Ratty2Austin Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 so I limped the wagon home, well, more like i tugged the throttle with my hand using a neon string (provided and installed by Noah and Dave) cause my throttle cable broke on me!! (and this was east of the town of Index, out in the snow!!!) but I was able to wheel it around a bit and even pull Troy's wagon out of the ditch a few times with the string around my right hand! unfortunately for Troy, he only made it a little past Monroe on HWY 522, then his motor decided it didnt like being overheated all day, so it threw a rod or something of the sorts (stoped moving)!!! (we will have pics and a diagnosis when we tear it apart) so luckily for him Connie has AAA, so his wagon rode home in style (kinda like a hurst ) my wagon for some reason decided it wanted to jam itself in 4wd, even with the lever all the way down...??? had to jack the car up and releve pressure on the drivetrain to get it back in to FWD... up in the snow was fun, got to find out how bad my tires really are, and had some fun with the tow rope and dave (we went car snow-surfing!!) I got a video clip of dave being towed by my wagon down the street on his butt!! (hillarious video) anyways, I have uploaded the pics to the usmb album on my section... go take a look!! (Qman- i will have to give you the total amount of pics on CD, there are too many to fit online) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike W Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Hey I've been wondering how it was. I've heard of fly by wire throttle control but never fly-by-neon-string in the snow. Sounds like it made for interesting time. So did Jared make it with his Little Roo on growth hormones? Bring on the photos, I want to what I missed out on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratty2Austin Posted January 4, 2004 Author Share Posted January 4, 2004 btw, it was still a fun trip, despite the issues... I got some of my pics uploaded.... http://usmb.net/gallery/album121 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edrach Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Austin, great idea. Neon cruise control! Just have a few well placed hooks on your dash and loop the string around the appropriate hook for the speed you want to travel at. Cool. Glad you made if home okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooinater Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 didn't get to bring little roo on steroids... but john does have pictures of the maiden voyage, that he took it on yesterday in the snow. the front lsd it is kickin but, dual exhaust with the hi po motor kicking the power. i'll get the pics from john and post them by the end of the week. tomorrow i get to take her on her maiden voyage with me driving in oregon foothills somewhere!! so i'll get pics!! and fill my site full of pics from the whole thing!! i'll try to see if i can get some pics up tonight!! it looks awsome!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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