magregor

Here is a couple pics of my youngest trying to "help"

ROFLMAO!!!!! That is SO my son too!!! Those are defining moments in a dad's life seeing his son burn the tires on his bike!!! (just hope it ain't Daddy's car when he borrows it on a Saturday night!)

Re-drill is a good idea, as mine have twisted off and had to do the same. Those small 6 mm bolts don't hold up to the elements and such...well, I suppose if you use anti-seize...I just stuck my foot in my mouth!

umm...could be

Looks fine to me! Hell of alot better than rusty ones curling up on the ends like an eel in a frying pan!

Could use vaseline...

I wish you luck Jessyj...keep us posted on the outcome...might be some good results for future reference for others who might get the same problems. Just sucks that you are the guinea pig

If only I had a huge limit on my line of credit and a garage door high enough to put it in!

http://s666.photobucket.com/albums/vv21/ma...nt=PICT0043.jpg I put rocker guard on the rockers tonight and took a gas soaked rag and cleaned grease and paint spots off body from my 3 yr old son...

Goin for the inspection tomorrow morning!!! Posting pics in a few...just uploading to photobucket

89 octane with 10% ethanol

Sounds like it...only other thing you could do is to get a multimeter and check the harness going to your tranny from plug to plug...just to see if there is a faulty or melted wire in the harness going to the tranny...(gonna take some time but engine fires cause a lot of grief to the vehicle's electrical system)

A few things you could check...Check the catalytic converters to see if they may be plugged (done at exhaust shop)...the exhaust could have a restriction to make engine labor...also, you could check simple stuff like air filter, thermostat, distributor...not being sarcastic, but you limited as to what you have already done to troubleshoot...

I would just get self tapping screws from the hardware store and make new holes! get a 1/8" drill bit, drill new holes through the skid plate, rad support and the lower crossmember, them smack in some self tapping #8 or #10 bolts...Presto!

Thanks Judge for posting pics! Nismothunder, this is my SECOND pathy I am welding the frame on...this one isn't as bad as my old black one...I cut the entire rear section out of my black '95, as it basically broke off the truck anyways...This one just had the typical spots on the wheel well side (only on the outside and bottom from spring saddles back thank god!) I just finished welding it all in tonight and putting it back together this weekend. Judge helped me (aka Steph) run new steel 5/16 fuel lines and I refurbished the fuel tank, etc. I also reinforced the rear frame with some additional steel ( I used 1/8" hot rolled steel to fix frame) to help as a better tow point and hitch mount. AND, as you see, I was using my trusty 'ol wire feed flux core welder and I have had no issues with it so far.

White's out!!! (don't look at my avatar...I now have BFG AT's on R50 LE rims and whites out!)

Now that would be a "must see"!!

I still snicker when I play it EVERY night for the youngsters!

If there was a Mr. Jim run next year, I would travel a couple thousand miles to go FOR SURE!!! Us Canadians are always up for a road trip!!!

My other 2 are 13 going on 20 and 8 yrs old...I love it! Gives me EVERY excuse to have more toys! My 13 yr old son lives in the garage and every kid on the block comes over to get him to fix bikes, etc...Reminds me of when I was a kid...(or gives me an excuse to be one!)

I have 4 young boys and the 2 youngest (5 and 3) LOVE those 2! I HAVE to play them almost every night at bedtime. Always...Daddy, can you play Mahna Mahna for us, PLEASE!!!

or This one!!! Hilarious!!!

For all the "older crowd" who used to watch the muppets in the morning! An old Muppets tune!

Those are the types of mechanics that shouldn't have a wrench in their hands! Someone who "thinks" they know what their doing until they get in so deep, they end up making things worse than it was in the beginning!