Owyhee's 2+ Ranch 45 LPB

[Owyhee Jackass]

Used some flat stock to set my toe-in.

All done for now. Driver's side is still a bit close to the tire. Really need to bite the bullet and go to 17's and 37's.

 

[Owyhee Jackass]

While I was working on the steering, I noticed the condition of my soft lines wasn't too good. Ordered some new lines from Rock Auto.

Kinda feel like working on my junk has become a full time job lately.

 

[65swb45]

While I was working on the steering, I noticed the condition of my soft lines wasn't too good. Ordered some new lines from Rock Auto.

Kinda feel like working on my junk has become a full time job lately.

FWIW Dan, it took me two YEARS to wade through all the deferred maintenance of the PO on my first 40. My mantra was: it’s a machine; it has a finite number of parts.

 

[NM Frontier]

Glad the pullers helped!

 

[Owyhee Jackass]

FWIW Dan, it took me two YEARS to wade through all the deferred maintenance of the PO on my first 40. My mantra was: it’s a machine; it has a finite number of parts.

Yeah, but all this deferred maintenance is my own...after owning this for 25 years, I think I'm 'the PO' everyone curses.

 

[Owyhee Jackass]

Well it survived a long (by my standards) road trip up to Boulder City this weekend. ~200 miles each way. No top or doors, w/dog. ~90+ deg F, no AC.

Great camping, one hard obstacle that everyone managed. I'd been up here a few years ago in our 80 and it's more difficult now than it was then. I was going to go up this time in the 80 w/my wife, but she bailed, so I took the 45. I took the sliders off the 80 a few years back and never put them back on as I was going to build new ones. I don't think I'd want to tackle this trail without sliders. The 45 is SOA on 35s and I bashed the sliders good going up and really hard coming back down the water fall. Lots of water running down the trail as well, which didn't help anything.

No pics of the wheeling, just camp photos.

 

[redfj45can]

 

[Owyhee Jackass]

Put the top on for the winter. Last spring, after I pulled the top, I printed a new bushing...almost forgot about it. Found it on my workbench, I meant to test it out and print a few more in something besides red ABS, maybe a natural PET. Don't currently have access to a 3D printer though. I need to get one.

This fit nicely, we'll see how it holds up through the winter.

Took it up to Bogus for more ski-hill brush cutting.

Sunrise photo.

 

[65swb45]

Put the top on for the winter. Last spring, after I pulled the top, I printed a new bushing...almost forgot about it. Found it on my workbench, I meant to test it out and print a few more in something besides red ABS, maybe a natural PET. Don't currently have access to a 3D printer though. I need to get one.

This fit nicely, we'll see how it holds up through the winter.

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Took it up to Bogus for more ski-hill brush cutting. View attachment 3753860


Sunrise photo.View attachment 3753859

Dan

I seem to recall that Jim @Downey found an off the shelf nylon bushing for that application at McMaster Carr. He gave me a handful if you’d like to have one.

Still rockin the rack I got from you. Got several compliments on it in Death Valley over this last week.

 

[KT40]

Put the top on for the winter. Last spring, after I pulled the top, I printed a new bushing...almost forgot about it. Found it on my workbench, I meant to test it out and print a few more in something besides red ABS, maybe a natural PET. Don't currently have access to a 3D printer though. I need to get one.

This fit nicely, we'll see how it holds up through the winter.

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Took it up to Bogus for more ski-hill brush cutting. View attachment 3753860


Sunrise photo.View attachment 3753859

Send me the file. My son is in Meridian and has a 3D printer. He said he’d print some for you.

 

[Owyhee Jackass]

Dan

I seem to recall that Jim @Downey found an off the shelf nylon bushing for that application at McMaster Carr. He gave me a handful if you’d like to have one.

Still rockin the rack I got from you. Got several compliments on it in Death Valley over this last week.

Send me the file. My son is in Meridian and has a 3D printer. He said he’d print some for you.

Thanks for the offers, I've got another source to print some more, won't need them until next spring.

 

[whitey45]

I could use 6! Put my top on the other day too! All dried in for the winter( well sort of!)

 

[Owyhee Jackass]

Took the top and doors off...and folded the windshield down for the first time in years.

Dog enjoyed it.

Note the harness, he's tied to the roll bar. And good thing as I was messing around on the drive back and hit a side-hill high mark and probably would have tossed him out if he wasn't attached to the truck.

 

[Owyhee Jackass]

Finally found a deal on some 37x12.5x17's Cooper Discoverer STT Pros on Marketplace, mounted them to some tundra/sequoia steel rims. Had to use a 30mm spacer up front.

 

[redfj45can]

 

[Owyhee Jackass]

Took a drive up into the foothills yesterday to take the dog for a walk and check out the recent fire damage.

We stopped to wash the windshield and get a little bit of gas and ended up driving off with my gas cap on the tool box.

First time in 30 years I've done that. New cap until a replacement arrives.

Interesting note on 'new' caps. I found two merchants selling them for ~$18, no chains. One selling them with a 'reproduction' chain for $38 and one selling 'OEM' cap and chain for $75. Quite the spread. I did have someone steel my cap about ten years ago and the replacement I had I'd found on the side of the road while riding my road-bike. It was an OEM Toyota cap and I'd stashed it for later...haven't found another one though.

 

[middlecalf]

Maybe another bike ride is in store from the gas station to home?

At least you have 5 (or maybe 11) extra gas caps with that new one.

 

[Owyhee Jackass]

I already rode from the gas station up 8th street a mile or two and back, no cap . Although I'll probably look for it for the next few years, just like my dog looks for cats that he's seen in certain yards, every time we go by...for-ever.