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    Typical home-brewed bio gel point

    Anybody know what kind of temps home brew can handle without gelling up? And will standard anti-gel additives (PowerService 911 for example) work OK with home brewed bio?
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    Who needs a block heater

    I found a deal on some NOS Zero Start block heaters the other day and thought immediately of the good folks on a couple of these boards who have been so helpful to me. I picked up one for myself + 4 spares (that's all the guy had) I figured I can pass on a good deal to people here on the...
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    Engine Swap

    Well, I finally found a decent replacement engine for my old truck at a reasonable price. I picked up an 88 model NA 7.3 with 140k on the clock, all accessories included for $450. I'm trying to decide the quickest & easiest way to do the swap. My old 6.9 with the Banks on it shows 62k on the...
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    URGENT! Need help with valve stem seal replacement

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I started replacing the valve stem seals today and ran into something interesting. The set of seals I got from a local diesel shop had the regular style seals - rubber with the little coiled spring around the...
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    Bizzare (cold) coolant leak

    Came out of work yesterday and saw a big puddle of coolant under the front end of my truck. After spending a couple of minutes looking around under the hood and front end I could see that it was dripping from the underside of the harmonic balancer. A little more looking and it seems like it...
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    Making bio out of partially hydrogenated oils

    So what are the issues? Anything other than reduced yeild? What are the tips/tricks to getting good bio with paritally hydrogenated oil? More heat? More NaOH/KOH? More Methanol? Longer processing? I have a chance to pick up about 50 gallons of free oil but 40 of it is "partially...
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    Simple WVO collection pumping setup

    OK, so I'm looking for a quick, cheap, simple method of pumping WVO out of collection barrels. Note that I said PUMPING - not sucking. I've seen people's vaccum tank "super suckers", and that is NOT what I'm looking for. It requires too many parts that I don't have and couldn't get easily to...
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    Using a Rotunda 78-0100 Tach & Time meter

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anybody got one of these and know how to use it? I just bought one off fleabay for $99, and it looks like it hasn't been used more than a couple of times. Nearly brand new condition. There isn't even any grease...
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    How water soluble is glycerol?

    I'm looking at how to best use my newly aquired hardware to set up my process. I'm at least going to start with mist water washing and here's what I'm thinking of for my process. Make 50 gallon batches in the 80 gallon HW heater based reactor. Reactor vent line discharges into 50 gallon HW...
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    Looks like I'm FINALLY getting started!

    Well, after nearly a year of looking and waiting, it looks like I may have finally found someone to start a BD co-op with! A guy from just a few miles down the road from me advertised on CraigsList asking if anyone wanted to help start a bio co-op. Naturally I jumped right on board since...
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    Finally, she starts reliablty again!

    Beginning little over a year ago, my truck began getting harder and harder to start. After a couple of months it got to the point where I've been having to hit my intake with about a half-second blast of ether to get it to start up from dead-cold. The starter was getting slow, so last weekend...
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    Block heater question

    Got a weird one guys. My truck has a block heater installed, but the PO (the truck is from California) cut the plug off the cord. No big deal, just get a new piece of 3 conductor cord with a 3 prong plug, and splice it to the cord that's there, right? So I did just that. Both cords have...
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    Cheap mixed fuel

    I've got a chance to get somewhere between 100 and 150 gallons of mostly biodiesel mixed fuel for around $2 a gallon. Only one catch. It was put into a home heating oil tank that had some red-dyed offroad diesel (furnace fuel) still in the tank. It doesn't have that really red ATF-looking...
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    Possible oil blowby solution

    My old F250 has had a bit of a blowby problem as long as I've had it. Part of it is the actual quantity of blowby gases and at least part of it is probably due to the fact that with the Banks tubo kit, the CDR never sees much vacuum. So, I decided it needed an oil trap. I decided to make...
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    SCORE! 3 storage tanks!

    I got 3 free storage tanks today - just for going to pick them up! They are the 275 gallon cube-style heavy plastic tanks inside a steel cage with a built in ABS pallet underneath and an ABS "deck" on top so they are stackable. They came with a ball valve with a 1-1/2 inch cam-lock...
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    SVO blending question

    A buddy found a source for SVO (corn/soy blend) for $12 a 16 liter (4-1/4 gallon) cubie - that works out to about $2.80 a gallon. I'm thinking of buying some and blending it with diesel over this summer. I figure one cubie per 20 gallon tank - basically 20% SVO and 80% diesel. With...
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    SVO blending question

    A buddy found a source for SVO (corn/soy blend) for $12 a 16 liter (4-1/4 gallon) cubie - that works out to about $2.80 a gallon. I'm thinking of buying some and blending it with diesel over this summer. I figure one cubie per 20 gallon tank - basically 20% SVO and 80% diesel. With...
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    My quest for the "right" old M-B diesel

    Well, so far I have driven an 82 300D turbo - plenty of power and get up and go - liked it quite a bit. a 70 300CD non-turbo - it was a bit under powered - but acceptable. an 83 300SD turbo - again, plenty of power and acceleration - I liked this one just about as well as the 300 D turbo...
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    Startin' to think STACKS!

    Lately I've been thinking of doing stacks on my truck. Trouble is I haul a cabover camper in the bed, so they couldn't stick up more than an inch or two above the top of the cab. Since I have the dually rear, I'm thinking of bringing them out from under the body just ahead of where the bed...
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    Can valve stem seals be replaced without pulling the heads?

    I suspect my valve stem seals are shot, based on the fact the way that the engine seems to "load up" with oil when sitting idling. I've have a valve spring compressor for gassers that can be used to remove the vavle springs with the heads still on the block. They look like this Anbody...
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    240d questions

    I'm looking for an older diesel car and am considering the 240d. Any opinions on what years are best for performance, economy, reliability, longevity, simplicity, etc.? Any years to stay away from? I gather there were no factory turbos, is there much in the way of aftermarket turbos or other...
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    Gear Splitter, ZF-5, T-19, 1345TC, all for sale in WA

    I have several items to sell, the first one is diesel only, the rest will work for diesel or gasoline engined trucks 1) I bought a 2WD S42 ZF-5speed last summer when I was looking at doing the swap in my truck. That was before I found out that you CAN'T just swap out a tailshaft housing...
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    Gear Splitter, ZF-5, T-19, 1345TC, all for sale in WA

    I have several items to sell, the first one is diesel only, the rest will work for diesel or gasoline engined trucks 1) I bought a 2WD S42 ZF-5speed last summer when I was looking at doing the swap in my truck. That was before I found out that you CAN'T just swap out a tailshaft housing...
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    Anybody looking for a ZF-5?

    I bought this 2WD S42 ZF-5speed last summer when I was looking at doing the swap in my truck. That was before I found out that you CAN'T just swap out a tailshaft housing (like on my old T-19) and convert it for use in a 4WD. So anyone looking for a ZF-5? A mentioned before, it is an S42...
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    Relocating the CDR - opinions welcome

    My truck has a bit too much blowby for my taste, and with the Banks turbo kit it has on it, the CDR is about 3" from the intake side of the compressor wheel of the turbo - between the turbo and the filter. I'm thinking that much oil vapor going into the turbo can't be all that good for it, and...

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