What happened after that?
hopefully he didn't light a smoke
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'86 Jimmy 4in Lift, 40’s, tons, 8.1 Swap- 700r4 said PNNNNN
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This is not a dedicated trail rig, but does trailer to the destination usually. I am currently in the planning phase of doing a 52/56" spring swap, and getting back to being more road worthy.
hopefully he didn't light a smoke
When I was young my older brother decided to drain antifreeze into a 2-liter Mountain Dew bottle. He filled it up to the top and then placed it near the garage door. It's normally a fine place to store antifreeze, but due to the free refrigeration out there, it was also where we stored pop bottles filled with actual pop. I ended up getting a big mouthful of poisonous Ethylene Glycol.
I'm pretty sure he refilled the radiator and forgot the whole affair, but I never did.
Up here in ice country we regularly fill our washer fluid reservoirs with Methanol. It sounds kinda weird, but it does melt the ice really nicely. I have heard of folks injecting the stuff into hot rods. Try doing that with Windex, it doesn't work out so well.
I've heard of this before. Seems ok to me.
It's great stuff. First of all, it doesn't freeze up like cheaper stuff does. Second, if the temperature is above 20* or so it will actually remove ice from the windshield without me needing to scrape. Me likey.
Of course, I still have to scrape the inside of the windshield, but that's a whole 'nuther matter.
This is kindof what I'm talking about. Though some of our options are rated for -35*F, IIRC. If you read the fine print on the back it will identify Methanol as the active de-icing ingredient and strongly caution against drinking the stuff.
"Cannot be sold in California or Texas."
Because it causes cancer in California and Texas doesn't get cold enough."Cannot be sold in California or Texas."
Kind of like how most states restrict metal tire stud usage, but Georgia and the Carolinas haven't bothered doing so.
Michigan's rule is slightly bizarre:
"Although state laws and regulations allow studded tires that meet restrictions for road wear/damage that studs cause to the pavement, to date no manufacturer of tire studs has supplied the required information to the Michigan Department of Transportation that their product meets or exceeds the pavement wear specifications. Therefore, studded tires are NOT allowed on Michigan roadways at this time."
The law was set up 40 years ago, you'd think that at least one company would have bothered signing up by now. 
"Although state laws and regulations allow studded tires that meet restrictions for road wear/damage that studs cause to the pavement, to date no manufacturer of tire studs has supplied the required information to the Michigan Department of Transportation that their product meets or exceeds the pavement wear specifications. Therefore, studded tires are NOT allowed on Michigan roadways at this time."
The law was set up 40 years ago, you'd think that at least one company would have bothered signing up by now.
all my cars run sub zero windshield washer fluid otherwise the tanks split.
Most Californians think all you corn livin country folk screw your cousins too
No corn here! lol it's like California only differentall my cars run sub zero windshield washer fluid otherwise the tanks split.
Most Californians think all you corn livin country folk screw your cousins too
There is corn here. Lots of it. And cows. We do have a couple hills too.
We have cows here. Tough sagebrush eatin cows.
We have super fat, slow moooooving, beef cows. And a few dairy. We actually have a dairy farm about 1/2 mile down the road 1 direction, and a beef farm 1/2 down the road the other direction.
And all I raise is some ruckus...
We're the opposite. We're overwhelmingly dairy here, with only occasional beef farms. "America's Dairyland."
This place has so much cheese that people actually wear it on their heads.
This place has so much cheese that people actually wear it on their heads.
I fixed my Jimmy tonight!!! Wait, that came out wrong...
Found a ground that was a bit to crusty. Cleaned it up and shot some paint on it.
Then started checking more sensors. Noticed that any time we made a change to the AFR, the numbers didn't actually change on the tune. So we pulled the O2 sensor and swapped in a brand new one. Truck immediately started to idle better.
So after a couple hot laps around the block, the truck really started to smooth out. No more rough idle. And no more need to 2 foot it to keep it running.
Cruised all the way back to my house like a champ. There is still room for improvement, but overall it runs the best it has in a while.
And a picture of my buddy and my brother doing some test drives before I got there tonight. (Mainly a shameless plug for my orange cage.)
Found a ground that was a bit to crusty. Cleaned it up and shot some paint on it.
Then started checking more sensors. Noticed that any time we made a change to the AFR, the numbers didn't actually change on the tune. So we pulled the O2 sensor and swapped in a brand new one. Truck immediately started to idle better.
So after a couple hot laps around the block, the truck really started to smooth out. No more rough idle. And no more need to 2 foot it to keep it running.
Cruised all the way back to my house like a champ. There is still room for improvement, but overall it runs the best it has in a while.
And a picture of my buddy and my brother doing some test drives before I got there tonight. (Mainly a shameless plug for my orange cage.)
Which one is driving? Is that @The Griff
Lol no. My buddy is driving. My brother is running the laptop.
Haha don't tell any of them I said that! They all look like they're about twice my size!
