wooky48

Speaking from recent experience, many lenders will not finance a mobile, modular, trailer....whatever you want to call them. I bought a brand new doublewide in mid '02 from a "reputable" manufacturer, within a year the interior walls were seperating from the outside walls (not enough staples ??). The setup deteriorated as well, washing machine in the spin cycle had the whole house wiggling ever so slightly (but noticeable). The sales brocures stated and showed that they were (supposedly) built to the same standards as a house built on-site, baloney. I lost it by way of foreclosure due to divorce (seems I'm not alone here :brows: ). I'm in the process of buying a 3 bed 2 bath (real) house on about an acre+ at the top end of a cul-de-sac with PLENTY of backyard to build a 30X30 garage (and a pool :brows: ). For the time being I'll have to settle with the 2 car attached garage. Bottom line is, no I wouldn't live in a trailer again.

Your best bet, IMHO, would be to hit the junkyards, I found an aluminum cover on the 2nd engine I looked at in the 1st yard I went to When you find one don't forget to get the bolts too, they are different from the plastic cover. :brows:

Don't forget the baling wire and staple gun :brows:

Oil being burned inside the engine would be blue, I agree. Oil being dripped on the exhaust and burning could be blue but does look white, IMHO. If white smoke from tailpipe and you have an automatic, possibly the trans modulator valve leaking (happened to me many years ago on a Datsun)

Mine smoked like a freight train pulling a steep grade :eek: but has run a lot better. Also, oil leaks were mentioned, yes SeaFoam will do that too, just haven't had time to pull the pan yet, valve cover leak fixed with gasket and an aluminum cover :brows: New plugs went along with the tuneup.

There are only two "types" of folks that I cut slack to, other truck drivers and bikers (many of my friends ride and some of them are truckers too), those in cars have their work cut out for themselves with the exception of those who show courtesy and "ask" to be let into the lane I'm in or off the side street I'm about to block (while waiting for traffic to clear).

That sounds like similar to what I deal with "Hey man, I didn't see you", HOW can you miss a 28 foot, 30 ton dump truck :eek: with ALL the lights burning in broad daylight coming down the street? Oh, and though I'm not supposed to, I have gotten real good with my "hand signals", you know, communication :brows:

daymn that must hurt coming back out... :eek: Thats why the eggs are kinda round, so nothing slams shut when they lay em :brows:

Whatever that means. :nuts: Let's see if I can translate :brows: "That much.....I mean little", a little joke on the 45 bucks :dunno: , "I didn't even think of a rad shop, figuring the plastic (tanks) they wouldn't want to fool with (repair).", and "I can take my time with this because it's not my daily driver now." I drive my Jeep now every day instead of the Benz. :brows:

That much.....I mean little, Hornbrod, I didn't even think of a rad shop figuring the plastic they wouldn't want to fool with. I can take my time with this because it's not my daily driver now.

Didn't know how many different J B's there was Oizarod, thanks. BTW, where in Atlanta are ya, down toward Monticello here.

Thanks DC, I'll check into that also, I'd rather keep this one if possible, it's not clogged or dirty on the inside so I'm not worried about the core.

UPDATE II I drove it to my class reunion on Saturday, took the back roads (shorter distance "through the woods") with a 4 mile run on the interstate, when I shut it off it started leaking again (about 1/2 gal to refill when I left the party), same route home but no A/C running this time, not a drop gone. Gonna pull it and do a better job (better view of area) with a more specific J B (for plastic). I hope that will get me through til I can get another radiator. Someone even suggested I look for a similar metal radiator out of and older car (worth checking into).

I don't know about "rebuild in a can" but if you want to really clean out the gunk inside your motor, I used "SeaFoam", can has all the directions, pour some in the tank, (while running) down the throat and into the vacuum system via brake booster hose, some in the oil (don't forget to change it afterwards). Mine smoked like a freight train for a little bit but now it runs a lot smoother and better. The only drawback I found is that the cleaning is SO good it caused the valve cover and oil pan to start leaking a bit (crud build up that was keeping old gaskets from leaking now gone)

UPDATE The J B that I put on last night set up good, drove it to work and around town this afternoon (80 - 85 degree weather), new T-stat working fine, new cap all the way on, no leaks and running normal temp (slightly elevated with A/C on). Thanks yall

J B is now on the radiator, let it set over night with residual heat from engine (almost cold again). Thanks for all the replies. This is just a quick fix til I can get a new one (hate to see the price for a BEHR for a Benz $$$). I haven't been driving it much lately, saving it for the weekends and trips (nothing like leather seats, cruise, A/C, and the gunsight :brows: on the hood for long trips).

Ok, CW, thats good enough for me, I know J B is good stuff just didn't know if it would work on this, thanks

WOW, that was quick replies. Jeep freek, not all the way on is where I back off the cap just a wee bit but CW said it worked on his car so I may not need to back it off. Thanks yall

This isn't for my Jeep but since the theory and principles are generally the same. On a radiator with plastic tanks can epoxy (J B Weld) be used for a pinhole repair, even if it's only a temporary one? This is on my car and I haven't been driving it much lately but I need to tomorrow and again on Saturday. Also would it hurt to run it with the cap not quite on all the way?

:agree: Here's one in action. You'll love the ending. :D Video Link So many Jeep's, not enough time, money, or space to put them. For 600 bucks?, oh yea I would. I've seen 715's in "action". I LOVED the end of the video where he kept draggin' the two around the pond as if to say "looky what I can do :brows: "......lol

5 or 6 kids just means she knows what she's doing (well experienced) :brows:

I believe I'll pass on the invite there Pete, I lived in Detroit for one year ('78 ) and after 3 snow storms and a blizzard I decided that being frozen wasn't my cup of tea :brows: . Also, after living in Georgia most of my life it seemed a bit strange to be outside in 30 degree weather sweating in a T-shirt :nuts: Give me a good horizontal rain any day.

FINALLY, someone who remembers Jolt Cola, I usually start the day with a 20 oz cup of coffee, sometimes a 2nd one. Switch to tea around 10 or 11 for the rest of the day. Been doing that since about 16 years old and the only thing I EVER got a caffeine buzz from was Jolt and an expresso from a sandwich shop in Atlanta....lol

I hope this works, link to my changing cover, pics are from another guys Jeep but looks like mine now 'cept for A/C and p/s, and hose on mine runs to TB base not to intake http://comancheclub.com/forums/viewtopi ... highlight=

Clearance for........?? The aluminum cover fits, no prob.