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Old June 6th 08, 04:22 PM posted to rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys
jbjeep
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Default Weekend - was Gettin ready for the weekend!

Came with the winch line. But you can buy em seperately.
http://www.winchline.com/
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-jenn


On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 21:37:50 -0500, "Kate" > wrote:

>>Oh hey...
>>where'd ya get that winch hook?
>>
>>K
>>
>>"jbjeep" > wrote in message
. ..
>>Yea, I kinda like that one myself. He was nice enough to let me hose the
>>worst of it
>>off at his place before I got loaded up on the trailer. Still have some to
>>clean out
>>of the back where is slipped in under the softtop.
>>-jenn
>>
>>
>>
>>On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 10:37:58 -0500, "Kate" > wrote:
>>
>>>>Man, what a gooey, sloppy mess.
>>>>Looks like a pretty place but I'm fairly certain that I wouldn't like it
>>>>quite as muddy. Some mud is a blast, but all mud kinda makes it work.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for posting the pics Jenn. My favorite is the one with Mudball and
>>>>your buddy, showing your custom mud stripes.
>>>>
>>>>Kate
>>>>
>>>>"jbjeep" > wrote in message
m...
>>>>http://jbjeep.terahex.com/Elbe08/Elbe08.htm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Tue, 27 May 2008 09:04:31 -0500, "Kate" > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>Sounds like quite a workout.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Our group petered out. It turns out that Rough Country is having a fun
>>>>>>run
>>>>>>on the 6th of June, everyone changed their minds and decided LAST minute
>>>>>>to
>>>>>>wait till then.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I suppose it wasn't a bad thing, I heard some funny noises under mine
>>>>>>and
>>>>>>Dick crawled under it. Turns out that there was a couple of issues under
>>>>>>there that may have really scred something up if they had come loose on
>>>>>>the
>>>>>>trail.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I dont mind so much because we generally try to avoid doing anything on
>>>>>>three day weekends anyway. Too much booze, too many idiots.
>>>>>>In the neantime, I have everything ready to go except the food bax.
>>>>>>That's
>>>>>>not so bad!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I'm looking forward to seeing your photos!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>K.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"jbjeep" > wrote in message
>>>>>>news:mtqm34hailkpcoei0nlcpghh857djnaaf6@4ax. com...
>>>>>>>>I had to laugh when you said geocaches, I forgot that it's all YOUR
>>>>>>>>fault
>>>>>>>>that I even got into it.
>>>>>>>>I got my GPS and my PDA all loaded up this afternoon. We'll have to
>>>>>>>>swap
>>>>>>>>lies when we get back.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Have fun Jenn... I'll hop a rock in your honor
>>>>>>>>You sling some mud for me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>We only managed to hit two caches. Just dropped some bugs and coins.
>>>>>>It
>>>>>>was fun
>>>>>>tho. 5 of us piled into one truck and went out for a couple of hours on
>>>>>>Sunday.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Saturday we headed up to Elbe Hills, OMFG!!!! I now remember why I dont
>>>>>>like to
>>>>>>wheel on holidays! There must have been several hundred people up
>>>>>>there.
>>>>>>Luckily,
>>>>>>most of them didnt seem equipt to be on the trail we were running. It
>>>>>>was
>>>>>>wet,
>>>>>>slimey, and disgusting (also double diamond trail). The second set of
>>>>>>mud
>>>>>>holes were
>>>>>>deeper than the top of the tub in one spot. All went well, just lots of
>>>>>>winching and
>>>>>>things until later in the day... when I got stretched out going down a
>>>>>>rock
>>>>>>with a
>>>>>>3-4 foot drop, then about 10 feet of mud, then you climb up a knarly
>>>>>>root
>>>>>>wad...
>>>>>>well, 1/2 way up the root wad the Jeep dies. Everything works except
>>>>>>the
>>>>>>gas gauge
>>>>>>and it wont start. It cranks and tries, but no go. The guys dink
>>>>>>around
>>>>>>a
>>>>>>while.
>>>>>>Figure I must have screwed up when filling it (and not gotten a full
>>>>>>tank),
>>>>>>so we
>>>>>>siphone 3 gallons out of another rig and put it in mine. No luck. We
>>>>>>finally got
>>>>>>the rig pulled back out of the hole, and to the bypass that was only a
>>>>>>few
>>>>>>feet
>>>>>>behind it. Started down that with one guy pulling me front the front
>>>>>>and
>>>>>>another
>>>>>>hitched on the back, no power brakes and no power steering. I made it
>>>>>>all
>>>>>>of maybe
>>>>>>50 feet before getting caught by a tree. This obviously was not going
>>>>>>to
>>>>>>work. The
>>>>>>bypass is narrow and very very twisty. So we stop to look at stuff
>>>>>>underneath now
>>>>>>that we are in a "dryer" spot (rather than 6" of mud - everything was
>>>>>>wet,
>>>>>>it stormed
>>>>>>and howled and poured and there was lightening all weekend). Lucky for
>>>>>>me
>>>>>>Robin is
>>>>>>the one who crawled under to look. After much thought and conversation
>>>>>>he
>>>>>>was able
>>>>>>to find the problem, where an electrical connector had pulled apart -
>>>>>>obviously the
>>>>>>one to the gas gauge and the fuel pump. He also was the only one of us
>>>>>>who
>>>>>>could
>>>>>>have reached it easily. He popped it back together and the Jeep fired
>>>>>>right
>>>>>>up and
>>>>>>was fine the whole way back to camp.... we got in about midnight. It
>>>>>>was
>>>>>>just
>>>>>>getting dark when we got off the trail, but then we had to get down the
>>>>>>mountain and
>>>>>>had an hours drive back to our camp once we hit the highways. We went
>>>>>>thru
>>>>>>a lot of
>>>>>>big parties on our way out, lots of kids and boozing, I hope no one
>>>>>>ended
>>>>>>up
>>>>>>hurt
>>>>>>this weekend. After that the only trouble I had was discovering a flat
>>>>>>tire
>>>>>>on the
>>>>>>Jeep when I went to load it up this morning. I will have to fix that
>>>>>>soon.
>>>>>>The
>>>>>>truck and trailer worked like a champ and it was delightful to just pull
>>>>>>in
>>>>>>and let
>>>>>>everything sit while I got a shower and stuff. In fact, I will probably
>>>>>>just leave
>>>>>>the Jeep on the trailer and the trailer hitched up because in 4 weeks we
>>>>>>head out for
>>>>>>the Fordyce trail and the Rubicon trail.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I'll try to get pics up by the weekend...
>>>>>>-jenn
>>>>>>
>>>>

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