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Here's how the day went:
Per Nuzzy's description on another forum:
Leaving camp engine won't start - wire has pulled out end connected to coil
Driving to Funny Rocks and notice front dshaft is wobbly - ubolt stripped holding joint in and was lucky someone had a spare
Climbing a fun ledge at Moon Rocks and the engine is sputtering through repeated attempts/then finally wont even crank - find main battery cable has pulled out of end attached to solenoid/also later on discovered a vac line to the brake booster had pulled free
Fix the cable and start to drive away with no steering - pin fell out holding the ram pin in place so ram was no longer attached
Make it back to Funny Rocks and while climbing a ledge by the tree find that the alternator is smashing into the winch battery cable on the frame destroying it and causing sparks to fly - Electrical tape over the cable and re route it to clear problem area
Continue driving up obstacle and make it up when coolant starts spewing - engine torqued fan into radiator destroying both
Limp back to camp with engine idling (had to since couldn't steer full hydro well enough with engine off) and engine dies coasting into camp - will see extent of damage later with compression test and such
I have the material to make all new motor and tranny mounts but have been holding off til I have time to finish the flat belly. Instead, I put on brand new stock rubber mounts before the trip that I'd hoped would last for another few wheelin trips. Problem was, the actual metal portion of the mount failed. Almost every thing that happened could be traced back to the god damn drive train moving around too much once that mount failed
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Once we were at Moon Rocks, we were attempting to climb one of the rock faces and it kept dying under the load, so we backed off and found this little beauty:
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As soon as we got that wrapped up, we start to head over to the other side of the rocks and loose stearing :wtf: Turns out that the pin for the hydraulic ram had fallen out... after a few minutes of trying to come up with a solution, I suggested using one of the hood pins:
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At this point we decided to just park the damn thing and watch everyone else for a little while:
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Per Nuzzy's description on another forum:
Leaving camp engine won't start - wire has pulled out end connected to coil
Driving to Funny Rocks and notice front dshaft is wobbly - ubolt stripped holding joint in and was lucky someone had a spare
Climbing a fun ledge at Moon Rocks and the engine is sputtering through repeated attempts/then finally wont even crank - find main battery cable has pulled out of end attached to solenoid/also later on discovered a vac line to the brake booster had pulled free
Fix the cable and start to drive away with no steering - pin fell out holding the ram pin in place so ram was no longer attached
Make it back to Funny Rocks and while climbing a ledge by the tree find that the alternator is smashing into the winch battery cable on the frame destroying it and causing sparks to fly - Electrical tape over the cable and re route it to clear problem area
Continue driving up obstacle and make it up when coolant starts spewing - engine torqued fan into radiator destroying both
Limp back to camp with engine idling (had to since couldn't steer full hydro well enough with engine off) and engine dies coasting into camp - will see extent of damage later with compression test and such
I have the material to make all new motor and tranny mounts but have been holding off til I have time to finish the flat belly. Instead, I put on brand new stock rubber mounts before the trip that I'd hoped would last for another few wheelin trips. Problem was, the actual metal portion of the mount failed. Almost every thing that happened could be traced back to the god damn drive train moving around too much once that mount failed
PICS:
Once we were at Moon Rocks, we were attempting to climb one of the rock faces and it kept dying under the load, so we backed off and found this little beauty:
As soon as we got that wrapped up, we start to head over to the other side of the rocks and loose stearing :wtf: Turns out that the pin for the hydraulic ram had fallen out... after a few minutes of trying to come up with a solution, I suggested using one of the hood pins:
At this point we decided to just park the damn thing and watch everyone else for a little while:
