Japeth the Blue Goat- Hillbilly 62 Expedition Build

[EOE_overland]

Ok good, that's what I was hoping had happened. Seems to be fine now.
Passed my state safety inspection today! Had it on the road for the first time since November. Pretty sad, really.
But it's legal now!!!!

 

[EOE_overland]

Slight hiccup. Day two of return to DD. My gold cruiser had an issue with one brake locking just a hair before the others. It would lock on damp roads, push the brake pedal a little harder, then they'd all lock and is slide thru the stop sign, red light, etc. Definitely unsettling.
So it's drizzling here today and I wanted to try the blue one out for the same issue before the long trip next weekend. Hit the pedal hard going 20-25mph on a vacant damp road. Slight resistance before the pedal hit the floor :-/. Luckily, the H55 makes slowing down a lot easier than the A440! I crept home and swapped back to my Tundra so I could get back to work.
It's pouring now, but the leak is definitely in the LPSV area. Hoping maybe the bleed valve loosened up??!! Any one have leak issues there? Hope to climb under tonight or tomorrow with someone pumping the pedal to pinpoint the link. Thank God it didn't happen this morning on the highway taking my boy to preschool!!

 

[EOE_overland]

Got a good look at it this morning. Turns out the leak is where the rear axle hard line is clamped on the driver side of the diff. It squirts in a perfect arc and hits the LSPV, which was the cause of yesterday's confusion . Appt tomorrow to have the hard line replaced and brake inspection done.

 

[EOE_overland]

Wow, what a weekend! Brake line was fixed and brakes were good. Had the shop change my oil, coolant, transmission oil and diff oil. Wasn't excited about driving 1200 miles on tires in that condition, but sometimes you gotta live a little . Got back from work to pack up and go Thursday to find fuel running down the rear diff. Had topped it off the night before and it was warm in the afternoon. Checked the vent and sender seal. No leak. It was coming out in a steady stream from the top front of the tank. Guess it must be near the pickup?
My Tundra safety inspection expired last week and couldn't get it done with the cruiser in the shop. So we had to take my wife's Audi wag :-/.
Trip was mostly uneventful except locking her keys in the rain Friday morning. I am a hot mess!
Hopefully can dig in to find the leak now that I'm back home and get it back in shape.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Bad timing on the leak Unfortunately I bet it is the fuel pickup tube. Had the same thing happen to me.

Does the tank stop leaking if you keep the fuel level under 1/2? Mine did for some reason.

 

[EOE_overland]

Yeah, it may have been an issue for a while. First complete top-off in a very long time.
Where was it leaking on Moonshine? In the tube itself or where it meets the tank?

 

[GLTHFJ60]

The tube itself had rotted through. Found a used tank from someone down here and swapped them out.