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el Jefe
Quick trip report
I broke 8 times (or had 8 repairs?).
Monday it took 10 hours to make it in from staging to the springs. We shovelled for hours and hours. 6 ft high drifts. Deep water crossings.
I broke a power steering mount, Gary welded it. Broke the bolt, BK had one. Backed into a tree after slipping into a tree well, broke my roof top tent.
Tuesday as we were leaving the springs I pulled my tie rod end out. BK welded it. We had to winch several times going up big sluice. Massive bolder / rock movements from the winter. As I was climbing the top corner, we discovered that my carb breather tube was actually preventing it from breathing. Jeff had some tubing, so we fixed that.
Wednesday Jim and I had lunch at little sluice while Gary and Jeff went out to get the run people. BK and Gary decided that this might be the last year that Little Sluice is still tough, so they decided to run it. Mudrak made it all the way, with the only damage being his driver slider (you'd bend too with 6000+ resting on you).
Gary made it the whole way. BK flopped on the way in, rear tire blew a bead.
Lots of snow still on million dollar hill.
As we were going though the water near the top of old sluice, lost my front diff plug. Fixed that, drove about 10 feet, broke my rear pinion climbing a step.
BK called home to get a hold of the Knorr brothers, who had a diff with them. They hauled it in the next day.
Thursday, BK and I replaced the diff. While he was trying to tighten / stake the pinion nut, he asked someone to press the brakes. No rear brakes! BK had a new master cylinder, so I replaced that.
As BK was installing the rear driveshaft, he noticed that the xfer case moved. Found 3 transmission to bell housing bolts loose. 1 missing. BK had a bolt. BK also found 2 engine to motor mount bolts loose.
Started going again. BK blew another bead on the slabs. Ran the rest of the way into the springs.
On sunday I discover that my distributor cap wasn't clipped on. Fixed that. Ran great.
Needed tugs/winching up Caddy, since I was open in the rear. Crag Park helped there. After we left observation, I sheared the studs on the driver rear, and screwed up the rim lug holes. Jim had a set of new studs, still in the Toyota package. BK had som lug nuts. As we repaired the axle, found out that the c-clip fell out, because we didn't install the center block.
Fixed all of that, got to staging, tightened the lugs again. Drove to Tahoe City, wheel was loose again. Decided at that point it was time to exercise my AAA Platinum tow service (200 miles).
Got home about 9 PM.
PS -- I figure I'm a lock for the Bonehead this month. We don't even really need to debate it.
I broke 8 times (or had 8 repairs?).
Monday it took 10 hours to make it in from staging to the springs. We shovelled for hours and hours. 6 ft high drifts. Deep water crossings.
I broke a power steering mount, Gary welded it. Broke the bolt, BK had one. Backed into a tree after slipping into a tree well, broke my roof top tent.
Tuesday as we were leaving the springs I pulled my tie rod end out. BK welded it. We had to winch several times going up big sluice. Massive bolder / rock movements from the winter. As I was climbing the top corner, we discovered that my carb breather tube was actually preventing it from breathing. Jeff had some tubing, so we fixed that.
Wednesday Jim and I had lunch at little sluice while Gary and Jeff went out to get the run people. BK and Gary decided that this might be the last year that Little Sluice is still tough, so they decided to run it. Mudrak made it all the way, with the only damage being his driver slider (you'd bend too with 6000+ resting on you).
Gary made it the whole way. BK flopped on the way in, rear tire blew a bead.
Lots of snow still on million dollar hill.
As we were going though the water near the top of old sluice, lost my front diff plug. Fixed that, drove about 10 feet, broke my rear pinion climbing a step.
BK called home to get a hold of the Knorr brothers, who had a diff with them. They hauled it in the next day.
Thursday, BK and I replaced the diff. While he was trying to tighten / stake the pinion nut, he asked someone to press the brakes. No rear brakes! BK had a new master cylinder, so I replaced that.
As BK was installing the rear driveshaft, he noticed that the xfer case moved. Found 3 transmission to bell housing bolts loose. 1 missing. BK had a bolt. BK also found 2 engine to motor mount bolts loose.
Started going again. BK blew another bead on the slabs. Ran the rest of the way into the springs.
On sunday I discover that my distributor cap wasn't clipped on. Fixed that. Ran great.
Needed tugs/winching up Caddy, since I was open in the rear. Crag Park helped there. After we left observation, I sheared the studs on the driver rear, and screwed up the rim lug holes. Jim had a set of new studs, still in the Toyota package. BK had som lug nuts. As we repaired the axle, found out that the c-clip fell out, because we didn't install the center block.
Fixed all of that, got to staging, tightened the lugs again. Drove to Tahoe City, wheel was loose again. Decided at that point it was time to exercise my AAA Platinum tow service (200 miles).
Got home about 9 PM.
PS -- I figure I'm a lock for the Bonehead this month. We don't even really need to debate it.
...got a couple bruises to prove it.
