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Lanlubber In Remembrance

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Slimpartywagon said:
Hmmm my shopping list keeps growing... a new car for the wife, a new Ham radio, a transmission for my RC truck, hardware for finishing my Bronco DIY Roof Rack, soldering station, the list goes on...
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Do you have any morphine for your wallet ?
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rubber wheel arch flares, no paint left on the edges of my wheel arches yet again.
I've recently bought a 1997 vw passat 1.9L TDI as a donor car. Engine is AFN code, which is the strongest TDI engine VW ever made according to popular opinion in the VW T3 circles.
Gonna install that in my van this Easter in the upright position as in the donor car.
Common convention is to install diesels at 55 degrees from vertical, normal for VW T3.
Upright install makes the turbo less vunerable to rock, logs and ditches on rough roads or tracks.
 
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Buckaroo said:
rubber wheel arch flares, no paint left on the edges of my wheel arches yet again.
I've recently bought a 1997 vw passat 1.9L TDI as a donor car. Engine is AFN code, which is the strongest TDI engine VW ever made according to popular opinion in the VW T3 circles.
Gonna install that in my van this Easter in the upright position as in the donor car.
Common convention is to install diesels at 55 degrees from vertical, normal for VW T3.
Upright install makes the turbo less vunerable to rock, logs and ditches on rough roads or tracks.
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Will this new engine give you any more horsepower. What's wrong with the engine you have already.
Will you have to make mod's for it to fit or is it a slip in and go ? Good luck, I hope it's worth all the work.
 
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Slimpartywagon said:
I need to go get a couple CB antennas, coax cable, and an SWR Meter so I can start setting up my coms in my Bronco.
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I'm going to have to forgo coms for a while. Just have to make my phone and hand held cb do. Don't know enough about all these new fandangled high tech coms to buy anything. I HATE ELECTRONICS, bad enough I need to put together my solar junk. Need to get down to El Paso Tx. and get with @007. He has it all down pat on his rig.
 
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Lanlubber said:
I'm going to have to forgo coms for a while. Just have to make my phone and hand held cb do. Don't know enough about all these new fandangled high tech coms to buy anything. I HATE ELECTRONICS, bad enough I need to put together my solar junk. Need to get down to El Paso Tx. and get with @007. He has it all down pat on his rig.
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Luckily CB tech hasn’t changed too much.
My truck stop didn’t have an SWR meterimage.jpgimage.jpg
 
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Lanlubber said:
SWR = short wave radio meter ?
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Standing wave ratio. It’s a metric to determine the tune of the antenna. The higher the ratio, the more transmitted power is reflected back from the antenna to the transmitter. reflected power can cause overheating in the finals, and permanent damage if it’s allowed long term, or the ratio becomes very high.
 
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[DO]Ron said:
So, we all probably have a huge list of upgrades and things we want to buy..
So what is the last thing you bought, and what is next on the list?

Last things I bought that where on the list are a pack of zip ties and some good working gloves :P

Next thing, besides actually getting a Landcruiser is going to be some locking nuts for the spare tire and a spare lamp kit ;)
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I bought some Dick Cepeck Trail Country EXP's tires a few weeks ago. 215x70x17 (35x12.5) So far, so good. Next thing I am buying are MetalCloak drag link, tie rod and sway bars. Then after those I will start looking for some bumbers, rock sliders and a winch. Building up my 2012 JKU Wrangler.
 
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