Any Chevy truck made before 1990s is god tier. I’ve got a 1969 C-20 for my farm truck. It’s got a 350 small block with a SM465 transmission and an HO52 rear end. With a 4.56:1 rear end and 6.55:1 in first gear I can pull a 2 horse trailer with 2 draft horses in it no problem. Down side is no over drive and the reared only has races bearings and seals available. It’s got 200,000+ miles (speedometer is only 5 digits) on the original power train.
I've run em for around hundred k no issues yet, they really don't stick out that much from the pan installed. I get people's reticence, I originally learned about them dabbing on a retard who mounted a simple plumbing fitting sticking out of their oil pan, but they aren't just a bog standard plumbing fitting hanging down 2-3 inches, they are specially made to be compact, easy to utilize, and impossible to fail. I've installed a handful and none of them have concerned me even a little.
Just make it a hybrid diesel electric. Well, if Edison actually ever ships theirs.
I saw that and was interested briefly but for all his talk of “made in Canada” he has spent the past 2 months absolutely shilling for the CCP
Be real though, you're pitching this to people like @Null who are pigshit retards regarding mechanical matters- Yeah old only electronic thing is the ignition system is kinda bomb proof territory but I cannot see someone like Null leaning over a fender in Appalachia adjusting mixture screws for altitude. Or god forbid they hear electronic ignition and insist on having fucking breaker points.
What would you recommend to use for diagnosing OBD1 vehicles? About everything sold now seems to be for OBD2 and realistically only vehicles from the last 10 years.
That's a tricky one because essentially you need a old snap on mt2500 or Modus scanner with every single adapter, dongle and memory card. An older Verus would also work but those are even more expensive.
Avoid CVT. But if you already have one, then change oil in it every 20-25k miles and it will live long enough even if it's a shitty Nissan one. Don't trust manufacturer guidelines, I've heard some of them suggest not changing transmission oil at all, which is absurd.
My stepdad bought a straight shift Cherokee in 1999? It was an '88. that bitch lasted until he died in '16. No heat or air, that disgusting grain sand finish you could rub off with a finger, manual window cranks, wide open back, two door. If i had the chance i would buy. That thing went through hell and back. I imagine its still running somewhere, like the buick aunt ruth left when she died.
Car mechanics aren’t typically good at working on car AC units either. Unfortunately you need a bunch of expensive equipment to do it properly.
If you're mad enough to get a BMW, the magic words are "K+DCAN cable" (or "ENET cable" for the 2010s ones, though no personal experience there) and "BMW Standard Tools" for the whole kit and caboodle that includes the fabled INPA and Tool32 that can do anything but are programmed by insane Germanic aliens. ISTA+ is a much newer design and a bit more annoying to set up, but it's designed to hold the hand of stealership retards and the damn thing has an autodiagnostics function that uses stored codes to calculate a fairly comprehensive battery of automatic tests to solve everything for you AND a built-in factory service manual on top.
Did someone replace them with LEDs? They may not have enough draw for the flasher to flash, assuming it's an old-school mechanical flasher.