Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Snag Newsgroups: rec.crafts.metalworking Subject: Re: 1991 ranger brake problem Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:52:49 -0600 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 70 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 22:52:51 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7a52378dc986c22095b529410a80d112"; logging-data="1901691"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/Bmxj8bNnmYEzWRV9NRzcCsTgtmYAclKI=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.9.1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:UntCxptxOKs/Zo+3WlZOmovQFBA= X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 241112-6, 11/12/2024), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 4640 On 11/12/2024 3:02 PM, Bob La Londe wrote: > On 11/11/2024 8:51 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote: >> "Clare Snyder"  wrote in message >> news:d5j5jjh9l75v95jofkrde2b2r8o7lr2bfr@4ax.com... >> >> toobad that willys is so far away!! >>> >>> -- >>> Bob La Londe >>> CNC Molds N Stuff >> -------------------------------------- >> The M151 Jeeps we had in Germany were not good on the roads there. >> They couldn't keep up on the Autobahn and the winding back roads that >> BMWs were built for tempted drivers to exceed their cornering limits. >> My VW could easily handle the unpaved forest fire trails where we set >> up field exercise sites. >> > > When my dad first got that old Willys ready to go for a first off road > adventure we headed off across the sand dunes.  I thought it was going > just fine, but he said he didn't feel like it was performing properly. > When we got back to the store and pulled around to the back to the shop > he hopped out to take a look.  Then he realized he hadn't engaged the > hubs.  LOL. > > Probably, its biggest real world use for us was tracking people lost in > the desert.  Now I can track (to a limited extent) looking at the window > of my truck, but I've always been better able to track on the ground. > Back then I hadn't really learned to track.  Not well anyway.  We'd put > that old GPV in first gear and hop out.  As long as the terrain wasn't > extremely off camber or a crazy grade it would easily keep going in the > direction it was last pointed.  We could spread out, cut sign, walk back > to the Jeep for lunch or a drink of water, or to change course as > needed.  Seems like a little thing but it made a several hour to all day > rescue tolerable. > > The short wheel base and front and rear end clearance was fantastic for > crossing all but the worst washouts, and it would climb some pretty > incredible grades just idling along with somebody at the wheel.  Sand > was not even an issue. > > High speed cornering?  Um-no.  Lots of high clearance vehicles struggle > with that.  Even some you might not think.  Flat out on the Autobahn? > You are kidding right?  How much do you expect out of a flat head four? > Were you guys raiding the clinic and feeding it nitrous?  Even then... > Um-no.  LOL > > FYI:  That old '42 had a top speed in the high 50s.  Maybe low 60s (but > I doubt it), but its got a torque ratio at idle that's insane.  Its a > utility vehicle.  By today's standards just a basic 4x4 side by side > with a bed to haul some stuff. > > P.S.  I should say I can track in the desert.  Not so much in the woods. >  It depends. > > > Dad had a '57 Jeep pickup , he swapped out the original flathead six for a Tornado 230 overhead cam six . Weren't much for top end but it sure could climb ! Used to really piss of the guys with their hopped up big tire hot rod Chevy's and Fords . Dad would set the throttle at about 1500-1600 RPM and drop it in low/low/4 and just walk up the hills those boys just spun out on . My brother "gave it away to a friend" after Dad died . -- Snag Voting for Kamabla after Biden is like changing your shirt because you shit your pants .