Pete M

upload your photos to a free host site, get the address for the photo, click the photo button, paste address and BAM, we get to live vicariously through your good luck. :D

the new battery arrived today!! sneak peak of the new rollbar I'm making. :D I think it looks much more "jeep" than that silly PW bar.

even with fresh batteries? that sucks :(

don't remember. they only had like a quarter mile or less to the finish line of that stage when the fuel pump died.

I was a bit overwhelmed when I started looking into new flashlights. they are quite hi-tech these days. check out that candlepower website. I'm sure there's a flashlight out there for everyone's needs. :D they go up past 2500 lumens for the big ones. :eek: not sure if anyone can buy this particular one now. even the manufacturers website shows they are out of stock. :( did I somehow buy the last one? that seems a bit odd. :dunno: glad I didn't wait any longer. :banana:

seems to have sold recently on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/...=item27cec52724

few years ago I watched a rally car end its race with the co-driver sitting on the engine bay spraying a starter fluid can into the intake hose to keep the engine going. where there's a will, there's a way. :D

"simpler" is a relative thing. the carb trades wires and sensors for jets and tiny linkages. just gotta pick your poison.

very nice :bowdown:

quite possible :D

you should also check the condition of the harness connector behind the driver side rear tire.

sounds like a simple question, but with my particular light it's not. It automatically steps down the brightness after a few mins at 740 lumens to protect itself from heat and again after 30 mins at 400 lumens, so the highest setting with continuous run is 140 lumens and that does over 7 hours. 40 lumens goes 27 hrs and 9 lumens goes 130 hrs. I can turn it back on to its high settings immediately after it steps down, it's just not recommended. if you get a bit bigger flashlight you can get a longer continuous run of high output. I sacrificed a bit of continuous performance time to get a smaller package. Or you can think of it as I bought a regular looking flashlight that has some super powers :D I highly recommend candlepowerforums.com for research. There is a bewilderingly ginormous amount of info there and they seem very friendly. kinda the Comanche Club of flashlight forums, I guess. :) Among the things to consider when looking for a flashlight are battery type and number of batteries, throw distance (is it more spot or more flood?), LED temperature (not degrees, I mean the perceived color palate of the objects you're shining the light at), switch setup (where is the "on" switch, where is the "mode" switch if applicable, and how do they operate), cost (duh!), features (do you want a momentary switch? do you need the strobe effect?), etc. check out the "recommend me a light for..." forum.

you couldn't pay me to go to a carb. we have some of the simplest FI setups out there with only a few sensors to worry about. and with a multimeter and a printout, you can diagnose your troubles. we have OLD trucks. not a thing wrong with FI setups as long as you upkeep them. same as a carb.

holy crap is this thing bright :D

what gears? what trans? what size tires?

the gas would be going into a minivan. :D I love my van dearly, but it'd be a stretch to call the driving "fun". battery is charged up and ready to go. starting to get dark outside... :banana: so far I gotta say a flashlight with selectable output levels is kinda nice. :yes: and it comes with a diffuser cap to turn it into a lantern too.

after much research and deliberation, I've finally spent my christmas money. Grandma said she wanted me to spend it on something fun rather than gasoline or food, so I got this: gotta love an LED light that has a warning on it: still waiting anxiously for night to fall... :yes:

also seems to not affect prior MJ gifs. :dunno:

seems to work now. :thumbsup:

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I think it's looking for a space in front and behind the text. a glitch when we converted to the new software. and of course, if you put a space in front of and behind it, the software removes those spaces when it posts. I bracketed the spaces with periods to make it show up. I'll see if I can fix it.

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in theory they should be waiting for me when I get back in town next week. :thumbsup:

the problem is that I am not a business. I get decals and such made up simply because the guys want something to show pride in their club and I'm happy to oblige. I'm not making money on these endeavors, nor am I looking to expand into doing so. Getting the bigger items made and shipped out is a real pain in the butt (as attested to by the fact that the shirt/hoodie orders have been handled by several members so far and each one eventually calls it quits).

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