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Point taken. I used a softened hard soap bar in mounting four (maybe five...it's been a while) new sets of tubeless tires on my motorcycles with no apparent issues to the wheels (magnesium). I put close to 200K total miles on those to bikes and checked tire pressures often and found they held pressu...

Ivory FTW: "When the building was in a position to be pushed backward, there was only one brand of soap Rushton was comfortable using: Ivory. He said most soap brands quickly become dry and break apart, but Ivory soap sticks to steel beams for a smoother slide." https://www.washingtonpost....

^^ Yeah; from the start here I wondered if the device used to take that photo distorted the actual manifold color. Reds, oranges, after heavy 2.3 turbo use are common. White, is not FWIW.

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Water-softened hand soap bar works best: rub tire edge lightly a few times leaving a film of soap. Ivory bars are excellent for this purpose.

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Real men change(d) tires just using tire irons.

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A too lean mixture = sharply raised exhaust temperature (2.3t is engineered to operate on richer side).

Cam timing needs to be verified (slipped timing belt = "down on power").

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^^ Fact: they're crushed walnut shells.

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I've used these; typically I start with just one tab, then a second one if needed. https://www.amazon.com/ACDelco-10-108/dp/B0026JK8C8/ref=asc_df_B0026JK8C8/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312094794632&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16840583718523183572&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvq...

Leaky heater core, loose/faulty coolant cap, (or blown head gasket, cracked head or engine block).

I'd first suspect loose coolant cap.

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Before this gets out of hand, I didn't see any knowledgeable statements that Russ has died, just that his health isn't good and he's selling/sold the business. For that matter, while I'm not doubting the original poster's information, we don't have any publicly released information from Rapido rega...

andyofcolumbusmerkur wrote: ↑Sun Nov 19, 2023 12:26 pm I thought we were talking about battery group size?

Unlikely you'd be reading this far if this was still about group size.

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Just relabel this thread: Battery Group Size-Lead Acid vs AGM

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brokencase wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2023 1:19 pm There you go, The one on the right. 6/21. I guess it lasted just a little over two years. Typical.

Seems you don't know that there are One Year and Two Year warranty Everstart batteries stocked on the Walmart racks along with high end flooded and AGM units

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Gift to Col? For doing repairs/screw tightenings on those rental houses she manages?

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