Hello from Bellingham Wa. I have been a member here since March, lurking and gathering information since purchasing my cruiser. I come from the lowered car scene so having a rig that isnt 5" above the ground makes me feel like I'm in a monster truck. I am slowly learning what she can and cannot do and am having a blast.
here she is when I got her, it was a good long year search until I found a locked cruiser with under 200k miles that i could afford. I got her with 178k miles for $6100 in pretty decent shape.
first thing I did when I got it was flush fluids, replace the PHH, and tighten up the wheel bearings. After that, Took her out with a few friends to the Blue mountain range near Walla Walla WA, and played in some snow, really putting those lockers to use, and blown away at its ability to take me where i wanted to go.
after that, the next trip I was able to make was to Walker Valley ORV near Mt Vernon area, where it became very obvious my first upgrade needs to be rock sliders. luckily I made it out of this situation with only minor scrapes. no dents.
and then this last weekend we went on our annual man camping trip where I got to play in some mud (Evans Creek ORV)
unfortunately after this I learned that mud really clogs the radiator up something fierce, and the rest of the trip was spent going very slow with heat on full to keep the temps under control. but since I needed to pull the radiator out to take care of my now clogged radiator I decided it was a good time to refresh my cooling system with new hoses, water pump, and while I was in there new crank seal, and fix my leaking oil pump housing. big thanks to user Zane for his post about doing the oil pump gasket.
here is how dirty my radiator was after I tried to clean it in the car at a self serve car wash
and that about sums it up to where I am currently. everything is all back together and temps are back to normal and holding strong, with the added bonus of no more slow oil leak.
here she is when I got her, it was a good long year search until I found a locked cruiser with under 200k miles that i could afford. I got her with 178k miles for $6100 in pretty decent shape.
first thing I did when I got it was flush fluids, replace the PHH, and tighten up the wheel bearings. After that, Took her out with a few friends to the Blue mountain range near Walla Walla WA, and played in some snow, really putting those lockers to use, and blown away at its ability to take me where i wanted to go.
after that, the next trip I was able to make was to Walker Valley ORV near Mt Vernon area, where it became very obvious my first upgrade needs to be rock sliders. luckily I made it out of this situation with only minor scrapes. no dents.
and then this last weekend we went on our annual man camping trip where I got to play in some mud (Evans Creek ORV)
unfortunately after this I learned that mud really clogs the radiator up something fierce, and the rest of the trip was spent going very slow with heat on full to keep the temps under control. but since I needed to pull the radiator out to take care of my now clogged radiator I decided it was a good time to refresh my cooling system with new hoses, water pump, and while I was in there new crank seal, and fix my leaking oil pump housing. big thanks to user Zane for his post about doing the oil pump gasket.
here is how dirty my radiator was after I tried to clean it in the car at a self serve car wash
and that about sums it up to where I am currently. everything is all back together and temps are back to normal and holding strong, with the added bonus of no more slow oil leak.
