Hot Rod Farmer Podcasts

Rural America has the heart of a servant. This week, the Hot Rod Farmer, Ray Bohacz, provides insight to the special service requirements for the vehicles employed by rural EMS and fire departments. The importance of pulley alignment is explored in the Under the Sheetmetal segment. Success on the farm or ranch requires efficient machinery. I am Ray…

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The combustion sound of a diesel engine is a true indicator of how the fuel is burning and must be recognized as a diagnostic tool. In this episode Ray Bohacz, the Hot Rod Farmer, explains why each engine has a certain combustion sound and it is a language that you must learn to understand.Door Hot Rod Farmer

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When it comes to your farm or ranch, decisions about investing in equipment and trucks need to be rooted in business sense and not emotion. All too often we make the wrong choice and over time, it has the potential to have a huge impact on our operations profitability.Door Hot Rod Farmer

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Ray Bohacz, the Hot Rod Farmer, expands on an answer he provided a listener in a previous episode regarding exhaust back pressure. He also touches on why engine coolant is degraded during heavy field work.Door Hot Rod Farmer

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This episode was triggered by the discussion in the ethanol industry to encourage higher octane blends. Though Ray Bohacz, the Hot Rod Farmer, is a huge supporter of biofuels, the ethanol community’s claim that octane is the sole key to engine performance is false. For the good of everyone it needs to be debunked.…

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If you were to meet this three times world champion NHRA nitromethane funny car driver on an airplane and ask him what he did for a living, he would tell you that he is a farmer. This is no hobby farm though.He is a first generation farmer that started his operation from nothing. He now runs 3,400 acres along with a 1,400 head commercial angus hear…

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We are all guilty of identifying a rough running engine as experiencing a misfire. That is not always true. Technically, a defined set of circumstances constitutes a misfire. This is important for you to take the proper diagnostic path.Door Hot Rod Farmer

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In today’s world everything is not what it seems. But this charade began more than 40 years ago in the auto industry with the Japanese. It is known as perceived quality and is by design. In this episode of Idle Chatter, the Hot Rod Farmer explains the roots of perceived quality and how it is migrating into agricultural machinery.…

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Some engines are more prone to diluting the oi with fuel and that is usually rooted in the size of the crevice regions in the cylinder. Recognizing crevice volume is paramount in establishing the proper maintenance schedule for the engine style and use it sees.Door Hot Rod Farmer

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Spring has sprung so the Hot Rod Farmer provides some basic but often overlooked steps when getting ready roll!Door Hot Rod Farmer

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More than 70 years ago a Pennsylvania dairy farmer started to sell IH tractors. Now the third generation is carrying on their grandfather’s legacy with the same passion.The Messick Family were dairy farmers when they were approached by International-Harvester to open a dealership. The first location was built on land away from the farm and was run …

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Did you ever wonder how fuel usage, distance to empty, and oil life is determined? Once you understand the way this data is collected, it can become a useful tool.Door Hot Rod Farmer

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Did you ever wonder where the do and don’t of some machinery repair procedures come from since they make no sense? Often they are the product of a lawyer and not an engineer. This week, the Hot Rod Farmer examines some common examples of this folly.Door Hot Rod Farmer

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This week, Ray Bohacz, the Hot Rod Farmer, explains the potential pitfalls of investing in used vehicles or farm machines that experienced very little use.Door Hot Rod Farmer

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Is the government trying to over regulate gasoline engines to push an electric agenda? Soon, particulate filters along with their cost and complexity will be found on gasoline engines. Is this the shape of things to come, as the 1975 ad campaign for the Triumph TR-7 stated?Door Hot Rod Farmer

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A 10 year old boy’s eyes in Brooklyn, New York, fall upon a 1934 Ford hot rod. A journey that would make him world renown begins.Bob (right) and his cousin, Vinny, reunited with the car they made memories with. Shortly after this picture was taken, Vinny went home to the Lord.Without any formal training, Bob has become an exceptional machinist by a…

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The amount of new and spectacular farm equipment is overwhelming. But is bigger always better and does every high-tech feature bring value to every operation? This week I take an analytical approach to investing in machinery.Door Hot Rod Farmer

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This week Ray helps readers with a column he writes in Hemmings Muscle Machines magazine. He shows how, regardless if it a hot rod or an irrigation engine, the diagnostics are the same.Door Hot Rod Farmer

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In this episode the Hot Rod Farmer explains the dynamics of fuel puddling on the floor of the intake port and how to easily avoid the problem.Door Hot Rod Farmer

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