Good deal, that Sniper sure seems to be the way to go.
What did you do to your pig today? (2 Viewers)
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RUSH55
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2X fuel issues. Should put a small fuel gauge on the rail somewhere.
Shoveled enough snow to get the Pig out of the driveway. Drove into town for beer and fuel for the generator. Lots of downed power lines and poles along the way. I locked my front hubs just to be safe.
Ran into a line crew and their sign...
Road closed unless you're in a LandCruiser
Ran into a line crew and their sign...
Road closed unless you're in a LandCruiser
Ok, so i did. It was boring. Nobody was driving anywhere yesterday anyway but i went out, sat in the snow-covered Pig and started it up.Do it! Got the same pic 4 u
Low 30s F, had been for days. Hadn't run the Pig for days. Took 2x15 second runs of the starter motor, full choke and rapid right foot pumping and it fired up. I let it warm up to 180 and shut it down.
Nice part is that this morning, when i had to go somewhere, it fired right up with 1.5 seconds starter motor full choke and 2 pumps.
Yup, coming up on 20 years on this rebuild and i still have great oil pressure. Especially when cold.
I've had these 16x6 Prado/70 Series wheels for a while, thinking they'd be a nice lighter weight swap using tall skinnies while maintaining an all-Toyota exterior presentation. Found a deal on virtually new BFG AT 235/85R16s so mounted 'em up and made the swap. In a perfect world, I'd have gone the 255 route ala @scrapdaddy but in reality I only sacrifice less than a half-inch of height and a little width but you can't beat half-price tires for the test run. Still getting used to the look vs. the old white OEM spokes and 33/1050R15s. I did lose 11 lbs. per wheel in unsprung weight. Maybe they'll grow on me. Probably ought to get rid of the old set of five Toyota white spokes and commit.
WarDamnEagle
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Not to be too contrarian but I'm not sure that high oil pressure necessarily equates to good.
RUSH55
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You mean, oil pressure is always higher when the oil is cold.(?)Not to be too contrarian but I'm not sure that high oil pressure necessarily equates to good.
Oil pressure relief valve is set at 70psi as it should be. Oil pressure goes to 70 every cold start just like it has since day 1. Oil pressure runs 50 or so at speed and drops to 40 at a warm idle.Not to be too contrarian but I'm not sure that high oil pressure necessarily equates to good.
I like it better than a low oil pressure.
Pretty sure that's true.
WarDamnEagle
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No I mean you want flow; pressure equates to flow to a point but only to a point. Obviously very engine specific and a deep subject with lots of opinion. Didn’t mean to imply 70 psi wasn’t perfect for @Pighead ’s engine.
yes, only to a point. I forget just where that point is but smarter people have posted it. FSM says set oil pressure relief valve for 70 so I did. so far so good.
Twenty years does seem to say something about it, yes.
tucker74
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To each is own, but man did those white spokes look dreamy. The offset just …
RUSH55
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So much less smart-alleckie that what I thought about posting
YapSo much less smart-alleckie that what I thought about posting
