81 BJ42 - I have to bring it home and pass inspection

[crushers]

the amp meter seems to be working, those 24V units move very little.

love the insulation in the floor, if you happen to pass a hardware store. hot water tank wrap works EXCELLENT on the floor, quiet, insulates, cuts easily and best of all ... CHEAP.

cheers and safe trip

 

[Awl_TEQ]

Had to stop for about an hour and a bit. The more tired I got the looser the steering seemed to get. Wierd eh?

 

[crushers]

slip into neutral and save fuel and noise ...
you did the Choqu? if it didn't die on those hills then you are golden for the drive home. congrats.

 

[Awl_TEQ]

Ok, if the engine is running hot should the fan clutch be locked up solid??

 

[crushers]

the hotter it gets the tighter the fan should be ...
if in doubt then drive slower.

 

[Awl_TEQ]

Can't get much slower. 80kph on level ground and the temp is at the warning line.

The fam coupler is free wheeling. So I manually locked it up (see pic) and idled it up. Temp dropped right away

 

[cody c]

fan clutch was the problemo then I guess. Are they interchangable with the 60 series?

 

[cody c]

I'm heading out Sat morning with the 'burb. Lets meet up somewhere.

Maybe at the side of the Crowchild just north of the Stony Trail interchange.

What time?

Sure, what time? Id be willing to go to ricky's or some other breakfast place before hand if anyone else was keen on it.

 

[crushers]

nice fix

 

[alberta mac]

Congrats ... I'm drueling at the find and adventure your having !
I have a 4 inch lift and ran 33's on my 42 and it looks great. Had to shim the axles for drive shaft angle.

Enjoy
A.M.

 

[BC40]

The fam coupler is free wheeling. So I manually locked it up (see pic) and idled it up. Temp dropped right away

Thanks for posting that pic. Have to remember that for a trail fix.

Nice 42. BTW, If it really was full tank when you left Nanaimo, I'd make fuel stops sooner than you think, since thats less than 200km of flat land highway driving to Hope.

 

[Awl_TEQ]

Hope to Revelstoke on 41.7L

 

[Awl_TEQ]

Just checked my fan and had to tighten both the hose clamp and the fan belt cuz it was sliping

 

[cody c]

Hope to Revelstoke on 41.7L

I heard from a couple sources that a train hauling gold (and maybe other loot) in the early 1900's was knocked into that lake by an avalanche.

The bottom of the lake is covered in silty muddy goo and is decievingly deep so it was never recovered and has been somewhat forgotten over time.

I suspect one day some outfit will try and recover it.

 

[Awl_TEQ]

More pics

 

[cody c]

what? You didnt stop at the enchanted forest? WTF?

 

[goneloco]

Did you make it passed the mud slide near Banff before it came down this afternoon or are you stuck on the other side? Hope so! Congrats on the new 40!

 

[cody c]

Did you make it passed the mud slide near Banff before it came down this afternoon or are you stuck on the other side? Hope so! Congrats on the new 40!

yikes, he might be taking a different route.

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Mudslide+shuts+TransCanada+near+Banff/6966947/story.html

 

[45Kevin]

I don't know.

But if he was in Revelstoke at 10:30, he would have hit Banff before 3:30.

The eastbound lanes are re-opened but the line up must be miles long.

 

[Awl_TEQ]

Just got home. 24 hours on the road minus an hour and a half power nap 10km before Kamloops.

If I was 90 seconds sooner I would have been in the slide. I counted two lanes of about 43 cars between me and 6 feet of mud.

They had a chopper there in less than 5 min and cleared my side of the hwy in 2.5 hours.

My phone died after my last post so no more pics. I had a charger but the socket in the 42 was dead. Prolly 24 volt anyway.