Let’s make a deal - Sell me the website?

hacked89

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I understand, you bought the website almost 10 years ago, things change.

Let me quote the original intentions of the site:
I have been approached 50 times or more over the time I have owned and operated this forum by all types of individuals/corporations/commercial endeavors to sell these sites and I have always held back because I always wanted Oilburners or Superduty to NOT be "one of those commercial sites" and Bryan is not one of those guys.

For whatever reasons the site has strayed far from that from your perspective. There’s a single mod that does most of the work part time. You login maybe once a month. You don’t appear active in the community.

The site no longer has fundamental customer focus from a business perspective. You don’t take 5 minutes to post in the notifications when doing maintenance. Features are added, removed, changed, broken without notification. Back to that single mod that is the interface between you and the community keep the ship above water.

A number of the new implementations have drastically reduced the usability of the forum.

We can talk privately about my background, experience in IT and work in the community.

Do yourself and all of us a favor and let’s come to an agreement to sell me the website in 2023.
 

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I didn't realize there's politics to this website, I thought it was a great place to learn new diesel engine ideas and vasilate my weird sense of humor.......... speaking of which, if you ownd this website, you'd be hacking an 89, a bronco, a caddy, AND a website! You'd be busier than a one legged man at a butt kicking contest, or a IDI starter on a cold day with 7 bad glow plugs!
 

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My two cents? I like the idea to keep the site out of the commercial arena. If I want to shop for something, then I’ll go looking for it.
I joined this site because I love the older diesels and for the advice and experience of other folks that do as well. Ford IDI, Dodge Cummins 12 and 24 valve and my beloved Suburban 6.5‘s.
This site seems like an empty room with a few semi conscious members, most of my research on issues I’m trying to solve have been found only in older posts. I finally posted for help and so far, ZILCH.
This site is long overdue for an overhaul. It has limited options, user friendliness could be improved, search parameters could greatly be improved.
Like an old ship at sea that was once grande is now a rusting hulk with no captain.
 

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Awe now be nice, the ole gaurd is weary AND sirch noob is not used here...:sorry:

But as did the stock m38 days vanish, so are these...

Right after the machine shop owners lose the "real machinists " capable of sleaving a 6.9_7.3...
Sad but true.
I MUST buy chicon or source swapmeet used cores for rebuilding in the shop, for my 67 shovel.
:mad:

We lost our resident historian, and the mods don't have any time to edit up old tech 101's for ease of surf...
Now about said moderator position @Shaggy @snicklas @idicrawler( corey)
Longshot here
@ agnem ( mel)
Free bump
 

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I am zero commercial. There are ways you have to fund a website but it would not compromise the site. Most people don't know we also have a sister site which is virtually dead. This ship is taking on water. I'm not only critiquing, I will put up my own hard earned money to save and improve it.
 

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I am zero commercial. There are ways you have to fund a website but it would not compromise the site. Most people don't know we also have a sister site which is virtually dead. This ship is taking on water. I'm not only critiquing, I will put up my own hard earned money to save and improve it.
What's the "sister site"?
 

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What's the "sister site"?
Stickies man...
I dunno if the earlier site intro is still up or not....

The tech here for the future idi guys is invaluable.
Should be saved.
Once upon a time p i r a t e 4x4 rocked the hardcore world of rockcrawling, then corporate canaduh bought it and slammed it with adds, it is garbage today. So we all left for what we hoped to be greener pastures.
 

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I can't exactly fault shaggy in this decline. You can do the best you can, but I feel forums are sadly dying. Facebook makes it too easy, most people already have a login and password for the place, so there's no real need to create an account or such. Forums were huge in the mid 2000's, and they've slowly died ever since.

I enjoy forums. I'm on several and have been on them for years. With forums the members seem more refined and cordial. They tend to read what was posted, prior to commenting, and you're much quicker to get a good answer on them. On FB you'll have one question asked, and in a matter of minutes 40 people will respond, and they'll all be completely unaware of the other 39 responses. And 90+% of the responses won't even be helpful to begin with.

I'd also daresay that the IDI platform is dying itself. These engines are approaching 30 years old. The last one I worked on at the shop was scrapped a few years ago due to rust, and that's the unfortunate reality for a large number of these engines every year. Lack of presence means a lack of popularity. They aren't making any new ones, and there will only be so many gems from the pnw, socal, or texas to go around.
 

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I can't exactly fault shaggy in this decline. You can do the best you can, but I feel forums are sadly dying. Facebook makes it too easy, most people already have a login and password for the place, so there's no real need to create an account or such. Forums were huge in the mid 2000's, and they've slowly died ever since.

I enjoy forums. I'm on several and have been on them for years. With forums the members seem more refined and cordial. They tend to read what was posted, prior to commenting, and you're much quicker to get a good answer on them. On FB you'll have one question asked, and in a matter of minutes 40 people will respond, and they'll all be completely unaware of the other 39 responses. And 90+% of the responses won't even be helpful to begin with.

I'd also daresay that the IDI platform is dying itself. These engines are approaching 30 years old. The last one I worked on at the shop was scrapped a few years ago due to rust, and that's the unfortunate reality for a large number of these engines every year. Lack of presence means a lack of popularity. They aren't making any new ones, and there will only be so many gems from the pnw, socal, or texas to go around.
I daily drive a 1965 cadillac with a 429 engine that was produced for 3 years and no two of those 3 years are the same. I can still get any parts for the engine and there is still a community. This engine is also far outshadowed by the 472/500 which has a much bigger hobbyist and availability.

Outside of this forum on other forms of media, the IDI interest and buzz is only growing. Using the Cadillac as the example we have no issue sourcing an engine that had a 2+ generation run plus you can order engines reman.

I can see in my lifetime the caddy getting more difficult as it approaches 100 years old but have no worries I can play with IDIs till I'm unable to wrench.
 

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I daily drive a 1965 cadillac with a 429 engine that was produced for 3 years and no two of those 3 years are the same. I can still get any parts for the engine and there is still a community. This engine is also far outshadowed by the 472/500 which has a much bigger hobbyist and availability.

Outside of this forum on other forms of media, the IDI interest and buzz is only growing. Using the Cadillac as the example we have no issue sourcing an engine that had a 2+ generation run plus you can order engines reman.

I can see in my lifetime the caddy getting more difficult as it approaches 100 years old but have no worries I can play with IDIs till I'm unable to wrench.
I'm with you fellers. My 77 coupe DeVille had a 425, last year of the big block caddys, I think.
 

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the IDI interest and buzz is only growing.
You're dreaming.

30 years ago the IDI was the bees knees. There were a number of corporations that offered a host of aftermarket parts with next day availability. Ideas on power and economy were abuzz, and people were very active about the platform. Now you have a handful of niche vendors that have uncertain lead times, with only a few people are active about them. Most questions here are about repair and maintenance, not power/performance.

Yes, there will always be a community for them, as you've seen with your caddy. That community has flourished in the last decade as people became more familiar and frequently use the internet. Unfortunately, the number of IDI's on the road continue to decline every day. As newer and newer trucks come out with more and more power, these old dinosaurs are unfortunately going to become less and less common.

Argue it if you want, but 30 years ago IDI fords were on every corner of America. You want to make that claim now?
 

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You're dreaming.


Argue it if you want, but 30 years ago IDI fords were on every corner of America. You want to make that claim now?
Might be dreaming. Obviously there's not a IDI on every corner. I think there's a "WMO cult" growing since diesel prices aren't going anywhere. So yeah, I can see a bunch "mad max" IDIs chuffing over the next hill because we not giving up our trucks and we're not conceding to the norm of buying a new truck..... with wifi..... and Alexa...... and who cares what. I see that "oil burners" is a pretty great place for those types of old school truck guys to congregate. And the new truck guys can hang out at......say....... Starbucks......or.......idk.....
 

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