jimoshel

As I am sure you're aware the best place for a VHF-UHF antenna is in the very middle of the roof. Anything else is a compromise. From what you've said the best, and it appears the only solution is a magnetic mount. Not only have I been a licensed ham since 1953 but also hold a FCC radio telephone 1st ticket. Ive been mounting antennas on vehicles for a "couple years" so I know what I'm talking about. One possible solution would be a bumper mount with a vertical ground plane. Ugly and inconvenient but effective.

Subject: Missing Wife Husband went to the Sheriff's Department to report that his wife was missing. Husband : My wife is missing. She went shopping yesterday and has not come home... Sergeant : What is her height? Husband : Gee, I'm not sure. A little over five-feet tall. Sergeant : Weight? Husband : Don't know. Not slim, not really fat. Sergeant : Colour of eyes? Husband : Sort of brown I think. Never really noticed. Sergeant : Colour of hair? Husband : Changes a couple times a year. Maybe dark brown now. I can't remember. Sergeant : What was she wearing? Husband : Could have been pants, or maybe a skirt or shorts. I don't know exactly. Sergeant : What kind of car did she go in? Husband : She went in my truck. Sergeant : What kind of truck was it? Husband : A 2015 Ford F150 King Ranch 4X4 with eco-boost 5.0L V8 engine special ordered with manual transmission and climate controlled air conditioning. It has a custom matching white cover for the bed, which has a matching aftermarket bed liner. Custom leather 6-way seats and "Bubba" floor mats. Trailering package with gold hitch and special wiring hook-ups. DVD with full GPS navigation, satellite radio receiver, 21-channel CB radio, six cup holders, a USB port, and four power outlets. I added special alloy wheels and off-road Michelins. It has custom running boards and indirect wheel well lighting. At this point the husband started choking up. Sergeant: Don't worry buddy. We'll find your truck.

Nice pic. I believe if you had used f-11 at 1/300 second and a fill in flash it have came out better. :rotf:

Count the number of turns it takes to tighten the bolt until the head twists off. Tighten the rest of the bolts one half turn less. :fs1:

You are absolutely correct. Just wasn't thinking. :thumbsup:

Right now I'm only going to do two of the windshields. My '87 DD and the '86 Winter driver. Not sure yet if I'll even mess with the others. I just realized I never checked any tail light damage.They should be alright as they were down wind from the hail. For that many WW it would pay to get the remover tool.

Hey JP. Tnx fer for the offer but I pass.

Horses an Donkeys AOK. They had enough sense to get in out o f it. Seems like the chickens an ducks were the big losers. 12 dead chickens, 3 missing, presumed drowned an washed away, 3 dead ducks. My Jeeps were the biggest losers. I always park facing East and that was the direction the hail came from so it hit all the windshields at 90 degrees, busting every dern one of them. I had 2 MJ'S facing North and they came out OK. Been out the last hour picking up broken glass an nailing boards over empty window frames. "Tis a privilege to live in Colorado" Wonder who thought that one up. :thumbsup:

Put a amp meter in series with one of the battery cables. 5 amp should do it. Note reading. Now just start unhooking, disconnecting wires. Start with the 4, 0r 5 wires coming off the positive post. When you disconnect a wire and the meter drops to zero you have found the circuit the short is in. Now check all the components in that circuit and the wiring,

It was a gud'un.

Just got in from inspecting the damage after a minor tornado-hailstorm passed thru. I have 9 MJ'S and 3 XJ'S needing a new windshield. Only got 8 windows in the house needs replaced and 3 in the garage. Haven't countd the dead chickens and ducks yet. :doh:

WINNING JOKE IN BRITAIN So the Israeli Doctor says: "In Israel medicine is so advanced that we cut off a man's testicles put them on another man and in 6 weeks he is looking for work. The German Doctor says: "That's nothing, In Germany we take part of a brain put it in another man and in 4 weeks he is looking for work." The Russian Doctor says: "Gentlemen, we take half a heart from a man put it in another's chest and in 2 weeks he is looking for work." The American Doctor laughs: "You all are behind us. Six years ago we took a Muslim with no brains, no heart and no balls and made him President. Now, the whole damn country is looking for work!" This joke actually won an award for the best joke in world competition held in Britain!

Back in 1937 my future wife's grand dad, a well driller, built hisself a welder. Using a Hobart 200 amp welder and a '34 Ford flat head mounted on a skid. He died in 1961. Was raising the mast on a rig and hit the overhead power line. Instant electricution. My father-in-law, his son inherited it. In 1997 my father-in-law died and I inherited it. This morn I went out to weld up a bumper for my neighbor and the dern thing wouldn't weld. Engine ran fine but no spark from the welder. Just can't find quality tools anymore. I'm going to check the brushes first before I scrap it. :hmm:

Say 'adios' to the guy and find yerself another shop.

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You should be able to visually inspect the area and see if there is something near by, exhaust pipe, exh manifold, cigar smoker, etc, that is melting the insulation. My guess would be dirty, corroded connection(s) in the circuit. Take a volt meter and go across each and every connection in the circuit. There should not be a greater than .1 volt drop across any connector. Take the reading while cranking the starter.

No matter the technology, no matter the weaponry, no battle is won until the lowly grunt claims the territory.

I once had a '89 S10 with the 2.8 engine. It couldn't pull itself out of a wet spot on the road. By the time I got thru ripping out everything that I didn't think it needed all that was left was a basic engine. Although it ran better, kinda, it didn't really pick up and go until I also swapped the carb and distributer

Working GRATE!! Got one on the DD, that needed it. Saving the other for when needed. Or if somebody needs it.

TRUCK?? Never noticed.

" But it doesn't look like there's anyone left in his weight class who's capable.............." Well I am, but we can't seem to find a date when we're both open. :rotf:

In 1947 I listened to the Lewis-Walcott match with my step dad on the radio. The only thing I ever did with him and the last time I had any interest in professional boxing.

I just went thru this a couple weeks ago. As near as I could determine there are four different pulleys for the 2.5. The difference being the distance of the inner hole Don't have a part No as I found one in the scrap, er, spare parts bin. Lay a straight edge on the old pulley. Measure the distance from the straight edge to the inner hub. This will tell you which pulley you need if you find a used one.

I never blindly trust instrumentation until I've checked and verified it's accuracy. Your tach shows 1500 RPM but is that really correct? Same for the speedo. Temporarily install a 2nd tach, or use a test bench one to check the tach. A stop watch and mile marker will verify the speedo. In non precision lab instruments some times up to a 20% error is acceptable.

Hope this is a good fight and the good man wins. You got any money riding on this? And for whom?