Pete M

guess what I've got! :banana: an empty bank account! (also a big box of coozies :D ) in order to get your very own Comanche Club coozies, YOU MUST SEND ME A MESSAGE with your name/address and how many coozies you want. helps me keep everything straight. They are $2 each. shipping charge will be $2, no matter how many are ordered. If you want your very own empty bank account, simply transfer everything via paypal to comancheclub@hotmail.com :brows:

in that case, the 6volt ones are really only for very flat surfaces. but they are slow and small and a good starter if you've got a place for them to ride it. my nephew also has a 6volt atv and it really only goes downhill in the grass. on pavement it's better. I stepped up to the bigger 12 volt jeeps (which have a high and a low speed setting) because all of my parents' land is grass and bumpy/hilly.

It's free to let autozone test your battery. :thumbsup:

I do believe that's the "flash to pass feature". which leaves much to the imagination. :rotf:

weight is a concern. keep in mind that it's a plastic jeep. :(

Lennox Whipser Heat gas furnace. I've got the damper door propped open and everything seems to be working. :yes:

huh. seems the damper door won't stay open. heat shuts back off as soon as I let go of it. :hmm:

I had the same issue. purging the cache cleared it up. :D

came back to michigan to find a very cold house and a really annoyed roommate. every once in a while the old thermostat will act up and not let you turn on the heat. no biggie, tomorrow I'll go get a new one. but when I jumper the wires to get heat, it's only on for a couple minutes and shut off. booo!!!!! not exactly the home coming I was hoping for. :( lost a few fish and some of my plants are looking rough. and now I have to figure out what the heck is going on. :fs1:

I saw a guy that made a winch out of a spare wheel motor. it was sweet! not sure how powerful it is though. but I have a good start: solid extraction points. :D you can hang the whole jeep from any of the clevises. :thumbsup: trailer construction starts on my next trip down. :yes:

he likes it :D was there any doubt? just wait til he finds out he can power it along with his foot! I disconnected the power from the wheels to see how he handles the concept of "steering" (he needs some more practice. :yes: ) but we have a slight downhill in the backyard and he went down that repeatedly until he snapped the cross-shaft in the steering column. yup, that's right. in typical jeeper fashion he broke something his first time out. . :MJ 1: . but I've gotta hit the road back to Michigan, so it'll fall on his grandpa's shoulders to fix it.

the Comanche's opening is a bit bigger than the XJ, but I imagine it can be made to work. it won't drop right in though. :(

it was a fun project. :D added some Jeep emblems to the backside. (and a cap for the spare tire :D ) yes, that hood emblem was what you thought it was. :D the headlights/taillights are not yet functional. I'll get to that later. but the LEDs are installed inside. bought an aftermarket battery and installed it under the seat instead of in the engine bay. now the engine bay can be a trunk of sorts. I also added a trickle charger so we can just plug it in at the end of the day and it'll always be topped off.

it's not what I would call bad now, but there was only a tiny hint of it before and it's now in the seams and under that upper frame support. places that I can't easily reach. I still hate me.

at this point, road salt might have been better.

on a whim I sprayed the floors on my rust free truck shell that's in storage. can't hurt, right? a year later the paint is dissolving off the floors and rust is setting in. I hate myself.

http://www.kwwl.com/story/20637584/2013/01/21/truck-crashes-into-waterloo-convenience-store

installed the battery today. everything is pretty much done except for the steering wheel. tomorrow we'll see what my nephew thinks of it. :D update photos will be posted tomorrow (ran out of sunlight tday). oh and it turns out the voltmeter doesn't work. :fs1:

I'm told they should be in store tomorrow. and I'll be back in town late on weds, so you should get an update on thursday on whether or not they are the correct coozies this time. :thumbsup:

my separation of tow rig and DD is less about money and more about knowing that my DD will never be put at risk by my playing on the weekends. also, if my DD does go down, I have a temporary backup. :D all depends on how far away is work and how important it is for me to get there.

don't just reply with the url, add a note with it. Like, if they say that such-and-such on the truck is bad, offer up the site as a way to help them fix it. :thumbsup:

older half-tons suck. modern half-tons can be VERY adept at towing. They just can't carry any cargo in the bed because the springs are insanely soft. check the tow ratings before dismissing them all outright. :thumbsup:

thanks jim. :D nice 'digger" paint job! :thumbsup:

pulling the shifter is probably the right way to do it :yes: , but my peugeot trans got stuck in gear on the side of the freeway I ended up kicking the shifter out of frustration. popped right out. :dunno: