Recent content by valkraider

Biodiesel is not made from corn. Biodiesel is made from vegitable oil. Which can be soy based, or canola based, or even algae based. The oil can also be recycled waste vegitable oil, like from deep-fryers... In the USA the soy lobby is very strong so much of our biodiesel is made from soy...

Biodiesel will not throw off the sensor.... I have 60k miles using biodiesel in my VW TDI and 8000 miles using biodiesel in my CRD. 100% Biodiesel has about 5% less BTU than petroleum diesel. But biodiesel is higher cetane and has more lubrocity, which offset that somewhat. Results...

I was able to get away with a 12 inch ball mount. I needed the 20 inch ball height so a drop mount was not an option for me. Whatever you do do not use "extenders". Just get a longer ball mount... Unless it is for a bike rack or something light.... And remember that every inch you go...

We ended up marking where the contact occurs using a dab of wet paint, and then we dremeled out a divet a bit bigger than that spot, and filled the divet with non-conductive modeling type cement, then sanded it down to be smooth and even with the copper. We never cut through the copper so it is...

I also wanted to allow for vented airflow, with the fans not running. But I felt that removing the fan speed 4 was not very intuitive to the user. I agree that we rarely if ever use fan speed 4, but it makes no sense to switch the fan to "4" to turn it off. Instead of removing fan speed 4...

Now THIS is dedication. :) I think I would get to maybe 100 and say - hmm, looks good enough for me...

If wear is concerned, how about gluing a small piece of plastic instead of using tape? Maybe something from a craft store.....

Cool tip! As far as your "word of caution": On my 2005, the owners manual states that the AC is on when the selector is in "Floor" mode, and that the AC is on when in "mix defrost" or "defrost" modes and the outside temp is below 30 degrees. We are working on a solution to the "force you...