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On the other hand, fuel consumption at those speeds is going to be even more horrendous. $400 in gas to go 500 miles or so is ridiculous.
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:Dat oil pressure at 90. ..and the oddly crappy power drain. Alt failing now? 
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Leperflesh posted:On the other hand, fuel consumption at those speeds is going to be even more horrendous. $400 in gas to go 500 miles or so is ridiculous. This is not to be a tale of wise decisions, carefully made.
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West SAAB Story posted:..and the oddly crappy power drain. Alt failing now? 80s americana wiring at its finest. E: Sent 14" a few bux. Please don't freeze to death driving that pile. worst case buy a bus ticket with it. cursedshitbox fucked around with this message at 19:10 on Nov 1, 2016 |
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Leperflesh posted:On the other hand, fuel consumption at those speeds is going to be even more horrendous. $400 in gas to go 500 miles or so is ridiculous. He said he's getting 230 miles per tank which is about what my TJ gets - not terrible but not really good at all. He should be paying under $3/gallon and a 20 gallon tank = $60 fill up. Has mpg gotten way worse?
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Almost 1000 miles down,  Astonishing Wang posted:He said he's getting 230 miles per tank which is about what my TJ gets - not terrible but not really good at all. It's pretty good if he's doing it at 90+
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Astonishing Wang posted:He said he's getting 230 miles per tank which is about what my TJ gets - not terrible but not really good at all. He should be paying under $3/gallon and a 20 gallon tank = $60 fill up. He's also burning a gallon of oil for every gallon of gasoline.
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Astonishing Wang posted:Has mpg gotten way worse? In 80s shitboxes that are drinking Lucas "don't asplode yet" like it's water? He might as well be driving an 80s GM vehicle.
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Hell was but a distant memory for the old Jeep. It'd been there. It'd done that. It bore the scars of long-forgotten battles fought on freeways across the country and hodge-podge repairs that barely kept it functioning. For a time it had been allowed to rust, perhaps for most suvs this would be the end, but fate had other plans.The cracked windshield rattled as the worn suspension bounced over a minor bump in the road. The driver responded by goosing the throttle, as if to punish the vehicle for daring to speak. The current maniac behind its wheel was cruel, having filled the crankcase with lucas oil stabilizer. The result was truly a miracle only known to AMX vehicles, for a time, worn bearings, stuck lifters, and old seals were given new life by the higher viscosity and frothier oil. Any other motor likely would've failed long before now, but the old XJ pioneered on, now somewhere between Montana and Wyoming. This was the Jeep's final ride, or so it hoped. It had no need for bubblegum or hope, just more oil stabilizer; having been forced into a vicious cycle of additive addiction that would ultimately end in one of two ways, engine failure, or 2qt of gear oil, followed by engine failure. At every stop it washed down more oil stabilizer with gallons upon gallons of gasoline. It gluttonously gulped down fluids as its only outlet against its owner, having broken its own gauges to force the issue.
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Current position - Wyoming, 115 miles to Gillette 14 INCH posted:exactly 10mpg and 1/2 qt oil loss after 125 mile straight pedal to the firewall WOT
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Although it's YouTube, welp.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7sjRRXw7zI
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Latest from 14. He sounds in good spirits. I asked him about plans for the truck with everyone leaving: "I am cleanup crew. I stay till it lives" "If Sims decrees it i get it to florida for him"
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everdave posted:Latest from 14. He sounds in good spirits. I asked him about plans for the truck with everyone leaving: This has taken a turn for the 
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Oil pressure looks pretty good (50-60psi hot running?) for a 4.0L that old, but I'm assuming some of that is the lucas talking. Volt gauge is at the very end of a long bare-minimum-gauge wiring loop, that voltage looks absolutely fine for a RENIX w/ the old Delco alternator setup. If he has the headlights or blower or both running, he's probably actually boiling the battery right now with the gauge reading like that, headlights-on @ normal charging voltage on those usually means you'll see like 12 or 13 on the gauge, headlights+blower you can see as low as 10 to 12. It's retarded and I'm glad they fixed that in 97. I think that might also be the second highest speed I've ever seen indicated on a RENIX speedo. Highest was 97mph in my friend Sam's '90 2.5L (!) TBI (!!) 4speed (!!!) MJ. No, I don't know how. What is the plan? Is the jeep ending up stranded in NE, stranded in FL, or going back to WA after? I suppose that depends on the truck outcome somewhat. INQUIRING MINDS NEED TO KNOW
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14 INCH posted:manson shirt in wyoming is a fart in the middle of church  ----------------- In the interest of transparency and making sure all funds went where they were supposed to, here is the donation list, in order of most recent to oldest: John G + $20.00 Mark S + $20.00 Jason D + $50.00 Blake T + $50.00 John H + $25.00 Matthew W + $75.00 The Laptop Dudes + $25.00 Arthur S + $45.00 Shawn H+ $40.00 Liam C + $75.00 That gives $425 current PP balance showing available, plus $45 CAD (~$33.60) pending also from Arthur S on behalf of slung blade, for a current total of $458.60 I fronted $469 ($450 plus the $9.50x2 in charges) to 14", so at this time consider me caught up, I'm out less than ten bucks (and I would be happy to send more than that myself). Check my maths, but y'all are generous and amazing and please don't send any more funds at this time!
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 Me: ...what's up? 14 INCH JOE posted:no isssues just locating my rhino rush and noticed the cat gets hot doing 90  Me: Ken says your speedo is at the second highest indicated he's seen on any renix era jeep 14 INCH JOE posted:ask him how much past the trip meter i needed it because i chickened out taking that one Me: Location estimate? 14 INCH JOE posted:50 miles to wyoming border
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How does a loving 4.0 knock?
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Seat Safety Switch posted:How does a loving 4.0 knock? Not enough sand.
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I swear the crack in the windshield looks better with each set of pics. Like it's healing itself.
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It's A Jeep Thing®
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The Drivin' Dudequote:There was a dark hilarity in his face, and perhaps in his jeep, too, you would think—and you would be right. It was the jeep of a happy man, a jeep that radiated a horrible handsome warmth, a jeep to make water glasses shatter in the hands of tired truck-stop waitresses, to make small children crash their trikes into board fences and then run wailing to their mommies with stake-shaped splinters sticking out of their knees.
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Rhyno posted:I swear the crack in the windshield looks better with each set of pics. Like it's healing itself. Okay...show me.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:How does a loving 4.0 knock? The one in my 98 did after 250k+ miles (in a different chassis), 20 or 30k miles with me, followed by hooning it around back roads with 1.5-2 quarts of oil in it without lifting in corners even when hearing rod knock and lifter rattle due to losing oil pressure. I tore it down during the mantrans swap and found each rod bearing had about 2/3 of its copper showing, slid new bearings in with a bit of assembly lube, and it quieted right down, then rejected its organ transplant within days and knocked again. Still drove it the same, still didn't care, it quieted down after about a half mile of driving in the morning.
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Astonishing Wang posted:He said he's getting 230 miles per tank which is about what my TJ gets - not terrible but not really good at all. He should be paying under $3/gallon and a 20 gallon tank = $60 fill up. Yeah, 230 to the tank is about what my shitbox XJ was getting before I traded it in.
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Sounds like he's doing alright. The van we took up here seemed like it got slightly worse milage than he's getting. Of course, we drove it pretty much nonstop for 26 hours sooo... 14" update: Should be entering SD soon, about 4 hours away from Valentine now.
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ExplodingSims posted:14" update: Should be entering SD soon, about 4 hours away from Valentine now. Is this going to happen?
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This will be like the Golden Spike in the Transcontinental Railroad.
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ExplodingSims posted:14" update: Should be entering SD soon, about 4 hours away from Valentine now. 
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14 INCH JOE posted:note do not apply jb weld to the face no matter whats been stolen from Inchmortan Joe, it is not make up and while carb cleaner does take it off but burns like real bad   Then:  14 INCH JOE posted:lol
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Yeah, 90 in Montana is OK. Once you cross the state line, you're in slower territory and you're an evil presumably-Hillary-supporting Washingtonian to boot, you gotta slow the gently caress down. I hope this is just a 10+ over kind of thing and not an "Excessive display of speed" level violation.
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Oh man, he shaved his head again. poo poo's serious.
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The dream is still alive brothers the cop just tagged him for 90 in an 80
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Oh poo poo, hope he got off with a warning and isn't stuck in a small town pound-me-in-the-rear end-squeal-like-a-pig jail [edit] 10 over aint bad, still probably aint cheap tho.
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He is back on the road but reporting Jeep down one cylinder. He is going to try to make it to truck site tonight. Quick edit: he is 17 miles from Sturgis and says he has good supply of oil and gas everdave fucked around with this message at 00:30 on Nov 2, 2016 |
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everdave posted:He is going to try to make it to truck site tonight. 
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Also, last I heard he does not have turn by turn directly to Sims or even address of the truck location, or wherever he needs to meet them. Could someone verify with Sims that he gets this? He needs it before getting off the interstate into unknown cell coverage.
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