Recent content by tiltrider1

As to what is causing this. Most likely rain water leaks running down the back side of the tank.

If I was the seller I would say take it or leave it. If I was the buyer I would monitor. If this bothers some one I would remove the tank wire wheel it and coat it with epoxy. That said, I am going solely off the pictures posted. In the real world I might see something that leads me to...

Comodave is correct about Civil Asset Forfeiture. It is a little understood law that allows Law Enforcement to assume money is guilty of a crime and confiscate it. It is then up to you to prove the cash is innocent. Not easy, requires lawyers and the government will fight you every step of...

My experience is similar to Twistedtree. SH gives you a lot of bang for the buck but Icom just does the basics better. I can’t fault anyone’s decision between the two.

As previously mentioned there are several ways to do this. Currently, and subject to change in the future, I have a separate AC to DC charger for each bank, start, generator, crane and house bank. I then run my alternators to my start bank and DC to DC to the house. I do have manual combining...

I think you are replacing the most accurate system with an inferior system.

Here is a link to the trailer people in the NW. Six Robblees

I am not saying that your statement is wrong. I am saying that the example posted has nothing to do with complacency.

Let’s put this back in context. Pleasure boat had right of way over ferry. Pleasure boat’s captain left the helm to sit on the toilet. Both captains were found to be at fault. One for leaving the helm unattended and failing to avoid a collision. The other for failing to yield right away and...

I appreciate the link to the article. Having Bluetooth sounds like a very worth while feature. I believe if I was doing my project now that I would not consider any batteries that did not have Bluetooth capability. Posting a picture of a battery that had a catastrophic failure with out any...

I think you should plan for 1 gallon per mile with a likely possibility of achieving 1.25 miles to the gallon. If you plan for 1.25 miles to the gallon and you end up using 1 gallon per mile you could end up in trouble. The Cat 3208 typically burns 5 gallons per hour at 1750 RPMs. Times 2 if...

We could argue for ever over profits and effort but we all agree. It works.

Before I got into multi family real estate I feared bad tenants. This fear almost kept me out of the market place. Fortunately, I over came my fear and got in. Then came bad legislation. This scared me and then I learned that there is always a way around bad legislation. I am in Seattle, I...

Many oil heat exchangers use raw water to cool. Some use a coolant loop were the coolant is cooled by raw water. Oil cooler heat exchangers are a common failure point.

If you know you got the engine extremely hot then I would start with doing a CO test on the heat exchanger. My guess is that you haven’t because you didn’t lead with such a statement. This leads me to believe you have a leaking oil cooler exchanger. A pressure test on the oil cooler would...