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Location: Dallas | I've had some jobs cancel for the beggining of this week would anyone wanna go play?? I was thinking maybe snow peak, I've never been there but hear its fun. We could always go back to Browns Camp. Maybe try to find some snow?? If interested post or call me at 503.780.6207. |
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Location: Mid-Willamette Valley | Used to wheel snow peak alot... lots of gates & closures & stories of trepassing. i'd like to go back sometime & see whats open... |
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Location: Dallas | well lets go check it out!! There's no time like the present :0) I'm not interested in any trespassing or getting in trouble, but maybe we could see what's available and report back at the Wednesday meeting. |
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Location: Mid-Willamette Valley | Wish i could go!  |
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Location: right here | tue is 3-9 and wed is 3-10 i'd love to go wed if i could |
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Location: Outer Mongolia | I could be a winch bitch on Wednesday for someone. |
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Location: Outer Mongolia | Anyone going Wednesday? |
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Location: Mid-Willamette Valley | That'd be awesome if a small group could go check it out and report back at the meeting...
Used to be some really nice scenic trails up there.
Last time I was there (maybe 8 years ago?), we went a little rogue and had a blast winching through a trail all night long. Just 3 of us in the sami. I had just rebuilt & installed the 8274 and we used it to winch countless trees outta the trail and it saved our butts. After exiting the area on the north end, we were pulled over. The sami was absolutely COVERED in mud. Knowing that we had been in an area we weren't supposed to be, we quickly devised a plan to explain we were lost and had been trying to get home for hours. Long story short, it worked. I still count my blessings for that one! 
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Location: right here | got back from browns camp with drew earlier today. the jeep ran like a champ.
'till it overheated.
Edited by willcheesy 2010-03-11 3:02 PM
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| Bummer. What trails did you guys hit?
Edited by Invincible 2010-03-11 3:36 PM
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Location: Mid-Willamette Valley | Did the overheating end the day?
Did it do damage?
Did you make it home ok?
Any pics of the day?
Possible reasons for overheating:
Low coolant level, plugged radiator, thermostat stuck closed, clutch fan malfuntioning, Low oil level, Engine running too lean, etc.
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Location: Outer Mongolia | Also a bad waterpump can cause overheating. I fought overheating on my Toyota, ended up buying a brand new radiator a few years ago and it runs nice and cool even on 100+ degree days. If you need a hand we can help you out. |
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Location: right here | nothing broke because i have fought with over heating before and was watching the temp. like a hawk. one of my electric fans quit on me and i am trying to figure out why. it is not the switch (this one i ran through a toggle switch, but the main big fan still runs on the thermostat) or fuse, i tried to bypass all that and go strait to the battery, but that did not work. drew thinks (and i agree) that the fan motor is gone. it ended the day but i could still run on the highway and make it home ok. what might have helped a little is if i had a heater, the core went out the day before the browns camp run. |
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Location: Mid-Willamette Valley | Gotcha. Its good to have a way to run your electric fans directly in case the temp switch fails.
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| As cold as it is, I wouldnt think you would need two fans with a manual tranny. Is it possible you rradiator is somewhat clogged? |
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Location: right here | Invincible - 2010-03-12 7:01 AM
As cold as it is, I wouldnt think you would need two fans with a manual tranny. Is it possible you rradiator is somewhat clogged?
i don't think so but how would you test that? |
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| If you have verticle tubes in your radiator, you look down the neck. You can see the solder corroding around the tube ends if it is a problem. It may look like this : 
This is a picture with the tank removed. If it looks like this, it will need to be replaced. If it has horizontal rows, you can run water through it. Water should flow easily through it with little restriction. If the flow out the bottom is far less than what you pour in the top, its plugged.
Lastly, check for external plugging. If you have leaves or debris in between an A/C condenser and the radiator this can cause it. |
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| Also you can find someone with an infrared thermometer. The radiator temperature should be even across the radiator and get cooler little by little as you go from the inlet at the top and the outlet at the bottom. If there are cold spots, it is plugged.
Have you replaced the water pump recently? 4.0's have two different water pumps. The one designed for a serpentine belt are designed to spin backwards and will not pump effectively spinning clockwise. |
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Location: Mid-Willamette Valley | Good info Dave!
My Cruiser is has an oddity in the cooling system:
1. The upper radiator hose gets pretty firm / pressurized and hot. The lower radiator stays fairly flexible and cool / ambient...
2. As you feel the radiator going from top to bottom, it starts hot, gets slightly cooler 1/4 way down, luke warm 1/2 way down, and cold 3/4 way down. I can't imagine it's THAT effective of a radiator, but it doesn't overheat at all...
I think I'll know for sure this August when we get into the 90 degree temps... |
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Wanna go ne where Tue 3-10 or Wed 3-11???
