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[Megadoomer]

My wife basically had that exact same thing last year. She was in the hospital for 12 days. Every thing was ok after. Hope he can have the same outcome.

 

[abqcruiser]

Sorry about the troubles Ron. Glad you made it back safe. At this rate, all the kinks will have been worked out on your pig, making it the best built, most reliable rig at the Pig Party. I'm looking forward to meeting you face to face.

 

[scrapdaddy]

Thanks Guys for all the concern, he's getting operated on at 1:30 today, so the push to get home was worth it so he had someone with him.

Abqcruiser, don't get too excited about meeting my face, it's so ugly it makes my goats cringe!

I just talked to Georg and the goal is to send him the whole works and he'll rebuilt the transfer with all new parts.

 

[PabloCruise]

I'm not really sure why it was popping out, but it was also grinding gears trying to go back in ( clutch? ). I had met Jason from Redline and he thought the popping out of gear was a shim problem ( preload ) and that might very well be as I can't remember putting any in. Anyway going to start over with a different one and a different clutch.

Update on the trip... after we left the Tent Rocks all hell broke loose, the weather, the wagon and our Son had to have emergency gall bladder surgery. The surgery went bad and he had to be shipped to St. Louis for another surgery to fix the screwed up first one, leaking bile. He is having that done in the morning, so needless to say my Wife wanted to get home. I drove straight threw from New Mexico. Rain followed us the whole way, somewhere along the way my Wife says " you better turn on the wipers " and I thought they are on, her wiper was gone, laying on the hood with the gear stripped out, I drove all the way home with one wiper. Close to 20 hours straight, we're home and I'm drinking a couple of well deserved beers, 3am in the morning.

Sum bitch!

I suffered through a couple of gall bladder attacks before getting mine taken out - those will get your attention for sure! That sure is a bummer that things did not go right the first time.

Have you had yours out Ron? The stereo-typical gallbladder patient has "The Four F's" - Fat, Female, Fertile and 40. I don't fit too many of those criteria... They said I could thank my Dad for passing that on to me!

 

[scrapdaddy]

No, I haven't, but I got hit with just about everything else, all after I retired.

 

[bobm]

That's not what it's about. That Sucks. Just look at the Pig

 

[scrapdaddy]

Update on Son, doing fine. They found the screw up and repaired it, he's comfortable and out of pain, should go home in a day or two.

Thanks Everyone for your concerns and prayers.

 

[bobm]

Awesome.

 

[scrapdaddy]

Here's a couple pictures from along the trip... Parking lot waiting for the first trail run at Moab, didn't have my buddy J Mack with me this year, but found a couple cool 45s to hang with. Riderjgs was there with his 55, but I didn't get do a trail with them.

Camping at Chaco Culture National park, right along side some ruins. Awesome place.

Parked in the middle of Highway 126 according to the map and it only got more remote. Wound up in a place called Hidden Valley and they didn't have any salad dressing. Working our way down to the Tent Mountains.

Finally made it to the Tent Mountains and well worth the drive, really an awesome place to see some beautiful rock formations. Not a good picture, shooting through the window and rain.

 

[LAMBCRUSHER]

just wow.

 

[abqcruiser]

Very nice! Next time you come through New Mexico you'll need to check out El Malpais. It's an area west of ABQ .

El Malpais National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)

 

[bobm]

Double WOW.

 

[scrapdaddy]

Abqcruiser,

I'm sure we'll be back, such a unique State. Trying to navigate trough the three different maps of the State was driving the co-pilot mad. Each was different than the next, two didn't have the Tent Rocks Park on them. I enjoyed the idea of just exploring and seeing where the road would lead us, had to back track a little, but found ourselves smiling the whole time. Great trip!

 

[PabloCruise]

Update on Son, doing fine. They found the screw up and repaired it, he's comfortable and out of pain, should go home in a day or two.

Thanks Everyone for your concerns and prayers.

Was the issue in the common bile duct?

 

[scrapdaddy]

Pablo,

From what I was told, the gall bladder was removed, but when doing so, the Doctor nicked something and caused the leak. I'll know more tonight. Repaired through the mouth and needed a specialist to do it.

 

[scrapdaddy]

Time for a redo, headed out to Georg in Ca. he's rebuilding the transfer case with 4 to 1 low gear and all new parts. The transfer has been the only piece that was questionable when I rebuilt it, so I'm having a pro do it this time. This is going to get close to the Pig Party timing. I'm figuring @ a month to get it back here, doesn't leave me much time. All I can do is go for it.

Kind of wishing I took up golf, instead!

 

[bobm]

Special service tool on wood block . I hope you make Pig party, big reason I'm going is to check out your Pig and finally meet you and have a .

 

[abqcruiser]

Time for a redo, headed out to Georg in Ca. he's rebuilding the transfer case with 4 to 1 low gear and all new parts. The transfer has been the only piece that was questionable when I rebuilt it, so I'm having a pro do it this time. This is going to get close to the Pig Party timing. I'm figuring @ a month to get it back here, doesn't leave me much time. All I can do is go for it.

Kind of wishing I took up golf, instead!



Golf is a lot more frustrating.

 

[scrapdaddy]

Bob, I'm going to do my best. I really enjoy meeting the people I've been talking with for years. I'm going to keep the faith and plan like we'll be there.

 

[xtiaan2000]

I have heard you mention that you did not like how low the transfer case hung. Would you be able to clock it up if you linked the two together with a Black Box? You know that gear splitter.