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Death Valley Nov. 2021 1/8

Took the family to death valley for thanksgiving week, as the kids had 10 days off from school. We rallied and met our typical crack-of ten timeline and got on the road a bit after breakfast Friday morning. Headed west on I-70..

We fueled up the rig and bellies near Salina and saw this unfortunate aftermath ...

Then we busted over, skirting Vegas and headed to Beatty for a nap in a rad 70's era motel. Spotted this friend staying there too!

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Saturday morning, en route to coffeecoffee and breakfast I had to flip a U-ey b/c the draw of ALL THE BOXES of mil surplus!!

My kid scored an extra crêpe for breakfast while I had coffee for my coffee @ Eddie World, the Nut and Candy shop in Beatty.

Fueled and ready, we headed out to enter the Park via Titus Canyon, passing the ghost town of rhyolite

ooh the burros!

 

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Death Valley Nov. 2021 2/8

Rhyolite has it's interesting boom-bust history:

We enjoyed the comparison of a 5,000+ person gold-rush town at the turn of the 20th century with our tourist-driven (formerly mining-driven) 5,000+ person early 21st century town. 18 grocery stores!!!!!! 8-0

There are cool and funky things at the Rhyolite townsite!!

And the first spotting of many sweet rigs!

 

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Death Valley Nov. 2021 3/8

The Titus canyon route begins by passing White the Red mountain passes

and viewing and visiting mining tests and/or burros (user beware ;p)

On to the the townsite of Leadfield, and moar rad rigs.

.... and on to Titus

radness!

 

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Death Valley Nov. 2021 4/8

Exiting Titus canyon, we behold Death Valley (actually dad, it's really a basin )

And with coincident timing and the power of some communication, were met by @Lifted!!

Went for a hike and met a friend

 

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Death Valley Nov. 2021 5/8


We ventured to the playa and racetrack

While bedded down for lunch a crew of GXs (maybe/probably a GXOR crew?) rolled by and said 'Hi"

We headed over Lippencott mine trail through Saline valley, @ lifted and I parted ways @ South Pass and we continued on over Hunter Mt back to Mesquite prings CG via teakettle junction (and lost burro mine)

 

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Death Valley Nov. 2021 6/8

Monday we moved camp to Texas Springs CG and luckily scored a tent-only spot. They filled up very shortly after we got a spot.

En route we did some frolicking in the Dune Sea of the desert planet Tatooine, then hit the VC.

and about a quart of gas

Sunsets were had, post full moon night sky viewing and great temps!

 

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Death Valley Nov. 2021 7/8

We visited Badwater basin, where kid got his Jr Ranger badge

We went to Natural Bridge, second Dip canyon and the artist's palate

for Artoo's arroyo!

Desolation canyon was rad (Banthas and sand people have been there

 

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Death Valley Nov. 2021 8/8

There was a breezy day so we hiked up Marble canyon of the backpacker's loop, Marble-Cottonwood.

Ravens can be chatty

and on to Salt Water creek for pupfish

We peered in to the the back-filled lightsaber in the twenty mule team canyon and hit the Harmony Borax works

Again, many sweet rigs were spotted, even luxury SUVs.

 

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UGH!!! (revisit this repair 09/2020)
1.25 years and 14K-ish miles later, passenger Toyota/Lexus part failed.
The Passenger exhaust manifold failed 2 weeks ago.
same nearly circumferential crack @ bend in aft section of manifold, where it heads down to the 1st cat.

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[MoaByte]

It time for a 5.3 liter...

 

[ArBrnSnpr]

That's ridiculous! I remember reading when you had replaced your manifolds, but I don't recall if you installed them yourself or if you had a shop do it. Seems at a minimum the part should be warrantied. Hopefully you don't have to foot the bill on new parts and labor again so soon!

 

[DRANGED]

That's ridiculous! I remember reading when you had replaced your manifolds, but I don't recall if you installed them yourself or if you had a shop do it. Seems at a minimum the part should be warrantied. Hopefully you don't have to foot the bill on new parts and labor again so soon!

Yeah, it seems super lame.
I had the Toyota dealer (closest one is over 90 miles away) do it. I've got an email out and will follow up with a call today. I'd bet 1 yr 10k mile warranty for factory OEM part... I have the old one so I'm Considering welding that up and reinstalling it, plus new bolts and nuts.

It looks like steel tube given shape and welding but wouldn't it be cast iron, given the way it cracked plus I've never heard of a tube manifold.

*Edit*
Lexuspartsnow.com says 12 mo 12k mile

 

[mustyGX]

Time for some Thorley long tubes?

 

[ArBrnSnpr]

Given the repeated failure, I'd be hesitant to install more OEM manifolds.
Might be time for some Doug Thorlys.

 

[DRANGED]

Ugh, yeah.
I totally thought about DT but only had to replace one manifold..

So double whammy that it's the same one again...

 

[DRANGED]

So, let's have a header chat.
Pro/Con of short tube vs long tube.

 

[HomersCanyonero]

If this is unique to you (meaning others are not reporting the same crack), I’m wondering if the passenger side is stressing/stretching the elbow due to movement of the other sections being further apart from normal.

 

[DRANGED]

If this is unique to you (meaning others are not reporting the same crack), I’m wondering if the passenger side is stressing/stretching the elbow due to movement of the other sections being further apart from normal.

Like pass side tired motor mount or something else of the sort (dunno, just trying to brain storm)?

 

[HomersCanyonero]

Torn engine mount came to mind, but was hoping for other brainstorm ideas.

 

[mustyGX]

Like pass side tired motor mount or something else of the sort (dunno, just trying to brain storm)?

Yup, that's what I was starting to think. Check engine/motor mounts and even body mounts on the failed header side.