The Insane Asylum DCLB build and XJ insanity

Lol its a 9 hr drive for me.

 

Well this kinda put a stick in the gears. Apparently to ride any of the blacks or black/reds you must have a rollcage.
http://ridehatfieldmccoy.com/wp-content/uploads/Bearwallow-Trail-System-November-13-2017.pdf

 

PVC painted to look like metal?

 

Perfect!!!!

 

You ever heard of Big Dogs / the cove in Winchester? I haven't been but heard its decent.

 

Thought they only opened for events? And rates were always quite high...

 

Yeah......probably why I haven't been yet.

 

Surprisingly they are handy in a real Jeep (wrangler, not that Cherokee in the pic) because of the roll cage. I’ve knocked my head on the roll bars a couple of times and wished I had something on the old noggin.

With that being said, I’ve wished I was wearing a helmet but have never worn one in the Jeep. Even with the factory “padding” it’ll still ring your bell. Maybe it’s cause I’m tall.. short people may not have the same problem lol

Same goes for any vehicle with an aftermarket cage, it’s highly recommended to wear a helmet when wheeling.. a steel bar to the head isn’t fun

 

I understand that aspect, but I don't think many of us run a cage and I would think a waiver would clear them from responsibility just as easily. At least that is the option the vast majority take.

 

Its a state owned place I believe. Some of the blacks look extremely gnarly. Like if you go downhill you're good. Uphill unless you bring a lot of HP and ZF it's a winch fest to the top. Need to bring a wood cutting device apparently they don't do trail maintenance and downed trees are common up there.

 

That sounds miserable

 

Sounds like fun to me. Gotta push and test your resolve!

 

So I really need to update my build thread since the weather has turned for the better and got the 63s done it's been rather quiet in here. I can almost hear crickets.

Did a couple of small things today, well one big thing for me. Cleaned the engine bay and fixed my PS leak. The PS was leaking around the crush washers for the bolt to the high pressure hose at the pump. Went to O'rielly to see if they had any. They had one aluminum one and one copper that were for "oil" drain plugs. They just gave them to me since they didn't really have any part number or anything to charge me. Put them on in 5 min in their parking lot and cranked the bolt down really good. So far so good no more leaking profusely

Went to the local spray and wash soaked the engine bay down with the wheel and tire cleaner then rinsed for a good bit spraying out the radiator and condenser as best I could as well. Turned out pretty good could of spent some more time and really gotten it good. Still could use some more on the underside of the hood and around the engine but this is good for me.

Before engine bay cleaning


After cleaning

 

Did you cover the carburetor so you wouldn't get any water in it?

 

Wait I was supposed to do that. Dammit I didn't realize that hope the truck will be ok.

 

What is the worst that can happen?

 

You want to spray water directly into the throttle body in order to clean the inside of the engine as well. Pressure washer does a great job of getting water into the hard to reach places.

 

Dats what I used