October 14, 201312 yr Be prepared for some carnage on your body. Also water pump leak or not I'm going. I under stand after all Walker Vally is what inspired me to build my tube bumper. I would prefer not to bend any sheet metal( my rockers don't count their already toast) but whatever happens happens.
October 16, 201312 yr Author I under stand after all Walker Vally is what inspired me to build my tube bumper. I would prefer not to bend any sheet metal( my rockers don't count their already toast) but whatever happens happens. That's the spirit!!!!...... Jeff
October 16, 201312 yr just fix the damned water pump. Pretty sure its just the inlet tube O ring. Its a very slow leak. Been driving a lot it will be fine for one more day. Will have a spare just in case and will fix it after. Which is funny as my attitude is usually the opposite.
October 16, 201312 yr Pretty sure its just the inlet tube O ring. Its a very slow leak. Been driving a lot it will be fine for one more day. Will have a spare just in case and will fix it after. Which is funny as my attitude is usually the opposite. With my luck once I decide that its nothing major and take it on a wheeling trip or depend on it,it will choose that moment to become a major problem.
October 17, 201312 yr I've always found that if you bring a spare it doesn't break. It's always the one spare you forget that needs to be replaced on the trail.
October 18, 201312 yr Well there is good news and bad news. The good news is it runs anddrives. The bad news is there are some major wiring bugaboos that needto be ironed out so Ill keep you updated.
October 19, 201312 yr I am going to make it just not in the outback, I will be leaving bellevue at around 10 so I should be out there at about 11 I have a cb what channel are you guys going to be on?
October 19, 201312 yr We are going to be on either 4 or 5. I will tell Jeff to be on 4 though, because as he says, 4 for 4 wheelin'.
October 19, 201312 yr Just finished getting my car ready, which included 1 1/2 hours of scraping about 100lbs of WCSS15 mudpit out from under my car! I will see you guys in a few hours. Kevin will be following me up. Ready for some good subie wheelin! Jesse
October 20, 201312 yr Author Fun day up there not so much later in the day but wheeling was good........... Jeff
October 20, 201312 yr "I hate you all"....... channel 4 , plus 4 wheelin , equals 44. Edited October 20, 201312 yr by monstaru
October 20, 201312 yr https://www.facebook.com/NathanielAllenMartin/media_set?set=a.10202339745166018.1073741833.1563767620&type=3
October 21, 201312 yr For those of you who have never been to Jeff's house(one eye), you probally could use google earth and find Mt vernon,then find the house with more subarus than square feet of yard and its probally his house. "one of these things is not like the others..." I was driving the jetta because it was cheap on gas and reliable enough to get me there and back. Our group at GI Joes. Scott caught up to us at the gas station and here is his legacy Most of my pics are when we stopped You can check them out on my facebook or photobucket,I did however get a couple action shots. Here's scott giving it hell up a hill Heres kevin getting a few more dents here is the rock sans cars. Towards the end of the day kevin's steering shaft started breaking.On the way back down it broke and he clogged up the trail a little bit.This cool 4 runner found us. We also found some some creepy crawly atoyots heres one doing it thing creepy crawling... https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=452104994906845&set=vb.100003220448946&type=2&theater
October 21, 201312 yr No dents on that rock for me! I did squish my rockers in the gravel pit though. I'm geussing it was when Scott and I took seperate hill climbs that ended up in the same hole at the top. The car did awesome despite having only mild AT's on it. That was of course until the welds broke on my steering shaft. Luckily it was near the end of the day. The second tie wire fix was better than the first, enough to get me to the parking lot. A big thanks to Rick for welding it up for me and helping me get it back in. Steering is super solid now! I'm still going to weld up a spare... just in case.
October 21, 201312 yr Damage Report Bent Rear Bumper (High Lift, As If It Wasn't Already Toast) Bent Front Bumper (From High Lift) Crushed Passenger Side Exhaust Dented Oil Filter Crushed Passenger Front Door and Rocker (More So Then Before) Also a Axle Stub, But That Was A Pre Existing Condition. Fixes Before Next Trip Maxima Alternator (Mines Finally Dying) Replace Water Pump Oil Change Rear Diff Oil Change Bumpers Skid Plate (Long Overdue) Brakes More Wheel Well Bashing Besides Kevin's steering shaft and Roberts Fender/Bumper issues we did pretty good. It was a fun trip up above the clouds.
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