3 Tons of Fun! Littles' Build, Travel, and B.S. Thread

My measurements match @Coop68 exactly. We have the same shit from same shop. It makes no sense that the exact same lift worked perfectly for him but not me.

 

I'm baffled too. I think mine was slightly off but not that much.

 

So when is your Red Cone trip this year? Have you ever added in SOB Hill?

 

Hoping I can find a window where the wildfires die down and the view isn't totally smoked out. It's such a disappointment going up there when you can't see.

Ran SOB a few years ago before the crawl box. It was clumsy and loud but i made it. theres a low quality video somewhere on my phone. I would like to run it again with the added control of the crawlbox. I just fucking hate radical Hill. The off camber shit around the mine still makes my asshole pucker.

 

Yeh, Radical Hill definitely keeps your attention!! I think I may like the climb out even less, as it's almost a blind switchback, and coming back down might be worse! And I only did part of SOB Hill, as I was solo, and it was around that point I found out my crawlbox shifter was broken, so I took the bypass as soon as I saw it. Didn't want to risk getting stuck there, as there isn't much traffic on that trail.

 

Let’s go!

Red Cone


Radical


SOB

 

Yep, I know exactly the spot you're referring to. First time up I nearly stalled out there as my truck started slipping on loose bowling ball sized rocks. A week or two later there was a jeep that rolled...I think all the way down from that spot. So I think my anxiety is appropriate. Normally I try to thread the needle and hit red cone while there's still snow on Radical so I can pretend to be disappointed when i say, "aw shucks...guess we are headed out middle swan!"

I would definitely like to hit SOB again though, just to see how it is with the crawl box.

 

SOB looks fun.

I owe you a call back bud.

Been kinda all over the place lately.

 

All good buddy. I'm in san jose this week, but let's try to connect this weekend.

 

anyone leaking after assembly?? maybe I need a different gasket maker??

 

I have used permatex The Right Stuff black gasket maker on 3 different tcases and never leaked a drop. If any of the seals around the input, output, or shift rails are bad, replace them, but most guys doing the swap haven't needed to.

 

Littles; will do. Thanks again. It's a very light leak, and I'm sure it's just me previous "gasket job".... I was overly eager to proceed to the next steps, as getting the bends on that metal was a real "PIA", using a really big double ended wrench and my hi-lift.

 

Do you even run a filter bro?

 

Air filters are a scam.

 

You could use a scrub bud!

 

Honestly, I'm impressed that this thing runs as well as it has.

Good chance there's no red cone for me this year.





Edit: This is coming out of the throttle body. Sludge.

 

what filter have you been using??

 

is this just an excuse to look at doing a V8 swap or some other engine?

i been wanting to run red-cone as well but time has been a factor.

 

I don't really have any interest in an engine swap unless for some reason this thing has to come out, but I am thinking I can mop this up. Got a borescope coming weds so I can peak inside the cylinders and at the knock sensor harness before I go deeper. I have been pretty religious with my peppermint spray and so far no evidence of rodents, so I don't think my knock sensor code is wiring related. I think it's because this thing is sucking in filth. I also found all three coils on the passenger side were loose, and likely have been since I had to pull the plugs 4 years ago after taking water over the hood and drinking from the Platte river. That's also probably where a lot of the dirt came from...my air filter was soaked so I ran without it back to woodland park that day.

Also...Moab. Theres a lot of Moab there.

I would guess there's only a few more weeks till red cone is closed again and I think I should take my time with some cleaning and maintenance and not rush this.