CK and rescue

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murf

murf

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This last Saturday some good friends Ive known since high school all went wheeling. One of my friends just bought a new Rubicon and had it built to his specification with 37's, etc, etc. Its like basically cheating when 4 wheeling :rolleyes:. We all went to shake it down then camp - we picked CK to keep in the lower elevations afterwards. Freezing temps at night anywhere higher in elevation would steal the pleasure out of camping.

My other friend is active in the Full size Jeep club with older full size rigs and has a 82 wagoneer that he has a dana 60 up front, a 14 bolt corporate rear, lockers, etc. You may recognize the classic '67 Gladiator front grill and the "chief" emblems on the rear upper quarter.

Both run 37's ..I brought my 33" FJ40. All rigs fully locked, modified supension, tires, etc > What can go wrong?! :D

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On the way up we stopped by Castle hot springs like usual and the 30 year caretaker drove out on her John deer garden tractor thinking the red Jeep was a friend of hers. We spoke for quite a while and after we got her laughing, she warmed up to us. She even invited us up behind the locked gate to feel the hot water coming from the sprinklers with water supplied from the hot springs. She said the hotel and 20 acre grounds were just sold for a low of 1.9 million last year. The top dollar was 11.5 million sold in the past couple decades. The owner comes out with friends occasionally to party for the weekend and then takes off for another month. It was a real treat to meet her.

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Muffler alley looked the worst Ive ever seen it. With some spotting, we all made it up without any problems...dang guys with 37's made me work hard with my 33's :steer:.


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Now the "rescue part". My fuel pump went out just outside of CK and I ended up in a combination of coasting downhill and being pulled a little ways by the big Jeep into our camp area 1 mile west of Cleator. Mike told me he was good at towing, he owns a Jeep and is used to it :hillbilly: (I know, usually the Toyota is pulling the Jeep, right?) <embarrased>

So, the decision was to go ahead with the camping portion of the program and we would figure out a solution to the non running 40 in the morning. Either have AAA come pick it up at the I-17 (not sure how long THAT would take waiting), or get strapped all the way back into town and home (thats a Looooong way being strapped home).

LandcruiserPhil ended up finding out about my dilema and offered to drive up a fuel pump to me. Although I told him not to worry about it, he rolled into camp around 10 pm following our GPS coordinates with a new pump! Cruiser Karma strikes again. Phil ended up staying and enjoyed much food, drink, and great campfire conversation. With a Campteq on the top of his truck, its easy to do ~

In the am he helped install the pump and we all headed to Rock Springs for lunch and a piece of their famous pie.

Many thanks to LCP - it is very appreciated > you are
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below is a pic from the morning right after breakfast of Eggs benedict :grinpimp: thanks to Chris, Tina, and Mike. It seems like the challenging situations are sometimes the ones come up with the best end results.

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Muffler alley is there a by-pass or is this the only way? Haven't been up there enough times to know the names of different sections.

Just be glad your 33" were on the shortest wheel base. Just think having a longer wheel like that Wagoneer. Wasn't 83 that the year jeep introduced their first unibody?

Know it wasn't a Toyota pump was the failed pump stalled in the tank or a inline electric?
 
That red jeep is well done tasteful and really bad ass looking!!

Also, hats off to LCP! His act is the epitome of how off roaders / club folks should be!


Edit: to mention how HUGE the wrangler is compared to a full size SJ. My how we've grown with time.
 
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There is a bypass to muffler alley, which I always take. I dont have the guts to try it! Seems like an awesome weekend, LCP is a great dude!
 
When Phil owned this 40 before I bought it from him, he would always fab up an fuel pump access plate in the floorboard of his vehicles . His idea was from doing a lot of solo wheeling and being proactive in his ease of repair. I don't know how someone could drop a full gas tank by themselves in the boonies?

Of course just by doing so he created the guarantee that he never had to do it. :D

It made it simple to tackle :wrench:
 
Enter by, and head North of Lake Pleasant,
. Come out on Bloody Basin Rd on I17
 
murf said:
When Phil owned this 40 before I bought it from him, he would always fab up an fuel pump access plate in the floorboard of his vehicles . His idea was from doing a lot of solo wheeling and being proactive in his ease of repair. I don't know how someone could drop a full gas tank by themselves in the boonies?

Of course just by doing so he created the guarantee that he never had to do it. :D

It made it simple to tackle :wrench:
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I didn't play attention when I looked your 82 is it still running the stock tank? is the access by the access for the sending unit? I think the lack of a access panel for the fuel pump on the FJ62 was oops on Toyota's part. I've had to change it twice. Second time I only lower the tank enough to replace the tank thru the sending unit access. Not sure if my old hands will be able to that again. While no in the boonies second time was down on the dirt. The $40 I paid for the cheap Harbor Freight scissor style transmission jack was well worth the price, Doubt I could have done it either time by myself without it. I believe the 79+ tank is just as tricky getting from between the frame rails.
 
it is still running the stock tank but had a corner modified to fit the tcase which moved back due to the eng/trans mod. The sender access it still behind the seats and the access for the fuel pump is under the drivers seat. That is a long reach from the sender access! yikes ~
 
Way to go LCP for the rescue !!!!! It shows the commaradere among the folks in this club - great people !!!!!
 
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I didn't play attention when I looked your 82 is it still running the stock tank? is the access by the access for the sending unit? I think the lack of a access panel for the fuel pump on the FJ62 was oops on Toyota's part. I've had to change it twice. Second time I only lower the tank enough to replace the tank thru the sending unit access. Not sure if my old hands will be able to that again. While no in the boonies second time was down on the dirt. The $40 I paid for the cheap Harbor Freight scissor style transmission jack was well worth the price, Doubt I could have done it either time by myself without it. I believe the 79+ tank is just as tricky getting from between the frame rails.
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My 60 had a custom ~36gal tank and used a boat port access to get to the FI pump powered by a TBI350. After 18 years and 175K miles I never changed or replaced the pump but carry one its entire life. The 40 pump was changed 100 miles just before Murf purchased it after 18 years. Only to have failed twice in his short time of owning it.:hmm:

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The pump on the 40 uses the stock fuel pick up access point with a custom gheto FI pump installation. The access under the seat was not flat so I contoured piece of aluminum with cork insulation for a gasket was used. Makes it very nice to access when the tank was a 105% full by others. :rolleyes:
 
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