Folks,
A good friend of mine is stranded in Ogden with a dead 96 FZJ80. From his description, sounds like a head gasket failure but I haven't seen the truck. Looking for a good Samaritan, or recommendation on a good shop, to have a quick look and render an opinion. He lives in Durango, CO...
Awesome. Thanks for the news on parts. We'll see what Stephen discovers when he sees the truck and go from there. While it will need paint eventually, our goal at the moment is to get him back on the road... even if the front end might be a bit of "patchwork" for now. He can always have it...
Folks,
Quick intro, I'm a past president of LSLC in Texas but they disowned me when I moved to Colorado :)... anyway, I have a buddy with a son going to school in Bozeman that needs a little help. I spoke to TC Carpenter a few minutes ago and he suggested I add a post here:
The buddy's son...
Will be there Fri and Sat bumming a passenger seat since Nada still has chains and the snow plow attached. Staying/working in Mason this week (starting tomorrow). Sounds like everyone is pulling this together nicely... can't wait to see some of my old buds.
JJJ
Bummer... just realized that post was for Labor Day weekend... :-(
Oh well... durangodds? I still need a dentist and there are several appropriate drinking establishment in this here town. How about an adult beverage? 560-2873
JJJ
It's entirely up to you, but Black Bear is WAY overated as to difficulty. The pucker factor is huge because the consequences of a mistake are pretty gruesome. However... IF you use the pull outs on the swithcbacks and DON'T try to take any of them in a single turn, you won't have a lick of...
Just now stumbled on this thread. Impressive and fun to watch. Wish I had the resources and skills to go this route back when I did mine. I went WAY conservative for fear of building something that would be unreliable. Also, didn't know Gary C as well then or I would have drug his butt into...
I second what Bruce said... home equity is just not a goal of yours! :-)
Congrats on the promotion and move... the whole crew is always welcome up here in Colorado. Just need about 30 seconds notice!
JJJ
Can Texans who moved to Colorado still sign the guest book? Oh hell... if you can name a mule, or jack-ass, or some other barnyard animal after Grogan, I guess I can sign the damn guest book...
JJJ
I'm a little late getting over here to see the pics, but just wanted to say it was a BLAST! Really enjoyed it and it was nice having a little smaller group... good to get to know some folks a little better. Let's do it again...
JJJ