Recent content by Botamon

^ My problem too. Guilt feelings if I'm not out getting something done, something accomplished, every single day!

Yup. Which is why in my post above I talk about swapping out the axles for something more durable. And why if you buy a new Wrangler today there is an option for a full-float rear axle.

Absolutely better off this year. Now if my doctor could just prescribe me some effective anti-aging pills things would be perfect!

If you are just looking for something classic and not to use for "Jeep" stuff off road, then go ahead and buy it. If you want something truly dependable and off-road worthy from the factory, then start with a Jeep TJ (years 1997 through 2006) or even newer. Been involved with Jeeps most of my...

One of the channels out of Reno plays constant old-time Westerns...lots of Randolph Scott, Audie Murphy, John Wayne and others on there, every day. But I refuse to watch because they turn a hour and a half movie into a three hour movie with all their stupid commercials. I no longer have the...

Those old Broncos were real rust buckets if not well cared for...I know, I owned one for several years. So its not inconceivable that the floor was so rusted he was able to bust through.

Please clarify. Are you talking engine oil or hydraulic oil?????

Exactly. I sold an F150 because my needs changed and I needed something that would spend all its time towing. A few years ago I bought a Toyota 4Runner that had just under 3000 miles on the odometer. It has been trouble free. Someone sold it because it wasn't what they expected so they...

Yup. Funny how some of the same guys who have no problem driving a turbocharged tractor or diesel pickup seem to think that suddenly, because that turbo is on a smaller gas engine, it is going to fail. I drove a twin-turbo F150 pickup for 9 years. Absolutely no problems with the truck at all...

Spent about an hour renewing the firebreak around my buildings - bare ground to make it more difficult for a range fire to get to them.

Those bad boys were how we got all our supplies in the jungle:

All the time. Pretty much every day. I live pretty remotely so it is very quiet (and I don't have a TV or radio running all day long!) Most of the sound around my place is the birds - I have several bird feeders set up and the birds can make quite a racket. To me the "whop whop whop" of a...

When bushhogging I clean my radiator and condenser daily. If its exceptionally dusty then twice a day. I can actually watch the coolant temperature gauge creep up from where it normally runs as chaff and dirt accumulates in the screens and radiator.

Not sure when spring arrived in northern Nevada because we never had winter this year. Last night the Reno news reported that they'd broken the high temperature records for 8 days in a row. Not just broken but in some cases annihilated. Like broke the old record by 10 degrees or so...

How does EGT monitoring work with the new Fords? Do you have to install a pyrometer probe somewhere in the exhaust like I had to do in my older Dodge/Cummins?