What did you do to your non-G body project today? [2022]

[motorheadmike]

So straight Dr. Pepper reduced, no other seasonings? Want to try this in the smoker!

You can choose to season the sauce. I usually do. Onion and garlic powder, black and cayenne pepper, paprika, Lea and Perrin's Worsctesucsususreure sauce... and a cup of ketchup as a base.

The rub is paprika, cayenne and black pepper, salt, and onion powder.

 

[Rktpwrd]

Worsctesucsususreure sauce

Glad to see I’m not the only one that struggles with that stupid word!
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[64nailhead]

Washed the pollen off of the F-150 and filled it with a tank of E15. I've never used E15 before but it's about 20 cents cheaper per gallon and I'm curious to see how much it affects my MPGs.
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Interested to here of your mileage difference - keep us posted. My guess is that it will difficult to determine a difference.

I filled up the MC with E85 this weekend - $.90 less than regular and the usual extra $.50-1.00 additional for 93 octane. Is your truck capable of running on E85? Is there any in your area?

 

[motorheadmike]

Glad to see I’m not the only one that struggles with that stupid word!
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Seriously.

 

[ck80]

Glad to see I’m not the only one that struggles with that stupid word!
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If you don't like worcestershire, think of the Roman name - Weogoran ceaster

 

[CopperNick]

Huh. Think Wooster-sure sauce. The actual name goes all the way back to old Anglo Saxon England, where Worcester was the name of a region somewhere in England and shire is the old term for what is now termed a county, more or less. CK 80's comment leads me to conclude the native anglish, many of them ex pat romans who remained after the Roman Empire collapsed, probably just held on to their version of the word and it "evolved" over time as the language itself grew and changed. Think that the Commonwealth of Mass might still call them shires; not sure.

The whole "Anglo" thing arose from a combination of immigrants known as Jutes, Angles, and Saxons who migrated over to the island at one point in time or another. As for the Normans, well, their name is a corruption of the term "Norseman" or North man, aka Viking, as they had already established settlements in the north of what is now France and used them as beachheads to send raiding and trading sorties over to harass the monks who had bad habits like stashing gold and valuables. Think 1066 if you are into history, otherwise just kick back and enjoy the RIBS!, preferrably with a side of slaw and a too cold to hold beer!! Much better for you than the bones of the dead and the buried.



Nick

 

[Bonnewagon]

I ordered a new set of spider gears. The Jeep parts are discontinued and anyone who has them thinks they are made out of gold and uh, can't be sold. So I had a choice of Richmond Gear ($100) and USA Gear ($200). The Jeep set comes with an assortment of washer/shims to measure and use the right one for proper side gear clearance. The Richmond set showed only two shims. I called and asked why everyone else showed a set of shims but the tech guy was not any help. I see they do sell the set of washers separately for $30. So I ordered the USA set which should have the washers and is forged (USA) vs cast (Richmond). Once I removed the spider gears I see the washers are worn so bad that one broke. The pinion gear shims are very worn too. The actual gears look OK but my calibrated eyeballs are out of whack these days. Why take chances. I think the shims wore so badly that the gears wore down as well. The ring and pinion set look good and the backlash is OK. Hopefully no other damage occurred. I am adding a screw-in fill port as well to replace the crappy plastic plug that always leaks. I seal it so it won't but then I don't check the oil enough. I will weld on an O2 sensor bung and use an 18mm x 1.5 plug to seal the hole. Now I can check the oil level properly.

 

[joesregalproject]

Interested to here of your mileage difference - keep us posted. My guess is that it will difficult to determine a difference.

I filled up the MC with E85 this weekend - $.90 less than regular and the usual extra $.50-1.00 additional for 93 octane. Is your truck capable of running on E85? Is there any in your area?

It's not meant to run E85, but a lot of people run it with just a tune. They sell it around here at a few stations but you have to look for it. I'll report back how my fuel economy is looking in a week or so.

 

[64nailhead]

I ordered a new set of spider gears. The Jeep parts are discontinued and anyone who has them thinks they are made out of gold and uh, can't be sold. So I had a choice of Richmond Gear ($100) and USA Gear ($200). The Jeep set comes with an assortment of washer/shims to measure and use the right one for proper side gear clearance. The Richmond set showed only two shims. I called and asked why everyone else showed a set of shims but the tech guy was not any help. I see they do sell the set of washers separately for $30. So I ordered the USA set which should have the washers and is forged (USA) vs cast (Richmond). Once I removed the spider gears I see the washers are worn so bad that one broke. The pinion gear shims are very worn too. The actual gears look OK but my calibrated eyeballs are out of whack these days. Why take chances. I think the shims wore so badly that the gears wore down as well. The ring and pinion set look good and the backlash is OK. Hopefully no other damage occurred. I am adding a screw-in fill port as well to replace the crappy plastic plug that always leaks. I seal it so it won't but then I don't check the oil enough. I will weld on an O2 sensor bung and use an 18mm x 1.5 plug to seal the hole. Now I can check the oil level properly. View attachment 199155View attachment 199156

OOFA, those are worn out. You didn't waste any money changing those.

 

[Bonnewagon]

OOFA, those are worn out. You didn't waste any money changing those.

They were so worn that the teeth were jamming up. SCARY!!!!