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offroad-list Digest Sat, 01 Apr 2000 Volume: 2000 Issue: 039

In This Issue:
RE :Antenna mount point?
Re: burning brake line
Antenna mount
Re: Antenna mount point?
Re: burning brake line
Re: burning brake line
My lift kit
> Re: burning brake line
Re: My lift kit
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From: "Keith Christensen" kendra.com>
Subject: RE :Antenna mount point?
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 19:42:40 -0800

Chris, some hard choices here!
(That Cobra is an OK CB, but be aware that the "out of box" conditio
n could mean it's been hosed by a bad install)

( I'm a two-way radio guy, and I've "distilled" all the chickenbande
r horsepukey over the years on CB antennas..)

27 mhz is a problem.. full 1/4 wave antennas (best option) are abou
t 108" tall, and the best place to mount them is in the center of th
e largest flat plane (read center of roof). Unfortunately, that is
just a tad bit of a problem, you'll piss off the folks at bank/fast
food drive-thru's to no end.

Next best (as you suspected) is a base-loaded whip, but most of thos
e are at least 40" tall. That can work as "center roof " , with lots
less hassles!

There's lots of "hype" over brands and funky claims by Wilson that
they are 40% better... they are playing apples and oranges games wit
h reality. Radio antennas (and transmit power) work on logarithmic s
cales, not straight numbers.

I'm running a Larsen NMO-27 (black) mounted on the left cowl of my B
ronco II in about a 'mirror' location of the factory AM/FM antenna o
n the right cowl. I lose some range to the left-front, but only abo
ut 2 dBi which is not at all bad.

Personal opinion on antenna brands is that *most* are OK. I lean to
wards Larsen as I can call them on their dime and get answers on spe
cial 2-way needs, as well as the fact that their NMO mount is a 2-wa
y standard... I can spin off my CB antenna and mount a LB-VHF-UHF-80
0-Cell-PCS-Ham-Scanner antenna in seconds. Besides, I've installed
hundreds of their various antennas on cop cars, fire trucks, ambulan
ces, bucket trucks, motorcycles et al; and I've always gotten decent
results.

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**From: "Chris Samuel" email.msn.com>
**Subject: Antenna mount point?
**Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 18:08:22 -0800
**
**So I was walking through a local sporting goods store, "seizing th
e weekend"
**as it were and there was this Cobra (29LTD ST) CB and...
**It was a discontinued model, missing the box and the stuff that co
mes with a
**new CB, big deal... and even after I bought a mic. at $30.00 I sti
ll didn't
**pay 50% of the list price! Score!
**This puts me back in the age old dilemma, where to mount the anten
na and
**which one to get...
**I want to have maximum range, so 'I think' I want a "Base Loaded"
whip...
**Brand???
**Then where to mount it? Side of the hood? Top edge of the back of
the cab by
**the roof (no canopies for me)?
**What do you all think works best?

**TIA.
**Muel



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Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 07:01:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jake Keeney yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: burning brake line

Dear Mr. Oxley,
I just bought a 79 F250 HD, it had really poor
brakes when I drove it around, so I started with the
simple checks. The brake pads and shoes, and to no
evail the brakes were still spoungey, so a friend and
I bled the entire brake system, and that did not seem
to help so I bought new calipers, wrong again so I
started to ask questions and come to find out my
problem was alot like yours the guy I bought the truck
off of had the brake lines hot for some reason. One of
my friends drove it around the yard and told me to
change the master cylinder so I did and for me that
cured most of the problem. But I still do not have the
brake pressure that I have in my 78 F150. The master
cylinder was only something like $30 w/exchange at
Autozone. Try it and let me know how you make out.
Good Luck!

--- James Oxley thecore.com> wrote:
> Chris Reilly wrote:
> >
> > hey all
> > Seems the rig (79 F250 HD) had some
> problems yesterday. And I'm not
> > quite sure what's up, maybe someone has some
> insight.
> > I was out 4-wheeling for a couple hours,
> playing around in the mud,
> > did a little power braking standing on the pedal
> and burning the tires in
> > 2wd. well later on I got up a real nasty hill ,
> and when I crest the top I
> > notice that hte pedal is really soft and there's
> some smoke under the hood.
> > GEt out, pop the hood and the two steel brake
> > lines runnning down from the
> > master cylinder are hot as hell, in fact they got
> to be glowing red and a
> > little flame (1/2") actually started on one of
> them, I'd imagine that was
> > oil burning off. So, put ot the flame and douse
> the lines with water to
> > cool them. LEt sit for awhile, then test them,
> and the brakes are
> > practically gone, they go all the way to the
> floor and then finally do a
> > real shitty job of stopping me. We added a lil
> brake fluid, and I drove
> > home, but the situation did not seem to get any
> better. thank god for low
> > gears and compression braking.
> > My thought is that it may have something
> to do with the power brakes
> > > booster. The flexible brake lines fdrom the frame
> to caliper were cool too.
> > Any one have any thoguhts, I could really use some
> input. I don't want to
> > start replacing parts that may not be replacing.
> oh yeh, for reference in
> > terms of what I was stopping, truck has 38"
> gumbos. thanks in advance.
> > Chris Reilly
> >
>
> I was going to say you boiled the brake fluid, but
> if the lower lines
> were not hot, I don't know. Maybe the lower lines
> being rubber were not
> hot to the touch. Brake fluid absorbs water and then
> boils easily. I
> would totally flush it first (after you fix any
> trashed parts).
>
> OX
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From: "Rick Jureczko" comnetcom.net>
Subject: Antenna mount
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 09:26:14 -0500


Any "Wilson " brand of antenna is pretty good. But something like a Wilson 1000 on a mag base centered on the roof is an ideal set-up. This is a coil loaded antenna mounted to get the largest ground plane.
Scout


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From: "Mike Haight" home.com>
Subject: Re: Antenna mount point?
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 12:22:27 -0400

I would suggest that if you want quick removal capability then go with
a magnetic mounted antenna.....try the Wilson 300.....and "sit" it on
your roof center rear and run the cable out the rubber in sliding rear
window if you have one or drill hole in rear of cab (insert a rubber
grommet) and run cable through it using silicone rubber to fill in any
extra space.....or if you want a permanent mount then I recommend
going with the Wilson 1000...and "mounting" it using a mount kit for
the rear bumper and string the cable along the frame rails using
plastic tie wraps to hold it in place.

Take Care and Have a Good Day.
CUL8R, Mike

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