A Problem With My Neighbor
- Thread starter DaBong
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Yes.... not about u!6 years later and this is still going on?
Blue Wizard
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God damn. Another mainliner sock already?
WeedFreak78
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I'm glad I don't have bitchy neighbors. My big diesel, lawn equipment with no mufflers, bikes with straight pipes, guns, fires, whatever the fuck I want, they don't complain. They know better...
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cannabineer
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ttystikk
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I'm curious what became of this situation.
In my city there's a strict 'no puffing' law; you may not leave your vehicle unattended and running, period.
The fumes from a diesel truck are nasty and interfere with asthma. That's already actionable.
Talk to the owner of the truck and if you get an asshole response, then the nasty responses are called for.
In my city there's a strict 'no puffing' law; you may not leave your vehicle unattended and running, period.
The fumes from a diesel truck are nasty and interfere with asthma. That's already actionable.
Talk to the owner of the truck and if you get an asshole response, then the nasty responses are called for.
Davmalk
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The op has a right to live in peace and comfort in his home. It’s easy to tell him he’s being a jerk but then you’re not the one whom has to live with it day in and day out. It can become damn near annoying as fuck. But really there's really not a whole lot he can do about it. When the police becomes involved no one wins.
cannabineer
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When there has been a crime, the victim usually benefits from police involvement.
There has been no crime here. I recommend to OP to work on the one thing he controls: his response to the noise. I began such a thing 6 years ago and my life, while no quieter, is so much more peaceful.
I have a 1 ton diesel p/u myself and even @ 50 deg F or so you still cannot just jump in & drive away when she's cold - it simply will not throttle up because of the FICM/computer. I am forced to allow it to warm up for a minimum of 5 minutes & the colder it is the longer the warm up takes & that's with the majority of the radiator air flow blocked.
ttystikk
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Block heater?
Sir Napsalot
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I've outlived a couple of problem neighbors
Yes, that is a partial solution, my closest neighbor has a diesel truck and does the same as I, not to mention most of the houses in this neighborhood are super insulated & sealed. I can't even hear my truck running in my own driveway for that 10 minutes or so.
A second reason for a bit of an idle before loading up a diesel is to heat up the piston crowns and cyl walls to equalize thermal dis-similarity, ensure adequate lubrication thus avoiding excessive wear.
Singlemalt
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Block heaters are good for the engine but do nothing for the transmission. I lived in Minnesota for about 4 yrs, had a block heater so starting was easy, but if I didn't let it idle for 5-10 min the manual transmission sounded/felt like it was packed with pea gravel
When we lived in the interior of AK I had a freeze-plug heater, a percolating style heater, glue on transmission (& another for the transfer case) heater & an electric battery blanket.
I wouldn't even consider a diesel there - it just gets too darn cold for them to run properly when the deep freezes hit
Singlemalt
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Yeah. I lived at the Univ farm and they had heated garages for the tractors/etc. Frozen diesel fuel is not fun
ttystikk
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Thank you for pounding the last nail in the coffin of any interest I might have ever had in living in arctic conditions. I'll be saving my money for Bora Bora instead. Even if it is slowly slipping beneath the waves, lol
One last anecdote on the subject & then I'm done.
A buddy in the interior had a newer 3/4 ton p/u & managed to knock a tire bead loose on the truck during a particularly brutally cold weather pattern. He managed to get the tire off, got it fixed & reinstalled. Since this took several hours the truck's engine was now in the -60 deg range and refused to even fire (plus it was turning over like the crankcase was full of grease. S-l-o-w! Being a rocket scientist he tossed a cup of gasoline into the intake & promptly blew the heads off of the thing as well as breaking a few conn rods.
Lesson learned - Lol.
Bora Bora sounds nice btw - the Mrs & I are headed for Montego Bay very soon for some warm time ourselves.
A buddy in the interior had a newer 3/4 ton p/u & managed to knock a tire bead loose on the truck during a particularly brutally cold weather pattern. He managed to get the tire off, got it fixed & reinstalled. Since this took several hours the truck's engine was now in the -60 deg range and refused to even fire (plus it was turning over like the crankcase was full of grease. S-l-o-w! Being a rocket scientist he tossed a cup of gasoline into the intake & promptly blew the heads off of the thing as well as breaking a few conn rods.
Lesson learned - Lol.
Bora Bora sounds nice btw - the Mrs & I are headed for Montego Bay very soon for some warm time ourselves.