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I run a police dog in Western Australia, where the crooks will run the skin off bone to escape capture. On a night shift in February of 2015, I responded to an "offender on foot" incident. The offender had led police on a long pursuit before abandoning the vehicle and running off into some heavily wooded forest.
I arrived and rigged up the dog. We crossed over an old railway fence before the dog picked up a scent and took off with two local police officers in tow. About 100 yards into the track, my duty torch failed, leaving me and my dog stranded in the dark. I called back to the other officers, "My torch is toast!" One of them then made his way up to me while keeping his distance from the dog. Something bounced off of my chest and landed at my feet—it was a 2211® WristLight. I had no idea what it was, but I saw the strap and instinctively went to put it on my head, thinking it was a headlamp. "No, put it on your wrist," the other officer said. So I quickly strapped on the light and hit the "on" switch. The strong burst of light from such a small piece of equipment was incredible and nearly knocked me off my feet as I unintentionally looked directly at the beam. In fact, it took a few moments to get my dark-adapted vision back again.
The hands-free capability of that WristLight allowed me to manage the tracking line a lot easier as we pushed on through some thick undergrowth. Another 50 yards, and the dog indicated by barking at a male offender trying to conceal himself behind a log. The offender sprung into life and attempted to run, but not before receiving a burst of light across his eyes from the 2211 WristLight I was wearing. I was just about to release the dog when the offender, in his disoriented state, ran face first into a tree, knocking himself clean out. I told him, "I know how you feel," as the boys recovered him and put him in handcuffs.
This was my first SureFire experience, particularly with the 2211 WristLight. Awesome bit of kit, guys. I was sorry that I eventually had to hand it back to its owner!
Kyne S.
Perth, Australia
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I was working the midnight shift when a female approached my partner and asked us if we could escort her home. She stated that she had been receiving text messages from her boyfriend asking her where she was and threatening to physically harm to her. We escorted her and, as she approached her front door, my partner and I kept watch from our vehicle. Her boyfriend suddenly came rushing out of the door with a baseball bat in his hand, heading straight for her. My partner and I jumped out and yelled at the perpetrator to drop his weapon. As he closed the distance and ignored our verbal commands my partner drew his weapon and again ordered the perp to stop, but again to no avail. I then drew my weapon and my SureFire Fury® and unleashed the full 500 lumens into his face while yelling verbal commands. The perp, who had only been focused on his girlfriend, finally noticed us and stopped immediately, dropping his weapon. It turned out the perp was deaf and could not hear our verbal commands. Thanks to my SureFire Fury, a blast of blinding light was all the force that was necessary.
Michael Y.
Syosset, NY
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I am a Chinese cop and K-9 handler and also a loyal user of SureFire products. Because of the needs of my job, I always carry one or two flashlights, and they must be SureFires! While I own several models, my favorite is the E2DL Defender® Ultra.
In February of this year, I was ordered to arrest a murderer. He had killed one person with a self-made musket and fled into the mountains. That night, I took my K-9 and two other officers and we hid in a deserted house and waited for the murder suspect to return. When he arrived, I released the dog to bite him and shined my Defender flashlight at him with its strong 500-lumen beam. I rushed him, but he turned and shot me to the ground. The other officers immediately took cover and began shooting at him, but they missed. My dog saw me fall and ran to me, and when my fellow officers came to help me, the murderer fled. I told them to go after the suspect and leave me to fend for myself, and they did.
I felt severe abdominal pain and was thirsty, so I climbed up to a hidden room, but I dropped my E2DL and it fell outside. So I ordered my dog to fetch my flashlight, which he did, and I used its low setting to illuminate the wound—the bullet had penetrated my body armor and was lodged in my abdomen. I used the E2DL for illuminating ht first-aid kit to find some gauze, then to find my radio and call backup to come and support me. When help arrived, I used the high-output, 500-lumen beam to show them where I was, and they soon found me, administered first aid, and got me to a hospital in time to survive.
Thank you, SureFire!
Li J.
Heng Yang, Hu Nan Province, China
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After a short vehicle pursuit, we pursued four offenders into a house, and while we quickly secured the first three, the fourth seemed to have eluded us. Two of my team searched the rear yard with their standard-issue flashlights and cleared the yard. I was convinced he had not left the property, so I searched the backyard with my E2D LED Defender® Ultra.
The backyard was the usual overgrown jungle, with thick bushes around the fence line. As I searched the bushes with my flashlight's 500 lumens piercing even the thickest foliage, I was able pick out his legs among the shadows, where he had worked himself between the fence and the thick bushes. We were able to disarm him of his knife and arrest him, a fugitive we had been after for two weeks. We were also able to recover valuable stolen property that he'd concealed with him.
Without my Defender, he would have sat out our search, not been arrested that night, and continued his meth-fueled crime spree, creating more and more victims in the process. Thanks, SureFire.
Gavin M.
Anglesea, Victoria, Austrailia
See the E2 LED Defender® Ultra flaslight:E2DLU-A
Around 0100 hours, I rode with my partner to the scene where a burglary had been committed. We arrived at the scene, and the suspect had already fled on foot and was heading down another street. As a deputy arrived on scene to back us up, dispatch advised us that another homeowner had located the suspect. We got back in our patrol car and sped to the street that he was on.
I dismounted from the patrol car and bolted down the alley where the homeowner had last seen the suspect. My other-brand flashlight was already dying on me. I heard the suspect jump into a pile of leaves. I drew my handgun with my Surefire X300® Ultra, which lit up the alley with 500 lumens of pure awesomeness, and I gave the suspect orders to comply. The suspect immediately rolled out of the leaves and onto his belly. After my partner arrived to cover me, I placed the suspect under arrest. The first words out of his mouth were, "All I could see was light... I knew I couldn't escape." The victim told me that she could sleep peacefully, knowing that the perpetrator had been captured.
I truly believe your lights are a force multiplier, and I will continue to be a repeat SureFire customer. SureFire products have served me faithfully through two tours in Iraq, and they continue to serve me as a public servant. Thank you, SureFire!
Nathan M.
Joplin, MO
See the X300® Ultra:X300U-A
I am a police officer with a medium-sized agency in Southern California. In December of last year, my wife gave me a SureFire X300® Ultra to replace the X200 I'd been using for almost seven years on my issued Glock 17. I was already familiar with the improved quality of the X300—I had seen it many times in the field in a variety of incidents (searches, hot-stops, etc.)—but I'd stuck with my X200 because it just would not die. When it started to act up last year, I contacted SureFire, sent it in for repairs, and they sent it back to me good as new. Well, my X200 is now mounted on my SIRT training pistol that I use for dry-fire practice, and it works as good as it did the day I got it. It's a little scratched up, but that just gives it character and shows how well-built these little lights are and how much punishment they can take.
Despite seeing several in action, I was unprepared for the truly superb quality and luminosity of the X300 Ultra. This light is built to the same high quality standards as all of the Surefire products I have ever owned and/or worked with during my law enforcement career. The intensity of the light that this WeaponLight produces is second to none when it comes to pistol-mounted lights. It turns night into day in my little piece of the world. Well, in January, I had the opportunity to put my new X300 Ultra to the test.
My partner and I contacted a subject sleeping in a car that did not belong to him, in the parking lot of a local apartment complex. The car's position forced my partner and me to contact the subject on the driver's side, as the front and passenger side of the car were too close to a retaining wall for either of us to set up anywhere else. As my partner rapped on the closed driver's window to wake up the suspect, I illuminated the rear seat and floorboard area with my X300U. The suspect awoke immediately and thrust his right arm between the front seats, towards the passenger-side floorboard. I pointed my light (and weapon muzzle) at the suspect's right arm and hand and immediately ordered the suspect to place both hands on the steering wheel. The suspect complied, and we were able to remove him from the car without further incident. The suspect turned out to be a parolee with a history of violence, and during the search of the car, I found a semi-automatic pistol tucked under the front passenger seat, right where the suspect had been reaching.
Without the light provided by my X300 Ultra, I might've missed the suspect's lunge for that pistol inside the dark car, and he could've fired at my partner or me. I am convinced that, without the high-intensity light provided by the X300 Ultra, this incident could have had a very different—and potentially tragic—outcome.
Tyrus M.
Oceanside, CA
See the X300® Ultra:X300U-A
I was working an early morning night shift when a call for service came across the radio for a possible home invasion. The caller, a nearby resident, had seen a subject armed with a shotgun approach a man entering his home and then they apparently entered the home together. Upon arrival my partner retrieved his patrol shotgun equipped with a Surefire DSF forend from the patrol car and proceeded up the steps to the front door. I joined him on the steps with my patrol rifle equipped with a SureFire M500 WeaponLight.
Two other officers arrived and I instructed them to move to the sides of the residence for perimeter security. My partner announced police presence and then the door opened and a very distraught female began to scream, "He's in there! He has a gun!" My partner entered the residence, and I raised my rifle and took to the front steps to join him. Then, a single shotgun blast, from just inside the door.
Hearing the shot, I entered the house and encountered the same distraught female who'd opened the door. Moving her behind me, I escorted her out to the front porch. Upon reentry, my M500 allowed me to see my partner to my right, confirming that he was the one who fired the weapon and was not injured. He advised me there was a subject armed with a shotgun in the residence. While clearing room to room, I encountered several members of the family that resided there, but my light's focused, blinding beam allowed me to clearly establish the difference between threat and victim. With that light source, I was able move each of the victims, including several small children, to safety while clearing the residence in an effective manner. The suspect was not struck by my partner's fire and fled the home out a rear door. He was not struck by my partner's fire.
There's no doubt that my patrol rifle equipped with the M500 WeaponLight allowed me to enter and gain control of a dark and chaotic situation in which multiple victims' lives were in danger. The weight of the lighting system did not weigh the rifle down and allowed for easy one-handed operation while using the other hand to escort victims to safety. SureFire products are without equal. They excel in not only quality but in ease of control and weight. My personal weapon systems all utilize SureFire lighting. Your products provide me with security in an otherwise unsecured world, both on and off duty.
Evan W.
Danville, VA
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Early in the morning on July 30, 2011, my partner and I responded to a gang fight and apprehended a couple of suspects after a foot pursuit. After escorting them to our cruiser, we were walking across the street when I turned to see a car coming straight at us, the driver asleep at the wheel. I grabbed my partner and began dragging him with me while sprinting for the sidewalk. Another officer yelled, "Watch out!" just as I was struck in my right side (my gun side) by the car, travelling around 50 miles per. My partner was struck by our own cruiser, which was T-boned by the motorist and spun 180 degrees, hitting him like a baseball bat. Three of the four of us on scene were transported for injuries, and my partner and I sustained severe injuries.
I was able to make a full recovery after six months, but I had to learn to walk, run, jump, and stand again. Prior to returning to duty, I inspected all my duty gear, starting with my weapon and holster. It looked like a very big dog used both as a chew toy. The weapon was scratched up, and my SureFire X300® [since replaced by the X300® Ultra] was intact, just missing three screws that had been knocked completely out by the car's impact. I then inspected my Z2 [since replaced by the Z2X CombatLight® flashlight], which had a cracked lens but was otherwise still working.
I am very impressed and satisfied with SureFire. There is not another product I would use on duty. Thanks, SureFire. You guys continue to make the best! To be used by the best—both here at home and overseas!
Francisco R.
Palmdale, CA
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My team and I (Regional Team North of Boston) were a part of the many teams involved in the manhunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the evening of April 19th. My team was one of the first teams on the scene after patrol officers initially located the suspect in a boat in a backyard and reported exchanging gunfire with him.
Upon taking positions, I found myself on an over-watch position with a State Police SWAT operator, trying to get a view of the suspect. We were in the closest window to him, on the back of the second floor of the house. The boat was approximately 30 yards from us, looking down. The State Police Air Wing had run far past their recommended fuel limits and eventually had to return to refuel.
Several operators from my team and others were using their weapon-mounted lights to try to light up the boat and get a view. Several lights were running low on batteries, and some were just not up to the task. I had recently purchased a SureFire G2X, so I gave my light a shot. As soon as I activated my light, it flooded the boat with light. It did such a good job that it surprised myself and several of us in the room.
A short time later, I caught a view of the suspect's hand as he kept reaching up and touching a wound on his face. From that point forward, I relayed the subject's position and actions to command. We had to watch every movement he made. We had intel that he possibly had a bomb vest of some type on, and we were concerned that, at any moment, he might grab a detonator and activate the bomb we thought he might have with him. But my SureFire G2X gave us a clear and perfect view of him and all of his movements.The situation played out to the point where we could get him to stand up. Eventually he did so, at which point we got a view of his sweatshirt—the same sweatshirt we had seen on him from security video footage following the ambush and murder of MIT police officer Sean Collier by him and his brother. At that point, we confirmed that it was, in fact, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
A negotiator came up to our position and was talking to the suspect, trying to convince him to come out of the boat. Upon the subject refusing to leave the boat, my team, along with officers from a transit SWAT team and a sister cities team used the cover of shields, with the rest of us on over-watch, to make their way to the suspect and remove him from the boat. He was then placed into custody.
I swear by your product and literally do trust my life with it. I preach the benefits of your products from the standpoint of a police officer, SWAT operator, and an instructor. I have used SureFire products for almost a decade and can honestly say that I've never had one break or fail on me.
Thank you from myself, my team, and all the teams that played a role that night. Thank you from Boston.
Joseph T.
Dorchester, MA
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I am a mounted patrol sergeant with a large metropolitan police department in Texas. One night, a disturbance broke out on a corner of the block I was patrolling. As I rode my horse over to the disturbance, one of the suspects took off running. The other person involved in the disturbance informed me that the suspect had a gun. I began chasing after the suspect on my horse, and the suspect proceeded to a dark area on the street where his vehicle was parked—he was trying to get into the passenger door. As I got closer to the suspect, the suspect had opened his passenger door and was reaching toward his glove compartment. I was still about 20 feet away from the suspect, but I shined my P2ZX Fury CombatLight® on him and could clearly see a gun in the glove compartment. I drew my duty weapon and ordered the suspect away from the vehicle. When the suspect turned and observed me with my weapon pointing at him, he moved away from the vehicle and I was able to take him into custody without incident.
Had it not been for my SureFire P2ZX Fury's powerfully bright light, I'm certain I would not have been able to see the gun in the glove box. Things may have turned out completely different for me or the suspect. I credit my SureFire for the safe and successful apprehension of this person. Thank you for making great products and for supporting law enforcement professionals like me.
Jeff R.
Magnolia, TX
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In 1993, I began my law enforcement career as a police officer in a mid-sized southern city. With a very low salary and a large family to support, the decision to buy a high-quality flashlight was one that we made as a family. Since this could be a "lifesaving" piece of equipment, we decided to go with the best, and a SureFire 6R became my Christmas present.
Shortly after the purchase, I was dispatched to a breaking-and-entering-in-progress call. Unbeknownst to me, the suspect, who had significant mental health issues, was attempting to hack his way through the backdoor of a house with a machete. When I arrived, he walked rapidly towards me from the back of the house with an enraged look on his face and his machete raised over his head. He initially disregarded my commands to halt, so I lit him up with my 6R. Because of the ability of my SureFire to illuminate the scene at a distance, there remained adequate space between the two of us for me to initially respond without the use of deadly force. Additionally, this individual was significantly disoriented by my bright light, and this enabled me to convince him to drop the weapon. He was then taken into custody without incident.
Although this happened over two decades ago, I clearly remember the moment at which he stopped and considered his position. It was evident in the varied, fleeting expressions on his brightly lit face. Without my 6R to send out a shield of light, I would not have been able to identify and respond to this threat so efficiently and effectively. They say that nothing good happens in the dark, but a SureFire changes that equation. Since then, I have come a long way in a career where change is the only constant. However, the reliability of this flashlight has not changed; I still have it with me, and it still works perfectly. In fact, I will have a SureFire within reach until the day I die—because this "lifesaving" piece of equipment ensured that day wasn't 20 years ago.
Kevin D.
Davidsonville, MD
My shift partner and I were dispatched to check out a group of disorderly subjects at one of the local apartment complexes, known to be a place where drugs are used and sold. My partner went around the front while I snuck in the back to catch any subjects who might run. I pulled up to the rear of one of the buildings, and someone ran out of the shadows when he saw my patrol car.
I gave chase, my SureFire P2X Fury™ in hand. The subject ran out of the front of the apartment towards the woods. Everywhere I shined my Fury, the subject ran away from. He ran in front of a speeding car, and I used the 500-lumen beam to light him up so he wouldn't get hit. The subject darted into the woods, with me not far behind, and upon entering the woods a branch hit me in the face, causing me to lose sight of the subject. I turned off my Fury and waited for the subject to make a move. He did—he was picking up a big stick to hit me with. Just in time, I shined all 500 of my Fury's lumens into his eyes, causing him to drop the stick and cover his eyes.
He was taken into custody without further incident. He told me that he was wanted for jumping bail and, if it hadn't been for my Fury's overwhelming beam, he planned on hitting me with that stick, taking my gun, and fleeing. Thanks to my Fury, none of those happened. I never go on shift without it. Thanks for a great product, SureFire!
Jay D.
Seaford, DE
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Recently, my brother graduated from the police academy and accepted a position at our local police station. My family and I were both very proud of him and very concerned, given the inherent danger of being a police officer. To help him be safe, and add a little peace of mind for my family, I bought my brother a SureFire 6PX™ Tactical as a graduation gift. I've personally owned several SureFires and strongly believe that no other flashlight should be on his belt.
One night, while on patrol my brother ran into a dangerous situation late at night during a routine traffic stop. The suspect was driving drunk and also turned out to be violating his parole. While my brother was running the plates, the man stepped out of his vehicle with a baseball bat, knowing his cover had been blown and not wanting to return to prison. My brother, not wanting to escalate the situation to the use of lethal force, took out his 6PX and shined it in the suspect's eyes. The man was instantly disoriented, allowing my brother to subdue him and take him into custody.
Thanks, SureFire, for doing what you do so well. I'm planning on getting my brother the new Lawman soon to complement his 6PX.
Victor P.
Hellertown, PA
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This is the story of my faithful companion. In 1998, I was issued a SureFire 6P® Original when I was assigned as an agent to a tactical narcotics team, in Miami, Florida. Since then, my trusty 6P has made dozens of search-warrant tactical entries, hundreds of arrests, boarded ships, and been in the jungles of South America and the deserts of Mexico. It has even racked up three deployments to Iraq, when I was mobilized with my reserve unit. It is beat up, scratched, wrapped with a little "hundred miles per hour tape," and looks like hell, but it works like the day I first took it out of the box.
My trusty 6P is not only my faithful companion but a souvenir of 13 years of a lot of fun and excitement. Thanks, SureFire, for making a great product that I can trust my life to.
James B.
Knoxville, TN
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While serving as chief of police, in Ft. Yukon, Alaska, I was dispatched to a domestic violence call at 3:30 am—and -36° F. A man had beaten his wife and left their residence, and when he returned, his wife had locked the door and the man began banging on the side of the house with a gun, stating he was going to kill her.
When I arrived, the man was concealed in a shed, in the yard. If it wasn't for my SureFire 6P, I wouldn't have been able to see him—and that he was armed with a 7mm magnum rifle. My SureFire was so bright that the man kept repeating for me to get that bright 'GD' light out of his eyes. It gave me the only tactical advantage I had, since I was standing in the open front yard, covered in snow, under a street light. Unfortunately, things escalated, and I had to shoot the individual when he pointed the rifle at me, but if it hadn't been for my SureFire, things could've turned out much worse for me.
You guys make amazing products that make a world of difference. I have SureFire lights on my AR15, shotgun, and duty belt. And that 6P I used was given to me by my sister the day I graduated the academy—16 years ago.
Joseph W.
Winchester, KY
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I was assigned to the graveyard shift, and happened to be a solo officer, when I was dispatched to a railroad yard regarding a suspicious individual. Upon arriving, I found the suspect, who ignored my verbal commands. I cautiously approached the suspect and grabbed his hand in an attempt to control him when, suddenly, the suspect spun on me and I began to receive hay-makers to the head. I soon found myself on my back, with a crazed individual on top of me, continuing to strike me in the face. As I attempted to block the blows, I heard the gut-dropping sound of "snap" my retention strap on my duty gun coming undone. I reached down with my right hand to my duty gun and found the suspect's hand trying to take my firearm. Now it was a matter of life or death. With my right hand pinning the suspect's hand on my duty gun, in an attempt to prevent him from taking my firearm, I was frantically looking for anything to use as a weapon with my left hand.
I found my trusted SureFire 6P® flashlight and used it to repel the blows to my face. When enough distance was created, I illuminated the suspect with my 6P, which caused him to instantly take his hand off my gun and shield his face from the intense light. I finally had the upper hand and was able to take him into custody. In the distance I could hear the sirens of my fellow officers responding, but I could not radio my position, as my radio was damaged in the fight. Gripping my 6P, which had just endured a hellish battle, I fired it up to signal the sea of blue looking for me. I was contacted weeks later by my patrol sergeant, who told me he received a complaint from jail. He told me that an individual was claiming I used "excessive light" and caused him to be temporarily disoriented. After a few chuckles and a hard lesson learned, I vowed to never hit the streets again without one of your products. Thank you for providing equipment that brought me home safely to my family.
Justin H.
Clovis, CA
See the 6P Original flashlight:6P-BK
My SureFire X300® saved a life one night, back in 2009. I was working night watch about 9:00 p.m. on a cold California night. I got a report of a person in a park lying on the ground in a poorly lit area. I arrived and contacted the person, who was asleep and clearly intoxicated. I woke him up, and he immediately started making threats. He got up, and before I could lay hands on him, he told me he had a gun, his right hand going for his waist band under his coat at the same time. I quickly drew my Glock 22, fired up my X300, and moved to my left. The suspect put his right hand in front of his face to shield his eyes from the intense light that was coming from my X300. Luckily for him, my X300 lit him up so brightly that I could see everything clear as day, and there was no gun under his coat. He ended up getting arrested, but it could've ended much, much worse for him. The light from my X300 was so bright that he had to shield his eyes from the light with his hands, which gave me enough time to see there was no gun and not escalate the force level. I've used my X300 many other times since then, but this incident really stands out to me. I believe the X300 is one of the best weapon-mounted lights on the market today. Thanks, SureFire.
David S.
Oceanside, CA
See the SureFire X300 Ultra WeaponLight:X300 Ultra
As a police officer, sometimes the tool that you use most is your pen. For this reason, I chose to purchase the SureFire Pen II. Not only is the Pen II an excellent writing instrument and sobriety testing tool, with its highly polished tip, it's a handy little kubaton, as well. But by far the best thing about this pen is showing other officers, who are SureFire fans too, how big of a fan I am by owning it. The Pen II may not have saved my life (yet), but it has made all the paperwork I have to do much more bearable. Thanks, SureFire.
Henry F.
Atascosa, TX
See the Pen II:EWP-02
I'm a police officer and work fulltime as a mountain bike officer in an area with a busy club scene. One night my partner and I saw a stopped vehicle blocking a lane of traffic, with the driver out of the vehicle, dancing in the street, trying to impress some woman on the sidewalk. As we came upon the vehicle, my partner made the approach to the driver while I stayed back to keep an eye on the rear passengers. As my partner spoke with the driver, the rear passenger started to move around. I then moved up, in an attempt to get a better visual and tactical position, my gun at the ready position and my 6P® LED [superseded by the 6PX_Tacitcal--Ed.] in my non-shooting hand. The passenger lunged both of his hands under the front passenger seat. As he did, I went into combat mode and explained to him that if he so much as moved another inch, there was a high probability his friend would be cleaning brain matter from his car interior.
The passenger froze but would not obey my other commands. It was during this moment that my 6P LED revealed the butt of a black handgun only a half inch from his fingertips. After carefully explaining to him of the monumental importance of his next decision, and my excellent shooting abilities, he decided it would be in is best interest to discontinue his reach. My partner was able to gain a tactical advantage and pull him out of the car without further incident. After it was all said and done, and cuffs were on him, it turned out he was only 16 years old and thought it would be cool to drive around with a gun. The power and clarity of my SureFire flashlight hands down beats the department-issued lights I've had in the past.
James L.
Waldorf, MD
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I was working night patrol when I received a call about a suspicious noise coming from the rear alley of a local business. When I arrived on the scene, I saw a subject walking away from the business. I parked my marked unit and, as I exited, I asked him what he was doing. Before I could finish my sentence, I was looking down the barrel of a semi-automatic pistol. I ran to the opposite side of my unit and drew my weapon. As the subject gave chase, I stopped and pointed my gun at the subject and told him to drop the gun. I illuminated the subject with my SureFire X300® just as he pointed his gun at me a second time. Shots were fired, and the rest is history.
I truly believe that my tactics, training, and SureFire X300 kept me a few fractions of a second ahead, and alive, that fateful night. I won't be able to get my weapon or my X300 back until the criminal case has been cleared, so I've been saving my money to purchase another X300. I feel naked every night I hit the streets without one, so hopefully I can purchase one (maybe even two) soon. I have stressed the importance of a reliable weapon-mounted light to all of my partners; since my incident, many have purchased one specifically, the SureFire X300. SureFire was a major element in my survival that night, and I hope all of the officers who read this story take into consideration just how important it is for them to have a reliable lighting system. Thank you, SureFire, for keeping me safe, alive, and able to return home to my family.
Rene M.
Brawley, CA
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X300 Ultra
The day I brought my SureFire G2® LED [superseded by the G2X Tactical--Ed.] to the firehouse everyone asked about it-and how much it cost. When I told them the price, they gave me the business about spending as much as I did, showing me their cheap ten-dollar lights that they claimed were just as good as any other light out there. Right. They typically work for a week or two and then go out without warning. Two months after my purchase, our company was the second responding company to a house fire. The first responding company was extinguishing the fire, and we followed behind, doing our search. My partner and I entered a room, where we found a woman lying on the floor, thanks to my bright G2L cutting right through the smoke. We were able to get her out while she was still breathing. I know that, had I been using a cheap $10 no-name brand, we may not have found this woman as quickly as we did, and she may have perished. Your flashlights are by far the brightest and definitely the toughest out there. Real life-savers. Thanks for making such top-quality lights.
Joseph W.
Saint Louis, MO
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Joined: 29 Sep 2004
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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 7:54 pm
Post subject: Dutch Mayonnaise?
My brother-in-law is remembering fondly a particular type of mayonnaise which he says is distributed with french fries by vendors in Holland. He is unable to describe it except to say that it's thick and utterly different than what we know as mayonnaise in the states. ...not much for me (who've never been to Holland) to work with. =o
Could anyone give me a recipe so I could surprise him for Christmas? Thanks so much.
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 12:48 pm
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hi Rainey, here's your very own Dutchie
. Indeed we do have another kind of mayonaise which is served with our fries, we call it "frietsaus', (sauce for fries
) and as far as I know it has a lower fat content then real mayonaise.(ah, talking of the joy of food!!! a few times per year I treat myself to a bag of freshly fried fries with frietsaus, preferably when it's a little cold. You just buy them of a little stall in the street and enjoy!)
I haven't found a recipe yet, but will keep looking for you!
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 10:54 pm
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swan wrote:
I haven't found a recipe yet, but will keep looking for you!
Oh! Thanks sooo much! My brother-in-law is with us for another week. It would be so much fun to serve him some fries with "frietsaus"!
Meanwhile, armed with the right name, I can do a little googling myself.
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:03 pm
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Rainey, I just did a search on recipezaar
Don't know if it's the 'genuine article', but it might be a starting point for you
2 egg yolks
1/4 teaspoon white pepper, ground
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon mustard powder, ground
1 cup canola oil or sunflower oil
1 tablespoon vinegar, at room temperature
1. Beat the eggs in a mixing bowl.
2. Add the salt, pepper and mustard powder.
3. Using an electric mixer, beat the egg yolk mixture at a consistent speed.
4. Add a little oil and a little vinegar on an alternating basis.
5. If the oil separates from the mixture, add a touch of warm water.
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 10:58 am
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One of the biggest manufacturers of frietsaus is a Dutch company called 'Remia' and another one is 'Gouda's Glorie'. They might be calling it 'fritessaus' (elegant spelling
Maybe they are willing to share a secret if you email them?
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 9:11 pm
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I love that you are not only teaching me Dutch cuisine and a bit of Dutch (is that the right word?) language but the "elegant" variations as well. Won't I be swell if I ever manage to travel to Holland?!
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:39 pm
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you would be very welcome, Rainey!
(we would cook and eat lots of dutch food
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Well, I bought a lottery ticket this afternoon, so, who knows? ::she typed with crossed fingers::
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and with the different time zone's we're in I'll know if I win our lottery before you will know yours!
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 5:47 pm
Post subject: Bram Ladage fries stalls
Bram Ladage
fries stalls
That's where I would usually go to when I'm craving for some
dutch patat met mayonaise en uien
(fries with mayo and fine sliced onion.)
I have to agree with your bro in law
, dutch mayo is one of the best mayo I've ever tasted. I migrated to Holland years ago, and have tasted rich american, asian or french mayos...i guess what we have in Holland is the best so far, to dip your fries into.
judy and swan
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 3:06 pm
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we would cook and eat lots of dutch food
Could you perhaps tell a bit more about dutch food? I've been looking extensively for dutch cookbooks last year, and even in THE famous cookbook-shop in Köln I only found one single book "written" by "Frau Antje" (the woman from these about 40 years old cheese-commercials). I tried google as well, but wasn't much luckier either. Unfortunately I don't speak dutch ...
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 4:08 pm
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I've often had fries with mayonnaise (in fact, it's really the only way to eat them, n'est ce pas?
) so don't know if frietsaus is in any way similar to the mayonnaise we like to use.
However, looking at that recipe, it does look like the same ingredients listed on Hellmann's mayonnaise jar. Dordt, what do you think? Is it vaguely similar?
We usually add a bit of Dijon style mustard to Hellmann's mayonnaise when serving it with
oven roasted potatoes
(a not unreasonable facsimile for fries).
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 5:37 pm
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My Mother-in-Law is 100% Dutch so I called her up and asked for her recipe. It sounds 'authentic' because it has 'mustard' (as ejm suggested) in the ingredients. I can't vouch for it, as I don't like mayonnaise...no matter
country produces it.
Dutch Mayonnaise
Makes about 1 pint
3 C Sugar
2 Tsp Dry Mustard
2 C White Vinegar
2 Tsp Salt
4 Eggs well beaten
Thoroughly mix all ingredients. Bring to slow boil in lightly greased skillet at Med/Low heat. Simmer approx. 2-4 minutes, whisking constantly. Remove from stove. Cool to room temp. for a warm dressing, or refrigerate for later use.
Regarding a Dutch Cookbook, I wondering if the same phenominom that affects Scandinavian Cooking affects Dutch. I'm originally from Minnesota, where you can NOT find a Scandinavian restaurant....ever! I'm not talking Swedish meatballs and Old Country Buffet; I'm talking about any regional Scandinavian food. What I've discovered is two things: 1) The food is pretty plain, naturally, so therefore it's more 'home-cooking' than high cuisine, and 2) Most people think a smorgasbord IS Scandinavian cooking. That's like thinking that Thanksgiving is what Americans eat on a daily basis.
Dutch cooking, as I know it from my Mom-in-law is pretty darn basic; in fact, very Germanic, in the way that she cooks. I may be completely off base, but Mary, my m-in-l, told me that "The Dutch just learn to cook from their Oma's and Ompa's; what do we need a book for?" She's 89 years old and learned to cook from her mom, which brings forward recipes from the turn of the century...1900...NOT 2000!
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 4:51 pm
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ejm wrote:
However, looking at that recipe, it does look like the same ingredients listed on Hellmann's mayonnaise jar. Dordt, what do you think? Is it vaguely similar?
well, i know this post is a trifle old, but this subject is something that is near and dear to my shriveled little cholesterol-threatened heart. we've been living in amsterdam for a little over three years now, and one of the food experiences we've had here that has completely reversed a lifelong preference has been: "you gotta eat mayo with your potatoes now". And, as the title of this post suggests, the difference is all about the mayo/saus.
So, after falling head over heels for Dutch mayo, we went back to the US to try and share the experience, and found out that (even though the ingredients may be similar) Hellman's is nothing like Dutch mayo. It's fluffier and oilier, and maybe eggier, and it doesn't really taste like much compared to Dutch mayo or frietsaus. And if Dairy_Queen's mother-in-law's recipe is respresentative of the frietsaus i know and love, i think the sugar/vinegar/lack of oil ratios probably support this.
BTW, we should probably be making a distinction between frietsaus and mayo...the grocery stores here have both, and I believe that the frietsaus is more like the oil-less recipe above, while the mayo here does in fact have oil and a bit less sugar than frietsaus. Maybe swan or another true Nederlander can comment....
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:00 pm
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Good afternoon!
Oh Yum!!! I love dutch mayo. My best friend is dutch and she introduced me to frinkendel speciale (sorry for spelling), with lots of finely diced onion, curry type sauce and dutch mayo... I am drooling as I speak.... I don't like normal mayo, and think I would rather drink oil than eat shop bought. I hate raw onion and even cooked it still makes me have reflux for hours (sometimes days if I really indulge), but in this dish it is just perfect. She hates me because I will have reflux and get to enjoy the taste over and over again (sorry, gross out moment) and she doesn't.
We would go to the dutch shop in the suburbs of Sydney and have a feast and then go through the grocery section and load up on all sorts of yummy things.
I know this is going off on a tangent, but do any of you have the recipe for pofitjes (little puffed up tiny pancakey things - sorry can't remember the correct spelling)? Does anyone know of a dutch cafe/resto or grocer in Paris?
Let us know how the mayo recipe pans out. If it is like the dutch mayo I will make it nexttime I have a group of people over.
Got to go now..... craving for savoury tasty creamy cheesy (last 2 NOT on a low chol regimen...) crunchy soft munchies. I shouldn't log into this site, it does terrible things to my good resolutions, which does terrible things to my waistline
If you cannot feel your arteries hardening, eat more cheese. If you can, drink more red wine. Diet is just "die" with a "t" on the end. Exercise is walking into the kitchen.
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He said they say less than an inch of snow at the forecast office in Newport and snow accumulations ranged from an inch to an inch and a half in parts of Onslow County.
Roads are clear throughout the area but motorists are urged to use caution, particularly tonight when any standing water remaining in isolated areas could freeze again as temperatures drop into the 20s.
Warren Wethington, county maintenance engineer for the N.C. Department of Transportation, said crews were out overnight and Sunday morning spreading a salt mixture on spots around the county where there were icy patches, including areas like the Sewell bridge on the Jacksonville bypass and the Northeast bridge in the Richlands area.
�Conditions should be improving but we recommend using caution on the roads. There�s a possibility that some places still holding water could freeze tonight,� Wethington said.


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Bail set at $10,000 after arraignment of Annie Dookhan, chemist in state drug lab scandal
In a dramatic scene captured by a Globe videographer, state troopers arrived at Annie Dookhan's home today in Franklin and arrested her.
The chemist at the heart of the state drug lab scandal that has sent shock waves through the Massachusetts criminal justice system would alter drug samples, sprinkling real cocaine in with a non-drug substance in order to make the test turn out positive, a prosecutor said today in court.
Annie Dookhan also admitted she would grab a pile of 25 samples, test about five, and then list them all as positive, said Assistant Attorney General John Varner.
Varner spoke as Dookhan, whose mishandling of evidence over a multi-year period may ultimately undo thousands of drug convictions, was arraigned in Boston Municipal Court.
Judge Mark Summerville set bail at $10,000, which her attorney said she expected to post today. Once free on bail, she must turn over her passport and wear a GPS monitoring device. She can have no contact with her former colleagues and must be in her house from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Another hearing was set for Dec. 3.
Dookhan's family and defense attorney left the courthouse without commenting.
Dookhan was arrested by State Police at her Franklin home this morning. She faces two counts of obstruction of justice and one count of falsifying her academic records.
"This is the beginning,'' Coakley said, noting that Dookhan faces more than 20 years in prison if given the maximum for the obstruction of justice charges and 2½ years for falsifying her academic record. "This is not the end of the charging. … Her actions totally turned the system on its head.''
Coakley said that Dookhan has cooperated with investigators, and the only motive that has so far emerged for her actions was Dookhan's goal to be considered an effective worker at the Jamaica Plain drug lab.
"We have not identified a motive,'' Coakley said, noting that in other cases of evidence mishandling suspects had drug problems or needed money.
Coakley said she did not currently anticipate criminal charges being filed against any of Dookhan's co-workers at the now-closed Department of Public Health lab, but also said a sweeping investigation into the lab was underway.
Coakley said defendants were tried based on tainted evidence and the public as a whole has been victimized by Dookhan. "People absolutely deserve a system they can trust,'' Coakley said, adding that repairing that trust "is going to take time and it's going to be a complicated project.''
In Franklin this morning, a handcuffed Dookhan walked out of her home and into a police cruiser, as a large group of reporters looked on.
Dookhan wore glasses, her hair in a ponytail. She wore jeans and a gray sweatshirt. She did not say anything to the media. Before the cruiser drove away, her husband stepped out of the house, spoke briefly to a state trooper, and returned inside.
Dookhan is charged with lying about the integrity of drug evidence she analyzed in two instances and lying under oath about having a master's degree in chemistry, the attorney general's office said in a statement.
According to State Police reports obtained this week by the Globe, Dookhan has admitted to improperly removing drug evidence from storage, forging colleagues' signatures, and not performing proper tests on drug evidence for "two or three years.''
State Police have warned defense attorneys and prosecutors in eastern Massachusetts that Dookhan tested 60,000 drug samples involving 34,000 criminal cases during her nine-year career in the now-closed Department of Public Health drug lab.
Authorities say 1,141 people are serving drug-related sentences in state prisons and county jails in cases where she was involved in testing the drugs.
Prosecutors say that she was charged under a state law that forbids misleading "a judge, juror, grand juror, prosecutor, police officer, federal agent, investigator, defense attorney, clerk, court officer, probation officer or parole officer.''
Dookhan also claimed on her resume — and during sworn testimony — that she had a master's degree in chemistry from the University of Massachusetts Boston, a claim that school officials have said was false because they have no record of issuing her such a degree.
At least 20 drug defendants have been freed, had their bail reduced, or had their sentences suspended, because the evidence in their cases was analyzed by Dookhan. Many more are likely to be freed as the investigation continues by attorney David E. Meier, named by Governor Deval Patrick to determine the scope of the scandal's impact.
Dookhan told State Police she recorded drug tests as positive when they were negative "a few times'' and sometimes tested only a small sample of the drug batch that she was supposed to analyze, the Globe reported this week, based on the State Police report.
"I messed up. I messed up bad. It's my fault,'' she told troopers who visited her Franklin home on Aug. 28. She insisted that she acted alone, saying, "I don't want the lab to get in trouble.''
The fact that a substance seized from an alleged criminal has been proven to be drugs by scientific testing is a keystone of any drug case. Law enforcement officials thus must be extremely scrupulous and painstaking about the handling of seized drugs. Otherwise, questions can arise about whether the material tested is the same material as that seized from the defendant and whether the tests performed on it were accurate.


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To many places to keep a blog. hehe. I normally use MySpace for my more regularly updated blog, though even that's not updated all that often- once a month, maybe every 2 weeks when I'm doing good. But if you want to see that, it's at http://myspace.com/sirwillow
in short, I've beaten back cancer and am now living a bit more normal. My immune system is still struggling a bit to come back up to full, so that's meant I had to cut back on my work. I'm now seasonal at Disney World, and still working as a youth pastor. I'm also taking advantage of the time at home to homeschool the kids, which has been a lot of fun.
and it means I'm finally able to get some coaster riding in again, after not being able to really ride due to either being sick or working to much. Got to spend a couple of days at Sea World riding Kraken and Journey to Atlantis, and planning to drop into Busch Gardens again in the next couple of weeks.
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From time to time a request for a query to "show the current SQL" for each session appears on the internet. It's not really difficult to write something suitable, but this particular request is an interesting demonstration of how much inertia there is in the Oracle world. Here's a recent suggestion of what the query should look like:
select sess.sid, sess.serial#, sess.username, sess.status, sess.osuser, sess.machine, sess.module, sess.event, sess.logon_time, ss.sql_id, ss.sql_text from v$session sess, v$sql ss where sess.sql_id = ss.sql_id and sess.username = 'EFTUSER' ;
The query has an error in it that appears extremely frequently in response to this request. Can you spot what it is ? (On the plus side, the query references v$sql rather than v$sqlarea – so it's not too nasty.)
To force a little break between my question and my answer – here's a picture of the view from my hotel window at the moment. I took this with my mobile phone so the quality isn't all that good – if you can't grasp quite what the image is, it's the snow piled up against my window to a depth of 2 feet (60 cm) at the lowest. The second picture explains why the view looks the way it does – my room was on the top floor, in the attic – the picture isn't all that good because my mobile phone didn't like the cold.
I'm in Sarajevo, and they had over 3 feet (90cm) of snow fall here the day before I arrived; the temperature was down to -23 centigrade (celsius) this morning – luckily it was up to a bracing -10 degrees by the time I got up.
The error is that the join is only on the sql_id and it's possible that there are many child cursors for the same statement in v$sql – and they'll all have the same sql_id. Since 10g v$session has made the child number available as sql_child_number, so the query ought to include a join on that column too.
and sess.sql_child_number = ss.child_number
You may want to do more than just report the current SQL statement for each session, of course and v$session actually has information about two different SQL statements; as well as the sql_id the view also reports the prev_sql_id (and child number) – and you may find it useful to report this statemement as well since (for example) the current sql_id might report a pl/sql block while the prev_sql_id reports the SQL being executed in that block.
A simple enhancement to the query might then be to change the join predicate to something like the following:
and ( (ss.sql_id = sess.sql_id and ss.child_number = sess.sql_child_number) or (ss.sql_id = sess.prev_sql_id and ss.child_number = sess.prev_child_number) )
I'll leave it (temporarily) as an exercise to the reader to explain why this is probably a bad strategy – but right now I'm off to the airport to see if my flight is still going to happen. The weather is much better than when I arrived so I don't expect any problems, but the Austrian Airways wouldn't let me check-in online last night, and doesn't even show the second leg of the journey.
(13th Feb early morning Minneapolis, which is warm and mild at present (hardly below freezing at all))
Valentin Nikotin has covered all the important points in his comments below. The most important one, to my mind, is the one about the execution path. When running any "got it off the Internet" SQL against the dynamic performance views, don't forget to check the execution path and the performance threats before you use it on production. If you modify the original query to use the more complex predicate then you'll find that the optimizer has to do a "full tablescan" of v$sql – which means thrashing its way through the entire library cache hammering at the library cache latches (or mutexes, in 11g) as it goes. This is not a nice thing to do on a busy system. As Valentin points out, you also don't know which statement is the "current" and which the "prev" – and even then, as his example shows, Oracle won't be telling you everything you might want to know anyway (even if you do a very fast repeated sample (a la Tanel Poder latchprofx) of v$session.
Given the warning about missing data, the type of query you need (to get an efficient acces path) will involve a union, something of this sort:
select ses.sid, ses.serial#, ses.username, ses.status, -- ses.osuser, ses.machine, ses.module, ses.EVENT, ses.logon_time, ses.curr_prev, sql.sql_id, sql.child_number, sql.sql_text from ( select ses1.sid, ses1.serial#, ses1.username, ses1.status, -- ses1.osuser, ses1.machine, ses1.module, 'Current' curr_prev, ses1.event, ses1.logon_time, ses1.sql_id, ses1.sql_child_number, ses1.sql_address from v$session ses1 union all select ses2.sid, ses2.serial#, ses2.username, ses2.status, -- ses2.osuser, ses2.machine, ses2.module, 'Previous' curr_prev, ses2.event, ses2.logon_time, ses2.prev_sql_id, ses2.prev_child_number, ses2.prev_sql_addr from v$session ses2 ) ses, v$sql sql where ses.username = 'TEST_USER' and ses.sql_address != '00' and ses.status = 'ACTIVE' and sql.sql_id = ses.sql_id and sql.child_number = ses.sql_child_number order by ses.sid, ses.curr_prev ;
Footnote: The usual proviso applies – this is just a quick script I hacked together to make a point, it's not "production-ready" code.


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Hi all....So, I picked up a 2.8 v6 1982 model with a varajet on it. The carb body is split where someone overtightened the filter housing and leaks dangerously. This is in my new 82 s-10. The emissions controls label identifies it as the CHN series of emissions controls. Someone removed the smog pump, the original exhaust manifolds and replaced them with a set of headers, fouled up all of the vacuum hose routings, and probably couldnt get it to run and began throwing parts at it such as the fuel pump and the fuel bowl filter when they cracked the carb body and disabled their new fuel pump. The truck sat for over ten years when I got her. The has AC, 4 speed stick, non-computerized , great dash and body, but needs TLC....back to the carb...
. I am unable to find the exact model number of the carb. I read where the needle seats are different lengths depending on the exact type of emissions setup?? I noticed the absence of a vacuum reservoir ball under the hood. The vacuum canister itself seems to only have the gas tank vent line hooked up. We are going to a salvage yard to get a "frozen up" varajet to have a lower body that isn't split and leaking this morning for 20 bucks and go from there I suppose.
There are countless videos up on ewe-tube showing smog pump elimination, but none on this particular motor with this particular carburetor. Nor do they detail the subsequent hose routing and instructions on which hoses to plug or merge.
If any carb expert can shed some light on these proper procedures....FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY...then I will eagerly await your responses...thanks in advance..Peace.


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