Overlanding? Off-roading? Softroading? I don’t know but I went on a little journey this past weekend that started off with a night camping in the desert then driving through a canyon. It was rad. The truck handled it like a champ and then it didn’t and I had to replace the battery and starter in a gas station parking lot.
Here are some photos that will be posted out of order
Then I saw a cleaner but IFS doppelgänger of my truck and a ratty 280z
@CB 3 pages in and no one has mentioned @Highlander 's 240?
For shame.
@Powered_By_Howard I'm not going to watch that and assume that they died
@essextee This line from The Drive article got me
"Renaming the first corner of the Nordschleife is even better though. Now, whenever you cross the start/finish line at track, Sabine Schmitz will be ahead, and every lap will start with her sending you on your way."
Bought a truck! It’s a bit rough around the edges but it will be a fun relatively cheap project. 1984 Toyota pickup. Dx? 5 speed. 4x4. Sunroof. 115k miles and a rebuilt engine 2k miles ago. Going to work great as a second vehicle. First things to fix are a turn signal, driver side window is off it’s track and there is no passenger seat belt.
An 03 wrx wagon fits pretty nicely in a shipping container.
This is basically my garage now so I wanted to make sure I can pull it in and at least access the engine bay and walk around it relatively easily. I knew it would fit just because cars do come over in containers and not all roll on roll off. Luckily I’m fairly skinny and can open the door enough to get out so no weird rolling the window down and climbing out.
After about 4-5 slow weeks, the truck is back!
Carb rebuilt and it finally runs! At least, I drove it to the gas station and back.
Not entirely sure what the issue was but I took of the air horn and got the needle seat slightly tighter, the idle cut solenoid didn’t have a o ring on the end that supposed should have been there this whole time, and I messed around with the idle air mix and idle speed screw. Somehow got it running after that.
It was idling generally fine and I backed it out, slipped on the ice a bit and it stalled going forward. Wouldn’t restart but I went and tweaked the idle speed screw a little and it fired back up.
Drove down the street a bit where it seemed fine but then wanted to die again while turning around but I have it some gusto and we made it back. Some more tweaking and I took off for the gas station.
Started off fine but at some point it started to barely take any throttle input and sputtering. I was also super low on gas that had been sitting a while so possibly the culprit there.
Gassed up, continued to tinker a bit with screws and headed back. Pulled strong but there is a bit of hesitation on initial acceleration. Not really sure what’s going on there.
We will see what happens tomorrow when I try to drive it to work for a bigger shakedown. I truly was just in here turning screws hoping for the best with little idea if any of it was helping or which way to even turn the screw. Carb tuning is some sort of witchcraft so I’ll be making some sacrifices at the pentagram tonight
@davesaddiction Insufferable dinglefuck is still throwing out shitty takes.
Shocked.
Got the last little things buttoned up on the Subaru, found a fire extinguisher, gave a Hail Mary, and fired her up. I did prime the fuel pump a couple times but it fired right up! No weird smells or smoke. Let it run for at least 15 minutes with some revs once it was warmed up and all seemed to go well. I’m going to let it cool back down before I pull the funnel and put the cap back on the expansion tank. I’ll still drive the truck tomorrow so I can take some test drives just in case something did go wrong.
Then it’s on to the many many more projects for both vehicles
Sure the bottom part is another language but I got a kick out of this to unscrew press the presser
@BJ if my driveway was a mile long and a bit looser, maybe? Work lot is paved and there is no chance I’m breaking traction
A mile short as I pulled in to work this morning.
Body shows every bit of that mileage but it’s still fun to drive
@Shop-Teacher yeah with questionable body work and paint also with rust on frame rails.
@Shop-Teacher well from what everyone was saying it sounds like a scam so maybe it’s for the better. So here is a bit of a basket case Z to tide things over
https://cars.ksl.com/listing/8545533
@benjrblant they deleted it and reposted at a higher price but saying it needs to be gone today
https://cars.ksl.com/listing/8596833
@Shop-Teacher mine without a camper is slow. I can’t imagine this thing ever hits 60 unless it’s going downhill
@i86hotdogs Fun! I went to one that, like you said, was in a smaller arena with not much room. We walked in late and during an intermission when all was quite. Once the first monster fired up I was giggling like an idiot and having an absolute blast
I am not in the market for another vehicle. So why do I check what's for sale around me multiple times a day?
I've been wanting to build a ladder rack with some roll canvas sides to use as a quick camping setup for when it's either raining and I don't want to set up a tent or I get in to a spot late and, again, don't want to set up a tent.
But why do that when I can buy my same truck already with a camper already on it?
https://cars.ksl.com/listing/8595876
The pics aren't that great but it looks super clean other than the interior that has that 80's vibe of it's never clean even when it is
I don't need it. I don't need it. I don't need it.