Ontopic The new car-seching thread

Jehannum said:
how many black market organs can you move in eleven 5 gallon paint buckets?
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I wish it was that exciting. We outsource for Sherwin Williams sometimes. I do inter-store swaps for them. I've calculated that my cargo area with the seats down holds 11 5 gallon buckets even tho the most I've ever done at one time was 9.
I actually did turn down a human kidney today. Shit box with almost 300,000 miles isn't reliable enough for transporting a kidney. I have ethics.
 
Visiting machine shop Friday. Picking up truck block and rotating assembly.

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NukesII said:
I wish it was that exciting. We outsource for Sherwin Williams sometimes. I do inter-store swaps for them. I've calculated that my cargo area with the seats down holds 11 5 gallon buckets even tho the most I've ever done at one time was 9.
I actually did turn down a human kidney today. Shit box with almost 300,000 miles isn't reliable enough for transporting a kidney. I have ethics.
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Why don't they just hire a box truck... those dudes are always looking for stuff.

I was going to go in for a box truck job before I fucked up my leg. It's all local, no loading or unloading.
 
ZRH said:
Why don't they just hire a box truck... those dudes are always looking for stuff.

I was going to go in for a box truck job before I fucked up my leg. It's all local, no loading or unloading.
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My industry has all sizes of vehicles. The reason I Prius is its been a super low business expense so far. If I bought a step van or box truck I'd have to do the labor of a young man. I'm 56..
 
NukesII said:
My industry has all sizes of vehicles. The reason I Prius is its been a super low business expense so far. If I bought a step van or box truck I'd have to do the labor of a young man. I'm 56..
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You don't buy your own truck.

Anyway yeah the prius seems awesome. Especially in the summer it'll run the ac without turning the engine on like all night.
 
NukesII said:
Several hundred thousand owner operators beg to differ. Personally I'd never own a full sized truck. Fuel and maintenance costs are off the hook.
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Everyone I know would never buy a box truck. Round here you can do ltl with a fuel card and a shitty box truck, it just feels like you gonna die if you have to go downtown and it's only like 800 a week.

Semi will get you way more but like you said if you're spending 30k a year on maintenance like...
 
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Apparently when I wasn't paying attention all the OEMs started to go to an aluminum alloy for main and rod bearings? Now I'm finding them when I am searching for bearings for a rebuild. You run into this? Any thoughts?
 
Mr. Argumentor said:
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Apparently when I wasn't paying attention all the OEMs started to go to an aluminum alloy for main and rod bearings? Now I'm finding them when I am searching for bearings for a rebuild. You run into this? Any thoughts?
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I run what the machine shop recommended, which were Clevite tri-metal (steel backing bronze, overlayed with tin and lead, I think?).

I trust them to tell me what's appropriate for my application.
 
Broken clutch pedal out:
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Welded clutch pedal in:
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We'll see how long it lasts with nylon 3D printed bushings. I probably should have turned them out of Delrin, but without any sort of machining lathe, I guess I just get to use dildos instead.
 
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