The Little 2TRFE That Could..
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jeverich
Luddite
Lady friend and I took a trip up to BC, spent the night in Vancouver for Wednesday night; then ventured up to the Hope/Yale, BC area for the preceding day.
Last time I was in Vancouver was 4 or so years ago - for a commercial fishing industry conference. Remembered eating an an excellent restaurant located directly in the middle of the boat "Harbour". Yes, I did say "Harbour".. Did dinner at Cardero's, Cajun seared Lingcod and braised Sablefish - honey amber lager and Granville Island stout. Excellent. I must add that my dirty and utilitarian rig looked somewhat out of place parked curbside amongst showroom-esque Mercedes and BMWs...
Ventured into town later on, after leaving the truck at the hotel. Apparently, we landed ourselves ********** dab in the middle of the night-club district. Not exactly either of our "scenes", gaggles of 19 year olds, and enough makeup and perfume to put Lady Gaga to shame... We returned to the room fairly early.
Knew that some traveling and exploration was necessary, decided to take a detour a few hours to the East of us - Hope/Yale, BC.
Forgot my DSLR, and had to resort to using a sub-par point and shoot. Oh well, at least I was able to take some pictures.
Fairly easy terrain, beautiful landscapes and vistas. The Fraser is quite an impressive river..
Last time I was in Vancouver was 4 or so years ago - for a commercial fishing industry conference. Remembered eating an an excellent restaurant located directly in the middle of the boat "Harbour". Yes, I did say "Harbour".. Did dinner at Cardero's, Cajun seared Lingcod and braised Sablefish - honey amber lager and Granville Island stout. Excellent. I must add that my dirty and utilitarian rig looked somewhat out of place parked curbside amongst showroom-esque Mercedes and BMWs...
Ventured into town later on, after leaving the truck at the hotel. Apparently, we landed ourselves ********** dab in the middle of the night-club district. Not exactly either of our "scenes", gaggles of 19 year olds, and enough makeup and perfume to put Lady Gaga to shame... We returned to the room fairly early.
Knew that some traveling and exploration was necessary, decided to take a detour a few hours to the East of us - Hope/Yale, BC.
Forgot my DSLR, and had to resort to using a sub-par point and shoot. Oh well, at least I was able to take some pictures.
Fairly easy terrain, beautiful landscapes and vistas. The Fraser is quite an impressive river..
jeverich
Luddite
Thank you for the kind words, it's getting there..
Spent all day Tuesday chasing a horrible noise, had gone through a few water crossings on the way to the South Skagit River. Hit a gravel bank at a decent clip, heard an absolutely dreaded "Boom". Oh, no. Attempting to prove my "Mach-Ness" has just bitten me square in the ***.
Metal on metal grinding noise.. Mostly prevalent at low speed, and even worse when turning to the right.
Decide to cut the day's trip short, I'm only about 20 minutes from my house, garage and tools. Anticipating draining my differential to find bits and pieces of an axle shaft or spider gears..
Drain the diff and run a magnet through the gear oil. Nothing.
Take off the drum brakes, look for gravel or water that could possibly have been ingested. Nothing.
Thoroughly stumped.
Happen to be looking under the front driveline area, find the culprit. Bent heat shielding around the gas tank had been rubbing on the drive shaft. Turning cause some deflection, hence the noise becoming more prevalent in a right hand turn.
Problem solved, panties un-wadded...
jeverich
Luddite
Start expanding your horizons - there's hundreds of them for sale on Craigslist in Seattle..
Road trip!
Just replaced my air filter a few days ago, mileage was getting really really poor. Just went with a factory Toyota instead of cleaning the K&N that was in there.. After all, it had been two Alaska Highway drives and about 20k miles since the last change. Definitely noticed an improvement.
jeverich
Luddite
I'm planning on meeting a friend for a beer later, have a house out in Ferndale..
Subscribed. Great build.
Next time you're in the Bellingham area, give me a shout.
jeverich
Luddite
I'll be in Seattle tomorrow evening, then back for late that night. Then down to shipyard in Reedsport for Monday morning, Sunday is free though - then I'll be back in a couple of weeks.
jeverich
Luddite
Here are a few pictures and writeup from the last few days..
Going to be down in shipyard off and on in Reedsport, Oregon for the next couple of months. Amazing how this area truly is the "Dune Capital of the PNW". Everyone has quads and dirtbikes, some of the tow rigs, 5th wheels and toys that I see fueling up at the gas station are pretty impressive. Easily $100k plus.
Finally got my sliders from Bay Area Metal Fab sand blasted and primed; used a high zinc content marine paint. Finished them with Hammerite.
Going to weld them on in an hour or so with one of the welders from the shipyard, will update with pictures.
Managed to find some pretty awesome logging roads to explore...
Ran at 45 PSI the entire time, also..
Going to be down in shipyard off and on in Reedsport, Oregon for the next couple of months. Amazing how this area truly is the "Dune Capital of the PNW". Everyone has quads and dirtbikes, some of the tow rigs, 5th wheels and toys that I see fueling up at the gas station are pretty impressive. Easily $100k plus.
Finally got my sliders from Bay Area Metal Fab sand blasted and primed; used a high zinc content marine paint. Finished them with Hammerite.
Going to weld them on in an hour or so with one of the welders from the shipyard, will update with pictures.
Managed to find some pretty awesome logging roads to explore...
Ran at 45 PSI the entire time, also..
jeverich
Luddite
I'm actually in Eugene at the moment - any suggestions for places to see? On my second Oatmeal Stout at Ninkasi right now, met a couple of women who suggested that I stop in to Falling Sky Brewery..
Think that Lower Imnaha (Hells Canyon) may be next weekend's destination.
MCObray
Explorer
If you've got time, I would definitely hike Spencer's Butte or drive up to Skinner Butte for good views of the surrounding area. I'm fairly new to the town my self, but you might have good luck at Hop Valley/Oakshire/The Bier Stein.