Pete M

There's a reason why every car has them. It's a safety device, pure and simple. heck, I'd probably categorize it in the same column as rear brakes. yes, the vast majority of the time you don't need rear brakes at all. but they make the truck work just a bit better and can make all the difference in the world in an emergency. but more importantly, the bolts that hold up the sway bar bushing brackets like to snap right off, even in otherwise clean trucks. they are mean, hateful things. let them soak in PB Blaster for a few days and just be prepared to deal with a snapped bolt should it happen. off road the swaybars can be a hindrance for sure. quick-disconnects will give you the best of both worlds.

the rust on that XJ is just brutal! good to see it got to be a part of something even better also, need more specs on the camaro!

very nice! original paint?

ammo box console?

the simplicity is one of my favorite parts of old iron how high are these rpms getting and how often are you going that fast? I mean, my dakota has 3.92s with 27" tires. 2.5/auto came with 4.56 pushing ~28s. or is it more the noise of the engine at those speeds?

my laptop is an HP 8470. the hdd didn't come inside the laptop originally and is:

though most conversations per se have moved to the pub.

nice!

did you inspect the resistor pack? the typical failure is the resistors (giving just hi speed), but the pack is prone to corrosion and can fail completely too. I would also give power and ground to the motor to check its condition.

jbellingham , please add some details about your truck to your signature. that'll help keep everyone on the same page.

yup. cnet tells me all about it. https://www.cnet.com/products/toshiba-mq01acf050-hard-drive-500-gb-sata-6gb-s/specs/

I saw that too. but under download it says "none" on my screen.

https://www.cnet.com/products/toshiba-mq01acf050-hard-drive-500-gb-sata-6gb-s/specs/ Toshiba's website doesn't recognize my model number https://support.toshiba.com/drivers

it does appear there, but I get a "windows has determined that your drivers are up to date" message if I try to update.

so my big plan is to "retire" my old computer's hdd as a storage device and put it into the fire safe (it's full of family photos and such). this is made easier because my new computer came with an extra 500gb hdd. but I'm having a problem getting the new computer to recognize the 500g as a storage device. I can see the 500g in device manager, but when I scan for driver updates I get both "best driver is already installed" and when I scan for hardware changes I get a "could not find drivers" alert. am I just screwed? the seller claims it worked fine with windows 10. I only have windows 7 here at the house.

just great. photobucket all over again. they want 200 a year for that map.

my new(to-me) baby has arrived! it is lightning fast! (at double the ghz it better be ) plus I bought a caddy to put a harddrive in place of the DVD drive. my desire is to have the SSD that came with the computer as my primary and then my old HDD as a second storage area, but I've encountered a glitch. seems my old HDD takes over the computer? This is a plus because it has allowed me to pick up where I left off with my desktop and browsers, but a negative since it doesn't recognize any internet signals of any kind, not even an ethernet cable (I think dialup was the only choice). The wifi and internet works fine if I fire it up sans the HDD. the other issue is that I don't want the HDD as the primary, only storage. I get the feeling that it still thinks it's in an Acer netbook. but why would it just take over being Drive C?

Painless Wiring. https://www.painlessperformance.com/

good to see ya! and be sure to start a build thread for your bikes!

you should put your website addy in your sig

ouch. that sucks.

brand new shafts are only around 200 bucks or so.

what about building a stroker 4.6? it'd certainly look period correct and the rest of the drivetrain would remain untouched. overdrive is overrated

I always wanted to build up a flattie with an obd2 2.5L modern meets classic!