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chicago said:
I put in for Friday OFF, but Im the only one of THREE open heart people on Friday's, so Im not too sure that will happen. If I cant get the day off, Ill be heading up right after work. That will put me at camp around 8 or 9.
ALMOST ready. Im still waiting on parts for the rear drums...Finding that self adjustment kit for the rear drums is QUITE a PITA! I ordered the kit from NAPA, but the guy screwed up and the order didnt go in till YESTERDAY when it was supposed to go out last Wed. I found all the stuff that I needed at Kragen of all places. So Ill probably be doing that Wed when it all comes in there.
That is one of the BAD things about crusiers.

K
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Get rid of those drum brakes, disc brakes all the way around is the only way to go. I'll tell you more tonight at the meeting.

Mike
 
Dan's right about being ready for the weather. We just got back from camping un in Hope Valley. It wasn't cold, but it was cool the whole time.

I also apalogize for not letting anyone know I wouldn't be at the meeting. I planned on sending out an e-mail but I didn't remember about it until we were in Hope Valley. Now I'm cleaning from the last trip and planing for the next at the same time.:hhmm:
 
flexing40 said:
I was going to call you tomorrow but I see you're on line. Not sure what the blue face means with the sentence. Did you or Mark have any problems getting out and home?

Mike
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I went to bed right after that post.

We had no issues at all in spite of the river flowing down Cadillac hill. I guess you guys made it out okay?


BTW the blue face guy is the LOL smilie. I'll be grinning for at least the rest of this week.
 
flexing40 said:
We started out fine. Got up to the bottom turn and some how the trans is now stuck in low gear. But after a couple of starting issues we made to the staging area with no major problems. We trailered it home from there.

Unloading now.
Mike
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Did you have to leave the rig or did someone come and rescue you?

I hope it's nothing serious with the transmission. While you have the tranny hump out to get the transmission top plate off, grind out that t-case shift gate!:flipoff2:

I discovered a broken shock Sunday morning. There was what looked like brake fluid dripping from the PS knuckle. I thought I had a problem with the brake line. It turned out to be coming from the bottom of the shock. I didn't see any damage to the shock body so the seal must have failed, no surprise since these shocks have been on the rig since I've owned it.
 
rusty_tlc said:
Did you have to leave the rig or did someone come and rescue you?

I hope it's nothing serious with the transmission. While you have the tranny hump out to get the transmission top plate off, grind out that t-case shift gate!:flipoff2:
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We drove it out to the staging area and covered with a tarp to discourage visitors and possible rain. Shawn took me home and Keith brought Travis out. Then Travis and I went back up with a trailer and brought it back home. We got home about 8:30 PM.

Not sure what is wrong with the trans. You can feel it go between low and second. In neutral it won't shift to the reverse side or third/fourth side. It would appear the internal linkage is is somehow disconnected between a sliding rod and the shift fork. Thank goodness it is in low and there went any times we had to back up.

I will definitively modify the shift gate. There was a lot of shifting between high and low 4 and 2 wheel once we were past the lookout.

All in all it could have been a whole lot worse but it turned out good. :clap::clap:

Mike
 
Had a BLAST despite the rain.
I took some body damage trying to fit where the 40's were going. Needed some spotting in the tight sections. Thanks all the spotting and the advice on the trail, sepecially Travis. He RULEZ at the spotter position.
IMO the trail was CHEWED UP since the last time I had run it. It AMAZES me how much the trails change from year to year. Some sections were virtually unrecognizeable. I was really feeling the SIZE limitations of my rig this time around.

Here are some of the pics that I got.

K
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More!
It was awesome to see mike actaully wheel. He is truly an artist at driving even though he is a crotchety OLD BASTARD!:D
The water crossings were DEEP...Tail pipe deep.

K
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Some more!
Big Sluce was MAJORLY different than the last time I ran it.
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last ones
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Great pics and glad to see Mike made a run.:p Hopefully next year, Drippy will be ready.

So let's see the rest of the pictures.

Glad everyone had a good run.

Jack
 
wow, some nice pictures. i wish i could have gone this year, but grades had to be put in for the students. maybe ill try to get my truck done this year and go next year, after, it is 1 year away, i have time...yeah right. maybe ill actually call up metal tech and order my sliders this summer. maybe sometime in the winter, ill call up slee and decide on my lift, 4 or 6 inch along with a few skid plates and i should be close to done. need to finish wiring up my winch and get a drawer system too. then i can have fun with you guys :D

i am glad everyone made it back safe and more or less in 1 piece.

jon.
 
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