Sir Sam

Yep. http://www.asylum.com/2010/07/22/its-the-worlds-strongest-most-expensive-beer-inside-a-squi/

Uh, NO. Rolling stones.

I see a red door and I want it painted black No colors anymore I want them to turn black I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes I have to turn my head until my darkness goes I see a line of cars and they're all painted black With flowers and my love both never to come back I see people turn their heads and quickly look away Like a new born baby it just happens every day I look inside myself and see my heart is black I see my red door and must have it painted black Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue I could not foresee this thing happening to you If I look hard enough into the settin' sun My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes I see a red door and I want it painted black No colors anymore I want them to turn black I see the girls go by dressed in their summer clothes I have to turn my head until my darkness goes Hmm, hmm, hmm,... I wanna see it tainted, tainted black Black as night, black as coal I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky I wanna see it tainted, tainted, tainted, tainted black Yeah! Hmm, hmm, hmm,...

Mechanical engineer looking for a real job, current flip parts and vehicles. Anyone looking to hire an ME specializing in diesel engine calibration and emissions validation per ISO 8178 standards for off-highway diesel engines? Fully knowledgeable on tier 2-4 standards.

is it me or does it look like primer?

My engine hoist has gotten tons of use, borrowed by friends, used it for I don't know many engines myself, use it for picking up axles and putting axles into and out of my jeep and others vehicles. Gotten plenty of use out of it, I've also gotten a lot of use out of my harbor freight AC pump and gauges, plus, you really appreciate the working AC they give you.

Yeoman Rand.

Um, you don't have the automatic fillers?

James Doohan. (and I didn't even have to google)

The Iranian Ambassador to the UN had just finished giving a speech, and walked out into the lobby where he met President Bush. They shook hands, and as they walked the Iranian said, "You know, I have just one question about what I have seen in America." President Bush said, "Well, anything I can do to help you, I will." The Iranian whispered "My son watches this show 'Star Trek' and in it there is Chekhov who is Russian, Scotty who is Scottish, and Sulu who is Chinese, but no Arabs or Iranians. My son is very upset and doesn't understand why there aren't any Iranians on Star Trek." President Bush cracked his famous little grin, leaned toward the Iranian ambassador, and whispered back, "That's because it takes place in the future."

We don't have full service stations here, thank god.

Well I got the AC going today. Took the compressor of my parts jeep with the 48k mile engine and threw it on this one, ended up using the washer/oring seals on the top of the compressor to get it to hold a vacuum. Sure enough with the new compressor the AC clutch kicked in. Got it blowing cold, measured 65 degrees at the vent when idling, driving along with air being forced in that should drop to 50 or so(from an ambient temperature of 95 or so). Oh don't get me wrong, I'm trying to do this on the cheap too, every dollar spent on it is a dollar I don't make back. But you gotta do what you gotta do to sell a vehicle.

You could also go with the 2500 mirrors, they come in black and the more expensive chrome with heat and turnsignal: That'd be pimp.

you mean a pathfinder like this: You could do a 300zx Twin turbo swap into it. Just think, a pathfinder with 300 RWHP...........................

More work done today, nickle and diming me right now, and running into the unexpected. First off I found out the old airbox didn't have an air filter in it. I never checked it just removed the whole thing(the bottom was broken so I replaced it). So another $9 out of pocket. Then after getting coolant in the system I find out the overflow line is leaking and spitting coolant onto the fan which then gets flung in my face. Then I find out that the ac system which I thought was fine actually had no charge(just enough that my quicky test for pressure at the schrader valve didn't show that it was basically empty). Pulled a vacuum and it held, filled it with a partially used can of r134a, compressor kicked on and off a few times then nothing. Turns out the compressor clutch is bad, I guess I'll pull the one off of the parts Jeep here and use it(48k mile engine I had wanted to keep complete). Plus I still need to do all the front end bodywork still(as in paint and such). Taking longer than I wanted, wasted a day with the various snags, though thats actually to be expected, seems to always happen. Pics:

Sell it on craigslist.

Ya new replacement radiators seem to come with it, though it seems like sometimes you need it and sometime you don't, got me as to what the reasons behind it all are. Thanks for the offer though. I did not find it on the parts jeep I got it from, so I had to goto a junkyard. When I was there I found a couple of radiators that had been replaced. I pulled one and also grabbed the adapter off of another one. Luckily the adapter is the correct one so my buddy will be buying the radiator from me. I need to get this vehicle for sale ASAP so I was willing to spend $60 for a radiator just to get the project moving.

Ya its the adapter fitting I need. I think the newer replacement rads come this way. I've run into this difference before, but it was never a problem since I had everything. I'm hoping the adapter fitting is still on the Jeep I took this off of, going to find out today.

http://colorado4wheel.com/manuals/Jeep/

A note of caution, the aftermarket cheaper mirrors shake when driving, and do so more and more with age. IMO for something you need to see out of get used OEM. I've passed up I don't know how many 97+ mirrors in the past few month, several sets of them heated em. Too bad I didn't know you wanted any then. :D

Zeus was inside during the grinding and welding today.(was joking about the ball time during welding) Ok got some work done today, but hit a snag with the radiator which is going to cause problems for a little thing. Otherwise got it pretty far. Copper colored weld through primer: These are the sticks I use when I have to weld sheet, they work aright, but its still way too easy to burn through, generally I try to start the beads on the thicker material, then let the puddle pull down into the thinner stuff, the spot welder is WAY better for joining sheet, I just need some larger tongs. Test fit, alignment and everything looks good, fits up like it should, will need to testfit first with the hood to get the fender gaps dialed in, hopefully it won't require much tweaking and will lineup well. Radiator snag: you can see the upper photo is the more common stock type of AN fitting for the upper trans line. Below seems to be more the newer type of fitting, some AN fitting screws into the transcooler. I'm not sure if this is a newer type(as many replacement radiators I've seen are this style) or if its something for the dual core vs single. In any case I gotta find the fitting one way or another.

Yes, he can't stand to not be near me. Kinda annoying trying to weld with a dog bringing a tennis ball up to you. You throw it to get rid of him but of course he just brings it back. Guess thats why they call them retrievers. Got the fender support on and test fitting the fenders and header panel, looks good from that, but I will still need to see what all the alignment is like with the hood on and tweak that alignment to get the gaps correct. the spot welds are easy, but I cannot get the spot welder in everywhere, so I had to use my arc welder. 1/16" rods at 40amps with an arc welder!!!!! tricky. Managed to get some beads all along where I couldn't get the spot welder in, so thats all done. Gonna go back out and work on getting the PS pump pulley replaced, get the new radiator in, then airbox ecu etc untill its back to driveable condition. Then move onto the cosmetic bodywork.

Correct, but has a clean title.

2000 XJ 148k, $1400 purchase, after fees taxes tow, parts etc I'm in at $2100, need to buy paint but otherwise done spending money. Should be able to get 3500 out of it.

Agreed. The less the state knows the better. I have been battling the DMV for two days now. In my unlucky run I got a person who decided to basically arbitrarily reject my paperwork yesterday(for paperwork that I know is just fine). Then today when I went back I got unlucky to get the same woman again. Anyone else and I would not have had any problem. I got the same person twice. What a load.