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A Day in the Life of The Partsman – Super singles (Wide base tires)
Hey all, super singles, well OK thats not really the term used anymore. What I mean is wide base tires, commonly referred to as super singles. What are they? They are a wider based tire designed to take the place … Continue reading
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Tagged fuel savings, super single, super single tires, tire life, tractor trailer tires, wide based tire
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A Day in the Life of The Partsman – Conventional or Synthetic Oils?
Hey all! Ok were in 2010, is there really anyone out there still that does not realize the benfits of synthetic oils? YES there sure are, and plenty. For the record before I really dig in to this subject, we here … Continue reading
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A Day in the Life of The Partsman – Pain free working
Happy Saturday all, being almost middle aged myself I know what it is like to live through the “I’m invincible” stage of your 20′s. Dong things to your body that doesn’t hurt or bother you today certainly can impact how … Continue reading
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A Day in the Life of The Partsman – Fan Cluches – or “keep me cool”
Hey all! What keep my engine cool you may ask, while there are several important things that help keep your engine cool lets look at the engine fan clutch. The fan clutch has one major job and that is to … Continue reading
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Tagged clutch, cooling, cooling fan, engine cooling, engine fan, engine fan clutch, fan, fan clutch
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A Day in the Life of The Partsman – Cavitation or “tiny bubbles”
Hey all!! Its Saturday and hope life is going as good for you as it is for us!! Todays topic is cavitation. Don’t know what it is?? No problem read on and it will become clear. Cavitation can be very damaging … Continue reading
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Tagged air bubbles, cavitation, coolant, cylinder sleeve, diesel cavitation, implode
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A Day in the Life of The Partsman – Batteries or “start me up”
Batteries. What would life be without them?? Where to begin, ok history is always a good place to start. Batteries date back longer then you would think. While Alassandro Volta is credited with the first battery in the late 1790′s it is speculated … Continue reading
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Tagged battery, battery cable, cable, corrosion, heat, lead acid, vibration
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A Day in the Life of The Partsman – Chrome
Hey all, another day in the books, hope yours was awesome! Today I wanted to touch on chrome. What the hell is chrome anyway?? Well, lets explore some of chrome’s history shall we? Chrome as we see it in common … Continue reading
A Day in the Life of The Partsman – How does A/C really work??
Happy morning all, after our little three day hiatus were back to talk about how air conditioning in cars and trucks works, or better yet how it should work. Probably the biggest misconception about air conditioning is that is cools by … Continue reading
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Tagged air conditioning, coil, compressor, cool air, evaporator, freon, freon gas, freon liquid, hot air
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A Day in the Life of The Partsman – Good Intentions
Well, the road to hell is paved with good intentions, I made the statement we would be updating the blog witn informative, good information on a regular basis and i have slipped again. Why?? Well as luck would have it … Continue reading
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A Day in the Life of The Partsman – Air Brake Chambers
Hello all, sorry, slipped in to a couple days of missing regular posts. Remember I am trying real hard not to let that happen! I wanted to get in to air brake chambers a little bit, talk about their function, what … Continue reading
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Tagged 3030, actuator, air brake actuator, air brake chamber, brake can, chamber, service chamber
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