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Be careful out there Don. That CG looks pretty high. Congrats on finishing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Hey Don, if you decide the 35” tires just don’t look right, I can probably find a spot under the blazer for them. They aren’t TOO used so I’m sure we could make a deal. ;)Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
OK, alignment complete and I actually got to drive it a wee bit today.So a couple of strange things happened. I expected some hiccups so i guess they have arrivedFirst of all, the truck did some idling on the alignment rack, then it had a test drive. A little while later I was backing it up back onto the trailer to take it hope and it starts just pouring antifreeze out. I think it was coming from the over flow and I'd say it puked between one to two quarts!Why???I have no explanation as to why that happened. I did have the reservoir topped up really well, so normal expansion may have accounted for the burping of fluid, but that much???After getting home I topped it up more and it burped a little bit, so I'll call that one normal.I drove it around the neighborhood then down the road and back and it seemed normal. In fact the temp gage showed nothing above approximately 180F.Then I grab the pre-Ranger and go for a slightly longer drive and arriving at a country store to buy a peach tea, again, it seems normal, although the idle is way too low at around 500 RPM. On the drive home I romp on it at about 35 and it hit pretty well, then "Boom!" Followed by a strong vibration. I brought it to a stop and looked underneath, and discovered the driveshaft had shoved one of the U-joint caps out of its pocket and beat the other one half way out.I pulled the driveshaft at home and found some damage to the end of the shaft. The U-joint cap bores were no longer round. So I tapped a bit with a ball peen, then forced an old cap into the pocket and straightened that business out. I put two new caps onto the U-joint Tater sold me and shoved all that back into place, installing new U-joint cap retaining clips to the outside seated into the grooves. So, call that repaired, and then the daylight ran out.Through all of that I dropped my new camera and broke it. Yep it died, so instead of working into the night, I was off to best buy to get another new one. This one, you may recall was purchased in March (Short life span)So, I guess I'm a bit rattled at the moment. I can't explain why the fluid is burping out, and the electric fan never came on, and now will this driveshaft hold up???
Turner, it sounds like the cap backed off the driveshaft side not the yoke side. I’ve never witnessed anyone breaking those girdles not that it couldn’t be accomplished by Don....Rotation, we can handle that....
Looking good, Big D! I think Pre-ranger 1 has grand designs of taking primary usage from you. Sleep with one eye open! LOL
Quote from: stlaser on June 04, 2019, 11:08:25 PMTurner, it sounds like the cap backed off the driveshaft side not the yoke side. I’ve never witnessed anyone breaking those girdles not that it couldn’t be accomplished by Don....Rotation, we can handle that....Ok that makes more sense. My first thought was, only Don could break something that has yet to have a reported breakage!
Burping because it's air locked. It will eventually bleed itself out. The temp sensor won't read properly, and the fans won't come on, if the sensor is not submerged in coolant. They won't accurately measure air or steam temps...well they will, but there's a huge delay, usually after it's already overheated.
THIS JUST IN...IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE WEIGHT AND KEEP A LOW CENTER OF GRAVITY ON HIS LATEST EXPEDITIONARY VEHICLE PROJECT, BIG D USES COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF HEAVY WOOD FRAMING TO INSTALL A ROOF TOP TENT TO HIS VEHICLE. THIS PART OF THE PROJECT, KNOWN AS THE TAC-TOP-TENT, IS REPORTED TO DECREASE THE WEIGHT ON THE ROOF BY ADDING 432LBS. AT THIS TIME, IT IS UNCLEAR AS TO WHETHER THIS WILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE PROJECT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR REPORTS OF THIS VEHICLE'S PERFORMANCE OFF-ROAD, AND WHETHER THE TAC-TOP-TENT CONTRIBUTES TO EVENTUAL ROLL-OVERS, AS BIG D NEGOTIATES VARIOUS NEFARIOUS MULCH PITS AT MALLS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. STAY TUNED!
But I got a real good chuckle out of that!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Quote from: rpar86 on June 06, 2019, 02:01:46 AMBut I got a real good chuckle out of that!Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkI figured it'd been awhile since I'd been fired, and I was due. LOL
Yea, come to think of it, I shouldn't fire you because of you serving our nation, and being deployed, in harms way, and all that. But I think I'll make an exception.Yup, fired ya areNot sure for how long...Maybe just until I forget I did it...Anyone disagree?If so, then Sean will get some company ;-))
LOL! I had a Division run at oh dark thirty this morning, and the quoffee afterwards is necessarily strong.
Quote from: cj7ox on June 06, 2019, 03:57:15 AMLOL! I had a Division run at oh dark thirty this morning, and the quoffee afterwards is necessarily strong. I am so glad that I never had to spend any amount of time in Kuwait just the few days it took to get in and out of theater were bad enough.
Quote from: Nate on June 06, 2019, 09:41:06 AMQuote from: cj7ox on June 06, 2019, 03:57:15 AMLOL! I had a Division run at oh dark thirty this morning, and the quoffee afterwards is necessarily strong. I am so glad that I never had to spend any amount of time in Kuwait just the few days it took to get in and out of theater were bad enough. Did you fly through Qatar? I personally would take Kuwait over Qatar, but I was also stuck in Qatar because of plane breakage issues.... for ten days. And then in Germany on the flight for about 7 hours. What a return trip that was! Thankfully I was traveling solo so I was able to be an anonymous blender inner!
Quote from: wyorunner on June 06, 2019, 05:26:54 PMQuote from: Nate on June 06, 2019, 09:41:06 AMQuote from: cj7ox on June 06, 2019, 03:57:15 AMLOL! I had a Division run at oh dark thirty this morning, and the quoffee afterwards is necessarily strong. I am so glad that I never had to spend any amount of time in Kuwait just the few days it took to get in and out of theater were bad enough. Did you fly through Qatar? I personally would take Kuwait over Qatar, but I was also stuck in Qatar because of plane breakage issues.... for ten days. And then in Germany on the flight for about 7 hours. What a return trip that was! Thankfully I was traveling solo so I was able to be an anonymous blender inner!I took a C-130 flight from salerno to Kuwait and we stopped in Qatar just long enough to off load some cargo and to refuel.