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RE: When & what was the last 3 on the tree built?
Belts were offered by the late 50's, but I don't think they were standard until the early 60's.
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Jarlaxle
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11/30/08 06:37am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Classic Rock
From my guitarist friend, who has a closet full of old Fender vacuum-tube amps older than he is, used for parts to keep his good ones working: "Laugh all you want at the old amp I use. How much have companies spent trying to duplicate the sound of a tube amp with solid state stuff?" (He has a point, doesn't he...?)
Yes, I do still have a turntable. :D
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Jarlaxle
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11/30/08 06:35am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: REAL LT snow tires
That's their best feature...not needing another set of tires for summer.
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Jarlaxle
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11/30/08 06:30am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: New Madrid MO/ green handled pumps.
Hey 8.1 Van, what, exactly, does that story have to do with this thread? Oh, that's right, nothing, and you're trolling again as usual.
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Jarlaxle
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11/30/08 06:28am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Adding Overdive
Jarlaxle, Thanks. I will look into that. As I remember it, the AOD wasn't available with a 4wd tail section to bolt up to the Borg-Warner 13-56 transfer case in my truck, but I'll have to check into that again.
It was offered in Broncos & F-150's with 4WD...I THINK it was the same T-case.
LenTech (no connection to Lenco except that both build race transmissions) is a company that specializes in building AOD's to any power level needed, including 1000+HP race cars.
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Jarlaxle
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11/29/08 07:36pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Adding Overdive
SoCal: you don't need a Gear Vendors...you need to give LenTECH a call for one of their AOD's. It will bolt into a 1992 F-series with all factory parts (you don't even need to change the shift indicator).
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Jarlaxle
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11/29/08 06:43pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: REAL LT snow tires
Just for the record: your BFG's and your AT2's are made by the same company...Michelin owns BF Goodrich & has for years.
...I'm not sure if it was put this way anywhere in the past threads, but: the only snow tire is the tire that has been rated for snow, and bearing the special logo attesting to said; no other tire should even be considered.
The best snow tires I've ever used do not have the "snowflake" logo.
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Jarlaxle
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11/29/08 06:27pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: When & what was the last 3 on the tree built?
Econolines were auto-only by the late 80's, sadly.
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Jarlaxle
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11/29/08 06:20pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Driving comfort Class A vs Class C??
I have to admit I prefer a class C to an A. I like the driving characteristics, the van cab (good ergonomics, the ability to get small parts from a dealer or Pep Boys), and the engine service access. In particular, I've driven a couple of class A's with cab air conditioning I can only call pathetic.
Also, some A's can have ergonomics bordering on the bizarre.
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Jarlaxle
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11/28/08 04:18pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: wide front tires
Check your tie-rod ends, also. It doesn't take much slop here to cause some really weird steering wander.
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Jarlaxle
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11/28/08 04:14pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Another kind of robbery on the rise.
How'd you like to walk up onthe guy while he's under the truck. One well place foot and he'd knock himself out.
Would that application be to the "release" switch on his hydraulic jack, perhaps?
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Jarlaxle
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11/28/08 03:50pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: REAL LT snow tires
Just one thing...you WANT a tire to "pack up" in snow. The new winter tires are DESIGNED to do this. One of the things that grips packed snow best is...packed snow. The snows on my Caprice (Firestone Winterforce & Uniroyal Winter King on the rear & front, respectively) would pack up within a few hundred feet of driving on packed snow...they're supposed to.
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Jarlaxle
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11/28/08 03:47pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Diesel vs gas......................
You live in Jersey, and post prices from Missouri...yeah, that's relevant.
You are experiencing a thing called "buyers' remorse". This happens when you realize your new car (or van), well, sucks. This is normal in vehicles built by Generic Motors. I'm sorry for you, but you need to stop projecting your own problems on everyone else. Most people here (including me) are very happy with their trucks.
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Jarlaxle
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11/28/08 03:38pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: When & what was the last 3 on the tree built?
Ford offered a 3 on the column in vans until at least 1982 (seen one: a 1982 E-350 with a 300). GM offered it in pickups until the mid-80's (the last year may well have been 1987, the last year before the GMT-400 trucks), and fullsize vans until at least 1983 (seen three post-1980, all G10's with 250ci I-6's). They offered a 3-speed behind the 4.3 V6 until the mid-80's, but it was on the floor.
The towing company Liz works for still has one: it's a 1974 GMC C-35 rollback wrecker. It has the venerable 292ci GMC truck six (there's a reason UPS spec'd these in their trucks for a quarter century...), 3 on the column, 4.56 gears, manual steering & brakes, a 1-speaker AM/FM radio. It also has mismatched doors (one white, one maroon, truck is painted bright red), a 6' whip antenna behind the driver's door, a chrome "foot" gas pedal, a smaller "foot" for the hi-beam switch, and a shift knob that looks like an 8-ball. :)
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Jarlaxle
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11/28/08 03:28pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: REAL LT snow tires
What's a good REAL purpose-built snow tire?
Treadwright Ultra Grip...not just for snow, they're studless ice tires. They can be run year-round (I do).
All-terrain.
Mud tread.
I have run three sets on two different trucks and have nothing but glowing praise for them. I will never run anything else.
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Jarlaxle
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11/25/08 07:37pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Any input on ATE® Super Blue Brake fluid.
castrol syntec is what i use. do not put dot 5 in a regular vehicle. its a silicone based racing fluid that will destroy the system.
Absolute bull. I use DOT5 silicone fluid in most of my vehicles and it doesn't "destroy" anything. The military has used it for years (their shorthand for it is "BF-S").
From all the research I've done, almost every web site says never use DOT 5 in a DOT 3/4 system. Other then your own experience, can you point us to a site/study that says different?
Only the advice of Rick Ehrenberg (long-time mechanic & racer, owner/wrench/driver of Mopar Action's Green Brick) and the military's decades of use.
DOT5 silicone fluid in...
1979 Coupe de Ville (ten years, give opr take)
1974 AMC Gremlin (also ten years, give or take)
1992 Ford F-350 4x4
1986 Buick Grand National (about eight years)
1986 Chevy K-5 Blazer 4x4
1986 GMC K-35 CUCV
1986 Jeep Cherokee
1984 Ford B-700
1997 Dodge Neon
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Jarlaxle
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11/25/08 07:17pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Walmart Cheap Stuff?
I did buy some windshield washer/antifreeze that would freeze up on you a couple of years ago. Wallmart just stopped carrying it is all. Not a whole lot is made in the US any longer. JMHO
was that the stuff that wal-mart sold a while back that was clearly labeled as "summer" stuff? I believe that it was even a different color, yellow maybe?
bumpy
Some of it was bright yellow and made by, IIRC, Prestone, and is bug remover washer fluid. I use similar stuff from Rain-X (bright green), and it works REALLY well. Their de-icer fluid (orange) also works really well.
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Jarlaxle
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11/24/08 07:46pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Diesel vs gas......................
You get gas for $1.09/gaollon?
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Jarlaxle
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11/24/08 07:36pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Any input on ATE® Super Blue Brake fluid.
castrol syntec is what i use. do not put dot 5 in a regular vehicle. its a silicone based racing fluid that will destroy the system.
Absolute bull. I use DOT5 silicone fluid in most of my vehicles and it doesn't "destroy" anything. The military has used it for years (their shorthand for it is "BF-S").
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Jarlaxle
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11/24/08 07:33pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Driving a gasser class A "on the floor"
With my p30 it wasn't efficiency going to the top that led me to full throttle, it was being able to get to the top that led me to full throttle. ...
Les
Im glad to see someone that actually..presently owns one say that. When other people say it they always get the "Ive never see a grade I cant pull" or "My gasser runs right past ever DP there is" sort of "BULL****!
I had the exact same problems with a 454 Southwind that had been "smoked over" and I always HAD TO run high octane gas to keep it from knocking ( First time I saw 85 octane at a pump out west..I asked if the stuff even burned!!)
There was something wrong...too much timing, bad EGR, something.
8.5 "or so" compression ration is only there to burn low octane fuel and to pass emission requirements!
No, it's there so the engine doesn't rattle itself to death hauling 20,000lbs up a 6% grade in 100 degree heat. There is a good reason I built my 460 with low (about 8.25:1) compression.
Intakes (either TBI or carb) too SMALL to get the right amount of air / fuel into a large engine. A camshaft thats nothing more than a broomstick with bumps on it. What sort of a stump pulling /HP engine is that?? None..thats what.
The carbs (800cfm Q-jets) and TBI systems (670cfm on a 454, which is good to just over 5000RPM) are fine. The intakes have small ports, true...the cams are mild for emissions & durability.
So to keep from laying dead on a slope..ya have to put your foot in it all the way down to the bellhousing!
Driven plenty of engines like that...and they're BUILT to run full-bore. I drove an F-800 rollback with a gas engine in it. That was a 32,500lb GVWR rollback car hauler, with a little FT 361 in it. On the highway, it was spinning 3000RPM at 60MPH, and ran right on the governor at almost all the time. Anything but downhill or braking required heavy throttle...even simply running empty at 60 meant more than half throttle. That little 361 just kept on humming, winding up about 85,000 miles (plus Fates-know-how-many already on this 35-year-old truck) without a hiccup. It's like a boat, actually: the engines are derated for durability, and designed to run flat-out all the time.
Give me 100 more cubes; enough induction system that free flowing to allow my "550" to get what it needs at about 4000 RPM. A camshaft that gives me the MAX at about 3750 ( approx) and a free flowing exhaust system. Up the compreession ratio to about 10.5 : 1.
And you'll have an engine that chugs down the fuel, and rattles like crazy on anything less than Cam 2.
But ya aint going to get that from an off the shelf pickup truck motor because the "big 3" wont make them!
That's because high-compression muscle engines don't work well in motorhomes!
And I have never seen a grade I couldn't pull...I may not be able to pull it in high gear, but I can pull it.
(Edit: fix mucked up quote blocks.)
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Jarlaxle
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11/24/08 07:28pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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