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The fuel pump should also have a relay. That's a good bit of amperage that's being drawn constantly. Same with the headlights, the switches are most likely not rated for any of it. The switches will also get pretty hot if you don't put relays in there.

[QUOTE=GhillieBacca;51991532]I'm keeping an open mind since well... my dad insists on buying it for me. My dad also really trusts the seller since he's the family mechanic.[/QUOTE] Oh, a mechanic friend. Looks like you guys will get to hang out more often!

[QUOTE=GhillieBacca;51989929]Might be getting a 2011 Jeep Patriot soon. Base trim, automatic transmission. [editline]pic[/editline] [t]http://i.imgur.com/CYdV111.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] Skip that and get a Honda CRV if you don't want a massive pile of poo

Or a PT cruiser

[QUOTE=Code3Response;51992211]Or a PT cruiser[/QUOTE] A PT is like a CRV with 10x as much character and half as much economy and reliability.

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[QUOTE=Grenadiac;51992229][img]http://i.imgur.com/jWqTTvN.png[/img][/QUOTE] Hammond had a crash? What happened?

Wiped out on a motorcycle filming Grand Tour, apparently took a head hit and was unconscious for a bit but he's OK. [url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/20/richard-hammond-injured-motorbike-crash-filming-mozambique/[/url] [quote]Richard Hammond has assured fans he is "fine" after falling off a motorbike "many times" while filming for The Grand Tour. The TV presenter was in a remote part of Mozambique in east Africa shooting the Amazon Prime programme when the accident occurred, according to The Sun.[/quote] From Hammond himself: [url]https://drivetribe.com/p/S-M0ZCjCQJKNd65Tu3yE_w?iid=ZrIrCvdxRhmp03jYqICB5g[/url]

[QUOTE=GhillieBacca;51989929]Might be getting a 2011 Jeep Patriot soon. Base trim, automatic transmission. [editline]pic[/editline] [t]http://i.imgur.com/CYdV111.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] From someone who usually goes against the jeep r bad circlejerk Buy a rav4

[QUOTE=Grenadiac;51992233]Wiped out on a motorcycle filming Grand Tour, apparently took a head hit and was unconscious for a bit but he's OK. [url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/20/richard-hammond-injured-motorbike-crash-filming-mozambique/[/url] From Hammond himself: [url]https://drivetribe.com/p/S-M0ZCjCQJKNd65Tu3yE_w?iid=ZrIrCvdxRhmp03jYqICB5g[/url][/QUOTE] hammond is truly invincible

[QUOTE=Saber15;51991310]Don't buy a cheap Jeep. They're built with bargain bin FCA parts.[/QUOTE] More like bargain bin everything. I had a jeep. It was the single worst thing ever. For a first car especially, it drove me to actually hate driving for the longest time. I hated cars, driving, everything about it. That thing was a nightmare.

My friends got a brand new geep Its a fully optioned grand cherokee trailhawk, and me and my friends allreally like it. Now that being said, i doubt itll last 100k miles, but my friend will be done with it before then.

[QUOTE=Grenadiac;51992233]Wiped out on a motorcycle filming Grand Tour, apparently took a head hit and was unconscious for a bit but he's OK. [url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/20/richard-hammond-injured-motorbike-crash-filming-mozambique/[/url] From Hammond himself: [url]https://drivetribe.com/p/S-M0ZCjCQJKNd65Tu3yE_w?iid=ZrIrCvdxRhmp03jYqICB5g[/url][/QUOTE] at least he has a sense of humour about it

[QUOTE=Trekintosh;51991691]Finally for reals got a piece of cash set aside to improve my car. I'm starting with the intake with a police air box and a 70mm throttle body because it's easy and relatively cheap and should give me a little bit more butt dyno. I'd like to get a tune too but I'm having trouble getting to Blue Oval Chips.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Birdman101;51991783]If you even figure out how the hell blue oval chips works, let me know. Ive been mildly interested in a tune from them for a while, but not enough to sift through their shitty site.[/QUOTE] Oh my god here.... [url]http://www.terrachips.com/chips/exotic_vegetables/terra-blues[/url] I don't see what's so hard to figure out about these things

[QUOTE=Gulen;51991821]The fuel pump should also have a relay. That's a good bit of amperage that's being drawn constantly. Same with the headlights, the switches are most likely not rated for any of it. The switches will also get pretty hot if you don't put relays in there.[/QUOTE] all inductive loads ie electric motors need relays, just a resistive load like lights may be fine without [editline]21st March 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=GhillieBacca;51991532]I'm keeping an open mind since well... my dad insists on buying it for me. My dad also really trusts the seller since he's the family mechanic.[/QUOTE] family mechanic doesn't mean trustworthy, it just means doesn't bone you on the bills because you're repeat business.

[QUOTE=Trekintosh;51992228]A PT is like a CRV with 10x as much character and half as much economy and reliability.[/QUOTE] and looks 10x disgusting

[QUOTE=GhillieBacca;51989929] [editline]pic[/editline] [t]http://i.imgur.com/CYdV111.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] I had a 2015 one as a rental car once, it was the single most wretched thing ever, very cheap and plastic-y, had absolutley no power on the hills, and I had to drive it from Las Vegas to Denver. Never again.

[QUOTE=RenaFox;51993711]I had a 2015 one as a rental car once, it was the single most wretched thing ever, very cheap and plastic-y, had absolutley no power on the hills, and I had to drive it from Las Vegas to Denver. Never again.[/QUOTE] that's a hell of a drive for something I wouldn't even want to be seen in

[URL]https://vancouver.craigslist.ca/nvn/cto/6028250196.html[/URL] [T]https://images.craigslist.org/00J0J_8WPRX0fzFwf_1200x900.jpg[/T] God i wish i had the space for a dump truck sized F6. It's only six blocks away from me and I need that flathead goodness in my life. I'd daily the shit out of this thing

buy it and bob it

you have no idea how much i want to. Though i ain't got nothing like a plasma cutter or impact gun, so if i were to hot rod it i'd put a modern engine under the hood, give it modern disc brakes, maybe get some real suspension on it and all that and keep the rest as is with a little work to keep it from deterorating. Imagine a fuckin' sleeper dump truck daily driver. It'd also be hilarious if i turned it into a ramp truck and used it to haul the XJ and another car out to concourse car shows. Just the image of two show winning cars turning up on the back of Mater would be worth it.

I wouldn't bob it, just give it disc brakes all the way around and leave it alone. Everyone bobs those things, it's rarer to see one that someone hasn't fucked with with the dump bed still operational. :v: The flathead is plenty powerful in the torque department, it'll just be slow as all get-out.

[QUOTE=Trilby Harlow;51994077]you have no idea how much i want to. Though i ain't got nothing like a plasma cutter or impact gun, so if i were to hot rod it i'd put a modern engine under the hood, give it modern disc brakes, maybe get some real suspension on it and all that and keep the rest as is with a little work to keep it from deterorating. Imagine a fuckin' sleeper dump truck daily driver. It'd also be hilarious if i turned it into a ramp truck and used it to haul the XJ and another car out to concourse car shows. Just the image of two show winning cars turning up on the back of Mater would be worth it.[/QUOTE] Dude, now that you've said it some other mother fucker is gonna do it and steal all the glory of your idea. World works fucking weird like that. For real though, I'd pay monies to just look at it all purdied the fuck up.

[QUOTE=Grenadiac;51994257]I wouldn't bob it, just give it disc brakes all the way around and leave it alone. Everyone bobs those things, it's rarer to see one that someone hasn't fucked with with the dump bed still operational. :v: The flathead is plenty powerful in the torque department, it'll just be slow as all get-out.[/QUOTE] Look, i love the image of the flathead. But on principal alone, valve in block just makes me feel dirty knowing all that power is evaporating into those huge cavities. [T]http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachments/flathead-offset-59ab-jpg.3113202/[/T] Plus i wouldn't go stubby bob levels of butchery on it. By "sleeper" i mean people would be surprised by the fact that it keeps up at all, not a dump truck capable of a 12 second quarter mile [QUOTE=Scientwist;51994260]Dude, now that you've said it some other mother fucker is gonna do it and steal all the glory of your idea. World works fucking weird like that. For real though, I'd pay monies to just look at it all purdied the fuck up.[/QUOTE] Again, if i had 2500 bucks between the couch cushions and literally anywhere i could put it, i'd snap it up in a heartbeat. I desperately want to take it home and keep it safe but i just don't have anywhere it can sit

Hey, there's no better sounding engine than a happy, healthy flathead V8. Who needs power with a note like this? [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWgQUVwfh5k[/media]

[QUOTE=Grenadiac;51994257]I wouldn't bob it, just give it disc brakes all the way around and leave it alone. Everyone bobs those things, it's rarer to see one that someone hasn't fucked with with the dump bed still operational. :v: The flathead is plenty powerful in the torque department, it'll just be slow as all get-out.[/QUOTE] I wanna do this but with an Opel Blitz [t]http://i.imgur.com/ZbHnsXu.jpg[/t]

[QUOTE=butre;51992949]all inductive loads ie electric motors need relays, just a resistive load like lights may be fine without[/QUOTE] According to the interwebs the E36 uses 55W bulbs for its headlights, for a total of 110W or just under 10 amps. That's a lot of current to push through a toggle switch. And if you're trying to run everything off of a single switch... Well, you're gonna have a bad time.

[QUOTE=Gulen;51994863]According to the interwebs the E36 uses 55W bulbs for its headlights, for a total of 110W or just under 10 amps. That's a lot of current to push through a toggle switch. And if you're trying to run everything off of a single switch... Well, you're gonna have a bad time.[/QUOTE] Chevys do it, the switch gets warm but its fine. Only gotta replace it every other year or so. The cops stop you to tell you when its about to fail completely because your marker lights will stop working. Such nice guys.

Yeah in the diagram I didn't really explain it too well. The power splits to the starter, and then to a box that has like 10 relays in them. After each circuit breaker there's a switch. So there's no single switch to the fuse-box except the kill-switch.

Okay I left out the main lights and wiper, as I wont be installing those until next winter. [img]http://i.imgur.com/mL0HWLS.png[/img] Hows this? The pump doesnt seem to need a fuse being at 5 amps. And I like circuit breakers, easy to acces and can replace them while driving.