The misadventures of Charlie Sh*t Brindle Brown (4 Viewers)

[ajax1]

4:88's and lots of hills. But I also try and keep my rip ems under 3400. I know the engine can rev higher but it's also known to blow head gaskets.....

I just ripped mine up Vail pass at 4800rpms.

 

[leonard_nemoy]

I just ripped mine up Vail pass at 4800rpms.

I guess I drove a 3fe for so long that I just don't feel comfortable revving that high

 

[leonard_nemoy]

Got the inside cleaned and vacuumed and cleaned all the glass. Than took it to the glass shop.

I have been fighting the leaking windshield issue sense I got this rig.

I bought an oem gasket and had a highly recommended shop replace the gasket about a year ago.

Unfortunately the leak did not go away. It turns out the shop used silicone in-between the gasket and glass instead of polyurethane.

After a year of failed attempts to fix it with extra sealant we decided to try it again with a new gasket and polyurethane between the glass and gasket and gasket and body.

I told the shop he was okay to use his DOW polyurethane and primer.

I went to pick up the rig today and the shop went above and beyond by sourcing the sikaflex urethane and primer referenced in the FSM.

I have high hopes that the leak will be fixed this time. I think the problem was the silicone between the gasket and glass because the first time it was leak free until I did a 60 mile offroad trip. I actually heard the windshield start to squeek on that trip because I think the washboard road rattles separated the gasket from the glass because the silicone was not strong enough.

Anywase I really hope it doesn't leak this time!!!!

All I got left to do before a bunch of camping and hunting at the end of the month is an oil change.

I can't wait for the elk hunt. I will be taking 24 days off work over the next 5 weeks!!!!

 

[leonard_nemoy]

Finally got around to cutting some of the smaller septarians I found on my neighbors rock saw. Next step is to get them polished and get the bigger ones cut and polished.

 

[leonard_nemoy]

The rig was due for an oil change at just a little over 144,000 miles.

 

[baldilocks]

Do you know who makes Kirkland oil? I don’t. What’s the price? Do they also have diesel oil like a 15W-40?

 

[leonard_nemoy]

Do you know who makes Kirkland oil? I don’t. What’s the price? Do they also have diesel oil like a 14w-40?

Honestly I don't remember the price but it was cheap enough to feel good about changing it every 3,000 miles.

I have been using it on this rig sense I got it with 110,000 miles on the odometer. So 30,000 miles and no problems yet.

 

[leonard_nemoy]

Do you know who makes Kirkland oil? I don’t. What’s the price? Do they also have diesel oil like a 14w-40?

You got me curious now lol.

I found an interesting video on the YouTube from project farm. This guy makes some interesting videos.

 

[baldilocks]

I was interested in who made the oil simply as a curiosity. If the bottle says it meets the API criteria your car requires then it’s good enough. The video was good though.

 

[leonard_nemoy]

Took off Saturday morning for a week of camping, scouting for the upcoming elk hunt, rockhounding, and other adventures.

 

[leonard_nemoy]

On my way out of town I stopped and picked up this septarian nodule I found a couple weeks ago from a rock shop that was able to get it cut and polished for me.

Than I spent a few hours busting open some rhyolite to try and find some micro crystals. Supposedly there are topaz, amethyst, and byxbyte crystals where I was at but I am not sure what I found lol.

Spot the deer!!!!

 

[leonard_nemoy]

More photos

After a year or so of use I am still liking my cargo retainer/sleeping extension thing. It works great for my uses.

 

[leonard_nemoy]

Everybody loves photos

 

[leonard_nemoy]

 

[leonard_nemoy]

Stay tuned, I will be hitting the dugway geode beds on Wednesday!!!!

 

[leonard_nemoy]

Well I hit the geode beds today. Got a bucket full of geodes. Found two about 8 inches in diameter that are really light weight, nice and round, and not cracked at all. I want to break them with a hammer so bad but I will be patient and get them sawed open.

 

[leonard_nemoy]

One of the little ones cracked with a hammer.

 

[leonard_nemoy]

The spoils of war!!!!

 

[leonard_nemoy]

Well I stopped and got the 2 big ones cut on my drive back south.

One of the big ones was a dud but the other is pretty decent.

 

[leonard_nemoy]

Spent 9 days and 8 nights camping and hunting for the ever elusive spike elk, they might as well call them unicorns because sometimes I swear they don't exist.

Packed up about to leave.

The drive out:

After setting up camp I went ahead and knocked out enough firewood to last the trip. When you think your pile is big enough than double it.

Got the old Coleman set up.