67RModel

I don't know who all I have conversed with on this topic or in the entirety of the odds and ends department but I must say its been a pleasure. Upon reflection on these threads I have decided to hang it up here. I participate in several forums and generally speaking there is a consensus within the forum on certain subjects, especially politics. That is nowhere more apparent than the odds and ends section of BMT. Any thread brought to the floor is an echo chamber of the general consensus usually consisting mainly of memes or reposted content from MSM. It is rare to see people inject real objective scrutiny that runs contrary to the dominant opinion on these forums. It is certainly tolerated, however, posting a differing view, or calling out blatant hypocrisy that cast the dominant opinion a bad light is dismissed, laughed at, or in some recent cases results in name calling. Based on what I have seen, I get the impression real objective discussion on the topics created here is not actually desired. To that point it made me question why participate at all.

Truth be told the odds and ends section was the main reason I logged in frequently. With the antique section mostly dried up of meaningful content there's not much left here of interest to me. It will probably be years before I will make any real progress on my R model or have enough progress to make a build thread. I'll probably be selling my RD soon so I might be back to post it for sale here and possibly one of my Rest Rite bunks if anyone here is interested. Until then everyone have a good one. Again, its been a pleasure.

33 minutes ago, Joey Mack said:

They chant Death to America daily..... 

 

But what do they say it? 

33 minutes ago, Joey Mack said:

Why would any U.S. Citizen support them

I don’t think any of us could find any US citizens that support the Iranian government. Supporting the Iranian government and acknowledging US’s history with Iran while also acknowledging the current conflict will only make things worse are not remotely the same things

12 minutes ago, kscarbel2 said:

From 1953 to 1979, it obviously did work extremely well.

I guess one could say that if you were a corrupt US politician looking to exploit a developing country for your benefit. Take their natural resources. Sell them military hardware. Back door deals to line your pockets with. It probably did work extremely well. History has shown people don’t take kindly to someone coming into their country and “helping” them. 

3 minutes ago, kscarbel2 said:

It worked extremely well until a radical faction made a power grab.

Why did a radical faction make a power grab? Why have I never heard “death to Portugal” from the ayatollah? 

23 minutes ago, BottleHauler84 said:

That could probably be said for about 99% of that generation, not just specifically democrats or republicans. They would all be upset with the way our country has turned out after fighting WW2.

This statement is true, however, not necessarily where I was going. The term "Eisenhower Republican" has a pretty specific meaning related to how he viewed certain issues. He was not a war monger having seen WWII first hand. He also was very adamant about the dangers of having an enormous military and is quoted many times on the record warning US citizens that defense contractors will coax politicians into looking for reasons to use the military abroad. He may have coined the term "military industrial complex".

3 minutes ago, kscarbel2 said:

Actually, this was one regime change that worked out extremely well.

Up until it didn't. The reasons for which were the regime change itself. So no. It obviously didn't work out extremely well. The USA is not righteous. It is not the US CIA's place nor in the best interest of the US citizen to be out corrupting other countries with regimes we think are righteous.

Is Gulfway still a thing? A while back they were popular but I haven’t heard anything about them in several years. I'm honestly not sure it they are / were a broker of the actual underwriter. Looks like they are still around and have ties with ATHS.

Gulfway Insurers - A Leader in the Specialty Insurance Industry

I didn’t know where else to post this but I’ll just put it here. 1995 STOTU. Enjoy.

I wonder if its time for Democrats to start putting these stickers on the fuel pumps 😅

Or maybe this version:

On 3/6/2026 at 12:39 PM, 67RModel said:

Took this 20 minutes ago. PA does have very high fuel tax though...

Same spot. 5 days. +$0.20. Arby's Valuebox is still $7.99 😆

I don't think there would be much commentary. I highly doubt there are any progressive liberals that frequent or even come to this site. I joined in 2020 and can't recall ever seeing any progressive or liberal ideology cast from a morally or politically correct point of view. If such a thread were created it would most likely just end up being anti Trump memes. My guess is there is no shortage of those to be found. I frequent another forum for a topic that is not trucks or politics. Like here there is an odds and ends section that political discussion is permitted. However, the difference there is memes, GIFS, any type of name calling, and the like are strictly prohibited and enforced. IMO there ends up being much more insightful discussion and commentary there than here. 

When I was a kid my mom always said when someone was dressed inappropriately in church or at a funeral that "his heart is in the right place".

On 3/7/2026 at 8:22 PM, Joey Mack said:

Obviously I have zero knowledge about military combat, but this looks too easy to me..

I have next to zero knowledge about military combat. However I think there are ample clues in history. Do you remember the Gulf War? Iraq had the world's 3rd or 4th largest army and it was totally dismantled by US strikes in a matter of weeks. The ground war lasted a month or two and looked like and NFL team playing against pee wees. It was something like 300 casualties for the coalition and upwards of 50,000 for Iraq. My guess is Iran isn't much different. Hardware in large numbers but extremely obsolete and hamstrung by decades of sanctions. And no real experience or training in waging war. Iran and Iraq were competing powers in that region for years. Sunni vs Shite Muslim ideology. Iran's large army was built up over the years to counter Iraq not directly engage with USA. With Saddam gone the need for to upkeep all that hardware probably became less important and its main use shifted solely to impressing and/or scaring it's citizenry into compliance and to keep them subjugated. The leadership probably knows they stand zero chance against the US military. I don't think the stuff being destroyed is bait. I think what we are seeing is an extremely weak military that really hasn't got a clue being picked apart by the most advanced and capable military on the planet. If there were to be a large buildup of ground forces and a ground war was started my guess is you would see a turkey shoot all the way to Tehran. Especially since there a large portion of the Iranian citizenry who would love to be liberated from the current regime. I don't know about Iran having strong nuclear rockets. The average citizen will never know the truth about such matters. I have serious doubts considering what info is available from IAEA as well as the bombing mission last June.

IMO even if Iran was able to cobble together a nuke the idea they would use it unprovoked is laughable. They have no ICBM capability or possibilities in the works. Delivering it anywhere beyond a few hundred miles would be impossible unless it was a tiny one in a suitcase.  Everyone on planet Earth knows what would happen if any country would detonate a nuclear weapon. If Iran was actually pursuing a nuclear weapons program my guess is the real reason is to prevent exactly what is currently happening to them. The only reason countries have nukes is as a deterrent. 

I was mainly citing the cost of diesel since bottle hauler dropped 1g for 230 gallons. That same 230 gallons would be anther $203 if it was purchased here. 😩

I would use at least grade 10.9 flanged, fine thread, hex head bolts and flanged, distorted thread lock nuts.

Took this 20 minutes ago. PA does have very high fuel tax though...

I guess I would say elevated fuel prices are a very predicable and expected outcome from any sort of agitation in the Middle East. What we are seeing now is total chaos and instability in the Middle East. You literally have a Muslim country firing rockets and drones into other neighboring Muslim countries, which is unprecedented. Most of those rockets are targeting oil infrastructure. I think one of Iran's strategies is to make gas prices so high so that those that still support Trump at home turn against him and he is forced into some type of off ramp on the war, strikes, military operations, or whatever its being called. 

She obviously was not fired. She was reassigned to a position with no meaningful authority or any real accountability so as to make it appear it was not a mistake to put her in that position in the first place.

2 hours ago, 67RModel said:

Its called "saving face".

I was always under the assumption that the coolant filters with additives or a specific "additive package" in the coolant itself was to help fight corrosion and/or lubricate the water pump bearings. However, I assume from KT Engineer's commentary that coolant additives can be used to raise the vapor pressure of the coolant thereby increasing the threshold of when micro bubbles form. I know the easiest way to increase a liquid's vapor pressure is to raise its temperature but obviously that is not a helpful solution when being applied to a cooling system. 

John Kennedy seems to hold a high amount of credibility on this forum. He is a US politician and thereby corrupt himself. However, you can tell he is really struggling not to flat out label her actions as corrupt. If she belonged to the other tribe my guess is he would have mopped the floor with her.

"my research shows that you did not bid them out. In fact that one of the people you picked, the Strategy Group, I'm sorry, Save America Media, was a company formed eleven days before you picked them. And that the Strategy Group got most of the money. The head of that is married to your former spokesperson."

A non corrupt, competitive bid process would never award a multi million dollar federal government contract to an 11 day old company.

I see. Makes sense. Like you say probably just a packaging and economics situation. 

I think you said this transmission came off of a stationary power unit. Did you see the the setup before is was separated? I'm curious what engine was on it and what it was used for. I have never seen a stationary power unit with a 13 speed transmission mounted to it. All the ones I have seen just have a hand clutch and v belt pulleys or a hydro pump. Never seen one with a transmission. I wonder if the idea was to be able to somehow shift it under load or was it to preselect a specific gear before engaging the clutch depending on load and how much horsepower you needed?