General DieselDiscussion about diesels in general. All brands are welcome, please refrain from brand wars. Discussions about types of diesel fuel also go here.
I guess NAFTA does not apply to purchases? Only manufacturing?
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1996 F-250 extended cab long box five speed. Home made Tymar, 203 Stat, 60 gal in bed fuel cell, 315/75's, no muffler, ebpv welded open 3" to 3" DP, Babies. 290K, still chugging, and still smoking when cold.
UPDATED 8/1/08 Replace so far. 1 LUK flywheel+clutch, 2 thermostats, 2 set of brakes, 1 set of calipers, 5 CPS, 3 sets of tires, 2 Transfer pumps, 1 Injector modual, 1 Computer, 2 Alt, 2 sets of batteries, 1 Water pump, 6 Belts, 1 PS hose, 2 Sets ball joints, 2 set u-joints, 2 carrier bearing, 2 Speed sensors, 1 oil pres sender, 1 temp sender, 4 sets of e-break cables, 1 front fuel tank, 2 rear fuel tanks, 2 set of glow plugs, 6 Glow plug relays, Oil galley o-rings, Turbo pedistal o-rings, EBPV o-rings, 3 sets of Injector O-rings, 1 Vac-pump, 1 new carpet.Total $$$ in repairs v/s miles driven = 3.0 cents per mile. Add fuel to that it jumps to 14.8 cents per mile over the life of the truck.
"Valdez advises Americans who own pickup trucks equipped with secondary fuel tanks to not drive those vehicles into Mexico, even if they aren't purchasing diesel fuel. "Any pickup with an auxiliary fuel tank may be confiscated," he says."
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1992 E350 7.3 IDI, 3.73 club van - 160K
1998 Quad cab 2500 12V Cummins, 4x4,auto - Fathers
2000 F350,DRW converted to SRW,4x4,6 speed,Lariat,Napa 6642 airfilter,Edge Juice w/Attitude,Cody Cushon gooseneck, 165K, Prodigy, 3.73 gears Truck and Trailer
2002 TDI Jetta Manual 155K
2002 TDI Jetta Manual 169K
2003 TDI Jetta Maual 65K
2002 TDI Jetta Auto 112K
1999 Polaris Diesel Quad
2004 Kubota BX 1500 599cc diesel
(yah I like the old mechanical diesels)
**** valdez. that means i cant drive my 97 down there since it has two oem tanks.
I'm pretty sure they are talking about aux tanks mounted up in the bed...
Duncan
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How about we bill Mexico for all the Medical expenses incurred by Mexican Nationals who entered illegally? We could also bill them for housing convicted Mexican felons that entered our country and commited crimes.
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Americans are not helping the Mexican economy by crossing the border to buy fuel. Fuel costs are heavily subsidized by Pemex, the Mexican oil company. I can understand why Mexicans wouldn't want Americans crossing the border just to buy fuel to burn in the USA.
Pemex wants to reduce the subsidies as oil production is slowly declining in Mexico.
If an American is actually burning the fuel in Mexico I am sure there wouldn't an issue.
Americans are not helping the Mexican economy by crossing the border to buy fuel. Fuel costs are heavily subsidized by Pemex, the Mexican oil company. I can understand why Mexicans wouldn't want Americans crossing the border just to buy fuel to burn in the USA.
Pemex wants to reduce the subsidies as oil production is slowly declining in Mexico.
If an American is actually burning the fuel in Mexico I am sure there wouldn't an issue.
Okay, so on the way out, people should go buy a burrito or taco from a local then....
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1999 E-350 Cub Wagon, 7.3L Power Stroke, E4OD, 3.55
1990 E-350 Club Wagon, 7.3L IDI, E4OD, 3.54LS
1983 F-150 2x4, 4.9L, C-6 w/GV-OD, 3.55 Farm pickup
1981 C-8000, 3208 CAT, RT-6510, Rockwell SSHD Tandems (Swap)
1977 K100C, NTC-350, RT-1110, Tandem
1977 Transtar II, NTC-290, RT-9509 Single
1977 Transtar II, Formula 290, RT0-9513, Tandem
1974 C-750, 391CID, Clark 5 speed, Eaton 2 speed
Must be in certain places, we (me and about 5 other individuals) have been going down there for about 4-5 mths now and getting fuel, each one of us have aux. bed tanks that we fill up, now they are "plumbed" into the trucks fuel system or tanks and none of us have had any problems, I usually try and hit it when my tanks are both near empty and so is my aux. tank so I can top them all off ~100 gallons, the station we go to is more than happy to see us, as we all pay in U.S. cash, then when comeing back across if the boarder guards asks anything about getting fuel we say yes sir, they ask if they can look and see if it is plumbed into the truck to which we say sure, they do, see the plumbing and tell us thank you and we are on our way, not once have we had any issues with it, we did ask about filling 55 gallon drums for "generators" at the ranch and was told no we cant do that......
stay safe out there
Roy
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96 C.C.XLT, SRW, Short Bed, 3:55, Rebuit E4OD with Transgo shift kit & Tru-Cool Max cooler, Home made Open Air Element, H-Max downpipe, 4" straight piped, Tony's Wildmans 4 position chip, A-Piller with Auto Meter Z-Serries Pryo, EGT, and Trannie gauages, Gooseneck, Ride-Rite Air bags, Nerf Bars, Home built custom headache rack, 60 Gallon Aux. fuel tank, front bumper,and rear bumper....
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1997 F350 4door 2wd long bed white 7.3L Powerstroke, E4OD, C5 4:10LS diff 326K miles on org engine
but who knows.
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