I'm about to do an oil change, and wondering...
On 5/10/2022 8:22 AM, john wrote:
I'm about to do an oil change, and wondering...
It depends on your spark plug choice and personal sidearm selection. Of course if you are running aramid wires you have to take that into
account as well.
On 5/10/2022 6:45 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
On 5/10/2022 8:22 AM, john wrote:
I'm about to do an oil change, and wondering...
It depends on your spark plug choice and personal sidearm selection.
Of course if you are running aramid wires you have to take that into
account as well.
Dammit Bob , you almost made me spray a sip of bourbon on my monitor !
On 5/10/2022 10:03 PM, Snag wrote:
On 5/10/2022 6:45 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
On 5/10/2022 8:22 AM, john wrote:
I'm about to do an oil change, and wondering...
It depends on your spark plug choice and personal sidearm selection.
Of course if you are running aramid wires you have to take that into
account as well.
Dammit Bob , you almost made me spray a sip of bourbon on my monitor !
hope no beverages were frivolously spilled...
currently have ngk, a 45 and just the plain old black plug wires.
i have some mobile 1 20-50 that i was planning on using....
john
On 5/11/2022 9:33 AM, john wrote:
On 5/10/2022 10:03 PM, Snag wrote:
On 5/10/2022 6:45 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
On 5/10/2022 8:22 AM, john wrote:
I'm about to do an oil change, and wondering...
It depends on your spark plug choice and personal sidearm selection.
Of course if you are running aramid wires you have to take that into
account as well.
Dammit Bob , you almost made me spray a sip of bourbon on my
monitor !
hope no beverages were frivolously spilled...
currently have ngk, a 45 and just the plain old black plug wires.
i have some mobile 1 20-50 that i was planning on using....
john
My personal choice is Castrol GTX , 20W-50 for the bikes , 10W-30 for
the car and Mr Rusty tractor . The truck ('86 GMC 1500) has a new motor
, a built 305 with a flat tappet performance cam . It gets Rotella T4
15W-40 for the ZDDP content . I use nothing but Wix filters - NAPA auto
parts NAPA Gold filters are made by Wix .
As far as plug wires , I'm pretty sure the SportyTrike has the
originals (2009 with like 7k miles) I dunno about my bike ...
On 5/11/2022 2:50 PM, Snag wrote:
On 5/11/2022 9:33 AM, john wrote:
On 5/10/2022 10:03 PM, Snag wrote:
On 5/10/2022 6:45 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
On 5/10/2022 8:22 AM, john wrote:
I'm about to do an oil change, and wondering...
It depends on your spark plug choice and personal sidearm
selection. Of course if you are running aramid wires you have to
take that into account as well.
Dammit Bob , you almost made me spray a sip of bourbon on my
monitor !
hope no beverages were frivolously spilled...
currently have ngk, a 45 and just the plain old black plug wires.
i have some mobile 1 20-50 that i was planning on using....
john
My personal choice is Castrol GTX , 20W-50 for the bikes , 10W-30
for the car and Mr Rusty tractor . The truck ('86 GMC 1500) has a new
motor , a built 305 with a flat tappet performance cam . It gets
Rotella T4 15W-40 for the ZDDP content . I use nothing but Wix filters
- NAPA auto parts NAPA Gold filters are made by Wix .
As far as plug wires , I'm pretty sure the SportyTrike has the
originals (2009 with like 7k miles) I dunno about my bike ...
Also meant to say that truck motor is NEW new , never been fired .
And here's to it and to it again , have a shot or 3 of this COA
silver Terkillya . Smewth !
On 5/11/2022 1:33 PM, Snag wrote:
On 5/11/2022 2:50 PM, Snag wrote:
On 5/11/2022 9:33 AM, john wrote:
On 5/10/2022 10:03 PM, Snag wrote:
On 5/10/2022 6:45 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
On 5/10/2022 8:22 AM, john wrote:
I'm about to do an oil change, and wondering...
It depends on your spark plug choice and personal sidearm
selection. Of course if you are running aramid wires you have to
take that into account as well.
Dammit Bob , you almost made me spray a sip of bourbon on my
monitor !
hope no beverages were frivolously spilled...
currently have ngk, a 45 and just the plain old black plug wires.
i have some mobile 1 20-50 that i was planning on using....
john
My personal choice is Castrol GTX , 20W-50 for the bikes , 10W-30
for the car and Mr Rusty tractor . The truck ('86 GMC 1500) has a new
motor , a built 305 with a flat tappet performance cam . It gets
Rotella T4 15W-40 for the ZDDP content . I use nothing but Wix
filters - NAPA auto parts NAPA Gold filters are made by Wix .
As far as plug wires , I'm pretty sure the SportyTrike has the
originals (2009 with like 7k miles) I dunno about my bike ...
Also meant to say that truck motor is NEW new , never been fired .
And here's to it and to it again , have a shot or 3 of this COA
silver Terkillya . Smewth !
I'll pass on the tequila. A couple of them (my wife likes tequila) are smooth enough to sip, but for most I can't get past the smell. And no
its not my never again drink from my youth. That was Jim Beam. These
days I search for smooth sipping rye whiskey like Pendelton 1910 in the painted bottle (not the one with the paper label) or maybe Ten High.
Knob Creek is rough and raw. If I feel like rough and raw a bourbon is better. Bullet rye is better than Knob Creek, but not as good as Ten High.
That being said we do have a fair selection of tequila for sampling if
you ever make it through these parts. If rot gut tequila is ok there is
a milk crate full of Cuervo Especial little bottles out in the garage
that was part of a financial recovery some years back. A few other
crates of other stuff as well. Most of it I will never drink, and of
course I can't sell it. I did give away a crate of Captain Morgan to a buddy who stepped up and helped me out when I was helping out my parents
last year so none of that left. I even used to keep a bottle of Tepa in
the freezer for Coyote (Tom) if he happened by, but he died a several
years back. Finally took that bottle out of the freezer last year to
make room for some steaks that were on sale.
Interesting that you like Wix filters. When I was a kid there was a cut-a-way of various filters showing WIX had among the least amount of
filter material. AC-Delco was among those with the most. (We had a hardware and autoparts store.) I guess WIX has upped their game since then. I seem to recall back then WIX was also one of the cheapest filters. AC Delco wasn't the most expensive, but it was up there. Don't know if they still do, but they made filters for nearly everything. Your comment about Napa Gold was news to me. I know one of the few mechanics
I trust uses them. Last time I did my own oil change I used them
because he uses them. Neither the truck or the Jeep has blown up yet because of it, so I guess its all good. LOL.
On 5/11/2022 5:17 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
On 5/11/2022 1:33 PM, Snag wrote:
On 5/11/2022 2:50 PM, Snag wrote:
On 5/11/2022 9:33 AM, john wrote:
On 5/10/2022 10:03 PM, Snag wrote:
On 5/10/2022 6:45 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
On 5/10/2022 8:22 AM, john wrote:
I'm about to do an oil change, and wondering...
It depends on your spark plug choice and personal sidearm
selection. Of course if you are running aramid wires you have to >>>>>>> take that into account as well.
Dammit Bob , you almost made me spray a sip of bourbon on my
monitor !
hope no beverages were frivolously spilled...
currently have ngk, a 45 and just the plain old black plug wires.
i have some mobile 1 20-50 that i was planning on using....
john
My personal choice is Castrol GTX , 20W-50 for the bikes , 10W-30 >>>> for the car and Mr Rusty tractor . The truck ('86 GMC 1500) has a
new motor , a built 305 with a flat tappet performance cam . It gets
Rotella T4 15W-40 for the ZDDP content . I use nothing but Wix
filters - NAPA auto parts NAPA Gold filters are made by Wix .
As far as plug wires , I'm pretty sure the SportyTrike has the
originals (2009 with like 7k miles) I dunno about my bike ...
Also meant to say that truck motor is NEW new , never been fired .
And here's to it and to it again , have a shot or 3 of this COA
silver Terkillya . Smewth !
I'll pass on the tequila. A couple of them (my wife likes tequila)
are smooth enough to sip, but for most I can't get past the smell.
And no its not my never again drink from my youth. That was Jim
Beam. These days I search for smooth sipping rye whiskey like
Pendelton 1910 in the painted bottle (not the one with the paper
label) or maybe Ten High. Knob Creek is rough and raw. If I feel like
rough and raw a bourbon is better. Bullet rye is better than Knob
Creek, but not as good as Ten High.
That being said we do have a fair selection of tequila for sampling if
you ever make it through these parts. If rot gut tequila is ok there
is a milk crate full of Cuervo Especial little bottles out in the
garage that was part of a financial recovery some years back. A few
other crates of other stuff as well. Most of it I will never drink,
and of course I can't sell it. I did give away a crate of Captain
Morgan to a buddy who stepped up and helped me out when I was helping
out my parents last year so none of that left. I even used to keep a
bottle of Tepa in the freezer for Coyote (Tom) if he happened by, but
he died a several years back. Finally took that bottle out of the
freezer last year to make room for some steaks that were on sale.
Interesting that you like Wix filters. When I was a kid there was a
cut-a-way of various filters showing WIX had among the least amount of
filter material. AC-Delco was among those with the most. (We had a
hardware and autoparts store.) I guess WIX has upped their game since
then. I seem to recall back then WIX was also one of the cheapest
filters. AC Delco wasn't the most expensive, but it was up there.
Don't know if they still do, but they made filters for nearly
everything. Your comment about Napa Gold was news to me. I know one
of the few mechanics I trust uses them. Last time I did my own oil
change I used them because he uses them. Neither the truck or the
Jeep has blown up yet because of it, so I guess its all good. LOL.
one tequila, two tequila, floor...
i tend to stay away from tequila it sneaks up on me.
when out & about if i don't recognize anything else interesting
i'll go for knob creek or makers mark they are good..
at Home it's usually wellers red, or woodford double oaked.
AC-Delco is my go to bike filter, Castrol was my oil of
choice up until 20 years ago when i switched to mobile 1,
john
#2 way oil
On 5/16/2022 2:31 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
#2 way oil
good stuff for sliding stuff back & forth.
it's hard to find local around here too....
try grainger / mcmastercarr
john
On 5/17/2022 6:31 AM, john wrote:
On 5/16/2022 2:31 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
#2 way oil
good stuff for sliding stuff back & forth.
it's hard to find local around here too....
try grainger / mcmastercarr
john
McMaster is the one that suggest a switch to a straight mineral way oil
the same weight/vis. I'd say Grainger can kiss my ass, but I wouldn't
let them that close. MSC is out of the Vactra #2 as well.
On 5/17/2022 10:15 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:
On 5/17/2022 6:31 AM, john wrote:
On 5/16/2022 2:31 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
#2 way oil
good stuff for sliding stuff back & forth.
it's hard to find local around here too....
try grainger / mcmastercarr
john
McMaster is the one that suggest a switch to a straight mineral way
oil the same weight/vis. I'd say Grainger can kiss my ass, but I
wouldn't let them that close. MSC is out of the Vactra #2 as well.
hopefully usenet police won't roast me for posting a hyper-link...
https://cnc-specialty-store.com/grease-lubrication/mobil-vactra-oil-no.-2-5-gallon-pail?
haven't dealt with this company before... but site says they have it..
i still have 1/2 barrel left at the shop... so i'm good for a while
john
On 5/17/2022 8:23 AM, john wrote:
On 5/17/2022 10:15 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:
On 5/17/2022 6:31 AM, john wrote:
On 5/16/2022 2:31 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
#2 way oil
good stuff for sliding stuff back & forth.
it's hard to find local around here too....
try grainger / mcmastercarr
john
McMaster is the one that suggest a switch to a straight mineral way
oil the same weight/vis. I'd say Grainger can kiss my ass, but I
wouldn't let them that close. MSC is out of the Vactra #2 as well.
hopefully usenet police won't roast me for posting a hyper-link...
https://cnc-specialty-store.com/grease-lubrication/mobil-vactra-oil-no.-2-5-gallon-pail?
haven't dealt with this company before... but site says they have it..
i still have 1/2 barrel left at the shop... so i'm good for a while
john
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On 5/17/2022 11:54 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:
In the old days Usenet groups had individual guidelines as defined in
the requests and discussions before they were created, but for the
most part they have gone out the window as generally unenforceable.
Most groups always allowed links as long as they were germane and
weren't blatant spam. The big deal back in the day was to never post
files to non-binary groups.
There are probably still a few actively moderated groups like rec.guns
where rules are enforced.
Generally though unless you can get a server to block a user its
pretty hard to enforce any rules on Usenet. I don't bother any more.
I just filter the user at my end if all their content is garbage, and
hide sub-threads that go off into the weeds for those who occasionally
post something useful.
Pretty much the same approach for me . AND since no one has bought a round in at least 3 posts ... Y'all need to try this Ezra Brooks 99
(Kentucky straight sour mash bourbon whiskey) the neighbor got for me
for helping him work on his truck .
On 5/17/2022 4:27 PM, Snag wrote:
On 5/17/2022 11:54 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:
In the old days Usenet groups had individual guidelines as defined in
the requests and discussions before they were created, but for the
most part they have gone out the window as generally unenforceable.
Most groups always allowed links as long as they were germane and
weren't blatant spam. The big deal back in the day was to never post
files to non-binary groups.
There are probably still a few actively moderated groups like
rec.guns where rules are enforced.
Generally though unless you can get a server to block a user its
pretty hard to enforce any rules on Usenet. I don't bother any more.
I just filter the user at my end if all their content is garbage, and
hide sub-threads that go off into the weeds for those who
occasionally post something useful.
Pretty much the same approach for me . AND since no one has bought
a round in at least 3 posts ... Y'all need to try this Ezra Brooks 99
(Kentucky straight sour mash bourbon whiskey) the neighbor got for me
for helping him work on his truck .
Been a long time since I remember anyone posting the actual FAQ for this group. Traffic is so small, I guess it really doesn't matter. But,
when I found this group years ago, I tried to read it all and adhere. I find y'all a great bunch of assholes and rarely find offensive posts
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to stay on topic. They literally would talk about anything and to get
to actual motorcycle content you had to wade through an ocean of shit.
Man did I get flamed. Turned out the DoD (Denizens of Doom) had made it
a point that ANYTHING was on-topic in the group. I apologized and unsubscribed. Too many nut cases for me to waste my time there.
<https://www.denizensofdoom.com/FAQ.txt>
Thanks for the drink...I got the next round.
I was once subscribed to rec.motorcycles and made the error of not<snip>
reading their FAQ totally.
They literally would talk about anything and to get
to actual motorcycle content you had to wade through an ocean of shit.
In the old days Usenet groups had individual guidelines as defined in
the requests and discussions before they were created, but for the most
part they have gone out the window as generally unenforceable. Most
groups always allowed links as long as they were germane and weren't
blatant spam. The big deal back in the day was to never post files to non-binary groups.
Generally though unless you can get a server to block a user its pretty
hard to enforce any rules on Usenet.
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