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Old Jul 12, 2013 | 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by cruiser54
BTW the serpentine deal is true. The chevy dealer across town got a trade-in. A CJ from Cali with serpentine drive. Installed a v-belt water pump and fought an overheating issue for weeks!!!
Well lets see... I installed a water pump and now it over heats...
Don't take much to figuring that out!
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Old Jul 12, 2013 | 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by JeepingDan
Well lets see... I installed a water pump and now it over heats...
Don't take much to figuring that out!
I think it overheated before, further muddying their logic train. LOL.
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Old Jul 12, 2013 | 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by JeepingDan
Well lets see... I installed a water pump and now it over heats...
Don't take much to figuring that out!
Right. Can't be the water pump 'cuz you just replaced it. Must be something else.
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Old Jul 12, 2013 | 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Radi
Right. Can't be the water pump 'cuz you just replaced it. Must be something else.
It was pretty funny. Almost as funny as this: Just click on the video.


http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/epi...i-tu-lo_b97368
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Old Jul 12, 2013 | 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by cruiser54
It was pretty funny. Almost as funny as this: Just click on the video.


http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/epi...i-tu-lo_b97368
I'm trying to not laugh but it isn't working.
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Old Jul 12, 2013 | 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Radi
I'm trying to not laugh but it isn't working.

Now you know how clueless those talking heads are, eh?
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Old Jul 12, 2013 | 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by cruiser54
Now you know how clueless those talking heads are, eh?
I work in that industry, I could tell you stories. Let's just say if it's on the prompter, it'll get read with a straight face.
Radi <- fixes things that 'radiate'. ie: transmitters, microwave, satellite. Career change after getting out of auto mechanics in the 80's.
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Old Jul 12, 2013 | 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Radi
I work in that industry, I could tell you stories. Let's just say if it's on the prompter, it'll get read with a straight face.
Radi <- fixes things that 'radiate'. ie: transmitters, microwave, satellite. Career change after getting out of auto mechanics in the 80's.
Makes sense. I always suspected you were "wired" a bit differently!!!
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Old Jul 12, 2013 | 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by cruiser54

Makes sense. I always suspected you were "wired" a bit differently!!!
He's probably absorbed his fair share of high-energy transmissions...

I guess he must live in a "Radome" then
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