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    Rebuilding a stroker after a dead cam (Long..)

    Downsides to diesel oil? It's cheaper so some folks claim it can't be as good. But it protects a motor that runs more miles than most of us. It gets used in some serious high rpm bikes with no problems so revs are no problem whatsoever. Only thing I can think of is finding the right grade...
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    2000 Wrangler 2.5

    Thanks. Did find a local with one like the one I was looking at. He stated that it was sorta gutless unless you revved to about 3000. Not a real good highway handler. But he was getting around 19-20mpg. Hemi pulls 12 most of the time. But then it'll also burn the tires thru first, second and...
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    Anyone down with Vdubs?

    You wouldn't wanna get rid of a motor cheap would ya? Planning on building a trike. Sarge
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    Rebuilding a stroker after a dead cam (Long..)

    Diesel oil meets or beats every spec for stock or built motors. Got a bud who runs it in his 'Busa and that puppy has way more compression is used harder than most of the motors here. I've used it on all my bikes and every 4 wheeled vehicle I've got. Sarge
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    2000 Wrangler 2.5

    Deal fell thru. Sarge
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    2000 Wrangler 2.5

    No thoughts? Front and rear axles -- 30 or 35's, right? What is the 5spd? A NV3550? Is this good/bad? What's the transfer case? NP231? Should I decide to do so down the road, are there many choices on motor swaps? Are there cooling issues on the smaller motor like on the 4.0? (Recently had a...
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    2000 Wrangler 2.5

    I currently drive a 2004 Dodge QuadCab SLT with the hemi and love it but can't afford the payments. Looking at trading it for a 2000 Wrangler with the 2.5L, 5 speed, and 95102 miles. Anything I should look for on it? Or known weak points to be aware of should the deal go thru? Yes, I know the...
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    Synthetic Fluids for High Mileage XJ

    The synthetic wont increase your chance of leaks. If the motor leaks after the change, it leaked before. Just that it had crud built up and wasn't showing. Me personally, I'd rather know I had the leaks so I could fix them rather than not. Sarge
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    Mono's got me down

    Had that crap once. I was exhausted the whole time tho. Lasted for a month or so. Sarge
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    sawzall first timer

    Damn, been doing it wrong all this time! Cut two or three times and then measure. Sarge
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    Mileage on a Diesel

    Depends on where yer at. In South Texas it was mostly Fords. Bud in San Antonio says mostly Chevys. Here in St Louis it's mostly Dodges. I loved my MB diesel.
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    Something....uhh...."Different', yeah thats the word, Different..

    Man, I like any vehicle someone has spent some time on. My OL really digs the paint jobs too. Sarge
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    Can't...stop...laughing...

    Man, I had one of those once. Actually a decent little car. Really bad fitment inside but it was fairly quick, got damn good mileage and never broke down. Finally sold it cause a bud had one that shit a starter and it cost well over $100 to get a new one with a 3-4 week wait. Sold mine and one...
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    Dodge cargo van

    Well there is a low growl from the moment you begin rolling. I figured it was the tires tho. Wrangler HT's and fairly new. I know the fronts make some noise as it modulates when you turn the wheel. This van has been pretty abused in its life I can imagine. Sarge
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    Dodge cargo van

    Totalled my Sprinter so I'm driving a Dodge 2500 short cargo van for now...think it's a 2001. But it's got a problem which is driving me insane(r). At speeds from 40 and up I get a humming/growl from the rear of the van. No vibration is felt in the steering wheel. Gets really bad from 50 up...
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    The worst possible sound.......

    The sound of the cat releasing the jet before you're back in the catwalk (was only about 1/2 way out from under the wing in fact) was a bad one for me. Did a head first slide into the catwalk and the no-skid wore thru everything except my t-shirt. My SSgt said I looked like a blur leaving a...
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    How do you drive?

    On da bike, I still manage 50mpg at 70-80 with sprints over 100. When I drove the XJ I was usually at the speed limit or 5 or so over. Sarge
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    Fun Facts about where you live:

    What the heck did ya do to get banned from there? Hell with a huge summer break season every year we saw a lot of shit. And some sweet dune bunnies. Gots a nude beach that takes a 4x4 to get. Watched a C130 push a shitload of big bales of....let's say a smokable substance out the back door while...
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    Fun Facts about where you live:

    This is what I actually prefer to call home altho it wont happen for awhile. Lived there and loved it: Corpus Christi is the county seat of Nueces County and a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the region known as South Texas. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city...
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    Fun Facts about where you live:

    The town nearest to where I actually grew up: Mechanicstown OH Mechanicstown is in Carroll County, in the Canton-Massillon metro area. The community is in the Eastern Standard time zone. The latitude of Mechanicstown is 40.618N. The longitude is -80.951W. Elevation is 1,243 feet. Hell...
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