My daughters boyfriend, Chris, got bitten by the overland bug during our last outing at Los Coyotes Indian Reservation. He's had pre-runner's in the past, his first shot at the go slow and enjoy it thing!
I've had my old rock crawler sitting in the back yard for years.
(fluid on the rocks is not mine)
I managed to fry the wiring harness on it 7 years or so ago. I cobbled the wiring harness back together and got it running again, then a friend sent me a complete wiring harness maybe 6 years ago. I took the Jeep down, finished about half the job, and never finished it. The poor Jeep has been sitting on jack stands in my back yard ever since.
Chris has been working like a mad man trying to get it back together and running for the last week or so. He got it to crank over a couple of days ago. He had to drop the gas tank to put a new fuel pump in it. Once he had that complete he hit the starter button and the damn thing fired right up...even sounded better than I thought it would at start up. There are still some odds and ends to get taken care of, get it smogged and registered, and it'll be good to go again!
A couple of shots of Machelle getting her some at TDS the last time I remember it running.
We had to give her a little tug, but she drove it out of that predicament!
I'm looking forward to getting it back out on the trail. I'm even more thrilled that I've got my daughter and Chris into the off highway thing!
I've had my old rock crawler sitting in the back yard for years.
(fluid on the rocks is not mine)
I managed to fry the wiring harness on it 7 years or so ago. I cobbled the wiring harness back together and got it running again, then a friend sent me a complete wiring harness maybe 6 years ago. I took the Jeep down, finished about half the job, and never finished it. The poor Jeep has been sitting on jack stands in my back yard ever since.
Chris has been working like a mad man trying to get it back together and running for the last week or so. He got it to crank over a couple of days ago. He had to drop the gas tank to put a new fuel pump in it. Once he had that complete he hit the starter button and the damn thing fired right up...even sounded better than I thought it would at start up. There are still some odds and ends to get taken care of, get it smogged and registered, and it'll be good to go again!
A couple of shots of Machelle getting her some at TDS the last time I remember it running.
We had to give her a little tug, but she drove it out of that predicament!
I'm looking forward to getting it back out on the trail. I'm even more thrilled that I've got my daughter and Chris into the off highway thing!
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