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Yeah Dave, but here's the deal. X is a manmade drug extermely capable of causing a huge amount of damage to a human. At the moment we're discussing a plant that has about the same effect on you as drinking half a bottle of rum or BLHTAZ's case of Bud Light Lime.

Now I know where you've been.......... Reading........ reaching for a higher edumycation there buddy??? I think hemp should be used not for getting high but the other major advantages it has in industrial uses.. EDIT: "HIGHER" This book goes into that too. If I remember correctly though Hemp is the form of the plant that carries very little THC but don't quote me on that. I sped read the book and have to go back and actually absorb and analyze the info written. Sir Sam is right on the money part. Although I don't think it would wipe out the whole deficit, there are a couple options the government has to seriously reduce that debt.

Now I know where you've been.......... Reading........ reaching for a higher edumycation there buddy??? I think hemp should be used not for getting high but the other major advantages it has in industrial uses.. EDIT: "HIGHER" This book goes into that too. If I remember correctly though Hemp is the form of the plant that carries very little THC but don't quote me on that. I sped read the book and have to go back and actually absorb and analyze the info written. Sir Sam is right on the money part. Although I don't think it would wipe out the whole deficit, there are a couple options the government has to seriously reduce that debt.

Jim I'm glad someone finally brought this topic up. I just finished a very interesting book on the subject by Eric Schlosser called "Reefer Madness". He writes about a lot of the legal issues with marijuana. I'll keep my personal opinions to myself, but in the book Eric states a lot of interesting facts. Here's two. Contrary to popular belief, a large percentage of pot consumed by Americans is actually grown in the mid west, not in a foreign country. (Now we really know what you're doing up there Lead :yes: ) Second thing I found interesting is that the typical punishment for an adult that commits murder in the USA is 11 years and 4 months in prison. Yet there are hundreds of people who are first time offenders serving life sentences in federal prisons for possesion and trafficking weed. Anyone interested in the subject I would highly reccomend you read this book. It's definately eye opening on how the American criminal justice system works.

Jim I'm glad someone finally brought this topic up. I just finished a very interesting book on the subject by Eric Schlosser called "Reefer Madness". He writes about a lot of the legal issues with marijuana. I'll keep my personal opinions to myself, but in the book Eric states a lot of interesting facts. Here's two. Contrary to popular belief, a large percentage of pot consumed by Americans is actually grown in the mid west, not in a foreign country. (Now we really know what you're doing up there Lead :yes: ) Second thing I found interesting is that the typical punishment for an adult that commits murder in the USA is 11 years and 4 months in prison. Yet there are hundreds of people who are first time offenders serving life sentences in federal prisons for possesion and trafficking weed. Anyone interested in the subject I would highly reccomend you read this book. It's definately eye opening on how the American criminal justice system works.

They found out you admin this site and blocked yo rear end :yes:

They found out you admin this site and blocked yo rear end :yes:

Brent, that sucks man. Did they give a reason for laying you off? Are you moving north?

I'm still futzing with this. New dealer thermostat was put in. No change in the situation. I've been reading a lot of posts since I've been gone. How do you presure test the cooling system?

It's not I'm upset about you guys moving the couch. It's I'm upset nobody woke me up and got me off the couch when you guys decided to put the couch on the curb for the trashmen. Do you guys know where couches end up when you do that? Jersey... Do you guys know what ends up in Jersey dumps? Ex mob guys from New York....... And Wahoo, I'm still not happy about the chick you let me talk to that night. Friends don't let friends drunk chat with wierd females. :rotf: I'm back, and on the look out fer a brand new used couch. Oh, and welcome to the club. So are you really a Jedi, or Chinese?

Bob, where are you getting the readings from your laser thermometer?

I have no idea what your talking about with the cool valve. The 180* thermo was never put in. It has a 195* in right now that I believe might be the problem. Temps have been verified with plenty of laser thermometers. Temp sender in the back of the head has been changed out 3 times. 2 differnt gauges have been used (Hornbrod even calibrated one.) Clusters have been switched twice. Everything works as it should. I'm shooting for the dealer thermostat from BLHTAZ to permenantly fix this, but if anybody has any other suggestions let me know. I'm all ears.

Never boiled over. I've never been in the red zone. I did have two brand new caps fail on new plastic tanks and let coolant out but it's no longer a problem with my metal expansion tank and normal radiator cap. I've let the car sit and idle in my driveway for 3 hours before (when I was running Prestone's cleaner thru the cooling system) and it never overheated. My temp gauge was close to the red zone and laser thermometers on the outside of the thermostat housing would read 215*-225* until I kicked on the fan and HVAC. Like I said, running the electric fan and HVAC on fulltime keep my gauge at 210* or a little above and laser temps on the thermo housing 200*-205*. Everything on the cooling system is new. The only thing I can think of is the thermostat is opening but not completely. It's funny you mention climbs. If I go up a hill the temp goes up slightly, but on the way down the temp drops back down to perfect temp.

Dude, I'm sorry to hear that. Do you pee sitting down now or how does that work? :rotfl2:

I put in a brand new one from MO. It made absolutely no differnce in temp.

Wow :eek: That was a fast reply. Thanks for the explanation Willy :cheers: By any chance ,you don't happen to have any other ideas on the cooling issue do you :brows:

X2 The proper t-stat for the engine will be 195 and come with a hole in it that goes at the 12:00 position with a little check ball in a copper sleeve to allow flow only in one direction. :cheers: Not that it matters much anymore because I ordered a dealer one from Brent but Willy I'd like to know why you suggested throwing the 180* one away? I have no idea if you've read all of my previous posts on my cooling problem but I'll re-cap it real quick. New: 195* thermostat upper/lower radiator hoses waterpump heater control valve and hoses running to and from the heater core 3-core all metal radiator fan clutch metal tank expansion tank (to replace the plastic one) second overflow bottle to convert it to an open system I've put the second electric aux fan on a relayed switch. I've had the whole system flushed by Valvoline on their machine twice I've bled the system thru the temp sender a dozen times There is no head gasket leak. (No oil in coolant/vice versa and I've used a block tester to confirm) Compression test is fine When I replaced the waterpump I even went as far as sticking a dentist's little mirror inside the engine as far as I could to see if I could find any buildup. (Almost none) Alas the only way to keep my temp around 210* at the gauge (201* at the thermostat housing) is to run the aux fan on full time and my HVAC system on full blast (hot or cold it doesn't matter) If I don't use both I run up about 10-20*. OK, remembering that I didn't even know what my temp was until I put in a full gauge cluster I started to rethink my situation. When I first put in the full cluster it always showed 210*. I started having problems last winter because the engine would never heat up. This is when I found out that the OP had removed the thermostat and never replaced it. I put one in and that's when I started running warm. So after changing EVERYTHING in the cooling system I've decided to start at the begining again. Maybe I just put in a faulty thermostat from the start. Now I know CW always says these engines run warmer (220*) but I've found out if I can keep the engine at 210* I get 1-2 better MPG. It doesn't seem like much but going from 10 MPG to 14 MPG is a definite improvement. After all this I figured if the thermo I put in last winter isn't faulty maybe putting in the 180* one will help me get that couple degrees I need lower. Now I'll try the dealer one. Maybe it will make a differnce, maybe it will be like every other part I've replaced that's been perfectly fine to start with. I was just wondering why you said "Throw it in the trash."

:cheers:

I would just e-mail Jp Magazine. I was just reading part of that write up. They would probably have the list of materials on their website under the projects section. I know they were having trouble adapting the speedo to work.

The bolt that goes thru the harmonic balancer is 1/2-20 Grade 5. I think it's 1 1/2" long. Someone needs to verify that last part though.

Here's my new 180* thermo. Where am I supposed to drill the two holes? I see a dimple that let's the coolant thru in the second photo so if that is 12 o clock the opposite at 6 is blocked by an arm on the other side. Should I go thru that and what size drill bit would you guys use?

I'm on it sometime this week. Thanks eh :cheers:

Post to self Changed out the Harmonic Balancer and Front Main Seal. "Weird Noise" thread problem solved.

Supposedly you switch the wires around on the sending unit in the tank. PM Hornbrod, he knows for sure.

Is it possible that a thermostat can open when it hits operating temp but not open comepletely causing the engine to run a bit hotter? The reason I ask is because I'm still fiddling with the engine temp, I've changed the thermostat but with all the faulty parts I've recieved lately I'm wondering if maybe this one opens up, but not comepletely. Opinions?