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Seems like a waste to spend so much money on a Jeep. BTW- what is the top speed one could reasonably expect to achieve with this monstrosity? I realize that this thing was most likely built for rock crawling and not for speed despite the two turbos, but I would be surprised if it were possible to exceed about 30 km/h with this thing without precipitating a fatal death wobble.
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Unless there is visible evidence of sludge in the engine, which there shouldn't be if you have been doing regular oil changes with the correct oil, you will be wasting good money.
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By that time the producers might have come up with an actual plot, so I'll wait for #26.
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Apart from some world-class opera singers, this country has never produced music or musicians that are worth a damn. Now If I were British, it would be a different matter...
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Maybe in amazement that it is still moving under its own power? Then again, how many people realize how much money, love, care, and attention it takes to make a 20 year-old SUV look good?
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I'm a retired mechanic/repair shop owner.
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Of course headlights have oil. How else do you think they work- with electricity?
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You can replace only the bushes, but if you do, make sure you get them from a Mitsubishi dealership. It has been my experience that most aftermarket bushes wear out within a couple of months, leaving you with same problem again.
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The only advice I can offer for stubborn or difficult to find rattles is to find garage that has a NVH (Noise, Vibration, Harshness) kit. They can hook up a couple of microphones to an oscilloscope while driving the vehicle, and provided the technician is able to interpret the resulting waveform, he can pinpoint the source of the rattle in minutes.
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Why do these limitations apply only to SUV's? Sedans and hatchbacks also have to conform to strict safety regulations, and yet they don't all look alike.
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I'm late to this thread- has the OP's problem been resolved?
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Can't argue with that. I also appreciate things for what they are, so I hate all cars equally.
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What went wrong is that engines in the good old days were dirty, and terribly inefficient. Modern engines, and the technologies that make them cleaner and more efficient are the result of that. In fact, you could say that it all started going wrong when the first internal combustion engines were put into large scale production.
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This reminds me of my travels in Africa.
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What would you prefer:Muscle car or Ricer or a Nugget?
treks replied to Rahimdad's topic in General Discussions
If I had to choose I'd choose muscle car with a proper engine, every time. I don't like things with screaming chainsaw engines- they may be quick, but who wants to drive something with an engine that works at its upper limits all the time?- 10 replies
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How about this "fact"- Electric cars will replace all fossil-fueled cars in 20 years.
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At least you guys all got your vehicles back. One time I got so badly stuck in Central Africa that I was forced to abandon the vehicle because I could not wait three weeks for the mud to dry out enough so I could dig it out. For all I know, my Land Cruiser is still stuck in Central Africa.
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For me it has to be answering the phone and an idiot on the other end says, "My car won't start, what do think the problem could be?" Drives me absolutely crazy, that does.
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How about this- Learn to think for the ten idiots around you- one or more of them could cut in front of you unexpectedly,or crawl in the fast lane,or suddenly swerve into your lane to avoid idiot #11 who is doing something idiotic, or suddenly slam on the brakes to answer a cell phone, or even forget that they are driving when they are on the phone, fiddling with the radio, or doing something else equally stupid. Learning to think and read traffic patterns could save your life...
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I was also burned rather badly when an asshole lit a rag in my pocket. I made sure he got fired. Later, when I had my own workshop, I maintained a strict policy against pranks of any kind- you prank someone in any way, you are fired on the spot before you can hurt someone or damage something. Pranksters should be taken outside and shot- survivors to be shot again.
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They say that time heals all wounds. Perhaps @sertac has forgotten about the last small fortune he spent on his Jeep?
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Yes,it is possible. When water (or large amounts of water vapor) is present in the cylinder the water takes up some of the volume of the cylinder, hence, higher compression pressure. Once the water is expelled through the valves the compression pressure will fall back down to about normal- depending on the size of the leak path in the gasket, or worse, the size of the crack in the cylinder head. However, as someone else mentioned, it is best to these types of test with the fuel system disabled to protect the catalytic converter when the engine starts again. Nonetheless, bear in mind that the object of a compression test in these circumstances is not to find a definitive compression pressure; it is to determine the position of the leak, which will be on the cylinder(s) with the lowest compression pressure.
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You are right about the unreliability of these gearboxes- in fact, the one developed by Ford was such a pile of crap that they gave up on trying to work out the bugs. Instead, they just gave it up as a bad idea and abandoned their use altogether.
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You mean the Big Dipper (the Plough in the UK) asterism, as opposed the constellation Ursa Major? Sure, this works to find your way if you know what to look for but in my experience, less than a 5 people out of 100 can identify any constellation, much less an asterism that can save their lives.
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I know what you mean.These days I only keep evergreens in my garden, so I don't have any garden waste to cart away. I am just getting too old for that sort of crap.
