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7d ago
inWalked through a salvage yard in Tulsa and saw a 12 valve with 400k on the dash still running
That 400k with the head untouched really gets me. I once found a old 5.9 in a school bus that had 380k and the oil pan was still the factory one, no leaks even. You're right about the new stuff, I see guys on here chasing electrical gremlins on trucks with 80k miles and it makes me wonder if we'd have been better off keeping the dumb mechanical stuff and just accepting a little smoke on startup. Lost a damn good era of engines when they started hiding everything behind computers and sensors.
28d ago
inPicked the battered paperback over the new hardcover at a used shop in Austin
The coffee stains and cracked spine tell a story before you even open the book. I once found a copy of a James Lee Burke novel at a flea market that had a pressed wildflower stuck between the pages, like someone had been reading it outside. Kept it right there, didn't pull it out. That book had probably been read under a tree in the summer, maybe with iced tea nearby. The clean copy just felt like a library book, all business. Sometimes the worn ones feel like they've already lived a little, and that makes the reading part easier.
1mo ago
inTook 11 months to realize my torch tip size was costing me time
Funny you say that, but I actually think the chart gets leaned on too much. After a while you learn to read the puddle and adjust by feel, and that's saved me more time than any tip swap ever did.