Explorer I
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Dayville. The Hard Way
Jun 26-28 (Friday 26-Sunday28)
Time: 8:00am
Meet Place: Sinclair Gas Station, 151 Smith St N, Vale, OR 97918
Destination: Central Oregon
Estimated Duration: 3 days
Estimated Distance: 336 Vale, Or to Vale, Or (Half the miles are return highway miles)
Comms Channels: GRMS=17, CB=13
Have you ever been to Dayville, Oregon the hard way? Me niether! Well we will attempt to get to Dayville a different way.
What to expect? I don't really know. Should be pretty straight forward well maintained dirt and paved roads though. Maybe a short section of rougher stuff but we won't know how rough, if at all, till we get there. I would assume stock vehicles will be fine. We can always reroute if needed.
This area is a area I have been wanting to get into deeper than just highway views. Lots of private property so that is why it is mostly good, maintained roads. Sometimes we need just need a easy trip. I allowed 3 days but in might only be two long days or jump off where you want. This is also the last trip before shutting down for the hot part of the year.
This is not a guided tour and all who attend are ultimately responsible for their own safety. I am not responsible for damage, injury and or death. You partake under your own free will knowing the dangers of such activities.
Jun 26-28 (Friday 26-Sunday28)
Time: 8:00am
Meet Place: Sinclair Gas Station, 151 Smith St N, Vale, OR 97918
Destination: Central Oregon
Estimated Duration: 3 days
Estimated Distance: 336 Vale, Or to Vale, Or (Half the miles are return highway miles)
Comms Channels: GRMS=17, CB=13
Have you ever been to Dayville, Oregon the hard way? Me niether! Well we will attempt to get to Dayville a different way.
What to expect? I don't really know. Should be pretty straight forward well maintained dirt and paved roads though. Maybe a short section of rougher stuff but we won't know how rough, if at all, till we get there. I would assume stock vehicles will be fine. We can always reroute if needed.
This area is a area I have been wanting to get into deeper than just highway views. Lots of private property so that is why it is mostly good, maintained roads. Sometimes we need just need a easy trip. I allowed 3 days but in might only be two long days or jump off where you want. This is also the last trip before shutting down for the hot part of the year.
This is not a guided tour and all who attend are ultimately responsible for their own safety. I am not responsible for damage, injury and or death. You partake under your own free will knowing the dangers of such activities.
Wow! Way behind on posting up videos on the threads. Just means you get to benge what I guess. Or be sure to subscribe to the channel to keep up with the latest.
This is the last two videos from the Winter Wonderland VIII. These are what I call "Uncut" videos that run real time and lightly edited. Hope you enjoy them!
See you on the trails! George.
This is the last two videos from the Winter Wonderland VIII. These are what I call "Uncut" videos that run real time and lightly edited. Hope you enjoy them!
See you on the trails! George.
Now sure where you left off. I have cleaned up the new hood, floor, engine bay and painted those parts/areas. I have cut out the old rusted rear wheel flairs and installed the flairs from a 1966 pickup. I have started installing the wiring this spring, but have not had much time for anything else this year. I hope to start working on it again here in the next few weeks if all goes well.
I just had to change out the NP231 and my front drive shaft in my XJ. I upgraded to a NP242 and installed a new driveshaft. Made a big difference in driving. Always had a vibration since the 2WD conversion. I think I need to add the 2 degree shims in back too. Still have a slight vibration on hard acceleration.
Hope all is going well with you and yours.
That looks like good progress. Last I checked in you were trying to figure out what to do about fender flares. You have made it a long way since then. Are you doing the painting yourself? I remember hoping you had found a good painter. I need one.
I and mine are doing well. Varmint #2 bought himself an XJ about a year ago. It was a bit more of a project than he realized. Do a thread title search for "Situation Normal" on NAXJA if you want a sense of what he got himself (and me) into. It is now a somewhat reasonable daily driver. Still needs some creature comfort details taken care of, but it will get him where he needs to go.
I wore out my tow rig ('95 Cummins) and am without a truck while I try and get a placeholder ('01 Cummins) into operation so I can rebuild my tow rig. It will be a project much like your FSJ. Probably take a while. And will probably take longer because Varmint #1 has a line on an MJ. As soon as I have the placeholder in operation we are going on a trip to go get that, and that may become an active project. No shortage of things to do.
I and mine are doing well. Varmint #2 bought himself an XJ about a year ago. It was a bit more of a project than he realized. Do a thread title search for "Situation Normal" on NAXJA if you want a sense of what he got himself (and me) into. It is now a somewhat reasonable daily driver. Still needs some creature comfort details taken care of, but it will get him where he needs to go.
I wore out my tow rig ('95 Cummins) and am without a truck while I try and get a placeholder ('01 Cummins) into operation so I can rebuild my tow rig. It will be a project much like your FSJ. Probably take a while. And will probably take longer because Varmint #1 has a line on an MJ. As soon as I have the placeholder in operation we are going on a trip to go get that, and that may become an active project. No shortage of things to do.
Yes, I am painting myself. I found a color in Rustoleum that is pretty close. I think it came out pretty good.
The fenders were quite a chore. I just started cutting and crossed the fingers. This is what I found after cutting the outer skin off. What a mess.
Firewall before cleaning and painting.
Engine bay before cleaning and painting.
Yes, always a project getting in the way of another project. That is why this one is taking so long. Winter is the best time for working on it.
When you get all the XJ/MJ running we will have to make a run with them all. Would be good fun.
