What are you Wrenching On?

Well it is 1:40 in the morning and I cant sleep. But yes John for the most part the stuff in cans is acetone and some kind of 10wt oil. Now every good welder knows the true test of weld is will it hold gasoline. I think granpa had it right they had cans of linseed oil, acetone, paint thinner, mineral spirits and a squirt oil can. Now my memory is kind of rough but I thought I heard a story that Kroil started out as cutting fluid for aluminum. If you want to clean something ATF is a 10wt acid based oil you can add whatever solvent you have or gasoline and it will cut crud. Got a sticky lifter add ATF. Another great product is Mouse Milk Oil also a penetrant. Wintergreen oil is also a great penetrant and it smells good. Don't want to spend the money for synthetic motor oil then buy regular oil with the cj4 spec as the molecule is almost perfectly smooth. I sold all this stuff for years and every other shop had their favorites but once you look at the MSDS sheet there is the proof. Of course it all has the proprietary ingredient be it camel spit or fairy dust. Hey if it causes cancer in California you know its good right.

Years ago the plant I worked at we would mix Rotella 32 hydraulic oil with kerosene for penetrating oil. The stuff worked pretty good and if we had to heat the bolt or nut up it would pull it right in and not evaporate from the heat. All in all pretty good stuff.

Well, luckily I'm in Georgia, it only causes cancer in California.

Everything from China causes cancer in California. Hell, my toaster causes cancer in California.

Pretty close to the truth!!

FWIW: My ice machine project was a success. I rewired and reinstalled the cutter grid only to discover that the water reservoir was leaking around the drain pump housing. I ordered a new reservoir. In a near miraculous 24 hours time the part was delivered from Louisville, KY to SW Kansas. It is installed and we are back to making ice!

I wonder what you would call good braking on that old Land Cruiser? Slowing down is what the transmission is for. If you stop you might not be able to get going again.

I drove my Polaris 6 X 6 for years without any brakes at all when both reservoirs were shattered in a roll over. I learned to plan ahead for stopping. The Land Cruiser, being larger and heavier, might be too dangerous to operate that way.

Dodge/ Chrysler/ Jeep have used the same TIPM's over w wide range of vehicles (2007-2014)..and my Nitro just recently started having starting issues...all the indicators are that the Fuel pump needs to be replaced and a course many people go, only to have the problem persist. The TIPM is a  Totally Integrated Power Module...think of it as the fuse box. The fuel relay is soldered onto a circuit board making replacing the relay beyond the ability of most shadetree mechanics.
www.verticalvisions.com/tipm-fuel-relay-solutions.html

www.dodgeproblems.com/tipm/
A week prior to me experiencing starting problems, my A/C stopped working....that also happens from a corrupted TIPM...

Once I head off to Livonia Wisconsin for a week of classes, I am going to ship my TIPM off to SoCal and have it rebuilt....with superior parts from the original...hope to get back in town and plug it in...hopefully happy days ahead.

I say all of this to say that if you have friends or family with cars in that range, the dealerships can really hose you with replacing parts that do not need to be replaced, and a TIPM from Dodge is typically $700 without labor.

Electrical issues with the above vehicles...consider it.

Much cheaper than buying an OEM unit with a crappy history.


tipmrebuilders.com/our-rebuild-process/

I went through so many of the cheap air impact wrenchs that would freeze up after not being used for 2-3 years, that I bought an electric one that was on sale.

When I worked out on the road I refused to change my automatic transmission fluid. While the other transmissions in the fleet died one by one I put 430,000 miles on that Chevy truck with no problem. I did buy a new air filter for my own truck last month the old one had 140,000 miles on it. Now for oil filters I don't use a well named brand that comes in orange preferring OEM or Wix.

I remember you doing your trans I felt bad for you the whole time. I know that was a royal pain in the hindquarters. My father while still alive refused to buy anything with a stick saying God invented automatic transmissions. He worked in the Second Marine Corp Division motor pool after WWII for about five years.