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It was. No breakdowns at all, just the morning ritual of topping off the t-case with oil. The fuel bill was immense, however. How immense I purposely do not know, being a "what's-inside-a-hot-dog" subject. I do know I paid over $6/gallon at Old Faithful.

Then I found what I hoped was the source of all the oil that leaks out of the transfer case: So I ran a bead of Permatex around it: I think it might have improved the situation a bit. Hard to tell with all the leakage from the front output shaft seal: Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I had to finish off a range installation at my BIL’s little mountain place in Rollinsville, needed some butcher block for a small countertop: and used the remainder for a new more functional sink cover in the Alaskan. That’s the old laminate sink cover on the left. Single purpose...

37A seems too little to keep 3 batteries charged, so I bought a new 100A 12si alternator: After I got it clocked correctly, I set about installing it. That should be the easy part in my experience, but it wasn’t, because of where it goes: The upper bolt was almost impossible to get...

After I got home, I addressed some deficiencies, the first of which was replacing this: A trip through Yellowstone in the summer without a working horn is insanity, so I rectified it with this: Bugs were also a problem, so I finally installed my washer bottle: It’s amazing how...

Wind River Canyon, WY on the way home:

Nice place, that VRBO: Big river in the background. We missed the flood by a week. A shot from the wedding venue: A shot obtained online OF the venue a week later: The reception tent is bright white at the far left, my pic was taken at the last riverside bush to the right.

Then, a trip to Paradise Valley, MT, for a wedding. Medicine Bow, WY (stopped early from post-preparation exhaustion): Fremont Canyon, WY: West of Alcova, WY: More: And my goal: a burger & beer at the Old Saloon in Emigrant: Nice camp site, too: I ended turning it down...

Thanks for the kudos! "Keep it going..." In the upcoming posts, you'll see how ironic and foreshadowing that statement truly is.

Well, thank you very much. I’m glad you’ve enjoyed my somewhat unconventional journey with this project. It’s turned out to be more work than I envisioned, but then working on it (usually) gives me more satisfaction and enjoyment than I had foreseen. Usually. The brake master cylinder...

Next was replacement of the rear pinion seal: I probably didn’t need to do that. I’m pretty sure the leakage (minor as it was) was caused by a loose pinion nut, and torquing probably would have cured it. Oh well. While testing out the new seal, the brake master cylinder failed, so I got to...

Harry and I realigned the frame & camper to the truck frame with a Porta-Power, and then I installed these: That solved it.

Got a new PS reservoir cap, to replace the leaky old one: Big deal, you’re thinking. I was too! How hard could it be, right? Wrong— no parts stores had the correct one. I had to get an NOS cap off eBay for about $50.

I modified the top hold-downs for more strength & better appearance from this: To this: I like that much better.

Got my dinette cushions resized & recovered: Now I have another bed.

A few updates, a few trips taken since I last checked in. First, I swapped out the old range with the non-functioning oven in it. Gotta have biscuit-baking capability, so I ordered me a new Dometic range. It arrived broken: Next attempt was successful. Apparently, nobody makes the...

Here’s mine after the “ferry flight” back from Oregon: I think an 8’ bed and the improved weight distribution might have reduced the “Good Ship Lollypop” tippyness, but that’s nothing more than a hunch. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

All good so far, but I haven't used it much. ?

One of my favorite names for a town: Why. Why not?

There seems to be some interest here (more than I expected) so, what the heck, a few more: 1. Weston Pass, CO 2. Wind River Canyon, WY 3. Dailey Lake, MT 4. West side of Togwadee Pass, WY 5. North of Hanna, WY 6. Fremont Canyon, WY