Loading...Brian’s Morning Newsletter for June 18th 2009
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Good Morning
I’m coming down off two 10 hour days of work for Desertgate. I’m so happy to be this tired, but it does have my mind in a writers block mode. I shouldn’t say writers block just because the things I’ve been busy doing I’m not at liberty to discuss in the newsletter, but this is a means to make the projects I want to do possible. Suffice to say the kind of work I’ve been doing requires me to climb a ladder while at an altitude of 9000 feet above sea level. One of the things I am totally amused about is my pants keep sliding down my hips when I wear a heavy tool belt. Although last night when I got home I ate like there was no tomorrow for unknown reasons. Still, I’ll need to put another hole in my belt to cinch it up if I want to keep my pants up, smiles. As you can imagine it might not be the sight a customer would relish.
I am continuing to read on the forum http://www.4btswaps.com/forum/ about the possibility of swapping the gas engine, automatic transmission and 4X4 transfer case out of our Ford F-150 for the Cummins turbocharged 6 cylinder (6BT), manual transmission, and a Dodge transfer case from Ed Littleton. Everything looks workable even though it does look like a lot of work, aside from the fact that these engines and transmissions are a lot heavier than I am used to working with, having been strictly a foreign car mechanic those many many years ago. Hey but I’m quite adaptable myownself. I’ll need to build a heavy duty engine pulling frame and hook my favorite tool, the chain hoist up, perhaps just outside the garage door of the shop and pull the engine out of the Ford so I can see what kind of room I have to work with in there.
I see that lots of the guys doing engine swaps pull much of the cab off before working on their trucks. Some even pull the whole cab off. I’m sure it does help with setting up the two drive shafts and exhaust systems like I will need to do when I take out a V8 engine and automatic transmission and replace it with a straight 6 cylinder diesel engine and manual transmission. The scope of this kind of conversion is lofty, for instance the fuel system is slightly different, but one of the things I’ve been thinking about is, the Ford has two fuel tanks, and after I decide if the in-tank fuel (gasoline) pumps will work with diesel fuel, I may need to pull them. I digress with technicalities, I was thinking of using the second tank for waste veggie oil and converting this truck to a two tank WVO burner.
This is part pipe dream, part looking for a silver lining to help me justify doing all this work, to get a complete truck I could possibly buy for off craigslist for $3500. Now I can’t find the Dodge 4×4 I was looking at the other day but here is another interesting truck. Don’t get me wrong, I’m only looking and trying to learn and seeing what other crafty gents like myself are doing. The crazy looking rig pictured below has the same engine as the truck I’m buying from Ed, but the truck below is an auto trans, and i want a manual trans like ed’s truck has.
So there we go for another Thursday
Lots and lots of reading for you this morning, and since it is mostly boring guy stuff I added lots of humor to help keep ya going
Much Love,
Brian Rodgers
990 Dodge 12V Cummins – $2500 (E MTNS)
Reply to:
sale-z6ehx-1225183083@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
Date: 2009-06-16, 6:13PM MDT
Condition: Vehicle has 43K miles. The drivetrain in near perfect, starts and runs excellent, trans shifts great. The tires have about 60% tread. The interior is in great shape. The seat is blue cloth and is excellent. The gauges all work fine.
Specs:
Engine: 6BT/5.9L TDSL
Transmission: Chrysler 727 Auto, 3-spd, Gear Ratios: 1st- 2.45-1, 2nd-1.45-1, 3rd-1.0-1, Rev- 2.2-1
Rear Axle: Spicer 70, Gear Ratio: 7.17-1
Brakes- Power Assisted Drum, Towing Capacity: Support Equipment- 40,000 lbs, Aircraft- 70,000 lbs
L-177”, W- 96”, H- 80”, GVW: 9,200, Tires: LT235/85R16, Fuel Capacity- 30 Gals
This truck is for sale with a bill of sale only. I will help you pull the engine and trans if thats all you want. It weighs 9K lbs. I’ve posted some videos of the engine running, click on the link below or email me for links to the videos. I can shoot any video or additional pics you may need.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywwn68EI8Qc&feature=player_embedded
You will not be disappointed with this engine, why buy one with 100-200,000 miles when you can practically get a new one. I know the military techs that serviced this truck and it’s always had its scheduled services. The military has a regimented service schedule and the only reason this is out of service is due to age.
I can only sell this truck or parts of this truck to an American citizen in the US.
check out http://www.fordcummins.com/index.html for conversion ideas
- Location: E MTNS
- it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
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Obama Announces Plans To Run For McCain’s Senate Seat In 2010
PHOENIX—Saying that it is time for change to come to Arizona, President Barack Obama on Tuesday formally announced that he will run for Senate against John McCain in the 2010 election.
Obama asks Arizona voters to send another message to Washington and John McCain.
Addressing a capacity crowd of nearly 72,000 at University of Phoenix Stadium, Obama stood before a giant banner emblazoned with his new "President Obama for Senate" logo—a basic facsimile of his 2008 campaign emblem with a cactus inscribed in the center—and called on voters to "turn the page and write the next chapter in the great Arizona story."
"I am, and always have been, motivated by a single, powerful idea: that I might one day play a small part in building a better Arizona," Obama said. "So I ask you today to join me in this quest. Our children, and our children’s children, deserve it. Together, we can meet the challenges we face. Together, we can send a message to Washington, and together, we can beat John McCain."
"Yes, we can in Arizona," Obama continued to overwhelming applause. "Yes, we can in Arizona. Yes, we can beat John McCain. Yes, we can in Arizona."
Repeatedly throughout his speech, Obama labeled McCain as a Washington insider and criticized the 73-year-old four-term senator for being out of touch with everyday Arizonans. While acknowledging respect for his opponent’s military record and years of public service, the president argued that being a decorated war veteran has little to do with improving Arizona’s schools and putting its citizens back to work.
"Let me be clear: John McCain is a good man," Obama said. "He has served this state nobly for more than 20 years. But where was John McCain last year when the economy collapsed and the housing bubble burst? Was he here in Arizona looking out for families in need? Or was he crisscrossing the nation trying to further his own political career?"
John McCain meets with many of his supporters at a local Arizona diner.
According to Beltway observers, Obama’s candidacy should come as no surprise. The 44th president has reportedly kept a close eye on McCain’s poll numbers in Arizona, and launched a senatorial exploratory committee last November just hours after McCain confirmed that he would run for a fifth term.
"The key thing we learned in 2008 is that McCain is beatable," campaign manager David Plouffe said. "And our goal is to continue to exploit that, whether he is running for the Senate, mayor of Phoenix, or board president at an assisted living facility."
Obama has continued to keep pressure on McCain for months, most notably by befriending the senator’s closest war compatriots, becoming a frequent commenter on daughter Meghan McCain’s blog, writing a best-selling book entitled The One And Only House I Own, and sending flowers to McCain’s wife on her birthday and anniversary.
Obama even made history in May by coauthoring the Obama-Feingold Act, a bill the president said "vastly improves" upon previous groundbreaking campaign finance legislation.
"My fellow Arizonans, we have an opportunity to do something special next November," Obama said. "With a strong ally in the White House, the issues that matter most to our state will finally be pushed to the forefront of Washington’s agenda. Issues like economic recovery, immigration reform, and the simple satisfaction of watching a broken, elderly man realize that the one thing in life he could still cling to is no longer his."
Using the nearly $30 million in campaign fundraising leftover from his presidential bid, Obama has mobilized a massive grassroots movement on a scale never before seen in a Senate race. More than 400,000 volunteers have flooded Arizona since his announcement, and nearly 350 Obama campaign offices have opened throughout the state.
Early polls indicate McCain is leading by four percentage points. But Obama’s numbers are expected to increase in the next 18 months, during which he plans to spend less time in Washington and focus his efforts on winning in Arizona.
According to constituents, the president’s commitment may already be paying off.
"I’ve voted for John McCain in the last four elections, but I have to admit I’m intrigued by Barack Obama," Flagstaff resident Evan Casillas said. "I know John McCain. I like John McCain. He would probably continue to do well as senator. But that Barack Obama is awfully charismatic."
As of press time, McCain was not available for comment, as members of his Senate staff indicated he had left his office earlier in the day to take a long walk and clear his head.
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Grand Illusion
In 2003, Barack Obama said he was for single payer.
What would it take to get single payer enacted?
"First, we have to take back the White House, the Senate and the House," Obama said at the time.
Fast forward six years.
The Democrats have taken the White House.
The Senate and the House.
And now what’s Obama’s position?
In a speech this week in Chicago before the American Medical Association, Obama made clear he was now opposed to single payer.
And his lieutenants suggested that Obama would support legislation to make sure that single payer does not become a reality in America.
There’s only one explanation for Obama’s flip-flop on single payer.
The health insurance and drug corporations have a hammerlock on Washington.
And Obama is going along to get along.
What’s the net result?
Sixty Americans are dying every day due to lack of health insurance. (Institute of Medicine report.)
Instead of getting behind single payer, Obama and the Democrats are engaged in the what Dr. Marcia Angell, former editor-in-chief at the highly regarded New England Journal of Medicine calls "the futility of piecemeal tinkering."
Earlier this week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that the most liberal of the Democrats’ tinkering plans would cost $1 trillion over ten years and still leave 37 million Americans uninsured.
Single payer on the other hand would cost less than we are overpaying now — and cover everyone.
Zero uninsured.
As Dr. Angell puts it — single payer is not only the best option.
It’s the only option that will both control costs and cover everyone.
Replace 1,300 insurance industry payers with one payer.
Save $400 billion a year in bloated corporate administrative and executive compensation costs.
Free choice of doctor and hospital.
Use that money to insure everyone.
No bills, no co-pays, no deductibles.
No exclusions for pre-existing conditions — because under single payer, you are insured from the day you are born.
No bankruptcies due to medical bills.
No deaths due to lack of health insurance.
Cheaper. Simpler. More affordable.
Everybody in. Nobody out.
According to recent polls, the majority of Americans, the majority of doctors, the majority of nurses, even the majority of health economists want single payer.
That’s why almost every health care town hall event I hear about is dominated by citizens speaking out for single payer.
Last month, we asked that you help fund a new non-profit organization – Single Payer Action – to focus this citizen energy, break through the corporate logjam in Washington and make single payer a reality.
You came through with flying colors — and blew past our initial fundraising goal.
The foundation was set for action.
Out of the blocks, Single Payer Action led a stand up protest before Senator Max Baucus’ Senate Finance Committee.
Thirteen doctors, nurses, lawyers and other single payer advocates were summarily arrested and charged with "disruption of Congress."
(Baucus later told single payer advocates that he regretted not inviting them to testify before his committee.)
The arrests of the Baucus 13, their upcoming trial, and other similar single payer actions around the country have galvanized a nationwide movement.
Single Payer Action now wants to supercharge the grassroots movement for single payer.
Confront members of Congress back home all around the country.
And lay the groundwork for a national citizen’s organization that will refuse to compromise with corporate power — inside the beltway and out.
Many progressives are now confused.
They took Obama at his word.
They thought once Obama was elected President, he would do the right thing.
My colleague, Theresa Amato, is not confused.
She saw clearly through the Democratic Party’s duplicity and shenanigans — and has written a new book, titled Grand Illusion: The Myth of Voter Choice in a Two Party Tyranny (New Press, June 2009)
The book documents how the corporate two-party system thwarts citizen activism and blocks challenging candidates in the electoral system and beyond.
Phil Donahue said this about Grand Illusion: "Theresa Amato takes the biggest swing — not a jab, but a roundhouse punch — at America’s corrupt electoral system."
Single Payer Action needs to raise $50,000 over the next month to fund its actions around the country this summer.
So, please, donate now — $10, $25, $50, $100, $500 — or whatever you can afford.
If you donate $100 or more now, Single Payer Action will send you a copy, hot off the press, of Amato’s hard cover, 379-page masterpiece – Grand Illusion.
(Okay, since it also includes chapters about my campaign against the corporate Republicans and Democrats – and since I wrote the foreword — I’ll autograph it.)
So, don’t delay.
Let’s break through the corporate barriers and make single payer a reality.
Together, we can make the difference.
Onward to a life-saving, cost-saving single payer.
Ralph Nader
PS – Remember, if you donate $100 or more to Single Payer Action now, I’ll autograph and have sent to you a copy of Grand Illusion by Theresa Amato. Please don’t delay. Donate now. This offer ends July 17, 2009.
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