Builds Jackie: 1996 FZJ80 Survivor. A rolling resurrection

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So a while ago my ABS light came on and the code says it was the ABS pump motor. This is after the lift and the P315 tires so I decide to do the ABS & LSPV delete (the LSPV was leaking anyway). I did a few leak checks and all was good. Even after bleeding, the pedal was still on the soft side. I could lock up the tires on dry pavement, so I decided it was good enough. I did this in preparation for an upcoming Colorado trip, where I knew good braking would be a necessity. The trip went fine (posts below) but the pedal still was soft and seemed softer upon my return. I'll bleed the brakes again this weekend and maybe the master cylinder, and I'll see what happens. I'm a little concerned its the master cylinder or booster.

 

[chbrow10]

We spent 4 days in the San Juan mountains, staying in Ouray and 1 night camping in Great Sand Dunes National Preserve. I drove Jackie out there and my son drove his Sequoia. My other son and his Fiancé flew in from Austin. It took 2 days to drive out there and 2 days to drive back. All in all, the over 3400 miles of driving.

We did all the popular passes in the San Juans and Medano Pass road in the Great Sand Dunes National park/preserve.

 

[chbrow10]

Great Sand Dunes National Park is the coolest thing, in the most unexpected of places. In the middle of the Rockies is this huge set of sand dunes. The wind blew them there across the San Luis Valley over thousands of years. You can't drive on them, but Medano Pass Road gets you very close, and the road is very sandy in spots. We camped at the highest camping spot on the preserve side (# 5.8), so we could have a campfire legally. No fires on the National Forest side of the pass. The site was about 9700 feet above sea level. I think that was the highest we've ever tent camped.

 

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The only mechanical issues we had was that the Sequoia had a #2 coil pack fail, and for some weird reason my lug nuts got loose on the drive back. So lessoned learned, recheck those every few days when wheeling, and definitely before we drive home.