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Expedition Leader
Way late on an update, so again, this will be the shortened version.
New Mexico at the SETI site. Notice the angle of the mudflaps; there was some serious wind and of course we were driving into it...
Spent some time in Sedona
Then it was time to drive to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
I went to fill up my tires after reaching the top and had a failure of my OBA system. My in-laws were going to meet us in Williams, so we headed into Flagstaff to take care of a few things and to see if I could figure out my York problem.
Then to Flagstaff.
I figured out that I was going to have to do some work on the York and get some parts ordered. But we did the Grand Canyon part first. After the GC, we headed back to Phoenix and to Ozrocket's house where I had some parts delivered. We attempted to fix the York, but ended up having a system problem (that took a while to figure out). Plus last year while checking the fluid in the T-case, I noticed that it had what appeared to be water mixed into the oil. I drained and refilled it about 4 times and everything seemed to be fine. Approximately 15k miles later while in Mexico, I started to notice a clunk in the driveline when starting and stopping. I thought maybe I was losing a u-joint as they were original with 175k miles on them. Stopped by a shop that Oz recommended and he checked everything a gave the driveshaft a clean bill of health, but said the T-case had some problems. I ordered a new t-case as the local places were going to have to order parts and I figured for roughly the same amount of money, I could have a new one. Ozrocket and his wife were outstanding hosts and I can't say enough about their hospitality. However, it was 105 degrees during the day and I realized that with the SAS, getting the t-case out may not be that easy. We decided to return to Nevada where it was much cooler and I could borrow a friend's shop to do the t-case R&R and figure out the OBA problem.
It was a good thing I was doing it in a shop versus in the dirt as the combination of my large fuel tank and SAS belly pan prevents me from being able to remove the t-case. So I had to drop the belly pan to get it out. I also got the OBA system worked out and everything was good to go. Due to the delays, we were now getting into the hot part of summer and did not want to head into MX during the heat of summer plus we wanted to confirm that everything was working as it should.
Jack
New Mexico at the SETI site. Notice the angle of the mudflaps; there was some serious wind and of course we were driving into it...
Spent some time in Sedona
Then it was time to drive to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
I went to fill up my tires after reaching the top and had a failure of my OBA system. My in-laws were going to meet us in Williams, so we headed into Flagstaff to take care of a few things and to see if I could figure out my York problem.
Then to Flagstaff.
I figured out that I was going to have to do some work on the York and get some parts ordered. But we did the Grand Canyon part first. After the GC, we headed back to Phoenix and to Ozrocket's house where I had some parts delivered. We attempted to fix the York, but ended up having a system problem (that took a while to figure out). Plus last year while checking the fluid in the T-case, I noticed that it had what appeared to be water mixed into the oil. I drained and refilled it about 4 times and everything seemed to be fine. Approximately 15k miles later while in Mexico, I started to notice a clunk in the driveline when starting and stopping. I thought maybe I was losing a u-joint as they were original with 175k miles on them. Stopped by a shop that Oz recommended and he checked everything a gave the driveshaft a clean bill of health, but said the T-case had some problems. I ordered a new t-case as the local places were going to have to order parts and I figured for roughly the same amount of money, I could have a new one. Ozrocket and his wife were outstanding hosts and I can't say enough about their hospitality. However, it was 105 degrees during the day and I realized that with the SAS, getting the t-case out may not be that easy. We decided to return to Nevada where it was much cooler and I could borrow a friend's shop to do the t-case R&R and figure out the OBA problem.
It was a good thing I was doing it in a shop versus in the dirt as the combination of my large fuel tank and SAS belly pan prevents me from being able to remove the t-case. So I had to drop the belly pan to get it out. I also got the OBA system worked out and everything was good to go. Due to the delays, we were now getting into the hot part of summer and did not want to head into MX during the heat of summer plus we wanted to confirm that everything was working as it should.
Jack
