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Gary, A 95A 3G is good for 130 A 130 is good for 165 or so before the heat starts to break down the diode board and winding insulation. A 95A is probably the best fit for most people who aren't running electric fans, heated seats or a big stereo.

I'm so glad to hear that! (didn't realize that I was preaching to the choir )

I can certainly understand, with the sort of stress he's encountering given all that's going on. I definitely know that when you're doing a job by instinct as much as anything else, it easy to miss something (like a diode) that is symmetrical but polarized. I hope he's doing ok and you get your truck to where you want it! 😊

Progress is GOOD! It's really nice when you don't have to listen to a sloppy or broken suspension any more. 👍

My understanding is that Armistice Day was renamed Veteran's Day after the end of WWII to honor people more inclusively. I don't know how Memorial Day is to differ from Veterans Day. But if they do overlap a bit, it's not like two days of honoring those who served and possibly died for our country is an excess. Thank you all. The difference is "Hey, thanks for your service" and "Here, let me put a poppy on this person's grave. They died fighting for our country"

Fertilizer! I was gonna say bovine excrement. Yes, fertilizer ultimately....

I can't imagine any problem. 150, 250... Should be the same. 350's with the load sensing valve are plumbed like Bill said.

That's a load of ....!

I wasn't 10 yet, so I don't remember. But I remember red poppies on remembrance day. When my Grandfather passed each of us got a photocopy of his diary from the camp. It was harrowing indeed!

You are correct wrt Memorial Day. I often see people thanking Veterans, and while I'm all for that, they already have their day. I honestly don't know what determines Veterans Day. My maternal family was captured by the Japanese in Manila and held for over 3 years, until McArthur returned to liberate Santo Tomas in late February of '45. (Incidentally, my grandmother's 23rd birthday was the day of Pearl Harbor) I'm humbled by the sacrifice that has me in this planet. Hundreds, if not thousands of servicemen gave their lives so that my family could be free.

This is Memorial Day weekend, here in the USA. Please remember and honor those who paid the ultimate price for the freedom that you enjoy today. 🇺🇲 (Thank a Veteran in the FALL..)

I'm not saying stock. But the 7.3 has simple potential. Obviously the turbo is going to work at altitude, they were developed for aircraft. 💡 I had a Hudderite/Mennonite aunt that lived up near the border, back in the day. The Continental divide sure is beautiful. Glad you've joined us! 👍

When we ground it, it goes to full. It's the second pump we put in so we were having a hard time believing it would be the sender. The gauge works if we turn the key on but when we start it the gauge stops working for the rear tank. I had a similar problem with my 87 truck, but note the later gauges and sender work in reverse. So, this only happens with the rear tank, and not when switched to the front? My problem is that with the engine running the ground potential essentially becomes zero, and the gauge won't read. I guess I'd really have to be looking at the truck to see what id need to, to diagnose from what I've been presented so far.

The odd shape at the end of the rubber line ensures that it can only go through in one orientation. This means that the splitter where the vent bolt passes through is always pointed in the right direction. On Ford's the left, drivers, side has an odd thread pitch and when you replace the brake lines you either need to reuse that nut or find a special adapter. So, the odd shape passes through, and then the clip holds it tight to the cross member when you fit it in the groove that runs around the steel fitting. Sorry, I don't have any pics and I can't walk right now.

Pretty much this. And people don't get why I don't want to play the game anymore.

D5 Deoxit (tuner cleaner) is your best friend! 👍

When we ground it, it goes to full. It's the second pump we put in so we were having a hard time believing it would be the sender. The gauge works if we turn the key on but when we start it the gauge stops working for the rear tank. I'm in the Dr, but let me look in detail at the thread. I'm pretty good with troubleshooting these 460's....

We're at $125-150 here on the gold coast. :nabble_money-flying-23_orig: 🤪

I cringe at stories like this. It's strange for me to think that anyone would be like that. I feel bad asking for $ when I do a great job repairing someone's vehicle quickly and completely.

I don't want anyone to ever understand what happened to me, that caused my PTSD.

https://www.hfsindustrial.com/news/post/torque-vs.-clamp#:~:text=At%20best%2C%20torque%20is%20an,tension%20applied%20to%20the%20bolt.&text=Clamp%2C%20defined%20as%20the%20load,is%20virtually%20unrelated%20to%20torque. Torque (twisting force) is factored by distance from the pivot. In our case above we are using foot lbs, so one foot-12" or 304.8 mm lbs v/s 1/2 of 10mm = 5 - thread depth to the center either 1/2 or 1mm The lever arm (one foot, 305mm minus our 1/2 fastener diameter) determines how much clamping pressure is applied.

We understand that a threaded fastener draws two objects together. That a thread is just a ramp (basic, or prime tool) that is wrapped around a shaft or into a hole. That as you screw something in you are using a captive ramp (or wedge!) to force two objects together. We know that the shallower the slope, or hill, the easier it is to push something up. Therefore, the finer the thread the shallower the hill.... This is simple to understand, right? We understand that common thread profiles -both metric and SAE- are a 60° thread profile, right? And we need to measure from the center of the thread not the root or crest, because those areas don't carry a lot of load. Now, let's consider the 10mm diameter fastener. First, we know that the thread is a 60° and it's on both sides of a bolt, so we double the cut depth to know the working diameter of the thread on the shaft. This is basic Pythagorean theory of a 30, 60, 90 triangle. We use D=H/sin(A). To make this part simple, for the moment we're going to forget about factoring the thread profile cut into it. Okay. Now we have to factor the actual diameters, because 1mm (fine) threads are not cut as deep into the cylinder, so we don't reduce our 31.4159 ramp length as much as the 1.5 mm pitch threads. You can have a coarse pitch (1.5mm for 10) or fine (1mm for 10) The circumference of a 10 mm cylinder is x3.14159 or 31.4159mm So a ramp or wedge that is 1mm high over 31.4159 mm is shallower than a ramp that is 1.5mm over the same distance, correct? If we apply the same force to a skinnier wedge we will drive it deeper. If we apply the same torque to a fine pitch we will wedge the objects tighter together, correct? The bolt is 10mm diameter and the thread is either 1mm or 1.5mm pitch. Again let's simplify and use the whole numbers for pitch to prove a point. 10- 2x1=8 10-2x1.5=7 7x 3.14159 = 21.9911 8x 3.14159 = 25.1327 We can see the finer (1mm) pitch is not only less height, it is more distance (25 v/s 22mm) The clamping force developed by a fine pitch is FAR greater for the same sized fastener. All this stuff is basic formulae, and fastener clamping force by torque can be found on sites like 'engineering toolbox' Figure out how much clamping force is made by the factory U-bolt and choose an available bolt & pitch that can use an appropriate torque to develop the same clamping force. Do you get this? I can try to make it simpler, but I already threw out a bunch of minutiae (like lessening clamping force because of thread stiction) to get us to this understanding.💡 https://peer.asee.org/the-relationship-between-the-tightening-torque-and-the-clamp-force.pdf Carrol Smith's nuts bolts and fasteners handbook is a good read, if you care about things staying together. It's written for every man, not grad students. 👍

Just get the clamping force right. Find the chart for the 10mm thread. 42 ft lb on a 3/8 fine bolt is a hell of a lot of pressure.

X3, or 4 or whatever...