mikestewart395

Slap on the rear on V day, lol, quieted her right up.

This morning I was in the garage installing new Stabilizer links. I heard a high pitched noise coming from outside. It sounded like a small dirt bike racing down the road. I climbed out from under the truck and walked to the door. The noise wasn't coming from outside, it was coming from the back of my pathy, seemed like the driver side, not sure. I gave it the tune up slap on the side and the noise stopped. Now we play the wtf was that noise game...

I am curious about this leather covered piece of iron.....

I am happy to report, after being stranded at Stuckfest last week, I now have an 8000 pound hand winch, 2 14' 8500 lb. hooked tow ropes and a pair of rubber boots. I'm ready now. Well almost. Hi Lift Jack coming soon, for those times when there are no tree's around.

Nice. I thought about running it to the windshield vent area but I thought when it rains or I'm slinging mud, I am going to have the same issue. I just need a dry area for the engine to breath from.

I am almost ready to begin my snorkel project. After flying through a puddle at work last night and driving my stuttering Pathy down the road for 5 min until the engine vaporized the water it sucked in, I am ready to snorkel. Ok, the snake running up the windshield looks cool but I'm not going to be going that deep, ever.So I have been thinking of doing a reverse hood scoop type of breather. But then I ran across these pics last night. So I am wondering if it is something that would work well, using the space between the fender and inner to shield the intake from sucking in water. That or this... Like I said the big snorks look cool but it's more than I need maybe. Opinions on this please.

Replaced my stabilizer bar links.What a difference !!! If I would have known $12 would fix my steering and handling issue I would have done it months ago. Durp.... You can see on the right side one of the bottom bushings were missing and the bolt starting wallowing out the hole. The spacers on the original bolts were rusted solid so I had to use a small hacksaw and bolt cutters to break the bolts and get them out of there. Made me late for work AND broke the tip of my bolt cutters. I was just at Harbor Freight this morning and seen they were selling a sawzall for 20 bucks. I said nah I'll wait until I make a snorkel later this week. Lol, now I wish I bought the darn thing.

Lol. Just kidding you. Just a helpful tip, add your truck info on your profile so when you are asking questions about something people will know what model you have, etc.,

My lunchtime nap...You know when you are getting old when you look forward to naps.

I'm too sporadic with my wheeling. Usually when I'm going to work in Tampa I scan the woods I pass looking for trail heads and jump in there. I scout around looking for places to hunt when I have free time, whenever the hell thats going to be. But I work 6 days a week and half of the seventh day is for Jesus and the last half is for the wife. So actually (planning) a trip is impossible, so alone it is. Thank's for the link though.

Lol, I was thinking the same, I already lock a d handle shovel to my cargo rack. Might as well put my titanium drill bits to use.

You sound like one of dim educated folk. Wurd you getch yore schoolin' from?

Did my first Seafoam treatment. No smoke show Then I watched a video at work just now and found out I should have also added it to throttle body, so I will do it again in the morning.

Yes I warm it up. When it cold starts and the RPM's are not leveled I don't believe in racing off in it. I let the fluids balance out before I drive off. I am a firm believer this gives your engine a longer life. My dad rebuilt engines for classic cars for 40 years, it was a crime against humanity if he didn't let the engine warm up. I'm not talking about a 30 min warmup, just a crank, go put my shoes on, grab my coffee, then jump in.

Wow, sweet..I could have used this a few times. My car pre-pathy never needed to press the clutch in to start it. Warming up the Pathy in the morning before work and having to climb in and clutch/start, jump out, etc. Reaching in the window will be easier, lol. Thanks

The Interlock button. Silly question I'm sure. I'm tired of not knowing what it is.

That shovel is AWESOME!!!! Any links to order it? That winch looks good for the price. $300 shouldn't get me a beating from the wife too bad when I pull it out of the account. She actually helped me dig the Old Man out. After an hour and it was free on day 2, she said "I think you need one of those rope wheel thingies"

Ahh. Lol, it was tough digging in it. Thank god I brought a big board to act as a footer for the jack. The Old Man is free now. I am putting together a recovery kit this week. After my house move in 3 weeks I will save up for the winch. Badlands has them on sale in area for $300 12,000lbs. Not sure if that is a good brand. I can't spend 500 on a Warn. Kids and other responsabilities prevents that.

That is exactly what happened. The trail wasn't deep and I drove back and forth across it several times, 2wd was good enough. Then I backed up to turn around and backed right into a mud soup hole. I tried putting in 4wd and couldn't pull free.

And I know there is more to 4 wheeling than slamming on the gas. It's a learning experience, I am learning. Lesson I learned last night, I need a winch and a high lift jack. No more wheeling until I get that. I have to go alone as I am the only person I know that has a 4x4. Only other option to that is to buy a Jeep and join one of those snazzy clubs....not.

I'm not sure yet. I will find out when I get it pulled out of the woods today.

So I could install that for front only? That would be great if it only locked in 4wd

Left it in the woods, alone.....all night.....Damn thing got stuck behind my office on my lunch break. I sure wish it would stop wandering off without me. No way I would do anything crazy like that.

Yesterday I left the office for lunch and decided to go explore the woods behind the business center here. I seen a Jeep creep out of there a month or so back. I found an awesome mud pit. I did a 3 point turn to go back the way I came...then it happened. Stuck. One back wheel was buried, the fronts were not deep at all. For some reason the one front wasn't enough to pull me free.Of course I have no winch, it's been on the wish list for a long time. I worked to free it from 3 pm until dark last night. I left it in the mud all night. I had to work early so it is still in the woods as I speak(or type) After a long time thinking last night, my only option is to jack each corner up and and fill the holes with dry dirt and pine straw. I will go round and round until that damn back axle is out of the mud. My axle anchor. I was furious with a capitol WTF that the wheels that were sitting on level dry ground were the ones not turning. Basically it's not 4 wheel drive, it's still 2. My question is what do I have to do to make this a True 4 wheel drive, you know, when all 4 wheels actually pull?

An update on this, I replaced my Alternator last weekend and I noticed today the noise stopped. I was late for work so I was speed racer today, shifting at 3k plus and noticed my belts don't scream at 2500 anymore. Maybe it was a bad bearing in the old Alt.? I'm glad the noise is gone.