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with no safety inspections anymore, you can tint your windows as dark as you like....and they won't fail. however, you can still be stopped and ticketed for it. this does not apply to anything registered commercial...they still get safety inspections.

thing is, in that car, the coolant leaves the engine through the upper radiator hose, flows through the radiator to shed its heat, then re-enters the engine through the lower hose. that's why i was so concerned over a 4 minute heat up time on that hose. that one shouldn't feel that hot for at LEAST 10-15 minutes if you're just idling. yes. you'll either feel or hear a "Rumble" sort of if one of them is making the noise. also, the water pump has a weep hole behind the pulley that will often leak slightly when the bearing starts to go bad......

that used to be stupidly common on volkswagens

before you jump any relays, swap the fan relay with an identical one from another position. use a basic test light at the 2 wire connector at the motor. one should be hot if the fans are driven on.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ this. i work on a small police fleet. i try like a $#%^& to save them money on their vehicles. every single time i tried a shortcut like mentioned above, they ended up having to bring it back to have the shortcut un shortcutted. they're not pissed...they know i'm trying to save em money......but i've stopped doing that now.

sounds like you've got more than one problem. 1. upper rad hose got hot in 4 minutes? as in almost too hot to touch? that's WAY too quick. poss. stuck open thermostat 2. the fans should've come on when the a/c compressor cycled. if not, you gotta find out why. 3. the grinding noise may be bad bearings on the a/c compressor. you could pull that water pump off. they're relatively simple to remove. before that though, remove the belt, then spin each accessory by hand( with the engine off)

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1. check coolant level. cold. 2. fire engine up. turn on a/c. when clutch cycles on, fans should cycle on too. if not, look for fan relay or fuse problem. if they do fire up, then kill a/c. if it doesn't fire up, then you need to check to be sure you got power to it. check the connector too. they've been known to burn up. 3. monitor temp gauge, and keep an eye on fans. they should come on around 210f, and go off around 219f. if you have ANY way to watch the actual data, that would help. water pump, while not common, could go bad. not common on these though. head gaskets are common, as are cracked cylinder walls. thermostat while annoying to get at isn't that hard. on a cold engine, you should be able to have it out and new one in in about an hour.

in order for any firearm to cross state lines as it changes owner, it(i believe) must go through an ffl.

me either........but now i'm hearing/reading in this thread that he's just more of the same old nj bullshit?

i never met the guy....don't know the guy......only got what i read about him on these boards to go by........and from what i've read about him in the past, i'm kinda shocked.............

who is the attorney that did/didn't do this??

i'm perfectly happy with my streamlights that i have at the shop. i've got 2 there that i've been using for 6 years with ZERO problems. i have one in my truck, and i have one at home. then there's the head mounted lights i use too. and the spare smaller lights. and the bar lights.

nationally or just pfrnj?

that's still not a trajectory that would come from a vehicle tire. it's too high too soon. it's like it was lobbed outta the treeline....and considering that there's been reports of shit like that of late......

negatory on that. looks like it was from in front of that suv. the trajectory looks like it came outta the woods near the construction sign.

just an fyi for any other lindenwold residents......yep. we've gone to the online check too. i just hung up with the VERY nice administrator there. she knew me soonz i said my name, and thought sure they'd given me the form. she just emailed it to me.

don't forget.....that guy in north jersey.....the broke into all of his safes.

gonna hafta call monday.......they didn't take any money........

so wait? we all have to do this, regardless of town? i just applied earlier this week in lindenwold. my references already got their letters, and put them in todays mail....but no one told me about doing an online background check......

sorry to hear about your uncle, and glad he's ok now. that said......dude was an illegal. i'd almost guarantee that the guy in the op wouldn't get away with that stuff.

i'll bite, how do you know?

wrongo

wellll....they're PART of why insurance is so high. many other reasons.

i'm not too sure what i want to think of this, other than to ban the fucker from ever driving a motor vehicle again.