Builds My '78 FJ40 "44" (1 Viewer)
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How about a nutria? I saw some pretty big ones crawling out of drainage pipes in the neutral ground along Veterans Boulevard in Metairie. Tasted my first alligator tail and raw oysters when I lived in New Orleans many years ago.
Believe it or not @4Cruisers , got a buddy down south that cooks a mean nutria stew. With all the spices he puts in to it though, it wouldn't matter what you put in it, it would still taste good.
I have way too many years ahead of me to think about retirement but I like to see what I may look forward too.
I'm sure your adventures are well deserved Danny. You may need to start a thread "Danny's Adventures" haha.
One of my first searches when I log on is any new update to your thread, it is always great to see your pictures and where you venture off, especially the "Where's my 40" trivia haha. Its like "Where's Waldo" for us LC guys.
Keep it up and take care my friend.
I'm sure your adventures are well deserved Danny. You may need to start a thread "Danny's Adventures" haha.
One of my first searches when I log on is any new update to your thread, it is always great to see your pictures and where you venture off, especially the "Where's my 40" trivia haha. Its like "Where's Waldo" for us LC guys.
Keep it up and take care my friend.
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We didn't really eat it, Nolen. But, I did say some choice words over it.
Here's the remainder of my mirror.
Here's my new mirror.
I can't drive without side mirrors...
So, I pulled the mirror off of a telescoping mechanics mirror and put silicone on its back and taped it on, with some air conditioning condenesation line tape... it sticks good.
That little mirror allowed me to know everytime somebody tried to run over us, on the trip home.
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Thanks!! I like the "where's 44" pictures, but I couldn't get far enough from 44 and still see her in this trip.
Gotta work to keep our public lands in our public hands.
Otherwise, you youngers won't be able to live this dream!!
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Nope, your friend is much more docile than that hell bird!!
I was gonna return home via the Lunar Crater. But, this heatwave changed my mind!!
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Well, we're home... a week earlier than I planned. We had a great time... one of the very best places we've camped.
Never saw another person, up the canyon, until Fri evening. A couple of speed fishermen came in, untrailer two quads and drove from spot to spot, trying for brookies in the creek. They were there about an hour, then loaded up and left. I expected to see them in a campsite, on our way out Sat morning. But, there was still no one else around.
It's hard to believe how cold an snowy it was, when we arrived, on Mondayi!!
It started getting hot on Fri. I removed the rain fly and we slept under the stars and never got chilled that night. So, I knew we had to leave early to get back to hell as early as we could.
About 65 miles into the trip, we reacged pavement and gassed up in Tonopah. It was already 98* and 44's AC isn't. I had Chester's bed in the passenger seat and the ice chest where I could reach in it, while driving. I would grab a hand full of ice and grope him a bit, before spreading the ice on his bed. He just smiled.
Around Goldfield, Fuel pressure dropped to zero. I switched tanks and continued on (each tank has an electric fuel pump). A while later, it happened again. I switched tanks and continued on.
I suspected the heat (headers usually register 450* on a cool day) was degrading my Pollak Switch Valve. I figured, if it got worse, I'd just bypass the Pollak.
Then, 44 started running rough. I pulled over and popped the hood and found the dissy had rotated a few degrees. I reset to timing, by ear, and continued on.
The liss of fuel pressure kept occurring and it got to where switching tanks didn't result in increased fuel pressure in the gauge.
Sometimes, it would starve the carb... other times (like the last 25 mikes), the gauge registered zero, yet 44 kept running.
So, I'm thinking the gauge sender AND the Pollak are both suspect. I'll figure it out later.
It was 109* when we got home and is supposed to be that hot or hitter for, at least, the next 10 days.
I've got a couple of weeks to get the truck and trailer ready for our summer trip.
Anyway, I haven't downloaded pics from my camera yet... here are a few from my iPhone.
Excuse the poor pics... I'm too tired to fight with them in this iPhone
Golffield in Monday
Ione in Monday
Toyiobe-Humbolt Natiobal Forest, south of Austin, NV on Monday
Never saw another person, up the canyon, until Fri evening. A couple of speed fishermen came in, untrailer two quads and drove from spot to spot, trying for brookies in the creek. They were there about an hour, then loaded up and left. I expected to see them in a campsite, on our way out Sat morning. But, there was still no one else around.
It's hard to believe how cold an snowy it was, when we arrived, on Mondayi!!
It started getting hot on Fri. I removed the rain fly and we slept under the stars and never got chilled that night. So, I knew we had to leave early to get back to hell as early as we could.
About 65 miles into the trip, we reacged pavement and gassed up in Tonopah. It was already 98* and 44's AC isn't. I had Chester's bed in the passenger seat and the ice chest where I could reach in it, while driving. I would grab a hand full of ice and grope him a bit, before spreading the ice on his bed. He just smiled.
Around Goldfield, Fuel pressure dropped to zero. I switched tanks and continued on (each tank has an electric fuel pump). A while later, it happened again. I switched tanks and continued on.
I suspected the heat (headers usually register 450* on a cool day) was degrading my Pollak Switch Valve. I figured, if it got worse, I'd just bypass the Pollak.
Then, 44 started running rough. I pulled over and popped the hood and found the dissy had rotated a few degrees. I reset to timing, by ear, and continued on.
The liss of fuel pressure kept occurring and it got to where switching tanks didn't result in increased fuel pressure in the gauge.
Sometimes, it would starve the carb... other times (like the last 25 mikes), the gauge registered zero, yet 44 kept running.
So, I'm thinking the gauge sender AND the Pollak are both suspect. I'll figure it out later.
It was 109* when we got home and is supposed to be that hot or hitter for, at least, the next 10 days.
I've got a couple of weeks to get the truck and trailer ready for our summer trip.
Anyway, I haven't downloaded pics from my camera yet... here are a few from my iPhone.
Excuse the poor pics... I'm too tired to fight with them in this iPhone
Golffield in Monday
Ione in Monday
Toyiobe-Humbolt Natiobal Forest, south of Austin, NV on Monday
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More iPhone pics -
my snorkel came in handy in these six 1' deep water crossings
Great campsite, with a great meadow for ball and frisbee playing
my snorkel came in handy in these six 1' deep water crossings
Great campsite, with a great meadow for ball and frisbee playing
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More pics
Reese River
Hangin' with my homey
Hiking
Reese River
Hangin' with my homey
Hiking
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More pics
Hiking
San Juan Creek, by our tent
Tard
Hiking
San Juan Creek, by our tent
Tard
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Carter Fuel Pump question for @bikersmurf
Hey John,
I recall you saying you've been running a Carter electric fuel pump for years.
Please read my #2210 post, above, typos and all.
I haven't looked into this yet... But I suspect my problem is with the Pollak switch and, possibly, the fuel pressure sender as well. It seems too big a coincidence, to have fuel pressure loss with both Carter pumps at the same time.
The first thing I did, when this starts, was replace the filter elements in both fuel filters...
Have you ever lost fuel pressure with your Carter pump?
I would have simpy bypassed the Pollak, to draw from my full main think, but it was way too hot alongside the highway and WAY too hot, under the hood. I would have had to wait, in the sun, at 108*F, for hours, for the engine compartment to cool down enough to actually work on it.
... And I won't be driving it again until the it cools down again... Like October?
Thanks!
Hey John,
I recall you saying you've been running a Carter electric fuel pump for years.
Please read my #2210 post, above, typos and all.
I haven't looked into this yet... But I suspect my problem is with the Pollak switch and, possibly, the fuel pressure sender as well. It seems too big a coincidence, to have fuel pressure loss with both Carter pumps at the same time.
The first thing I did, when this starts, was replace the filter elements in both fuel filters...
- I have a fuel filter between each tank and it's associated Carter pump...
- Each fuel pump feeds to the Pollak, whenever it's the selected 'active' tank.
- The downstream side the Pollak feeds through a fuel pressure sender and then on to the carb.
- The carb returns to the Pollak and the back to the selected 'active' tank
Have you ever lost fuel pressure with your Carter pump?
I would have simpy bypassed the Pollak, to draw from my full main think, but it was way too hot alongside the highway and WAY too hot, under the hood. I would have had to wait, in the sun, at 108*F, for hours, for the engine compartment to cool down enough to actually work on it.
... And I won't be driving it again until the it cools down again... Like October?
Thanks!
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Pics from my camera
A house full of horses, on the Shoshone-Yoomba Res
Pronghorns? - WAY too fast for an old man to photograph - by the time I point and click, they are far away - they ran like gazelles!! It was great to see them run across the desert - 0-60 in a blink of an eye!!
Old scarred inquisitive mule deer? I'm no hunter...this is a mule deer - right?
A house full of horses, on the Shoshone-Yoomba Res
Pronghorns? - WAY too fast for an old man to photograph - by the time I point and click, they are far away - they ran like gazelles!! It was great to see them run across the desert - 0-60 in a blink of an eye!!
Old scarred inquisitive mule deer? I'm no hunter...this is a mule deer - right?
Hey Danny. No, I've never had any problem with the Carter in the 21 years I've been running it. It'll pump fuel to the carb even when the tank only has fumes in it.
It's very unlikely both pumps would conk out at the same time. I'd guess the pollock switch, an electrical issue, or vapour lock.
My pump is very low and close to the tanks... where were your's again?
It's very unlikely both pumps would conk out at the same time. I'd guess the pollock switch, an electrical issue, or vapour lock.
My pump is very low and close to the tanks... where were your's again?
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more hiking pics
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More camp, hiking and Chess enjoying shade and water
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Here's a few pics from a previous trip - found on my camera
Chester found a lizard
Chester found a lizard
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Mine are low and near the tanks as well. I have my hard line to the carb wrapped. But, this is the first time I've ran the fuel pressure sender and gauge in this kind of heat - the sender is on the passenger side (away from the headers), but it could be vapor locking - the sender is screwed into a brass T. I'll wrap it too.
Thanks John - you gave me more than just validation!!
