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Entries from July 2008

Iconic Jeep® j8 offers extreme cargo & towing for humanitarian, commercial & military applications

July 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Iconic Jeep® j8 offers extreme cargo & towing for humanitarian, commercial & military applications

10 July 2008
The production version of the Jeep® J8 was revealed at Euro Jeep Camp 2008, a customer event in Northern Germany this week. The J8 marks the Jeep brand’s return to commercial and military vehicle production with a thoroughly modern vehicle designed to meet the needs of both non-government organisations and government agencies.
“The new [...]

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HHO Part 2

July 18th, 2008 · No Comments

HHO Part 2

Well I’m getting close to actually having my own unit running in the Prado.
Last weekend I had the generator and bubbler mounted and did a test run with the new PWM unit.  For those that don’t what a PWM is, here’s my simple explanation.
A PWM (pulse width modulator) effectively turns the current from analogue to [...]

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There’s Been A Lot Of Talk About MTZ’s

July 9th, 2008 · No Comments

There's Been A Lot Of Talk About MTZ's

Hi,
There’s a lot of chatter on the forums about the Mickey Thompson MTZ tyres lately.  They are quite a good tyre BUT.
The but is that they are made by Cooper Tires of America and so suffer from the same problems they do – chipping.  There’s also another reason for the chipping and that is that [...]

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