Alright -- I'm off to HD... The only reason I was thinking of copying the KR interior is to keep it Ford instead of "Pimp my Ride-ish". Even though there wasn't a KR in 02/03, it at least keeps within the brand. I will say this -- I was like you, but as I get older, I like the little refinements more & more.

See y'all later!!

 

I've never had that problem with Chrome. It's never frozen up and just shut down on me. I don't play many games though, and the only vids I watch are on YouTube, which works without a problem.

Brad, I don't think the clutch is frozen to the flywheel. The engine spins freely when the clutch pedal is depressed. If the clutch were frozen to the flywheel, I would think the engine wouldn't spin freely at all.

Mark, the reason I own it is almost exactly what you said -- it was given to me. My parents bought it after I had left for college, to have a 4x4 vehicle for around town driving in the winter time. After I graduated college, and was without a vehicle for a while they let me borrow it. When I finally bought my truck, they just let me keep the Jeep, and gifted the title over to me a couple years after that.

Lee, keeping the truck off the road in the winter time is why I'm not happy about this at all. I would prefer to keep all the salt and ice melt junk off my truck. If it were the summer time, I wouldn't be nearly as worried about it. Plus, I don't particularly like taking the truck around town on short stop and go trips. My sales rep position here in town has a lot of stop and go driving, which is just hard on the truck.

Lisa, last night pretty much sucked. You know how much I hate the cold anyway. I think my being not happy about the whole situation is the only thing that kept me warm. LOL Sounds like I should be glad I'm not doing my audits up there this week. -18...damn. I thought -10 up in Rock Valley last week was cold.

Joe, my Wrangler is an '87, the first year of the Wrangler. That year, they kind of cobbled together whatever parts they had lying around. There are two or three different transmissions and at least two different transfer cases for that year. Mine actually has a 5 speed Peugeot, yes Peugeot transmission. I like to row my own in the Jeep, so I will stick with the manual. I may check and see how hard it would be to put a newer & better manual in there if this one is shot.

I think what I'm gonna have to do, with the time constraints of getting it back on the road for the winter weather, is drop the trans and take it to a shop here locally to have it looked at. I'll make a decision after the diagnosis to see if it's worth fixing or should just be replaced. I'd love to tear into it myself, since I've never had a manual trans apart before and would like to learn about it, but need the Jeep back on the road and can't afford the time for a screw up.

Thanks for letting me vent last night.

 

Morning Everyone... Dont think ill be doing to much today my Ankle is killing me from being on it so much yesterday!

 

I bet he is strong physically, but who can resist a cougar mentally haha.

 

Nope, Just making sure.

 

hey now, wait a minute!!!

there is absolutely nothing wrong with banks stuff.



as long as it is on a 7.3 idi diesel in an 88-91 superduty, without a waste gate!!.

 

lolololol.... "Friends don't let friends drive Banks"!!!

 

Well it hasnt done anything to bad in a few days so Im hoping its all cleared up now.

No problem Jeremy, we all need to vent sometime.

 

that wouldnt be fox sports 1340...would it?

I kinda like the wickedweasel.com bikinis...the contributors are better looking than the models...

 

Whoa did you guys hear that??????....................


i think it was a cricket!

 

Damn it sure is quiet in here.

 

<insert cricket sounds> Hey all......still stuck in a hotel room today, not working until tomorrow morning! Phoenix trips SUCK

 

Manuals are pretty easy compared to auto's.... is the shifter a side mount or a top loader? I had a 65 chevy, 235 6 cylinder, 3 on the tree.... that thing had a shifter so loose that if you did not hold it thr right way when whifting, the fork would slide between the 2 and lock itself up, generally in 3rd gear. It did have enough ***** to get itself moving in third though... and you could limp it home. It sounds kinda like a shifter/ shift fork malfunction to me.

 

I think my 2002 ex booked at $16k this summer when I bought it with 106k miles.

 

O.K. caught up for a little while I ll check back later tonight. LAST round of Christmas shopping starts in: 5....4....3....2....Bye.

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