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Alberta (where I live) has been sort of trying to separate from Canada for a while now. There was talk of Trump grabbing Canada a while ago, as well. Who knows???

Dodge used a coil pack from a 4 cyl minivan and one from a 6 cyl minivan. Yes, 3 and 8 are on the same (6 cyl) coil pack. Hopefully, it wasn't sludge burning off from inside the 8.3 ;) Maybe borrow a 6-71 (although a bit undersized) off one of those locos for your Striker Build. That could be...

As Detective Joe Friday used to say on Dragnet, when trying to solve a case: "Just the facts (Ma'am)"....

So, the truck sat at the dealership and they fixed the rad. Now #3 and #8 no longer misfire and there is no white smoke. Is this right??

That works and is a good idea.

IF YOU HAVE TO drive the truck, take the rad cap off (unless the weather temperature is too hot on the drive home). That way, it will take nearly 15 p.s.i. off of the entire cooling system and at least reduce (or if you're lucky, eliminate) any leaks from a crack, or whatever is causing it...

I do believe the exhaust smoke when hot at idle is disappearing. In about another 1000 miles I will change from 10w40 mineral on to 5w30 Synthetic. See how that goes. Mineral oil loses viscosity pretty fast with engine heat and it can and will smoke. I never did leave it in very long if/when I...

I never did use break-in oil but my engine had LOW-tension rings, a mild crosshatch (borderline shiny) with a steepish 50 degree included angle. It also has coated skirts so if there was some rockin' under load, it shouldn't damage the walls (at all). So, primarily because of the rings and...

Yikes!, we are 1.80/L for 94 which is what I use in my rig, and is the highest pump octane we have here.

That's the largest car show gathering I've ever seen. There is still snow on the ground here so...not much interest in any shows yet.

Haha, yup: Ed Big Daddy Roth designed the Rat Fink car models with Revell. They had more chrome on those than most real cars you could buy today.

Traditionally that honor went to Geese, but markets change.

Because I'm older than dirt, I remember when eggs were 55 cents/dozen. Now they are knocking on the door of a dollar EACH. No wonder Chickens look so proud and smile a lot.

Oh, it's worse than that to the west of us near the shipping ports in Vancouver B.C.... $2.45 per liter x 4.546 to convert to gallons, and the magic number becomes $11.13 per gallon for diesel. I think we may have gone off topic and the only advice I can give is DON'T CUT THE BLUE WIRE!!

With Diesel (the least refined/highest profit consumer fuel) at $9.33/gallon, we can look forward to higher shipping costs (and prices) for food, goods and pretty much everything else. Because of course, trucks and trains run on it. What a deal!!!

Thanks for the response.

It doesn't look factory. There is nothing like that on my 2005 QC.

Nice vehicles and weather!!

Any updates???

After a significant overheating episode, white smoke out of the tailpipe (particularly if it smells a bit sweet) is evidence that coolant has found its way into the exhaust system. Coloured porcelain (antifreeze) may also be noticed on spark plugs and will likely be in the cylinders that had...