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I saw Ford at $500 from O'Reillys and got their Murray 2" for $250. Electrolysis, eh? After helping a pal with a corroded 6 gal trailer water heater, I've wondered about rigging a sacrificial anode.
PS. Glad you're here! You are proving interesting.
Just taught my good friend who received a toy hauler 5th wheel as a anniversary gift from the inlaws about anodes, which on those RV water heaters should be replaced bi-annually. If you don't they'll rust out the tank and you're in for a hell of a job... they are a serviceable part and too few know that about water heaters. That's the field I'm working in now, "facilities" as a maintenance shop supervisor so we're most definitely "multifaceted". BTW, I'm up in Sonoma County about an hour north of you there in SF, if San Francisco is the SF in your name. I'm down in the city every few weeks interviewing with companies there, and been looking to relocate there for a few years now.
Last edited by JP Hayes; Oct 20, 2024 at 03:31 PM.
JP? WHERE you find these? I can see where a gauge could be a useful diagnostic tool to leave installed. If alone, turning the key to see if your pal can hear the fuel pump at the gas fill-port is often a no-go. At my age, I cannot make that distance in 2 seconds. Having lost maybe 4 fuel pumps in my life, this could be handy.
Being a multi-faceted tech in a few venues, as these thinkers seem also to be, how the pressure regulator could help is a ponderance. I barely know that they ate coded for gpm (or lbs/rpm, or whatever.
Your rig?
Mine's an '01 5.4 4x4, 3.55 SCab... Had 5 yrs now. Went to 17's so 3.01 equivalent. Rarely loaded or tow. Old broke vet, reaching for economy and reliability. It does 90 too easily and smoothly.
I found that adjustable regulator on E-Bay using the obsolete/alternate part number for the OE FoMoCo regulator... it lists for BMWs but they share the same injectors and rail setup (though slightly different dimensions) as the 10th gen era Ford Modular V8s in multiple vehicles, even the same Pressure Regulator and EV6 injector part numbers (skinny plastic 4 holes). The reason I'd like one is to test flow patterns under load and at WOT because the EV6 injectors were't originally used on the trucks because the engineers felt there wasn't enough raw fuel under WOT and towing... so if you're running the standard mods on these trucks (an oversize TB, cold air, headers, and EV6 injectors) but run a bit lean on the higher RPM, well... the GM's that ran the same injectors at higher pressures had 21lbs at 240cc vs 18-19lbs and 190-200cc at the lower FORD pressures.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/301827212389 (Rail Mount Fuel Pressure Gauge)
NOTE: You can get just the rail adapter too, then match it to a gauge you prefer... as I'd prefer a gauge with a secondary needle hold that holds at MAX psi and that can be reset.
Also, as far as my rig... I put a lot of Pics and all the details of my mods on my profile. It's a 1999 XLT Regular Cab Short Bed 2wd 4.6l vin W (3.77 gears) made in Canada 11/99 which is probably why it has the limited production cast aluminum PI intake. I prefer XLTs over Lariat's... with the 2 tone paint, Valance Fog Lights, Junk Leather Seats, Electric Seats that fail and the Digital Climate Controls that are problematic anyway). It was custom ordered with the proper factory Tow Package which included the addition of separate Power Steering and Trans Coolers.
Just taught my good friend who received a toy hauler 5th wheel as a anniversary gift from the inlaws about anodes, which on those RV water heaters should be replaced bi-annually. If you don't they'll rust out the tank and you're in for a hell of a job... they are a serviceable part and too few know that about water heaters.
> That's the field I'm working in now, facilities maintenance supervisor so we're most definitely multifaceted". BTW, I'm up in Sonoma County about an hour north of you there in SF, if San Francisco is the SF in your name. I'm down in the city every few weeks interviewing with companies there, and been looking to relocate there for a few years now.
Yup. His anodes are $10@ and last about 3-4 years, but it depends in the water going in. Easy swap when we put a new tank in. Anode swap v easy too. It's an idea to cut one and insert it in our flow, somewhere.
I'm barely south, in South San Francisco. The SFO airport in on our land, w a 99 yr lease to SF. Homes here are just over $1M. They run 2 in SF. It takes 400k salary to get into one.. Concord and Antioch, etc, are more "reasonable," too. I would prefer them to here. Fewer chicken laws, etc. Sonoma area seemed nice.
SF has companies bailing. Covid slump, homeless tents abound, then rampant druggies on the street. Landmark tourist attractions are closing. Walgreens is locking up everything. It's starting to reach our Walgreens. No stores, no jobs. People rob to live or survive. My son in an upper tier w Apple is readying to depart CA if he can find a satellite campus. I feel him.
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Yup. His anodes are $10@ and last about 3-4 years, but it depends in the water going in. Easy swap when we put a new tank in. Anode swap v easy too. It's an idea to cut one and insert it in our flow, somewhere.
I'm barely south, in South San Francisco. The SFO airport in on our land, w a 99 yr lease to SF. Homes here are just over $1M. They run 2 in SF. It takes 400k salary to get into one.. Concord and Antioch, etc, are more "reasonable," too. I would prefer them to here. Fewer chicken laws, etc. Sonoma area seemed nice.
SF has companies bailing. Covid slump, homeless tents abound, then rampant druggies on the street. Landmark tourist attractions are closing. Walgreens is locking up everything. It's starting to reach our Walgreens. No stores, no jobs. People rob to live or survive. My son in an upper tier w Apple is readying to depart CA if he can find a satellite campus. I feel him.
I like that area, even down into Foster City, maybe San Jose if I'll get the $150k salary and housing provided (which is common in my industry for on-site supervisors). The city was infiltrated and nearly destroyed by the "Tech Bros" and it's gonna take time for the city to get back to the place it was... as far as the streets, they've kinda always been that way, but its just spread out of the areas like the tenderloin, haight, and surrounding areas down through mission and beyond. As a MetalHead dressed in black, and sporting band t-shirts with Satanic imagery most of the time... I have an ominous presence, intimidate sketchy people, and so they avoid me in the city. I can pretty much go anywhere and they don't bother me, they're just glad I'm not bothering them. Sonoma County is not what it used to be, the Tech Bros came here and ruined it during Covid... drove up housing and rent near what it is in SF, it's unreal and IMO they're worse than addicts or the mentally ill on the streets.
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