[Mickldo]

Originally Posted by semlin

frick the truck is broken down across the street and behaving bizarrely.

http://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-te...lternator.html

After reading some of the responses in TUT (not fully ketchupped yet) and your tech thread I'll put this in.

The lights on the dash coming on like that is known to be a symptom of an alternator problem. Each time it has happened to me it has coincided with a muddy trip. The mud clogs up the brushes in the alt and stops the charging. A quick hose and/or a tap on the side of the housing with hammer usually frees it up to start charging again. Maybe the leaky rad hose/ road salt clogged up the brushes?

It could be the trailer harness or earths or it could be the alarm too but until you can get the voltmeter to check battery voltages, etc we are all just guessing.

I would keep an open mind that it could be a couple of unrelated faults. They could be related too, but I am guessing that you have more than one problem.

[Mickldo]

Originally Posted by semlin

an examination of the package label shows it came from some foundation in NYC

It has a photo of the large object only in red on the cover



I think i owes jman a thanks ??

After finding out about this book on TUT a while ago I have been trying to find a copy of it over here. None of the regular bookshops stock it or have heard of it. The has been searching online for it so she could get it for me for Xmas but no OZ suppliers have it. I think I might have to get one from your side of the pond.

[Mickldo]

Ketchupped

[yooper]

Originally Posted by gladly

He'll need to take a course and get a permit too, IIRC

That is scheduled. In the meantime I can get it tuned up and maybe take it out to the site of TUTapalooza II and ride it in the woods...

[yooper]

Originally Posted by Jman

Yeah, 121 miles is pretty good. I noticed in the reviews they say that bike is good for those who are "short in inseam."

Yep, that's a big part of me choosing it. I have short little legs, 30" inseam, and my first bike should be one that lets me put both feet on the ground from the seat. I also only weight 150 lbs, so a 225 should have plenty of oomph for me. 70mph and 90mpg should be attainable pretty easily.

It's a LandCruiser of motorcycles, tough as nails, very low maintenance. The transmission has the widest gear ratio spread of any motorcycle; first gear is super low and sixth is for the highway.

[yooper]

Originally Posted by ChaseTruck

Sean, thanks so much for the package !
I look forward to tomorrow morning!

You're very welcome. I hope you enjoy it.

[yooper]

Originally Posted by semlin

yooper inadvertently pointed the way.

i has an alarm to yank

Alarms and their installers are the debbil. I yanked the one out of my Fj62 the first week after I bought the truck. It weighed 12 pounds all together and I found three wires that were about to break where they gorilla that installed it spliced into the harness.

I also had to replace the trailer light harness.

When I had problems with the tail lights on my FJ55 the problem again was the trailer light harness. Out it came.

[yooper]

Originally Posted by semlin

an examination of the package label shows it came from some foundation in NYC

It has a photo of the large object only in red on the cover



I think i owes jman a thanks ??

Indeed.

[yooper]

Originally Posted by ChaseTruck

Just a few more desert pics, now that we're back in BTR:

Beautiful! I've never seen the desert in bloom. Thanks for sharing.

[yooper]

Time for sergerizing, 7 eyes to cut open today and two eyelids. LTRZ

[srplus]

Good morning men, or good night... later Yoop.

[srplus]

For inspiration and education, there is always .

[Mickldo]

Hi/Bye Yoop

G'day Steve

[srplus]

Originally Posted by sisukid1975

Yes, but key details have been left out... You know, on the off chance this is being monitored due to my internet usage habits at wr0k. Don't want to tip my hand just yet.

Is this code for something? I have absolutely no comment on what has not been commented upon, what ever that might be.

[srplus]

Originally Posted by Mickldo

Hi/Bye Yoop

G'day Steve

They were not too busy last nite so you might get in real time before long.

[srplus]

Originally Posted by Jman

And now all you need to do is get mrs. yooper's consent. . . .

[Mickldo]

Originally Posted by srplus

They were not too busy last nite so you might get in real time before long.

Originally Posted by Mickldo

Ketchupped

Beat you to it

I have been over in TECH

[Mickldo]

We were playing with this today at work too.

[srplus]

Originally Posted by GeoRoss

I would say you are having a ground issue as well. You can test the alt in the truck with an multi-tester.

Having one with two probes is most useful.

[Mickldo]

Also played with this today too

http://forum.ih8mud.com/expedition-b...ml#post3166332

[srplus]

Originally Posted by DSRTRDR

they better do

and you will be able to enjoy them when the sporting hobbies are long out of reach (age-wise, I mean) - provided you don't go deaf

What?

[srplus]

Originally Posted by Mickldo

Also played with this today too

http://forum.ih8mud.com/expedition-b...ml#post3166332

Sweet.

[Mickldo]

Originally Posted by srplus

Sweet.

I need to finish mine off

Speaking of that it is time for bed. Laterz

[srplus]

Originally Posted by DSRTRDR

for a little longer than a week now, I have been keeping a "food diary"

I write down everything I eat or drink (talk about self-flagellation)

when calories are easy to determine from a package, I record that, but if not it will be interesting to have a nutritionist analyze it in a few weeks or months

I begin to see a pattern, and it is not typically American

I tried that and went to a Nutritionist. Bad mistake since I did not know that he was a vegetarian... AND, he tried to push his eating preferences on me... millet and all. If I had a use for millet it might be to fill a pillow or something like using for bird seed.

[srplus]

Originally Posted by DSRTRDR

do I get AARP discount with that ?





































[no kidding, my "initiation kit" came today - they even sent a "family card" for Michael ]

It has started already... the only way to get them to stop is to send a certificate of death.



Several times a week I get some garbage from them.

[yooper]

Originally Posted by Mickldo

We were playing with this today at work too.

Attachment 218622

I'm curious mick, what does "Hoosier" mean to Aussies?

It's our nickname for people from the state of Indiana. Indiana sucks, btw.

[srplus]

Originally Posted by DSRTRDR

too much Chili

[ChaseTruck]

Originally Posted by yooper

Beautiful! I've never seen the desert in bloom. Thanks for sharing.

It's pretty awesome, with some hillsides yellow with brittlebush, and the mountains having yellow streaks of poppies.

'04 was more dramatic, but then it rained even more during the winter.

I'd love to spend another month in AZ and see the cactus blooming...

[srplus]

Originally Posted by ChaseTruck

It's pretty awesome, with some hillsides yellow with brittlebush, and the mountains having yellow streaks of poppies.

'04 was more dramatic, but then it rained even more during the winter.

I'd love to spend another month in AZ and see the cactus blooming...

Yes, thanx for sharing those pics of the desert.

The flowers are really beautiful around here but I have been too lazy to charge up some batteries for the camera. We have had several years of drought (including the winters) with poor blooming in spring.

This winter we had a normal amount of rain and it looks like every flowering shrub and tree suspects that it is their last chance to have babies. The dogwoods are blooming strong for the first time in more than three years. The wild trees next to the hedgerows and country roads will knock you out.

[yooper]

Originally Posted by DSRTRDR

you don't say

I wonder how much taste steeping whole beans would be




















[I know you meant grind just before you brew as opposed to like two days in advance, but the picture of whole beans in the filter just had me ROTFLMAO]