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I find that hard to believe, that truck is too clean and shiney. Waxing and polishing is easy, I got lots of stuff done yesterday. Even changed the brakes on my wifes blazer and organized the outbuilding. Polishing and waxing does not take too long, especially if you do not use turtle wax. That stuff will wear your arm off. I wish I had the stuff down here to clay bar it, but I did not want to go out to the store. The scheduling on my current school is pretty silly. I am getting ready to go in for the last day of Aircrew water survival today. It starts at 0730, but I will probably be done by 1100. Just have to do the parachute waterdrag, clip release, and I get to put on my g-suit, harness, vest, boots, helmet and facemask and prove that I can swim with all that junk on. Wednesday will be helicopter hoist, and land drag/ landing falls. Thursday is graduation, and riday will be Ejection seat training and a practice shot. fun stuff, look up "API Dunker" on youtube, did that friday, it was kind of like being paid to ride carnival rides that could kill you. Or being sloshed around upside down in a beercan underwater.

OK, I know for some people their Comanche is a project, for others it is a beater, and for others still it is a DD. This will probably be more geared to the latter. I worked for about 4 years as a parts guy at Advance and got to know a few of their products. Today I got to get out and thoroughly wash the MJ. Got the Engine bay cleaned, the exterior washed, and also got a light polish and a good wax in. For the engine cleaning there are really only 2 options I consider and It really just depends on what is on sale. I either use Black Magic Engine Shine (the only BM product I will use, the rest are junk) or I use the 3m Citrus Gel spray. Both clean very well. Effectively you just warm the motor up and turn it off, then spray every nook and cranny repeatedly working around the bay. I usually go over everything till the can is empty. Then you let it sit for about 20 min. I take this time to wash the rest of the truck. Then you come back with normal hose water, no pressure, and rinse it all off. The cleaner will congeal up into a think goo where it pools, but rinse right off. Both work well on aluminum and plastic, but the BM stuff will shine up the plastic and rubber parts a bit more. I have used purple power and magic green, I just prefer these. I washed the exterior and I got to use a new product I have not messed with. It is the Turtle Wax clear nano polish. It is OK to use in bright sunlight and ok to touch plastics and rubber with. For those who do not know, most polishes will never come off trim, and are horrible to use in sunlight. I cannot say that it is a miracle product, but what it did do I liked. It was easy to apply and easy to remove. It left the paint much smoother to the touch and I give it thumbs up. Not as good as a spin polish or a claybar, but it took much less effort, and it did not mess up the trim. Last I finished up with Meguire's Gold Class Wax. Great stuff, I love it and always have. If your arms are tired after waxing you need to get a better wax. Wax should always be applied by hand BTW not with any mechanical contrivance. This stuff goes on smooth, buffs off easy and always leaves a good shine. The only wax I have used that I like more is the Tech Wax by the same company, but it is usually about 6 bucks more. It does smell good though. A few pictures of the results, I do not have the worlds best paint job. It looks like about mid grade MAACO with a touch of orange peel, but it is not a bad job either. and a link to the album in case anyone wants to see the rest of my pictures

I seated mine with a few taps from a BFH. It survived the balancer being pulled off a few times easily.

I'm not being aggressive, I'm being dominant I love that episode, good thing I have almost all of them on my DVR

glad someone else was thinking it

We used to have a border collie that would nip at the tires of cars that drove through the neighborhood. Till he caught one. Turned him about 6 rolls total he tucked tail and ran home. After that he never tried to bite them anymore. He would lay in wait and when they went by he would race them about 10 ft to the side.

so the cover pops out and it looks like the glass lifts up, does the glass come all the way out as well so it would be open? I want a sunroof but I have been trying to figure out what. The roll back ragtops look pretty cool as well but kind of pricey.

when I was commuting up to AL for the week I was running 80 or 85 and the RPM's did not seem that high. I have not taken my dash back out and turned the little screw to correct the cluster from the 6cyl to my 4 cyl so it does read a little low. At Idle it is at about 400 to 500 Rpm. At 80 or 85 it is only showing about 2500. I have a 4spd with 205-75-r15 tires.

so did you get his number?

I bought a 1991 Jeep Cherokee for $250. It ran great, hap a PERFECT (no joke) interior, and a reasonably good exterior. There was rust in the rockers, but eventually I will either cut those out and add tube, or gut it and junk the body, part the rest. It came with a viper alarm system WITH remote start. Power everything. 4.0 - AW4 - 4WD I worked parts at the tie and a customer apparently told my boss not to tow it because he was going to have it towed to the scrapyard the next day. Boss called me, gave me his number, and I offered him scrap price for it figuring for $250 I could use Something off of it for my lifted 1991. Get there, sign the title, and he drives off in the GC his mom helped him get that day. Me and My buddy start looking at the thing trying to figure out what to do with it. For giggles I hit the remote start buttons and it fires right up. He said it has a fluid leak that would require the tranny to be changed, so we start looking around. At this point nothing makes sense, it is not leaking much, but he said it was stuck in gear and would not leave 1st. Everybody ready? the hose clamp holding the tranny cooling line to the metal tube had loosened up and was leaking. One $.08 clamp and 3 bottles of fluid and we were good to go. My mother in Law is currently driving it and will continue to do so until she can afford another car in good shape. We could not believe it. Photo Evidance of goodness (clickable thumbnails): I could not believe it after looking it over, I was ecstatic over the interior alone, thought I was back in 1991. When it ran and drove great as well, that was awesome.

I love how he mentioned redoing all the motor and tranny stuff, but that is still one dirty, rusty engine bay. Looks like it has never been touched. Even a crappy car dealer still manages to make the engine bay look nice.

You Drive an AMC platform and you feel guilty about using different stuff. Hell, jeep is the one brand that you can put anything into without feeling Guilty. Most of the compontent systems are designed off of someone else idea. It is what made Jeeps so great, the systems are almost all taken from other applications where they already worked. AMC = Any Motor Company - kind of like that proverbial box of chocolates Bowties may very well be for little boys, but they are specifically for FAST little boys, which is better than the stopped little boys with a blue oval that won't run...

? you asked for a suggestion on motor. A nice LSx platform would be a good place to start. I say Iron block 4.0in bore with a good set of heads, make it a 6.0 with a nice bottom end so you can put some boost in it. 600hp Comanche sounds nice.

LSx

nice looking bike. The wife says I can get another one after we sort finances out, and I just keep coming back to the monster. Just an awesome looking bike.

You want to get rid of the old D44 cover?

glad I was not the only person thinking that. They seem to be doing a lot of stuff the hard way

I think my next ride may be a ducati monster. I love those bikes. Nice collection

yea, its an old article but neat

I was wondering, I know some nuclear and aero/mechanical engineers missing large clumps of hair from pulling it out around senior project time

I miss my Kona. I had a hardtail NuNu with an upgraded fork. Sucker was amazing. A determined thief got it while I was in college. Like he cut through 3 bike locks to get it determined.

I miss this bike like the dickens. It is a 1998 Honda CBR F3 600. It was a great bike. I sold it a few years ago my senior year in college. I still look in Craigslist every once in a while to see if I can get it back.

sarcasm? hard to tell sometimes.

I use a product called Black Magic Engine Shine. Spray it on, leave it 15 min, then hose off with low pressure form a normal garden hose. It was worked great on both jeeps my wifes blazer and my old SS LS1 camaro.

I want to run them on my XJ for the fun of it. More of a why not kind of thing. another item on my list of things to do...