Thanks for the replies you guys.
My wife has Hashimoto's Hypo Thyroid-ism. (mouthful aint it). Hashimoto's is an Auto-immune disease (it basically turned my wife's immune system against her thyroid and it's slowly destroying her thyroid). That is what caused the Hypo Thyroid-ism. Until you have someone suffering with this, you cant understand how much the thyroid controls the body. Metabolism, brain function (via hormones and other stuff). It is called the great imitator because it looks like so many different things. It has taken a load of the 3 years to diagnose the problem. We have finally started seeing a good endocrinologist (folks with diabetes and extreme obese people also see endocrinologist's).
She has not worked in 3 years and we are living off my salary (one of the big reasons for not wheeling). I have had to pursue another hobby (Electric R/C airplanes) as it is fun for me and my kids, very close to home ( I can fly in the front yard, or at any county park, or school, not to mention indoors at basketball courts etc. It also has brought money back into the household as I have started my own little hobby company
www.foamtasticmodels.com and kit my own airplanes.
I do miss wheeling something awful and only go to a couple of club meetings a year to try and control the wheeling urge /forums/images/graemlins/eek.gif There is no place local that is worth wheeling unless your into mud boggin (I am not /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif).
Not sure on what year the Jag was, it was at the 4x4 Parts Swap Meet at the Marietta GA store. Keith and BigJBear were there. Thanks to Jim for taking most of the pics. I got stuck on the Jag right after the last pic. I was trying to crab across it because it was the same width as my wheelbase. Tire slipped, front one grabbed and it pulled me sideways. Next thing I know I am basically hi-centered on the sucker. Sitting on my skid plates, and rockers. Both front and rear drive-shafts were rubbing metal and it would rock from front tires to back tires while chirping and not getting enough traction. Finally had to get one of the guys that works there with his very well built and equipped XJ on 38's to strap to me. Between us we got me off it /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif.
The tires are still 39.5's I will probably go to 40" radials for the next set. Cant go to 42's unless I get some more lift, then I wont have the gears for them. Running 4.56's right now. Don't have the $$ to do any gear swaps right now.
I will be around here from time to time. If you need me, or have any questions, feel free to email me at
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Thanks
Glenn
