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    I did another thing, ha ha ha I can’t wait 😁

    Might try some .44 Special if the recoil gets bothersome. It's a little harder to find.
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    Need thoughts from the car gurus

    I'm not a guru, but they're not thinking too highly of it here, just from the performance aspect: https://www.edmunds.com/gmc/terrain/2020/review/
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    Old Walker Floor Jack

    Thank you. That guy's got an interesting story on Amazon (he's a seller). I found that service parts doc, but not the kit. I'll order it tonight!
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    Old Walker Floor Jack

    It's a LIFT-A-CAR 3,000lb capacity model (No. 767). Y'all know anything about those? I was looking for a seal kit, and it seems older than I thought it was. 1960s, or maybe a decade or two older even. I picked it up at a local junk shop to help my son change the rear axle on his Maxima ($30...
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    Charging Voltage, '97 Suburban

    Thank you. Looks really good. They overdid the rubber protector part (not there on yours) so that it's hard to get good contact with them. Trimming that back should help too.
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    Russian spacecraft crashes into moon

    I saw it too, but I thought it was a couple years earlier. Maybe not. Same time as the really impressive Cobra move done by the Sukhoi fighters. Look at those styles! Wouldn't trade (political systems) with them.
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    Russian spacecraft crashes into moon

    As it were... If it's wrenching, give me one or the other, not a mix (like I found on some of my old cars). Weights and other measures - my mind doesn't do most metric readily unless there's a fairly close comparison (meters and yards, for ex.).
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    1993 OMC 5.8 EFI Idle problem, runs on throttle, too rich

    This maybe? : https://www.rinda.com/techmatepro/index.html https://www.rinda.com/acro/Engine_Support_2023.pdf https://www.rinda.com/rindashop/ I didn't see "OMC", but Volvo/Penta (same thing?) This popped up too, may have some resources in those posts? ...
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    Charging Voltage, '97 Suburban

    Yes, side posts; you know, the sort of recessed ones. I pulled off the cables and they had some corrosion. Positive had signs of getting too hot. Both were tight. I trimmed back some of the red plastic that wraps around the terminal edges so those ones would mate up better, and cleaned them...
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    Charging Voltage, '97 Suburban

    Yes; I will pull those and check them. The positive has given me a little trouble in the past, getting it/keeping it on securely, since it's two stacked together and a little awkward.
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    Charging Voltage, '97 Suburban

    Yeah, it's been so long since I changed a starter (decades), that really didn't occur to me. But yes, this has 197k on it now, and I've had it for coming up on 11 years.
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    Charging Voltage, '97 Suburban

    Didn't try it at other than idle, right after we drove it today. Gauge on the dash indicates a bit under 14V while driving; didn't fully trust that though. The one in the boat reads about a volt and a half low compared to when I put a meter on it. By dragging I mean the first crank-over...
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    Clutch Fan to Electric Conversion, 1997 Suburban

    When are you available? Actually I'm not at all convinced it's bad. As I was saying, it's stiff, even in 100F weather right after driving it. That's the test, right? It's been a couple weeks or more since I looked at it, and I wasn't looking for it at the time, but I gave it a rev from under...
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    Clutch Fan to Electric Conversion, 1997 Suburban

    Yeah I was thinking about replacing the clutch fan with an electric setup, not so much adding a fan. That would have to go on the front of all that(?) as there's nowhere else for it. Consensus here seems to be that the clutch fan is better than electric if working properly. The fan that's on...
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    Charging Voltage, '97 Suburban

    I'm getting 13.75V at the battery and about 14 at the alternator at idle. That sounds like the alternator's failing to me. It's dragging a bit when I start it sometimes. I mentioned that as part of a (not so great day at the lake) recently, but I attributed it to batt cables not tight...
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    Propane

    https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/heating-values-fuel-gases-d_823.html
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    Propane

    Maybe all "butane" isn't equal, but to the best of my knowledge, butane has more btu/cu ft than propane. Like 3,200 vs 2,500. I know nothing about "mixed gases" (but it's a thing), or how the propane companies sell the product (might look up "temperature compensation" just for fun), but I...
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    Clutch Fan to Electric Conversion, 1997 Suburban

    Ok, thanks for the replies. Cheaper/easier than going electric.
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    Clutch Fan to Electric Conversion, 1997 Suburban

    Checked the fan last evening after my wife drove it in 100F+ temps. Same stiffness as when cold - doesn't spin freely at all after I move it. Don't think the compressor's cycling (like low on charge). Radiator's not all that old so should be clean, but noticed the trans cooler's taking up a lot...
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    Clutch Fan to Electric Conversion, 1997 Suburban

    Full shroud's there. Fan has virtually no freewheel cold; will check next time it's hot. Don't know what the AC system would need unless it's low; last time I checked it had enough or almost too much charge according to a cheap gauge. It's got the 1 year warranty compressor, and that was put...
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