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Oh you know it man. Wouldn't miss it for the world

 

Hell yeah
I'm going to do what I can to get up there again. Last year was awesome

 

Be great to see you there. We usually convoy out meeting at Bucees in Temple ~9am that Thursday

 

I'd love to be a part of that. I'll start dropping hints at work as soon as I get back.

 

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Morning Alex!!
I can’t recall did you ever figure out the excess fuel consumption ?

 

Howdy Matt
No not yet. My money is still on the O2 sensors. Smells like it's running rich. I'll do them when I do the clutch.

 

Hope that’s all it and a down stream one.

I ordered 2lo module...

 

I'm just going to swap all four of em. May as well, right?

Haha, can't wait to see how that thing works out!

 

Forgot to update:

Heavy flywheel, new bolts, new rear main seal, 4 new O2 sensors all ordered.

Just waiting on parts so I can begin fucking shit up!

Shit's adding up. A long time ago I thought about starting a spreadsheet to keep track, I'm glad I didn't! I'd have pushed it into a river to stop myself by now lol

Also, crazy idea I've been kicking around for a while. Started putting more thought into it since the accident. I've thinking about buying an old school bus and converting it to a rolling apartment.



All of that is inside this bus. It's considered mid-size.



The couple living in that one run all the electronics, including the AC, on solar. The heaters for coming and the shower run on propane which usually lasts them about 6 weeks a tank. Their primary limiting factor is water. Their 65 gallon tank usually lasts 2 weeks. Sounds good to me!

The bus wouldn't have any issue pulling my truck, tools, and dirt bike in an enclosed trailer as long as I find one with the right engine/transmission. The ideal combo is the Cummins 8.3 turbodiesel with the purpose-built Allison transmission.

This one only has 127k and had been fleet maintained.


My truck would need about 19x8 to fit comfortably, this trailer is 8.5x24



I'd probably go for a 28'

I have been crunching the numbers a lot and if I sold my Jeep and a few other things, I could buy the bus and trailer and still have a bit left over for the conversion. If my Jeep sells as well as the others similar to it on eBay I'm looking at 15-20k, which blew me away. I've been watching less desirable year XJ's with more problems, more miles, and lesser quality parts and labor sell that high so I'll remain cautiously optimistic until I have the cash in hand. If anyone on here wants it, let me know. Here's a pic


Damn I miss that helicopter
RIP

More to come

 

That’s a crazy genius setup!! If that’s a dream of yours and CFO is on board with it get after it, that’s something relatively easily attained.

 

Morning, Alex

 

And cheap AF to live in.

Morning Josh

 

But no garage then

 

I will be sad about losing my (sort of) insulated garage. But the trailer will hold all my tools. I can do most things inside it. I'll add an awning to the trailer and if I need more space I'll just find a flat, hard place to park and do it there. Another thought I just had, you can now get on base with a veterans ID card. I can use the auto hobby shop again!

 

State parks have long-term spots and you could even work as a park ranger.

 

For free no less. Got my lifetime card to state and national parks.

And I'd love to ranger the shit out of parks like Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Redwoods, Tetons, and Glacier

 

Mobbing a gov’ment truck would be a dream come true.

 

No kidding! I "never" done anything like that before