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Hi, This question may have been covered in another thread, but if so, I can't find it. I have one of the Verizon jetpack hotspots of the $5-a-month variety.  For anyone who doesn't know about it, there is a humongous thread in this forum on that topic.  For the last couple of months when I...

Hi, Talking about a 1993 Ford E350. Gas engine. 5.8L V8 351. To keep this shorter, I'll skip a lot of details, and try to hit the highlights. Starting last summer, this truck / van began having hard starting problems. Never when cold, but happens when hot, especially after long driving. I've...

Hi all, Long time, no posting. Been otherwise occupied. I'm wondering if anyone knows a competent and reliable mechanic in El Paso, TX? May be in need of one shortly, especially one who can do vacuum leak checks. Thanks for any help, Tom

I am just now at the point where I'm beginning to research cell phone signal and Wi-Fi signal boosters. I'd like to boost WiFi mainly on my smartphone as I use it for most connectivity; however, it would be nice to use it for the laptop too when needed. My concern with WiFi boosters is whether...

It's about time for an oil change on my truck / van (1993 Ford E350). To the best of my knowledge, there's conventional oil in it now (5W-20). I'm told it takes 6 quarts. I have a Haynes manual, but no original manual. I've been reading up on conventional vs. synthetic oils. I think I have the...

Hi, This case has history, but I'm going to keep that brief in an effort to keep this intro short. I discovered not long after I bought this truck about 8 months ago that it had a very serious pinging problem anytime it was taxed, and most often when climbing any type of slope.  This more or...

Over the years, I've had a lot of computer experience, including professionally.  However, for the last 10 years or so, I've gotten really rusty, descending to the lowly state of partly informed user. ;-) In the last year or so, I've been slowly trying to remedy that.  Getting up to speed on...

Hi, This post feels a little bit like asking how to pour water out of a bucket, but I guarantee you it's bewildering. I just recently tried to use a loaner and then purchased my first battery pack to charge smartphones with.  Previous to those experiences, I would have imagined that the...

Hi and Happy 4th of July, On my box truck, I have disc brakes on the front and drum brakes on the rear. It is time to do a brake job on the rear of the truck. Although I'm not the most experienced at this, I have done a few brake jobs on other vehicles in the distant past, and I'm hoping to...

Funny, the things that occur to a person early on a Sunday morning. So this is part musing and part questioning.  As I've mentioned before, for the last several years I've been out of the country. Just got back in late October. People talk about culture shock, but there's also reverse culture...

Sometime in the last several months, I ran across a thread on the topic of various kinds of remote backup communications. As I recall, the one that interested me might have been made by DeLorme. Not sure. It was some type of rescue device, something like a satellite phone, except it was able to...

I am hoping that someone can shortcut my learning time on dually tires and related issues. My current box truck is the first vehicle I have ever owned with dually tires on it. If I had it to do all over again, I'd avoid dually tires. However, I've got them now and need to deal with them. First...

In my truck I have a bed platform made out of plywood and two-by-fours. At the moment, on top of that I have placed a normal bed mattress. Mattress lays directly on top of the plywood. Today is the day for me to remove all of the stuff and do a lot of painting to include the bed platform. Over...

As it turns out, it appears that I'll be camp-hosting in Colorado this summer.  Campground is at about 8,000 feet.  Although I've traveled a lot over the years, I'm a Florida boy who's spent the last 10 years at sea level, and the last four months at 3,000 ft. I have done some reading on this...

Hi, I'm sure that these topics were covered somewhere, probably multiple times. However I wasn't able to find it with a quick search. Appreciate anything you can clarify. ----- I'm nearly at the point in my build-out where I am  ready to install some outlet in the truck box wall to allow...

Hi, Having recently arrived back in the States, it seems time for me to open a new bank account. The current obvious choices seem to be Bank of America and Wells Fargo. Both make me cringe. It feels like a choice between Hannibal Lecter and Darth Vader. Without getting too much off track into...

After all of the reading I've done of related articles and forum posts about bucket toilets, and how much they do or don't stink, I've been a little surprised. Why? Although this opens me up to the old criticism of my shit doesn't stink, that is almost the case. Yeah, of course there is a...

I'm not quite sure where propane questions fit in this forum, so I stuck it here. ---------- I am new to using propane for any purpose, so I'm still learning. I'm using a new 20-pound propane tank connected to a typical two-burner Coleman stove for cooking. For the most part, everything is...

Disclaimer: I am posting this for relevant reasons, having nothing to do with having forgotten how to locate Google. ======== I put together a very simple water system for under my kitchen sink in my truck. It involves a few Jerry cans, a foot pump, and some vinyl tubing. It works fine, with...

My initial investigations this year are telling me that there's been a sea change. It seems that single work campers, that is one person in a vehicle, are less and less acceptable even to seasonal employers. I bumped into that barrier so far with camp hosting companies, concessionaire companies...