Re: 1991 ranger brake problem

On 11/12/2024 2:52 PM, Snag wrote:

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...
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toobad that willys is so far away!!

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-- Bob La Londe
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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P.S.  I should say I can track in the desert.  Not so much in the woods.   It depends.
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   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 .

Yeah, my dad was in love with that Jeep, but its been parked a long time.  I am sure he would rather I fixed it backup again, but original parts are a lot harder to find than they were back in mid 70s, and the junk man my dad bought some of those early GOV parts from died a few years ago too.  His son has been liquidating everything and just wants the land cleared.  Any old GPV parts are long gone, and he's one of those guys that's impossible to get a price from, because every time you agree he changes the price.
I might ask my son if he would like me to save it for him, but my son really has no connection with it.
Now that Bronco... first time my dad refreshed that motor he installed what he called a 1/4 race cam.  It loped and would jump like you kicked it with the spurs if you bumped the throttle just a little hard.  Next time around he went with a much more sensible RV cam (long duration as opposed to high lift) that developed real world torque.  If I bore and stroke it that's my goal.  Sure it will develop more horsepower, but in the mid range where its actually useful off the track.  LOL.  Probably have to get rid of the Holley 650 and go with a throttle body to match the bigger volume.
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Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff
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