Recent content by TheEngineer

224000 miles on the clock and the mileage s genuine because I got the truck from a friend who bought it new. The good news is that the new chain guides are steel backed and have a plastic surface for the chain to run on. It should last the rest of my life. I tried to do a real good job and used...

Me too: Coolant in oil My truck didn't heat at all! And it was 45 degrees here in Seattle! I checked the radiator and there was no coolant! For 224000 miles my truck has always run! Put in water, lots of it and expected it to run onto the pavement, but noo, it ran into the oilpan. Boy! was my...

I have had the same problem. Years ago, I installed a disconnect switch, the kind that attaches to the neg battery post and has a green plastic knob. Found the contact surfaces in the switch were not quite parallel and there was corrosion. Once I filed them parallel I have never had any more...