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As stated previously HEAVY TORQUE STEER and the Front end gets awful hopity, as in up and down, at speeds over 40 mph. Don't Ask how I know.

I voted Tire balance as most common but: I had to change over to the stock aluminum wheel with 4 ply tires on the front of my "wing and a prayer" Comanche from 6" steel 6 ply. Both pairs of tires were 215/75/15. The aluminum wheels are 7" so the track up front is now wider and reducing unsprung weight. Could this be affecting "Harmonics" by the lesser unsprung weight witht a wider track? In other words allowing harmonics too intensify with lower input dynamics. I did find that the Sticky weights were missing rom the rim so the tires are out of balance. Since the tire swap this thing Death Wobbles severely at 45mph on an average of 5-6 times in 25 miles. I 'll try to post again after I get 2, new, BALANCED, 215/75/15, 6 plys on steel for the front. :popcorn:

Color scheme does not matter in any state. You can not put on Wisconsin State Police, Fire Department or any other state bureau. You can put on Wizconzin Poleez or similar. You can not put on any light bar that uses the clear, blue, red combination flashers. You may use single flashers but not in the above combination. What you've proposed sounds to me like a go.

FIRE WRENCH! I used one to cut the wheel from an El Camino my neighbor was restoring and never even messed up the threads. We did however replace all the studs and of course lug nuts.

Coooouuuullldd Beeeeee! I definity wouldn't wanna put that thing in 4x4. Those smaller rear tires with a lower ratio might push the thing directly into a 2 door. :nanner:

UHHH and apparently parks in the handicapped spots with all those working type tools. The irony of it all. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irony

Eagle, That is one of the best darn disortations that I have read. I understand ALL the causes of DW. It's merely a matter of deduction of the correct source. I couldn't have written it in a better fashion as you've covered the bases. You know your stuff. :smart:

No guarantee with it either but it is better. In reality (not your kind), the two cans I bought were only $14.95 per 5 years ago. One is half empty the other never been used yet. So truely a one shot attempt.

I was going to relate another substitute but SuperWade2 and possum have it listed in their posts. Kano Kroil. It also works like PB as a capillary driller rather than displacement agent. It is also silcone based rather than petroleum but it's pricey. I only use it when PB fails. I get it here; http://eastwood.resultspage.com/search? ... ubmit.y=11

86, 2.5, TBI, AX5, W/ 3.31, 215/75/15 & 179,000. 26 MPG average, 28 when I remember to put it in 5th where I can. You are doing just as well w/ a V6. EDIT: Tire size

Baywindow story: Long ago in a land farfar away... there was a green 69 Westfalia in the family, I can't reckon who it really belonged to but I believe it was my hippy aunt. It was used by my Dad and Uncle as a base camp for working away from home. They were somewhere on I-80 getting gas and a bite to eat when an accident on I-80 overflowed into the rest stop. The Westy took a direct frontal shot on the spare tire by a 5 ton dump truck. We went and got the thing the next Monday on the trailer. The thing was covered by insurance so a check was issued. We ended up building a trailer that the Westy body would set on without tires and it was used as a camper for many happy years. It even evolved into having a small porch on the back and an outdoor kitchen on the front. My uncle bought property in Ohio to work in the GM Vega plant and that was the last I saw the thing. This was circa 1970. Baja Bug story: There is a big ol mud pit on a power line about a mile from me. Penelec uses these 44" tired Service trucks to check and maintain the 750KV lines. They have roads on their easement and as a mud pit grows they just reroute the Service trucks and the locals take over the mud holes. There are people who come from West Virginia to try "The Crawshaw". Let's just say a factory Ford F- 150 with 31" tires will sink over the headlights and up to the hood if it goes in the Crawshaw. I've been out there in the Comanche and it's performed well buut it's never been in the Crawshaw. I have since decided that the Baja is the best mud runner I have. Here's why. I had bought these 33 - 15.50- 15 High flotation sand tires from the place I work on sealed bid. Me and a friend mounted them up on a set of 15 x 12 VW rims I got from JC Whitney and put them on the back of the baja. So I started asking around about the smoothy High flotation sand dune tires that the rails run, not the ribbed type the smooth type. I found a pair up in Erie, through a mutual friend, that the guy wanted $100 for but were mounted on spindle mount rims. So when we went Steelhead fishing I picked them up and mounted them up on my stock VW rims and put them on the Baja. Next thing you know it's Memorial Day and you know how it is even old kids will play. We got alot of rain the previous week and all the holes were full, the 3 streams that cross this powerline were flooding. After a few Eisbocks, actually Schneider Aventinus Weizeneisbock, the call went out... "POWERLINE"! So off the drunken horde set, to conquer. Here's where the guy in the F-150 LITERALLY DIVES INTO THE CRAWSHAW. Only to stop 1/3 of the way through buried to the hood. Now he wants the old Dodge WC 42 with a winch to pull him out. Nobody would take out the winch cable through the 3 feet of mud. The Crawshaw is down in a hole below grade so 2 full size 4x4 can't pass and if you stop you are done. So I volunteered to take out the cable. When they laughed and tried to hand me the cable I says " Hold on thare bobbalouie" and go get the Baja. Now wrap the cable around the door post, ya don't have windows in an offroad Baja LONG! Well they all scoffed and said "Do ya think you'll make out to the F-150"? Then we will have to pull you back! NOPE was all I said as I stuck her in first and creeped down into the Crawshaw. I could hear them holler'n better give it some gas or you'll blog down. I maintained my therom and tried to keep the wheel spin slow and pulled right up beside the F-150 and stopped. The crowd was ecstatic, you dumbxxs, man you mighta made it, ahhhhh. So I unwrapped the winch cable from the driver door post and hand it to the passenger side of the F-150 saying "I brought it, you get to hook it up". With that put the lil Baja in first and walked through the Crawshaw the other 2/3's of the way. I did have a spot of trouble getting out the other end but only becaause there was a vertical wall under the mud that I couldn't climb over. It would fish tail me around and start to bury the rear tires. I have a 2,500 lb ATV winch up front so I just had a buddy hook me up to a tree and I was out. I didn't truely conquer the Crawshaw cause I couldn't get out but I made it further than anybody else that day. Flotation man, it's your friend, that and knowing when to not spin the tires. I've even had 33's all the way around this little car and it will rock krawl to a pretty good degree. But that's another story.

I own a couple Jeeps and a couple International Harvester Pick up trucks. I've observed that some who own one also own the other. So OK, lets say that maybe somewhat normal. Recently on this forum and the others, I've noticed that people have been picking up on things in the back round. My strange revelation is that alot of those who own a Jeep, an IHC and/or both, also have a VW Baja Bug. So sound off: Who has one? I'll start I have 2 Bajas and 4 standard beetles, one of which is my DD.

Try swapping out the 2 relays on the passenger side fenderwell. These are for the Latch key system. Basically, it turns on the fuel pump, turns off the ignition and cranks the starter over, then once fuel has been put to the rail it turns the ignition back on to start it and kicks out the starter. If no change swap out the ECU. What is the color of the spark? Orange indicates a bad coil when battery condition is known. The spark should have a bluish white coloration and snap when it jumps.

LYRES TOO! :rotfl2: It's a Sad state of affairs when people have to lower theirselves to this. I hope the guy gets his truck back with only a broken window.

Fish and Game or Wildlife can give you some hints. They love grubworms, worms and ant nests. They are omnivores and eat everything including garbage. They will steal a burrow or use an existing hole but rarely dig them but they will escavate for entry under a house, shed etc... You definitly do not want to wound them, they may spray even if you kill without hitting the glands. They are smarter than a cat or dog, almost equal to a pig. They make great pets if you can box trap them and have the vet remove the glands. So you have 2 humane options; Feed them good garbage for a couple days then put some of the hottest Wasbi you can find on it, they will remember or Box Trap them keep it covered with heavy dark cloth and set the door so the cloth closes the front when the door closes, then you can relocate them without bouncing or disturbing to another location. Farmers actually like them.

The pink wire is the memory wire but just to hep you out alittle Padawa http://gojeep.willyshotrod.com/HowtoDashClock.htm

Look for a Comanche X and that will give you all the basics, a custom is just one trim level above an X.

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Try taking it off and clean the engine block down to bare metal again. If it has a rust build up it can't make a ground connection. However, I did have to change the battery cables on the 87 to get it to start easy. The old ones were very decrepit and made the starter draw like it had a weak battery.

Paint them all over the color of choice then buy some Chrome tape from your FLAPS, comes in various widths and lengths. Use an exacto knife to remove the chrome tape from erythang but the letter face. Clear coat over it and you should be way better off than you are now.

Have you guys checked the braided strand ground strap that goes from the firewall to the engine block? They don't start if it's broken, burnt through or has a bad ground at the engine block more often than the firewall.

NOPE. It would work just like your brakes when they need bled, fine after you pump it, just like my ol lady! But as you travel and use it frequently it stays fine. Drive 30+ miles and not shift it gets "funky" again. But as I said b4 if the diaphram is failing it will let the fluid equalize.

Have you tried bleeding the clutch slave cylinder? You may have a little air that is cavitating the fluid. If it goes away briefly then comes back you will need to replace the slave cylinder.

The MAP sensor is in the manifold, the control is on the firewall. Did you change both? A new sensor does not mean the signal is being translated correctly to the ECM.

Map Sensor(manifold) and control(firewall)... idle, driveability, fuel mix etc... Air Temp sensor (Air box)... idle quality