Post your wheeling damage pics (5 Viewers)

[Artie]

I appreciate how a silly joke puts repair solutions into motion. The fact that members here are so quick to help out is one of the reasons I’m here so often.

 

[Artie]

Actually it was just a puddle of standing water I happened to have parked over. But it does help to plan on these as “what if” scenarios. Would duct tape or gorilla tape help? That idiotic (IMO) radiator stop leak? Extra spares for the coolant hoses? Thermostat? I have always given thought to emergency repairs when I go off road, but have never really needed anything, thanks to the reliability of my current LX, my previous LX 450, and my LC 80 series. In over fifteen years of ownership between the three cruisers, only had two flat tires and one stuck thermostat. Ex wife did total one with all kids in it, but that’s a whole other story.

I carry some spare stuff but recently decided to carry spare spider gears for a trip we leave on tomorrow… they will not arrive in time. Now I’m worried I’ll need one.

I remind myself that I gotta drive home and that keeps me pretty tame.

Keeping stringent maintenance schedules and turning the wrenches yourself does help. Keeping eyes on things and doing the work usually highlights weaknesses before they become issues.

 

[linuxgod]

Actually it was just a puddle of standing water I happened to have parked over. But it does help to plan on these as “what if” scenarios. Would duct tape or gorilla tape help? That idiotic (IMO) radiator stop leak? Extra spares for the coolant hoses? Thermostat? I have always given thought to emergency repairs when I go off road, but have never really needed anything, thanks to the reliability of my current LX, my previous LX 450, and my LC 80 series. In over fifteen years of ownership between the three cruisers, only had two flat tires and one stuck thermostat. Ex wife did total one with all kids in it, but that’s a whole other story.

Someone on my trail at COTR last fall had a heater hose T fail mid-way through a trail on his 200. The group looped the hoses to omit the heater cores because one T was still ok, we filled the system with a half gallon of coolant on hand and then another gallon of bottled water. That was enough to get him off the trail without issue.

I keep gorilla duct tape in my drawer and try to always have a few gallons of drinking water on the swingout. Not ideal but IMO the goal is to limp off, not necessarily repair such that you’re willing to make a 2000 mile drive home after a trail. (I also have a pack of stick weld and jumper cables in my drawer because even though I have NFC how to weld I figure someone will or else we’ll drain a pair of 12V batteries trying.)

 

[Artie]

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