Recent content by MPolley

@Angeltech where in Ohio are you? If you are near Cincinnati, check out Cincinnati Transmission Specialists in Sharonville. 513-530-8726 or cincinnatitrans.com is their website. I used to work for them years ago, and had them rebuild my A343F in my 80 a couple years ago, and it has been...

I could have used this 6 years ago when I loaned my 80 out and it came back on a flatbed having overheated until it shut off

I see I'm not the only one whose cruiser matches the house color! I'll have to get a picture of mine next to the house

Installed my Coastal Off-road bumper

Use a wide fan nozzle and you'll be fine pressure washing it. Automatic car washes usually have a high pressure underbody spray and they don't hurt anything. Hell, a bunch of us end up belly deep in water quite often and smash down on rocks. If an 80 can handle what I do to mine, it can handle...

It's actually designed for a pintle hook style hitch and other countries rate it for close to 8000lbs towing. I think my problems were almost entirely caused by me not loading the trailer correctly and not having the trailer brakes hooked up. I'm going back to my under-frame hitch, but I think...

Go with the XLT. Mine have been fantastic

No reason to burn them when people can learn from them. The only damage was to my own truck, so I don't need to dodge lawyers. Thankfully nothing catastrophic happened and I was able to photograph the aftermath to hopefully deter others from making the same mistakes I made. Safer solutions will...

I like this setup, but it would have put the ball way too high for any of the trailers I pull, and I got the hitch I have for like $5 when I spotted it in the salvage yard. I'm going to cut out the crossmember and build a new bumper with an integrated 2" receiver so I can still use a drop...

While it certainly wasn't designed or intended to be a fair scientific test, but the rust is pretty much all surface rust and should have a negligible impact on strength. I'm mostly posting this as a PSA to people to not cut corners when towing. Take the time to load the trailer correctly and...

definitely had too much tongue weight as well, but I've done that before without this result, so I think it was a combination of factors

That probably would have helped tremendously. Another mistake I made rushing to get the job done and the trailer returned in time.

***FIRST AND FOREMOST, YES I KNOW THIS TOWING SETUP WAS UNSAFE. THE ENTIRE REASON I AM POSTING THIS IS TO DETER PEOPLE FROM MAKING THE SAME MISTAKES I MADE. I GOT LUCKY THIS TIME, BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY BAD SITUATION**** I know this has been a hot topic over the years here, towing with...

Check the front of the rear wheel wells. The seatbelt mounting points are prone to rusting out. There is a rectangle in the wheel well, smack that with a hammer too. The factory undercoating will hide severe rust in there, forgot to mention that. Luckily I found the rust in mine before...

Doesn't look too bad to me. I would scrape/pressure wash away that black goopy undercoating and see what it looks like underneath it. smack the frame with a hammer in several spots. Hit it with some force. If it's severe rust you will punch through or knock chunks off