Took Oliver out for its maiden voyage yesterday.
Wheeling-wise the thing is awesome. Minus one low/low jaunt through a trail filter in which the truck walked through flawlessly, I spent the day wheeling in 2hi. By the end of the day I realized this wasn't a great idea as my engine and tranny temps kept getting pretty high, but it showed me how well the truck really does.
At the beginning of the run I had to remove the brake pedal and adjust the booster mount as the brakes were dragging, but most of the rest of the day went pretty well. The reason I say most is that mid trail late in the day, the truck would keep leaning out and dying. At first I thought perhaps the angle was starving it, but when I got it level again it would do the same. We got the rig back to the bottom of the trail and tested to see if fuel was getting to the carb (it was), but I noticed the fuel filter on the Qjet was clogged pretty bad. Now, there was maybe ten hours on this filter so I think I need to drain the tank from the bottom and filter the fuel. The bigger issue though was that as I was trying to reinstall the filter housing, the threads stripped (a common Qjet issue) and I was unable to restart the truck. My friend graciously towed me back to my trailer and I was able to get it home without issue.
I'm going to fix the Qjet, and redo the fuel line adding VW inline filters between the tank and fuel pump. The VW filters are awesome as they're cheap, see through, and available anywhere.
I also need to replace the low pressure hose on my power steering as it developed a leak and sprayed everywhere.
For a first day out I have to say things went remarkably well and my repair list is very short. I'm also happy to say the list doesn't include anything I did during my build.
Pictures will come later. I ran my phone over taking the little dude to school friday, and the batteries for my camera were not charged. My oldest son and my wheeling buddy both had cameras though and I'll post those once they're shared with me.
