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stay AWD, and go with a 4L80

use to be an old fix by running some white vinegar thru the system. it will clean out any build up of calcium, and fluid deposits in the line/nozzles..

here is the LONG verson Something to tell the kids when they question the existence of Santa Claus: There are approximately two billion children in the world. However, since Santa does not visit children of Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Buddhist religions, this reduces the workload for Christmas night to 15% of the total, or 378 million (according to the population reference bureau). At an average (census) rate of 3.5 children per household, this comes to 108 million homes, presuming there is at least one good child in each. Santa has about 31 hours of Christmas to work with, thanks to the different time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming east to west (which seems logical). This works out to 967.7 visits per second. This is to say that for each Christian household with a good child, Santa has around 1/1000th of a second to park the sleigh, hop out, jump down the chimney, fill the stocking, distribute the remaining presents under the tree, eat whatever snacks have been left for him, get back up the chimney, jump into the sleigh and get on to the next house. Assuming that each of these 108 million stops is evenly distributed around the earth (which, of course, we know to be false but will accept for the purposes of our calculations), we are now talking about 0.78 miles per household; a total trip of 75.5 million miles, not counting bathroom stops or breaks. This means Santa's sleigh is moving at 650 miles per second or 3,000 times the speed of sound. For purposes of comparison, the fastest man-made vehicle, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a poky 27.4 miles per second, and a conventional reindeer can run (at best) 15 miles per hour. The payload of the sleigh adds another interesting element. Assuming each child gets nothing more than a medium sized LEGO set (two pounds), the sleigh is carrying over 500 thousand tons, not counting Santa himself. On land, a conventional reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds. Even granting that the "flying" reindeer can pull 10 times the normal amount, the job can't be done with eight or even nine of them, Santa would need 360,000 of them. This increases the payload, not counting the weight of the sleigh, another 54,000 tons, or roughly seven times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth (the ship, not the monarch). A mass of nearly 600,000 tons traveling at 650 miles per second creates enormous air resistance - this would heat up the reindeer in the same fashion as a spacecraft re-entering the earth's atmosphere. The lead pair of reindeer would adsorb 14.3 quintillion joules of energy per second each. In short, they would burst into flames almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them and creating deafening sonic booms in their wake. The entire reindeer team would be vaporized within 4.26 thousandths of a second, or right about the time Santa reached the fifth house on his trip. Not that it matters, however, since Santa, as a result of accelerating from a dead stop to 650 miles/second in .001 seconds, would be subjected to acceleration forces of 17,000 g's. A 250-pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim considering all the high-calorie snacks he must have consumed over the years) would be pinned to the back of the sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force, instantly crushing his bones and organs and reducing him to a quivering blob of pink goo. Therefore, if Santa did exist, he's dead now. have a nice day all EDIT.. some geek had way to much time on his hands

and i bet they will try to claim it under warranty...

humbug.. and to all the men and women who can not be here...hopefully next year.. good luck all, and safe home

here's a pic. i thought i had more but I'll keep looking..

basic the same with me except i got the best color.. Oct.03

when you say i do.. what i miss, is my health.. things i use to be able to do, now can't. even things i did a year ago no longer.. getting old..

road trip..

the company i use to work for bought 8 F550s about 1.5 yrs ago. out of the 8, 5 had blown motors with in 5 mo. all 6L . i used a 2000 F550 w/7.3 some days at work and would over load it by 5.7 tons, goose neck trailer(10,00 lbs) water tank with 3500 gal of water, and pulled good. not fast but did a good job. only issues we had, was we cracked the frame about 7 times in different spots Axel tubes were so bent that the out side duel tires would not set flush on the ground..POS Ford..

i would check your hand held programmer. some time back someone used one and the programmer screw up is ECM. before you do a lot of parts change/removal, i would check the programmer first good luck

i did.. old pic..

have you tried a weight distribution hitch ?

i have not had any cracking yet with my speedster..except this. 70+ mph cross wind. it got under the lip of the cover and bent both latches and scratched the bed a little, but stayed on the truck

i would like to see some pics of the "over heated at one time" motor..they could be blowing smoke up your butt...unless #7 cylinder took a burn thru.. good luck

that's the shoe tree. people from all over the world have been tossing shoes into that tree for years.. story is it brings good luck to the person. that stretch of road, Amboy Rd, National Trails HighWay, and Kelbaker RD are KILLERS..a lot of people have died out there. went on many accidents while towing. long stretch of road, with a hole lot of nothing...drive smart..

if they ever humped your leg, you would be in traction for the next year.. nice dogs..

i guess things have changed over the years, heck i still remember when there was still the WAC (Women's Army Corps). but back in the day we use to have our DD-201 file updated and reviewed every 3 mo. just for that reason. anything needing to be added needed FULL documentation on all entries, and also to insure that no classified entries were made in error. this went for officers and enlisted personal..saw quite a few officers awarded the Purple Heart and never saw a day of combat.. sometimes i think the military should go back to the way it was 25+ yrs. ago.. but then no body would volunteer..

i really can not find the proper words to say how i feel about this..... i served 11 years in the Army from 1972-1983 in some of the worst S**t holes that you could imagined and lost a lot of good people. and to see someone like this, with decorations that a lot of good men and woman died for, and received less... JUST BURNS MY ASS... http://www.sphere.com/nation/article/milit...roud%2F19280604 a tall horse and a short piece of rope is to good for him

look good.. if you get the time go up to Amboy on old RT.66 and get some pics at Roy's old dinner. another spot is Kelso train depot. about 60 mi north of you..

arrival blue.. when GM started to use the silver birch on everything, i got sick of the color.. you get more looks, and compliments on the blue due to not many around..

the wheels have GOT TO GO