Pete M

Even less fun when you lose that that guy. :roll: But I think I've just come to accept that my team is cursed. I could have competed this past week. Could have made it a tight game. But my entire team decided to let me down. No, that's not entirely fair. Kevin Walter (WR) had a phenomenal game. It just wasn't enough to prop up the rest of the lazy slackers. Now I get to juggle BYEs again. :help:

Was there any groove in the crankshaft where the seal touches it? If so you might need the double lipped one.

I just google'd amc 20 and that was the best picture that came up. I don't have any pictures of my own axles, but the one in the diesel is worse than the one in the picture :( I guess norwegian rust is just as bad as yours... My 86 has only been in Michigan for a few years. The rest of its life was spent rust-free. :(

This one says in bold letters that it is never to see the frigid cold. As to separation, it's already separated. Comes that way. There's a blob of colored material at the bottom of the can of gooey snot. But I've been warned that it has a limited self life. But I don't know what happens to it after it goes bad. Maybe that's why I had so much trouble spraying it on. :dunno: It seems to have adhered to the truck alright. :redX:

How do you sleep at night having lost Matt Millen? :rotf: With a smile. :clapping:

I ditched mine long ago. No problems yet.

It's not really a "paint" per se, but it applies sorta like one (using a paint gun is required, so no brushing it on). It's insanely tough it what it is. The brand name is Zolatone. The website will list what it's resistant to. http://www.zolatoneaim.com/ I tried to take a closeup to show the texture. It feels hard as a rock and very smooth. It should do great as an offroad coating. I'll certainly never get a scratch from branches. :D And the truck as a whole. So far I'm pleased with it. I'm not sure if I'll keep it monotone or go with a camo pattern later on. It could really use a second coat, but I'm just going to live with it since I cna't spray anything more until Springtime. It was a crazy pain in the butt to apply, but it was my first time and I didn't know what to expect. If I did it again, it would be much easier (but still a pain). With the cooler temperatures, I should have let it cure for longer before attempting to remove the tape. I painted the back of the cab black because it was waaay easier than trying to hit it with the Zolatone. And while I was at it, I replaced all the random hardware holding the front trim to the truck. Out with the old... ...and in with the new. Just coated deck screws. I used a few longer ones too.

How can I win anything when my bottom 7 guys can barely outscore the opposition's QB? Maybe I simply cursed myself by putting "Lions" in the team name. :rotfl2:

You have to have patience when working with 20 year old trucks. Some days will be better than others. :thumbsup:

You guys are all just jealous because the Lions have a perfect 0-7 record going. :teehee:

What size tires? Still have the original cat?

Too bad they don't get to play the Lions. Your guys could use a week of vacation. :D

I made educated guesses based on where it was leaking and what I saw upon tear-down.

The original gasket was trashed when I removed it, so there was no reusing it. I used silicone to "glue" a new cork gasket to the pan and then reused it each time. If I had to do it again, I think I'd go with the late model XJ one-piece rubber gasket. I did the RMS back in 03 or 04 and it's been too long to remember all the details of what went wrong each time. A couple of those times could have been the same issue that maybe I didn't pick up on the first try. But I certainly remember having to drop the pan over and over. :(

There are like a dozen places for water to come in but by far the sneakiest was the water trickling in through the holes in the firewall area near the pedals. It was weaseling its was past the hood seal (the one at the back of the hood) and trailing down through the engine bay to find a wire or too and following that inside. Sprinkle some baby powder around and check for the water trails. It's the only way I could have possibly found a couple of my past leaks. :thumbsup:

I'm all for personalizing your rigs, but that seems to be a few too many items from the discount bin at the truck stop. :( But hey, to each his own.

Most of those guys are kidding (at least I hope they are. :D )

Took me 4 or 5 tries to get the RMS of my 88 to stop leaking. Things like a nick on the new seal, not enough silicone added in the corners of the pan, or not waiting overnight to let the silicone cure made it a real nightmare. :(

...and full of errors and glitches. Not to mention that it took 16 clicks of the mouse to delete each and every spam bot. Yesterday I deleted about 3000 of them in 15 minutes using the new features of this updated board. :clapping: And with the improved security, I won't have to do that again for a long long time. :D This isn't a "new" board, just a normal update, or more to the point, about 50 updates all done at once.

Yeah, those are the icons for the new-new forum style. The new-old style has them looking like they used to. Just wait til I finally lick this problem and get you guys 3 more styles to choose from. :D (or better yet I figure out how to make my own. Don't hold your breath though, that's a lot of code)

Yup, that's about it. I've discovered that my problem is I'm currently backing up the forums and it's apparently eating up my ability to work on cPanel. :nuts: So I'll attack the logo later on.

I'm actually working on the logo right now. I did it last time, it's just a matter of working through the steps to do it again.

I'm working on loading up new styles (based on this current format). Hitting some walls, but I'll figure this out. In the end I'd like something more, I don't know, "Jeep like", but for the moment I'd settle for options that don't replace this dang blue color. I've been staring at that waaaay too long. :ack:

Please tell me that you had to choose that, yes? I thought I set the old style as default.

I've got one like that too. 720 miles away. Thanks goodness it's only the one and the other 3 are right across the street. :D