Badlands Sept 10th???
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It did happen, and I didn't take a singe picture. It was a really great weekend.
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Good time. Great sleeping weather.
I love the small groups, and steffy was a honey badger with that grocery getter!!
My adventure started as I left the badlands (all the true adventures always do
)
After putting a new box and pump on the 4runner. I found out on the way to the quarry that it wasn't fixed. I got to the quarry and removed the ram and capped the box. The steering was perfect after that and honestly Im not sure I will go back to assist.
But by the end of the day as I aired up I noticed a puddle under the box.
So I knew this box had met the same fate my last "new" box met, 3 weeks ago. I think I figured out why.... I assume there is a high pressure and low pressure side of the ram, separated by a seal. If that seal fails, I imagine, it can pressurize the low pressure side of the ram, causing it to seize. But also causing the low pressure part of the box to pressurize and blow the seals out... at least that is what I came up with during yet another drive home spent trouble shooting in my head.
The worst part though, was the ram was my steering stabilizer. I experienced about 5 VIOLENT death wobbles from the badlands to camp. Each one causing me to stand on the brakes and dive to the shoulder. So clearly there were some things up front not quite right. Once I got back to camp I went through the truck, tightened up some shackles, tightened a loose wheel bearing, and added a little bit more toe in. After that I was able to get home without one death wobble with no stabilizer! But it felt very light. Ill put the old stabilizer on and I could use about 3 more degrees of caster.
Also for a while the trans kept shifting, rapidly, in and out of 3 and 4 and locked and unlocked. It never shifts on the highway! I turned off OD and drove for a bit and turned it on and kept doing it, so I turned it off.....later, I tried again and all seems fine....I hate intermittent problems!
My big red bitch needs some lovin....
I love the small groups, and steffy was a honey badger with that grocery getter!!
My adventure started as I left the badlands (all the true adventures always do
)After putting a new box and pump on the 4runner. I found out on the way to the quarry that it wasn't fixed. I got to the quarry and removed the ram and capped the box. The steering was perfect after that and honestly Im not sure I will go back to assist.
But by the end of the day as I aired up I noticed a puddle under the box.
So I knew this box had met the same fate my last "new" box met, 3 weeks ago. I think I figured out why.... I assume there is a high pressure and low pressure side of the ram, separated by a seal. If that seal fails, I imagine, it can pressurize the low pressure side of the ram, causing it to seize. But also causing the low pressure part of the box to pressurize and blow the seals out... at least that is what I came up with during yet another drive home spent trouble shooting in my head.The worst part though, was the ram was my steering stabilizer. I experienced about 5 VIOLENT death wobbles from the badlands to camp. Each one causing me to stand on the brakes and dive to the shoulder. So clearly there were some things up front not quite right. Once I got back to camp I went through the truck, tightened up some shackles, tightened a loose wheel bearing, and added a little bit more toe in. After that I was able to get home without one death wobble with no stabilizer! But it felt very light. Ill put the old stabilizer on and I could use about 3 more degrees of caster.
Also for a while the trans kept shifting, rapidly, in and out of 3 and 4 and locked and unlocked. It never shifts on the highway! I turned off OD and drove for a bit and turned it on and kept doing it, so I turned it off.....later, I tried again and all seems fine....I hate intermittent problems!
My big red bitch needs some lovin....
4rnr said:Also for a while the trans kept shifting, rapidly, in and out of 3 and 4 and locked and unlocked. It never shifts on the highway! I turned off OD and drove for a bit and turned it on and kept doing it, so I turned it off.....later, I tried again and all seems fine....I hate intermittent problems!
My big red bitch needs some lovin....
I had a problem like that. It's a bitch to troubleshoot when it doesn't throw a check engine light. When it became a permanent issue, it was a tad easier to hunt down. 3rd gen wiring diagram helps too
I'll also admitted I wheeled the green machine like a mofo. Took some bypasses around trail obstacles that the others didn't have the balls to
Didn't have the balls to............what? Take the bypass?
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- #127
Dan is unable to take a compliment.
His natural response is negative. When he gets a compliment he doesn't comprehend it and spits out negative gibberish in response to the compliment.
He MEANS...."Thanks guys, I really wanted to show that a competent driver could wield a stock 3rd gen in such a way as to spend the day with built rigs and not slow them down at all. I humbly accept the status of Honey Badger, as it has been bestowed upon me. It has been fun going out with you guys again."
That's what I thot he might have meant....since we showered him with praise & kudos all day & enjoyed his company also
He even earned an event shirt, like a true member of the gang
He even earned an event shirt, like a true member of the gang
So what is this honey badger business? Is it the fearlessness or more of an aesthetics thing?
Obviously NOT a honeybadger, there
I think it might be within the 4 pages of the thread about awesome videos.
If not, didn't mean to waste your time looking
Gumby said:
Sorry, I'm out of my element. I'm like a child who wanders... wanders into the middle of a movie and wants to know...
is that what you guys' campouts look like? Wicked awesome!
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Nah, we import two hundred hookers from around the world, and each camper, armed with only a thermos of coffee and two thousand dollars cash, tries to visit as many countries as he can. The winner of course is named King of Sexual Awareness week and is allowed to rape and pillage the neighboring towns until camp ends.
I won at the last camp out....& have the sore, scab covered, infected penis to prove it.......but hey, can't beat it....literally!
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- #138
Plus the hernia.
Well, yeah, that too!
with an amazing 24.3 seconds in each trailer. Not too shabby.