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I rotate the spark plugs around every 5000 to ensure they wear evenly.

Seafire is a National Treasure.
He takes his battery, plugs, brake pads, starter, alternator, fuel pump, tires, water pump, cooler, lights, a/c compressor and strap-on back to the vendor 1 day before the "warranty" is up for "return".......Free.....
Then brags about it......
on his way to church, scouts or to save another life.

A poster boy of the anyone but me should pay.........for everything.....
But look how many miles I get outta my rigs.

Steel I was doing that at 43K but my truck was leaking 1.3127 ounces of oil between my 25K mi oil changes, so I rolled back to 42.7K on the seal changes. Lord knows I wouldn't want to spill a drop into this precious dirt we call earth.

jealousy will get you nowhere Gilligan....

guess you boys have nothing better to do than to start up a thread 6 weeks after it sorta died....but I'm glad you YoYos did...its hilarious so many people get there shorts in such a knot because someone does routine maintenance on their vehicles, more often than they do....

but party on Boys... you've earned it...sorta like Waldorf and Statler wannabes from the Muppets....

The Muppets?

Enough of the insults already. Sheesh. Either stick to the subject or just drop it.

We'll drop it at 50k, whether it needs it or not.

I am surely not jealous of stealing.

Can’t even see 50K in the rearview anymore....just saying..

Jesus will be proud of you....

you haven't been around for a while, yet you somehow managed to find THIS THREAD to put in your two cents after the fact, with your normal negative bravado.. just to impress your HERO Rauncho Bozo... Campfire Queen of Useless Posts?

Yeah, SNAFU for you pair of Keyboard Commandos...............

You Bozos need to round up two more Morons and you can call yourselves the Fantastic Four..... maybe a couple of Muppets aren't doing anything important in their lives either...

oh, and the odometer says 49,998.....

Condensation

Transmission fluid is almost identical to motor oil and nobody changes that onnce a year due to condensation. Maybe because the engine draws air into it and the tranny doesn't?

Transmission lubricants are not in contact with any part of the combustion cycle, e.g. exhaust gases.

I know this is going to give Rauncho Bozo and Slavey heart attacks... but I drain the trans every 20K...runs me less than $100 every 100K.....

see how far $100 get you in tranny repair at 100K.....

but then they think REAL MEN don't do preventative maintenance..."Rocket Scientists" they are and all...

sure they think REAL MEN don't take a bath but once a week....as they know the old argument, "They will only get dirty again...."

Ding ding... when it is super loaded. Ideally it should have a restriction gauge or filter minder telling you its at 25 in h20 restriction.

Most cars dont have them, but I assume military vehicles do. Off road equipment normally does.

I was hoping the military trained guy would tell us how the army does it and how he does it.

Changing air filters too early or too often lets more dust in the engine than running them really really dirty.

Buzz...

(or half credit)

Ive seen engine air filters in lab test and on off road equipment and most people dont know what dirty looks like.


I was hoping our military guy would tell us how they handled air filters in sandy places.

I have no problem with maintenance.
I'm in the maintenance business.
I do have a problem with dishonesty.

Well, this was quite the thread.

I try to change the one on my diesel before the turbo collapses the intake. But sometimes I wait until after.

Is the theory that changing the air filter too often exposes the clean side to accumulated dust in the airbox/housing? Or does a new filter not filter as well as one that is "seasoned"?

Both. A new air filter has to load a little bit to get its best efficiency. The dust actually holds dust to itself better.

I would avoid the air intake hose collapse if you can. They should be designed for 35 in h20 or more and you start to flex fatigue the hose and risk dusting eventually. Air filters I spec usually have 100 in-h20 collapse so the hose will go before the filter.