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Below is a commentary from an ER Doctor. Do you think this might be a big reason our health care system and our social security system are so screwed up? Do you think this might be a big reason our taxes keep going up? Who do you think these people are going to vote for? From a Florida ER doctor: "I live and work in a state overrun with illegals. They make more money having kids than we earn working full-time. Today I had a 25-year old with 8 kids - that’s right 8; all illegal anchor babies and she had the nicest nails, cell phone, hand bag, clothing, etc. She makes about $1,500 monthly for each; you do the math. I used to say, “We are the dumbest nation on earth.” Now I must say and sadly admit: WE are the dumbest people on earth (that includes ME) for we elected the idiot idealogues who have passed the bills that allow this. Sorry, but we need a revolution. Vote them all out in 2010. " --- REMEMBER --- IN NOVEMBER 2010, WE HAVE A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAN OUT THE ENTIRE HOUSE AND ONE-THIRD OF THE SENATE! This is an insult and a kick in the butt to all of us... Get mad and pass it on - I don't know how, but maybe some good will come of this travesty. If the immigrant is over 65, they can apply for SSI and Medicaid and get more than a woman on Social Security, who worked from 1944 until 2004. She is only getting $791 per month because she was born in 1924 and there's a 'catch 22.' It is interesting that the federal government provides a single refugee with a monthly allowance of $1,890. Each can also obtain an additional $580 in social assistance, for a total of $2,470 a month. This compares to a single pensioner, who after contributing to the growth and development of America for 40 to 50 years, can only receive a monthly maximum of $1,012 in old age pension and Guaranteed Income Supplement. Maybe our pensioners should apply as refugees! Consider sending this to all your American friends, so we can all be ticked off and maybe get the refugees cut back to $1,012 and the pensioners up to $2,470. Then we can enjoy some of the money we were forced to submit to the Government over the last 40 or 50 or 60 years. And not to receive a increase for 2010 Vote them all out of office……. Please forward this to every American to expose what our elected politicians have been doing for the past 11 years to over-taxed Americans. SEND THIS TO EVERY AMERICAN TAXPAYER YOU KNOW.

This was with the RUSTYS 4" leafs and 4" coils with 2" ACOS spacers and no drop brackets IIRC. (Also 33x10.5 tars, not the 33x9.5's I run now...) I'll do this again, once it warms up as I need to redo my rear bump stops and would like to see how much I gain with the DB's!! CW

I have read mixed reviews. I am running the stock A/C fan as a backup to the stock clutch fan. I have repeatedly read that the Ford Taurus fan works well, but I have not tried it. Don't really think the work will reap enough rewards to be worthwhile. CW

The truck looks awesome!! :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: CW

No. 18 is really shocking.... HOW BIG IS WAL-MART? This should boggle your mind!! And scare you as well! 1. At Wal-Mart, Americans spend $36,000,000 every hour of every day. 2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute! 3... Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year. 4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target + Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined. 5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people and is the largest private employer. And most can't speak English. 6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the World. 7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger & Safeway combined, keeping in mind they did this in only 15 years. 8. During this same period, 31 Supermarket chains sought bankruptcy. (are we surprised) 9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world. 10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had 5 years ago. 11. This year, 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at a Wal-Mart store.. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 billion.) 12. 90% of all Americans live within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart. 13. The value of product for Wal-Mart passing through the port of San Diego each year is a larger sum than 93% of ALL countries Gross National Product (GNP) ...and that is only ONE port ...one way that Wal-Mart gets it's stuff.. 14. Of the 1.6 million employees, only 1.2% make a living above the poverty level.. (Interesting statistics eh, must be because they pay their employees so well) 15. Wal-Mart's head office is located and centralized in Bentonville. Due to this fact, there are more millionaires per square mile there than any place on Earth. (Wonder what merchandise they have it their friendly Bentonville Wallmart?) 16. The official U.S. Government position is that Wal-Mart's prices are no lower than anyone else's when compared to a typical families weekly purchases. That's the view of the statisticians at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) responsible for calculating the consumer price index (CPI). 17. 92% of everything Wal-Mart sells, comes from China . Another 4% comes from Chinese owned companies in the U..S. or in 3rd world countries. (Yes China is in charge here alright) SCARRY 18. Wal-Mart and MOST large companies, take out life insurance on it's employees, without their knowing. If an employee dies, ALL the insurance moneys go to the companies. i.e. An employee making $18,000 per year, dies, and the company might make as much as $1 million. Most often these moneys, coming from what is commonly referred to as "Dead Peasant Life Insurance Policies", is paid out to executives as bonuses. (A common practice, unknown by the common man) 19. Wal-Mart now averages a "profit" (not sales) of $36 billion per year. 20. Let Wal Mart bail out Wall Street. If not, consider shopping someplace else.

I wheeled it!! (Pop drove most of the trail) Fun trip, basically just a class6 road. With some minor rock and lots of ice water/mud crossings. CW

Good sho then!! I thought that handle looked fermilular!! :doh: :doh: CW

WOW, it really cleaned up nicely!! I REALLY dig those rims!! One of my favorite styles!!! CW

That is some OLD stuff!! You cannot be sure of how it was stored. Was the powder sealed? How does it smell? If you stir the powder, is there a "smoke" coming off it? If yes its has begun to break down and is useless for anything but lawn fertilizer. Take some of the primers and prime some cases and fire them No powder or bullets. To see of there is any misfires. If they where properly stored, you will likely be fine, if not, you could be in for some headaches from the duds and miss or hang fires. (I am have been a re loader for thirty years and instructed reloading for almost ten.) Good luck!! CW

WELCOME!!! The black top sure gives it a unique look!! CW

Looks good, I have a simular GPS setup on my TJ, only mine is mounted to the roll cage. CW

Thanks Ben!! It's cheaper by some, but lots easier!! the bottle was 50, fittings and hoses another 30 and the overflow tank was 10 more. So less then 100 bucks. I took it on a wheeling trip today and it ran perfectly, nothing at all with the cooling system. Ran rock steady all day. Left home @ 06:30 and returned home about two hours ago. Put about 180 miles on the truck with almost 20 of that in the woods. LOTS of ice out there!!! Much we stayed on top of, other places...not so much. No real obstacles here, just class 6 roads with some minor rock work and lots of water crossings. I found a couple rocks to flex on, but nothing to radical. All pics on Comanche Club Image Hosting USERNAME: brianjonfund PASSWORD: jeeper

COOLING SYSTEM UPGRADE!! This took place over most of a week... SUNDAY: My water pump is going south fast and I'll be swapping it this week. Contemplating a HI-FLO pump, hi-flo T-stat and massaged higher flo water neck. BTW, I already have a 3 core radiator and a new heater core. I will also be upgrading the overflow bottle to a aluminum tank. Definitely NO CHEAPIE/REBUILT pumps for me this time!!! BTW, I ordered the Howe aluminum tank, Dorman overflow tank and Mopar hi-floaT-stat from Summit last nite. I should have it by Wednesday. Today I'm heading to NAPA as you suggested to get/order the pump. I see a couple choices from them. First I wanted opinions on the high Flo models. NAXJA has mixed reviews, more said it wasn't worth the extra cost. I'll likely end up with a newly manufactured NAPA unit. I'm also getting new "Y's" (the heater disconnect valve) and hoses for the heater core. Gonna try to get started today, if it warms up higher then the 21 degrees it is now!!! I figure I can at least get everything apart and ready for the install. I am not a fan of running only or converting to electric. Altho I do have the factory A/C electric fan installed and on a manual switch in the cab. I use it on the trail or on freeway on long grades. Don't get me wrong, it has has never overheated on me, but it does get to 220 on the factory gauge. (I suspect it as not being very accurate either)I changed out everything a couple years ago and it (the temps) where much improved. I installed a 180 Tstat, new, clutch, new heater core, new 3 core rad, all new hoses and rebuilt water pump. The NAPA was closed today, so ordering/picking up the parts will have to wait till Monday. BUT, It warmed up enough so I was able to get everything dis-assembled and ready for the new parts to go in. One casualty... my shroud. FREAKIN' THING IS ALWAYS I THE WAY!! I also found the idler, just to the right of the A/C idler is also noisy. Hopefully this is not a dealer part, but I fear it is. OH well, not a huge deal as its easy to swap at a later date if it doesn't come in i time. I opened up the water neck with a air grinder in about ten minutes! BEFORE: AFTER: Everything came out easily sans that shroud. MONDAY: Got to NAPA tonight, A NEW pump in hand along with new real radiator cap, some 1/4" hose and couple new gaskets another bottle of indian head cement and a bottle of green juice. Tomorrow I'll be out there buttoning it back up. Then its just a waiting game for the aluminum bottle, overflow bottle and hi-flo T-stat. WEDNESDAY: I got the water pump and the PS brackets back in tonight. I am still missing the T-Stat, pressure bottle and overflow tank so I cannot finish, but its moving along nicely!!! It shouldn't take but a hour to finish this up and I'll be ready for Sunday!! Poor me, guess I am driving the TJ a couple more days... I'm glad I still have the AT's on it!!! The thing drives like a sports car with the Lil 33's!! THURSDAY: Parts just arrived and I have to leave for the meeting!! GRRR I gotta get some fittings I forgot about anyhow... here is some pics... Tomorrow night.. in the cold.. I'll be out there installing this... I also received the replacement bearings from EBay... five minutes and the old one was pressed out and the new one in!! FRIDAY: I ran back to NAPA on the way home and picked up the hose barbs and hose I needed. A few minutes with some Teflon tape and I had the tank ready to install. I had a couple big hose clamps and I grabbed a piece of 2" "C" channel. It worked perfectly to hold the tank at 90 degrees while being very firm. A few more minutes routing the hose to the overflow tank and it was complete. The overflow tank fit perfectly beside the air box after I moved the ballast resistor and vacuum fitting a bit toward the firewall. The temprature is now running right at 160. The heat is a bit cooler, bit plenty warm. One problem..... I got a bit of a leak at the water neck... SO the freaking thing comes apart again.... Saturday is my next available time.. hope its warm.... I did end up going back out there tonight... Threw in the heater and it was rite cozy!! I decided to throw in a sealer as I noticed the radiator itself was leaking a bit. Just a small leak, but a leak just the same. My heat at the water neck was just a drip, but as the pressure built and the fan pushed it around, it looked bad. Sealer seems to have worked at least slowed it to a tiny stain. Also noticed that my math sux.... the factory gage goes from 100 to 260 with 210 straight up. (Bear with me here) that's 90 degrees from 100-210 so the mark I was calling 180 is really only 145. Now add 15 more for the 1/3 past the center mark and we get 160 degrees. That's 20 under the 180 that the stat is... seems the gage IS way off as its IS rock steady where it sits. Also, my upper rad hose doesn't even get firm... OR overly hot!! SO, my guess is I have a air bubble. Squeezing the hose doesn't seem to move any fluids. Comparing the heater hose with the upper rad hose isn't close in temps. I ran it tonight for most of an hour idle and revving to 2000 and 3000 rpms and held there for a couple minutes multiple times. Hopefully it will relieve itself as it cools tonight, I filled the overflo bottle to near full. SATURDAY: When I got out to the truck this AM, the overflow was empty, (I 3/4 filled it last night when hot)so the system IS working. I took it for a ride to get more Kerosene for the heater, it was fine, but never got above the revised 160 degrees. I pulled the upper hose off while it was warm and it was indeed empty... There was a amount in the water neck on top of the T stat. I added fluid to the upper hose and it immediately came out of the water neck.. so the T stat is indeed open. then I removed the upper heater hose where it enters the pressure bottle and again filled or tried to add more fluid. I got a bit in, but not too much. I "burped" the upper rad hose at the same time and was able to add even a bit more. I also found a bad pos batter terninal.. SO its now a waiting game to see what gets sucked into the system, then refill and repeat. Only potential problem I cam see is if the new T stat is stuck open... OK, Good to know Daniel!! Thanks, so its safe to assume that its working!! I have given it about two hours to cool, time to go see what happened... Just checked it out... nothing was "sucked" back into the block/radiator this time... I know its got room as the upper hose was still soft. SO, I jumped in for a cruse.. need fuel anyhow. Put about 25 miles on it and that freakin' hose is still not full... or hot...and the overflow bottle is full near the top. So some was pushed into it on the free way. The temp never moved more than the thickness of the needle. Maybe Juan is rite... I'm over thinking and stressing on nothing.. what do you think??

They are still avalible from the factory.. at least one side is, but the only difference (L to R) is the emergency brake hole... buy two and drill new one and plug other one and your all set... CW

I didnt, I was lookin' for more pics... :D I think I have them all in there now... CW

Mine is a 1989 LWB with a widened FORD SPLASH sport bar. BEFORE: AFTER: CW

I have given it about two hours to cool, time to go see what happened... Just checked it out... nothing was "sucked" back into the block/radiator this time... I know its got room as the upper hose was still soft. SO, I jumped in for a cruse.. need fuel anyhow. Put about 25 miles on it and that freakin' hose is still not full... or hot...and the overflow bottle is full near the top. So some was pushed into it on the free way. The temp never moved more than the thickness of the needle. No overheating, heat adequate, runs smooth and quiet. Maybe, I'm over thinking and stressing on nothing.. what do you think?? CW

Long bed. CW

I'm glad, my recomendations have been confirmed. I would never knowingly steer someone wrong... CW

The range with one is very limited. Would probably be OK for a trail ride where you are never out of site of one another. But I would hate to need it if you did get turned around... Stick with what you have, its far better. CW

I scanned over the forums before deciding against the HI-FLO pumps. I found a few dis-satisfied people, more that said that after the fact they didn't feel the costs outweighed the benefits. So I went with a NEW replacement pump from NAPA. When I got out to the truck this AM, the overflow was empty, (I 3/4 filled it last night when hot)so the system IS working. I took it for a short ride to get more Kerosene for the heater, it was fine, but never got above the revised 160 degrees. I pulled the upper hose off while it was warm and it was indeed empty... There was a amount in the water neck on top of the T stat. I added fluid to the upper hose and it immediately came out of the water neck.. so the T stat is indeed open. then I removed the upper heater hose where it enters the pressure bottle and again filled or tried to add more fluid. I got a bit in, but not too much. I "burped" the upper rad hose at the same time and was able to add even a bit more. I just filled the overflow tank again. SO its now a waiting game to see what gets sucked into the system, then refill and repeat. Only potential problem I cam see is if the new T stat is stuck open... CW

That looks like it "fires" thru the glass. Does it? If so don't bother, all it will provide major suckage... Go get a real antenna. CW

Jeephack, I haven't seen the spray cans of KROIL!!! Guess I need to look harder!! I have seen and used some of the Seafoam DEEP CREEP, it was pretty good to! CW

Guys, Why all the drama??? :no: Just before this post, I PM'd him and asked him nicely to make the signature smaller... He did so right away. No fuss, no muss. No need to ridicule anyone... CW

I also like a LOUD horn.. First I swapped in a couple junk yard HI-N-LO horns outta a 60's full size sedan. Later I picked up a set of wolo air horns. I run these thru a relay and trigger then with the factory horn button. Nice and loud!! For Christmas I got a Wolo ahooga horn... I put that behind the lower rad support and wired in a separate horn button on a stalk next to the steering wheel. Now my horn in the wheel is messed up. The contacts aren't to good and the horn will not always work.. poor contact. Anyone else have this? how did you fix it? Are those contact discs available? CW