Bentwings
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My ‘99 24 valve dodge dusky has 450 grand on it . Into changed starter in nasty weather it had a rediculous battery wire I changed that years ago. The crank position sensor was up behind the starter while not difficult to change it means removing the starter then the sensor body is some kind of plastic with o ring in variably one or both are stuck if you are not careful or try to bull doze the operation you end up busting the crank position sensor off . Then you have a real problem as no drill can be inserted in the space guys have had to carve the things out with a series of drill bits turned by hand . That also means a messy oil change to get the remains out of the oil pan . Fortunately most are plastic and get pulverized by the crank . My dual Ky has had only minimal service for its life it has started down to -30 deg f on its dual batteries I had portable generators to drive the block heater most really cold winter days . It still has the original rear brake shoes in the rear I just cleaned and serviced them once a year great truck it rusted pretty bad and is being restored .
My little turbines ar mostly aluminum and have rather large exhaust port so cooling should not be an issue . I haven’t checked on price of ceramic bearings yet . Im guessing they will probably cost more than the units. But thanks forvthe info on ceramics. Air tool oil is pretty thin but air tools seem to last forever with only limited oil so it must be pretty good . I tried steam engine oil on my little steamer that was a mistake . While it seemed good hot when cold you could hardly turn it over so I cleaned it all out and stick to air tool oil as long as it doesn’t see really hot steam or high speeds .
My little turbines ar mostly aluminum and have rather large exhaust port so cooling should not be an issue . I haven’t checked on price of ceramic bearings yet . Im guessing they will probably cost more than the units. But thanks forvthe info on ceramics. Air tool oil is pretty thin but air tools seem to last forever with only limited oil so it must be pretty good . I tried steam engine oil on my little steamer that was a mistake . While it seemed good hot when cold you could hardly turn it over so I cleaned it all out and stick to air tool oil as long as it doesn’t see really hot steam or high speeds .