Northern Virginia Roll Call

You have that right!

 

did you guys always have a snorkel? or is that new?

 

We've had the snorkel for about a year. IIRC Tiffany did most of it and it was a fairly easy install for the JL.

 

we went up the Switzer lake side, so it wasn't too bad.

 

Welp crap

 

Time to farm use

What failed?

 

Frame is rusty. I knew it had cancer, just finally caught up to me today. I was planning to cut off 2' of the back of the frame this summer, but looks like that's happening today. Fixing it is the right thing to do, but the timing now is just poor. It was 5 months expired on inspection though and hanging over my head. I made some "mud guards" that hid the back area a bit, but it didn't work and wasn't really the right thing to do anyway

 

Yeah, that was fun!

Ouch, that looks bad. Does the whole frame look like that?

 

Holy rust belt, Batman! You been driving that thing in Ohio?

I had no idea they checked for rust on the inspection. Have fun with that project!

 

No, it's just that back area really. Probably was used to drop in a boat in a previous life

 

Anyone know where I can sell a kidney?

Furnace guy says we can limp the heater and heat pump along or just replace them. Haven't seen the estimate yet.

Then the plumber showed up.

 

That's the stuff of nightmares right there...

 

I can't like that.

 

Here goes nothing. Cut back ~2ft to clean steel

 

The questions become what do with a house that isn't out forever home? We don't plan on staying here with the cost of living. Yet, that's at least five years away. Go into limp mode and make repairs, hoping that the repairs hold and the rest doesn't fail? Or do this the right way and not get the investment back at the sale? And then weigh in the safety concerns. Between a lack of sleep, too much coffee (which still isn't enough), and the mental / financial headache this is brings, I 'm exhausted and have been eating Tums like Peanut M&M's.

 

That looks more like sumthin than nuthin. Have fun, and prep it for the bumper you can build this summer!

 

Yeah it's common for high clearance 4runner bumpers to cut out that crossmember and tuck it closer, I just wish I had more time to do it all high clearance rather than copy what came out. Also just want it to pass and be safe, so copying is probably the best bet there too.

 

Good thing you play a welder on TV.

 

What are you going to use to section in?