Recent content by mpgmike

My only driver is a '95 Jeep Grand Cherokee. It has a stroker 4.6, custom LS coils, stand-alone ECU (rusEFI), and is in excellent condition. Does that count?

When I met my wife, I had a '70 Gold Duster with a rebuilt /6. After the marriage, I did a bunch of upgrades to the car. I'm a fuel economy guy, have been since 1991 when I started tinkering with it. I got that sucker to a best of 92 MPG on a custom fuel delivery system that only I could...

Do you get your free sand from the local river or ocean beach as I do? Good news is it's free, bad news is you have to get it in the drought season. Nice work. In fact, that's a lot of sand blasting!

I remember my Dad pulling on the steering wheel while I pounded on the threaded shaft with a hammer; didn't have a steering wheel puller. Later we experienced what you're describing here -- can't get the retaining nut to thread on the (mangled) shaft.

There is an LED on the top. It is probably either a "test for a short" or test for voltage.

You REALLY need to create a thread in the "Member's Restorations" section. This isn't merely trivial "look what I have" crap, it's a labor of love that would be more appreciated in its appropriate place -- Member's Restorations. (I had to post something to subscribe!)

Whether a vehicle or a room in the house, we use an ozone generator. We recently found a light on Amazon that screws into a normal 120 VAC light outlet and radiates UV light and ozone. We use that for a myriad of applications, including what you're describing.

In a hotel room in China:

Unless you have retrofitted an EFI to your vehicle, that amount of ripple -- even measured at the battery -- is insignificant. As mentioned, probing at the alternator output will show higher ripple, as there is at least a little resistance in the wires and connectors between the alternator and...

I can't give you the answer for your situation, but I can tell you how I would go about finding out. I do electronics, so I have several O'scopes. I would measure the dwell output from the Pertronix unit, then measure the saturation time on the available ignition coils and match them up as...

The Old Testament was never written in the modern English language, therefore was translated -- many times -- from numerous languages over the millennia until "a" version was translated to English. This could possibly be Hebrew, Greek, or some other language. There is great propensity for lost...

A few years ago I had to do some emissions testing at Roush Labs in Livonia, MI. There is a Jack Roush Auto Museum close by. If you're into older Fords, or Fords in general, this is a Mecca type place. I'm a Mopar guy, but couldn't resist taking the tour. The one car that jumped out at me...

Here is THE Jeep Forum: https://www.jeepforum.com/forums/

Vapor lock will not cause a slow cranking issue. You describe the symptom "as if I have a dead battery". I'm thinking more like a bad starter.

That is 186 MPH. I rode from Shanghai up through Wuxi and when I got back home, I had to tell my then young son, "You know how Kung Fu Panda has the famous Wuxi Finger Hold? Yea, I went through Wuxi!"