"Neil W. Bellenger" <neil624b@rochester.rr.com> wrote:
: Dakota Dodge is finally on the road, back to Maine, thirty hours behind
: schedule,. . . . in a rental car.
: I have a couple of snapshots of the equipment in question but I'll have to
: finish the roll, have it processed, and then scan them. The short version is
: that when you crawl under your truck and look at the transfer case, you
: shouldn't be able to SEE THE GEARS! The final ka-boom was eastbound on the
: Thruway, between Buffalo and Batavia.
: I'll leave all of the details for Dakota when he is able to log on from
: home.
: He was a great houseguest but my wife didn't think he ate enough.
Neil,
Thanks very much for the update on Dakota!
How is your own Dak doing what with the oil filler cap problem?
: Now, on to other matters.
: "BLEAZARD-LIKE CRAWL" ?
: Why, I oughta',
: whippersnappers,
: mumble mumble.
[...]
Heheheh! Yeah, I can vouch for Neil there - the first few times he did
the pit he walked right through it but I noticed later that he went
slamming through it a few times, probably faster than *I* would have! :-)
That, and a big fishtail coming out of the driveway on Friday. :-)
[...]
: Great weekend, great time, great friends, great pictures. Thanks Jon!
You're welcome! I'm glad you could make it! Oh, speaking of the
video, any chance I could get a copy of your footage to add to the
"compilation" tape?
: Four hours of Sunday afternoon was spent with the pressure washer. The BFG
: MT's came off one at a time, and the suspension was thoroughly hosed off,
: and then all fittings greased. My front lawn now has a "mud mound" where I
: did all the work. The AC condenser, the trans cooler, and the radiator were
: all blasted well with water but there is still more of a temperature rise
: then I am happy with. More flushing seems in order.
: I'm glad to hear that everyone will be arriving home safely, with or without
: their truck.
Absolutely. Speaking of which, here's a little update on the Adam
Blaster - I just talked with him on the phone, and he probably won't
have 'net access for the next day or two. I'm going to take his
truck to my dealer tomorrow, and they will probably be able to start
looking at it on thurs or fri. I hope to finish washing it tonight
first though; I started last night and got the bulk of the mud sprayed off,
and almost finished scrubbing it off the tonneau cover before the well ran
out of water - it got a lot of use over the weekend. I filled it back up
today though.
---Jon-
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