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  1. DR. P. Proteus

    TIP OF THE DAY

    Is to siphon out the power steering reservoir and refill it with new fluid at regular intervals. Its often an area of neglect but doing this will actually be quite a help. That old dirty thick fluid is not good.
  2. DR. P. Proteus

    Tip of the day

    One of the real pain in the ass things about working on cars is getting the old gasket off whatever it is super glued to. Scraping is labor intensive, 3m pads make a lot of dust... USE DRAIN CLEANER I just put a little in a cup and used a small paintbrush to keep the gasket wet for a little...
  3. DR. P. Proteus

    89 Toyota pickup

    Need I say more? Picked up my fourth for 2k. Its well worn with 300k. It needs a few things, mostly normal stuff. Valve cover gaskets were leaking for some time. The engine is clean in this pic. I had taken the belt off to clean it, it was so nasty I have to keep mentioning it. Also checked...
  4. DR. P. Proteus

    A Fine Barrowful...

    If I may say so. Osage, Oak, Hickory, and Dogwood. The best of the best brought together in one place for one reason. Gentlemen, I implore you, have you ever seen such glory?
  5. DR. P. Proteus

    What close calls have you had?

    There used to be carpet in the room with the stove and my kid was real small so I had a fence around the stove. One evening we were all headed out, I guess in a rush, I just had banked up the stove. When I came back I saw a burn hole the size of silver dollar in the rug about ten feet from the...
  6. DR. P. Proteus

    Oil

    Lately I have been stealing my wife's under... I mean citronella oil and using it to start my woodstove.
  7. DR. P. Proteus

    Thermostat Problems

    I am trying to figure out how hot it is in here but the thermometer only goes to 90.
  8. DR. P. Proteus

    HEAT IT UP DAMN IT !

    Was looking for ideas on how to keep things warm on a farm. So many things need heat I suppose. What kind and how to apply it is the key. Recently I just ran the exhaust into one of my machines to get it to move. The Hyro was froze. There is crazy Marco hooking his welder up to pipes. Now...
  9. DR. P. Proteus

    Engine Block Heaters/Keeping Things Warrrrrrrmmmm!

    Everyone is familiar with these. I recently came across a dipstick style heater, it glowed red hot so I did not use it. But I still needed something to get into the tight confines of my loader because the throttle and controls get locked under a certain temp and I can't use the machine. Any...
  10. DR. P. Proteus

    Dipstick Stlye Oil Heaters

    I have this dipstick style heater and, when I plug it in, the end (about 6") of the dipstick glows red hot, it will melt anything not metal. I got this at Napa along with some other types of heaters. I mean; To stick it down in oil (or anything else not steel) would be insane right? There must...
  11. DR. P. Proteus

    Do Horses count?

    Not that I know much about horses, farming or electric to of which I am having problems at this juncture. See what happened is that I had to move all my tree equipment off my property so I found a horse farm up the road that rented me half a tennis court, the other half was strewn with manure...
  12. DR. P. Proteus

    U-Joint tribulations

    It seems the cups of the u-joint are spinning in the yoke. Do you think I need to replace the yoke or can just put a new u-joint in there?
  13. DR. P. Proteus

    Sqealin like a pig in heat

    So I have this serpentine belt giving me fits. New belt of course and everything else seems OK but it just keeps singing. I think its the crank pulley. The pulley grooves had a good amount of rust build up, it was caked up pretty good. I took a wire brush to it but it only stopped squealing for...
  14. DR. P. Proteus

    Contract Climbing Wanted

    Looking for a real contract climber in the Phoenixville Pa area.
  15. DR. P. Proteus

    5W20

    That is kinda thin ain't it? I have pretty much gone with manufacturer's recommendation but its not like I don't know what HI-Tach is used for. Well that 5W20 is recommended for my Dodge 2500 5.7 Hemi so I have been using that but thinking about I, well... I dunno, getting a pretty loud tap...
  16. DR. P. Proteus

    Contract climber/treeworker

    Looking for help from time to time. If interested send PM.
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