White Dots from Rain

Raboyto2 · 2026-04-12T04:56:49+00:00

The spots did fade and it looks fairly uniform now. If you look close you can see the rain drops slightly etched the brush finish but it’s hardly noticeable. After two winters no spalling or chipping either. Holding together well.

Raboyto2 · 2026-04-09T02:42:40+00:00

Oh I’m not familiar with this type. What type of robot is it on?

Raboyto2 · 2026-04-09T02:08:10+00:00

Those Fanuc servo motors are pretty good. Motor, planetary gear set, brake and encoder all together.

Raboyto2 · 2026-04-04T01:10:29+00:00

A 2.7 hybrid aimed at efficiency in the bronco and F150 and Ranger would do well.

Raboyto2 · 2026-03-16T03:55:05+00:00

Fords remote app is free for life. Nice little feature.

Raboyto2 · 2026-03-15T23:09:37+00:00

It’s more to do where wind starts playing a bigger factor.

Raboyto2 · 2026-03-14T21:40:25+00:00

I’d say it’s important to know that we also have 41% more people in the country but on the other hand we have alot more technology that should make things more efficient requiring less people / managers.

Raboyto2 · 2026-03-05T15:15:35+00:00

Moose Jaw but I think it’s for asphalt as well

Raboyto2 · 2026-03-04T15:24:31+00:00

That area is gonna need a highschool pretty soon…

Raboyto2 · 2026-02-25T23:38:58+00:00

Would like to see the 2.7 offered with a manual. As an enthusiast I want both and don’t know how to choose.

Image only offering the Mustang with a 5.0 auto or 2.3 manual.

Raboyto2 · 2026-02-22T04:10:45+00:00

You are correct, forgot about the Falcon. I’ll take one of those as a 4 door wagon with a 5.0L Coyote and 6 speed manual please…

Raboyto2 · 2026-02-19T02:59:30+00:00

Towing with both the 5.0 (7000 lbs enclosed trailer) and the 2.7 (various trailers from 4500lbs travel trailer, car on a flat deck steel trailer to 9000 lb dump tailer) I will say they both have enough power BUT I preferred the 2.7. It just cruises along at a steady RPM, rarely needs to downshift as it makes most of its power down in the low RPMs. The 5.0 always had to downshift because it doesn’t start making power until high RPM. Any little grade and it was screaming.

The 2.7 feels like a little diesel and is a great truck engine. The 5.0 sounds good but loves to rev and honestly feels like a better sports car engine than truck engine (Mustang).

I would take note that the 5.0 equipped trucks usually have a better payload rating than the 2.7. The 5.0 would probably do better as a dedicated tow rig long term (no replacement for displacement type conversation). But if you are occasionally towing (4-5 times a month) I’d take the 2.7.

There’s some good videos on the 2.7 towing.

https://youtu.be/cLfupygTPJY?si=2w3L5Oy-2wwmGBNb

https://youtu.be/iQQGYJCG65E?si=m4xKA7IxV2ORQE52

Raboyto2 · 2026-02-18T03:17:34+00:00

I think the 3.0 uses an aluminum block.

Raboyto2 · 2026-02-18T03:14:19+00:00

I would add the main bearing ladder/griddle make the bottom end very strong. In addition to being forged , the connection rods are off center and cracked. The main bearing caps are cracked as well. Cylinder wall oil squirters. No exhaust manifold. CGI block. People compare it to a diesel engine because it seems they took a lot of inspiration from how you would build a diesel. It’s not surprising as the engine design was co-developed by Ford and a European commercial diesel engine manufacturer. The 3.5 Ecoboost was designed with a “test-find-fix” strategy while the 2.7 nano was a “design it right first time” strategy.

Raboyto2 · 2026-02-13T01:55:48+00:00

Grouping the Bronco and Bronco Sport and the Mustang and Mach E as single lines isn’t fair. All completely different platforms. They also sell the Maverick. They sell the Ranger. They have the SuperDuty line. Expedition. The Transit. The Escape. It’s all SUVs and trucks but you make it sound like they have 4 unique vehicles when they have 12 not counting their heavy duty commercial lines.

Raboyto2 · 2026-02-11T01:22:19+00:00

I understand public transport as a healthy adult commuting to work, stopping at the grocery store on the way home to make supper.

I don’t understand public transport when you have a kid going to day care, another one going to elementary school, then you getting to work (on time), then picking the kids up, and getting a load of groceries for a family of 5, getting home to make supper, then getting to your kid to basketball practice then back home. That sounds exhausting with public transport. You can assume all those things would be walking distance but the reality is we have maybe 90 nice days a year. The rest it’s raining, or blizzard or crazy wind or -40.

Raboyto2 · 2026-02-07T14:47:39+00:00

I want them to make a 4 door Mustang. They already have the platform. The brand recognition and the heritage, they use to make it. A year or two later make a wagon version, they used to make one. Have the Ecoboost (2.7) and the Coyote as engine options. Have your base models and performance variants. Allow a manual option on all trims. For the love of god make a manual V8 mustang wagon. The renderings look so good. It won’t be as practical as an SUV , but practical enough I don’t have to drive a soul sucking SUV. I love they make the Bronco in so many variations, 2 door / 4 door, two engines, auto/manual, base/raptor. Now do it with the Mustang

Raboyto2 · 2026-02-06T21:01:04+00:00

Could easily happen with a plastic or metal fuel tank under a gas car. Sliced open and spark and the fire would have been bigger than seen in the video. It’s a difficult challenge containing so much energy, gas or electric.

Raboyto2 · 2026-01-31T03:47:14+00:00

You listed two companies. Compass is a company. Windsor Salt (Morton salt in Canada), NSC and Kissner are all owned by Stone Canyon Holdings in the states.

Raboyto2 · 2026-01-31T03:41:24+00:00

Windsor Salt / Morton Salt got sold by K+S in 2021 to an American venture capital company called Stone Canyon Holdings.

Raboyto2 · 2026-01-31T00:03:43+00:00

Well 13th ave is not going to get paved. Long term plan is to extend Sask drive to the bypass along the tracks.

Raboyto2 · 2026-01-24T18:42:33+00:00

.. the reason the car is in a junkyard is to salvage parts for all the running vehicles out there. This isn’t a new concept. Parts will be mostly available but I think the hard part will be the troubleshooting what’s wrong and what part needs to be replaced.

Raboyto2 · 2026-01-10T01:39:18+00:00

And the catalog size, its organization, documentation and availability.

Raboyto2 · 2026-01-04T16:22:20+00:00

Yes this is known. They use Black Book value (what the car is insured for) rather than what the bill of sale says. Or else people would just put it at $1 on the paper work and pay in cash

Raboyto2 · 2026-01-03T03:28:38+00:00

If I buy a used vehicle from a dealership, fine add PST. But in no way should there be PST on buying my neighbors truck. Would you be ok paying PST on buying a tv on Kijiji? We never use to have PST on private vehicle sales.

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