Haven't seen anything posted yet, so here's the quick rundown.
Daktoberfest was made a day trip due to schedules. Jim Knox, Jason & Norah
somehow arrived before I did, even though they had twice the drive. Ed
joined as well. The mudpit had dried up since July, so Jon and his father
pumped 25,000 gallons (estimated) into it - raising the water level well
above where it was this summer. But, things weren't churned up as much (or
so we thought).
We got some great splashes in the water, and all 3 of us (Jon, Jason &
myself) had trouble at some point in the pit. At the end of my last run, I
had the throttle buried but was barely moving, and the engine didn't seem
to be turning very fast. Must have upshifted. On my first run, at the end
I started getting sideways and when I cranked the wheel to full lock in an
attempt to straighten out, I got plenty dirty.
Jon told us to expect plenty of mud, as they'd had several inches of rain
lately. Got into the woods and things were pretty dry. Unfortunately, as
we moved down towards the ravine, all 3 of us had mechanical problems.
Jason got the Check Engine light in the same spot he did in July and his
t-case kept popping out of 4WD. Jon had ingested some water in the pit,
and his engine was running pretty rough.
I had turned on the a/c as I was getting warm, and after a couple minutes I
glanced down and found that my temp was up to 210! It was only about 70
degrees, which should have been no problem. I also noticed that the truck
was unusually quiet. I have a Black Magic 150 and you KNOW when it's
running - it thunders. But it was silent. At the bottom of the hill, we
stopped to have a look and found that I had no fan blades. I lost all 8 of
them when I hit the water in the pit (I assume).
Made it all the way back to Syracuse without a problem (70 MPH cools
things nicely) except for sitting at the McD's drive-thru, but once I got
out on the highway the needle dropped to where I wanted it.
-- -andy andylevy@yahoo.com Maintainer, DML FAQ - http://www.dakota-truck.net/faq/ http://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/dakota/ '99 CC 4x4 318 auto
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