I feel like you're trying to tell me something

 

I beg to differ! I was being a little too stubborn one day when it was 104F and 95% humidity, laying between two white SUVs. The cold sweat was a big red flag, and I started vomiting before I got back to the Comanche. Next step would've been heat stroke, but I found a place with water and air conditioning

 

What works great is putting tarps atop two cars and letting it work as an artificial roof!

I've even used rear bench seats LOL

Come to the dark side, we have (not cookies) Jeeps!

 

I'll look 'em up

 

Glad you got out before it got worse. I've been there a couple of times. Learned the hard way that I tend to get dehydrated a little (actually a lot) quicker than most. During junkyard trips in the hot months I always carry water and usually drink a reasonable amount prior to getting there.

Something to keep in the back of our minds as we wrench on and play with our jeeps... Be safe out there guys. Know the signs and don't be a hero.

 

That's a really good idea... Even a little shade can make all the difference. I've got a dozen or so free harbor freight tarps laying around. Good tip!

 

Indeed. I drank my water supply, but it didn't help much when I was out for a few hours. There was just that one stubborn bolt... Of course I went out and bought a cordless impact the next day so it wouldn't be an issue again.

 

Brown Santa came today with the first round of goodies...

 

I found the true test is climbing Monarch pass on a hot summer day. Found out that my auxiliary fan switch was not working, now its wired so I can manually kick it on. Now so far with the fan on it hasn't gone over 150 degrees, we will see this Sunday when we go hit some trails.

 

Nice!

*sniff sniff... I can smell the shiny from here!

 

OOhs and AAhs,

 

I don't think mine works either, my electric fan only cycles with the A/C on, but since that's all the time anyway I haven't been bothered enough by it to replace it. But I consider a day like today a win because before I overhauled the system I could have gotten maybe a half-day's worth of errands out of it before it would just stay north of that 210 mark.

Good luck on Sunday.

 

Being a former avid cyclist I suffered from heat stroke and dehydration more than once It is a hard lesson to learn, but once you do you always carry more water than you need, always. Right now I have 2 cases of water in the back of my XJ just because I may need them. Sure I live way up in Canada, but it does get very hot and sticky up here. The day I was grabbing my fender flares and skid plate the temps were hovering around 100° and the way the jeep I was taking the parts off of was parked there was no shade. Flares were off in no time, but dropping the gas tank skid plate took a lot of time and effort. Every bolt but one actually came out and only one broke. It turned into a take a couple cranks on a bolt, find shade and drink a bottle or two of water sort of day.

I should have loaded up the generator and electric impact gun, I would have been out of there in under an hour. I know I plan on doing that next time when I go back to grab a steering box.

 

haha... I'm glad there are other people that have these experiences working outside in the heat. Every time that happens to me, I get all pissed off at myself for not having the stamina to be able to withstand the heat. The struggle is definitely real though. Your body can only sweat so much water out in an attempt to cool your body off before it crosses the threshold into dehydration. It's like they say, by the time you feel thirsty, you're already dehydrated.

 

Just some routine maintenance: Greased the fittings and bushings.