Thursday :: 20 November 2008 :: 01:58 PM
35 days to Christmas!
Diesels are motor of choice if you are looking for power and economy in your daily commuter rig. Just a few years ago, the word diesel brought up images of slow moving trucks lugging heavy loads up steep hills slowing traffic. Not anymore! Diesels are now breaking into the racing category. My son has a Cummins Diesel pickup that races the quarter mile in the 12s - and this truck is his daily driver! Next year, Chevrolet is bringing out a Corvette Diesel. Amazing!
Gas motors cannot measure up to the power, speed and fuel economy of a diesel. While gas pickups are hauling trailers and campers around on vacation, sucking up a gallon for every eight to ten miles on the road, diesel pickups haul the same load up the mountainside at seventy miles an hour, consuming only one gallon for every fifteen to twenty miles.
There is absolutely no comparison between a gas and diesel motor!
Remote Spare Tire Pressure Check And Fill Hose
$12 Hose solves problem of checking Spare Tire air-pressure.
The hose is 5 feet long and has a female Schrader fitting on one end and an 1-1/4" long threaded male Schrader fitting on the other end of the hose. Making the hose this long enables me to lower the wheel and tire to the ground and slide it toward me allowing easy hook-up and un-hooking of the hoist chain and hose assembly.
I lowered the spare tire, attached the female end of the hose assembly to the spare's Schrader valve stem. I coiled the excess hose into the well of the wheel and cranked it into its stow position.
I have the Big Tow package on my 4X2 2005 KC. I drilled a hole in the mounting bracket for the electrical socket used to attach the trailer's hook-up plug, and mounted the male Schrader fitting using a hex-nut.
Using wire ties, I secured the hose run to the tubular hitch member.
Using this extension hose enables me to check and fill the spare tire as easily as I do the other four tires.
Random Humor: Bumper Sticker
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