Ascent Get installed on Friday. Factory size 275/65/20. Installed this morning.

Godzilla eats cams but I guess you missed that part. L8Ts that come in at work have been reliable. We've only replaced one engine in a customer truck in the 6, going on 7 years its been out. Maybe 2 or 3 came in for oil consumption monitoring.

Yesterday morning 4/29 (5:15am) $4.19. Left work around 3pm it was $4.79. This morning 4/30 at 5:15am $4.99. This is at a speedway gas station on the corner close to work. There is something fishy going on.