86FUBAR

I had a 40$ radio shack special and it sucked ,range was literaly bout 40-50 feet , so i bought this cobra at a truck stop in texas on my way to NC and it was a grate investment coulda saved me alota time and money by just doon it right the first time . placement was a little tough / i had the old 1 mounted on the ashtry n it sucked . decided to mount it to the roof but i thought it would get in the way but i bairly even notice there[/img]http://pic60.picturetrail.com/VOL1664/7555959/14323910/216344096.jpg

remember its cast steel , it will crack/break there is no give, a mild steel uca mount will at least bend like crazy befor it breaks

after beating on my 86 manches 2.8 for more than 4.5 years with out an oil change i decided one day to change the oil after finding a very old bottle of motor flush at work, the directions said sometn bout donit cold and not revin it up but thats all i read (i don't follow directions well) so i poured it in and drove it around town and on the hiway beating on it ,an hour later i changed the oil. 2 years later i did the valve cover gaskets and clean as a wistle. i did the covers on my bros old 86 s10 2.8 and it was nasty /no motor flush but the oil was changed religously. his had 160,000 mine had bout 120,000

on pirate4x4 in the tech section theres a build up of a 30 and the guy sleeved it and put cj Cs on it, seemed like a good thing but the retard did it to a C.A.D. d30 . he put in alot of work on this thing and it came out good but why to a cad? :nuts:

all i did was wirewheel mine then painted wit some rustoleum paint then smeared antiseze between the leafs and it woorked great, yaya i know itl colect some dirt n stuff between , but a small price to pay for a sqeek free ride

hey doggydog wherebouts in calli rya , I'm in monterey( central calli)

the 2-3-4 pics wer good (daddy like!!! 8) ) but wer nothn to the next 3 i saw as i scroled down specialy the last one thats my fav keep em come n

as fer the the west coast trip i like the idea since i live in central callie

that is probably y i got engin problems a :chillin:

yes anything would be better than the 2.8 but i can't afford much els. besides i Love the 2.8 ,i didnt change the oil in it fer just over 4.5 years .just added erl when needed for the first year (then i fixed the leak), Iv run it 4 quarts low several times/over heated it a dozen times and kept on goin / hit 6400 rpm probably another dozen times floatn valves and blown smoke and on top of that it lives at 4500 rpm or more on the highway. No B/S

went and picked up the the replacement engin fer the manch on saturday mornin (2.8 s10 blazer rolin chasie) then in the afternoon went to look at the motor and trans that i was getn from a buddy (s10 pickup) and the @#$%ing motor threw a rod on the way their. was a dern shame though /100 miles on the new 700r and the engine pristene , no leaks nothin even wit close to 300,000. but better now than after i put it in the jeep . STUPID 2.8L

thats how ya do it right there , 2 chamber flow wit a 4in turn down. it made the worlda diffrence, n i love it

bening the owner of a 2.8 manche (with 5speed) I would keep the whole shebang caus u never know when ur gona need a new engin (mine blew, go figure) , I'm curntly picking up 2 4x4 s10 blazers wit the 2.8 1s a manual and the other is an auto and I'm gona keep as much as i can for spare parts , i sugjest u do the same.

AHA just got off the phone with the oldman n he said it was 2 wires under the drivers seat that had rubbed together and shorted (1 was the fuel pump other was to something important ?)thats what let the smoke outa the computer.So I'm not the one to blame , thats very odd but o well

ya it was a freezin 62 hear in central calli

no of corse not like i said ,been doon it fer years n never had it happen, i was realy mad to .and knew what it was right away but will defntly disconect the battery

my bro got hit a couple of weeks ago in his 89s10 blazer and mested up the rear bumper and the passenger rear quarter panel. so fer xmas i built him a bumper a and pulled the dents ,tacked the bumper on then removed and finshed welded. also tacked a few holes in the body and etc.. all said and done (looked great by the way) went to start it and NO GO , i fried the computer ,now iv been weldn fer bout 12 years on every thing and never had this happn iv heard of it but it was always from some one that heard frm some one etc.. any yal ever experenced this

ya mine did the same thing ,n all i did was use a 2x4 and glued it to the in side of the door to stop it. needless to say i have stacked bout 2.5in to it over the past 6 years and still have no plans of fixin it , i don't sit over their.

love the design of the whol thing it looks great. i was wondering if u could post some close up shots of plate conecting the exo to the pinchseem above the door , also any suggestions on stichin the plate in would be nice .thanks

post some pics of it when ur done. also make sure u get a 250amp welder and not a little penut welder or ul be sory.

I did cut the bottom off the sides of the bed just below the body line because when the bumper got ripped off it mushed the bottom corner as u can see in the side shot under the tail light (the rust spots) . the real b*@$£ of it is i was going to cut it off the week before it got busted but didnt, lazy i guss. it sure helped with the ground clearence issue alot once cut, now i aint gota worry bot that any more.

dude i tried every thing i could think of (which isnt much), but i still don't under stand antidisestablishmentarianism ur talking bout /pleas explain, besides i don't want to post a link to the picture like in the original post i want to post the pictures WHAT HAPPENED and how do i not do it again.

i did it like befor and it worked now it aint

it aint WORKING :mad: