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Post by newt on Sept 22, 2009 17:30:51 GMT -5
I got torn up by chiggers. Any one else itchin' and scratchin'?
Adam
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Post by bigpoppag on Sept 22, 2009 18:12:54 GMT -5
Kudos to T4W for another great time hanging with friends and wheeling. This is always a fun time of the year and every year it is a blast. There are so many people who put in their time to make this event a success and I would like to thank them for that. If not for your efforts, we would not have been able to have the amount of fun we did this weekend. I got to meet folks I have only talked to online and that was a treat in itself. Winning 2nd in the poker run made the trip free for me which in "These hard economic time" meant alot. As always I look forward to going again next year and if you guys need anything........just let MPJAI know. More then happy to help. Gary
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Post by stuck tj on Sept 22, 2009 18:54:17 GMT -5
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Post by jlmjeep on Sept 22, 2009 20:08:25 GMT -5
The event turned out great! Well organized as always.
The trails were fun, glad to see some new stuff included in the loop. Thanks to every one in my group for making my job easy. All I had to do was not get lost!
Jack
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ROK JNKY
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Post by ROK JNKY on Sept 22, 2009 20:19:47 GMT -5
Here's one of the fastest trips up Variety MIlls that you will ever see in an open-open XJ. Another great time, this year. Thanks Jesse, Keith, Chris & all of Tidewater. See you guys soon...
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Post by PingPong on Sept 22, 2009 22:54:32 GMT -5
Here's one of the fastest trips up Variety MIlls that you will ever see in an open-open XJ. Another great time, this year. Thanks Jesse, Keith, Chris & all of Tidewater. See you guys soon... Way to make that look easy. All kidding aside... need to know soon about next yrs annual so I can put in for my vacation. we do that in oct where I work
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2009 1:59:03 GMT -5
All kidding aside... need to know soon about next yrs annual so I can put in for my vacation. we do that in oct where I work Normally we'd say for sure 3rd weekend in Sept, but there will be discussions taking place as a club for a while about the dates for the next Annual. Sorry, just going to have to wait it out.
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Post by Donny on Sept 25, 2009 10:11:31 GMT -5
I wanted to give your club a big thanks on behalf of MPJAI. The event went great. WE had a great time as a whole. Tommy and Donnie (i think that was his name) did a grewat job. My rig (the turd) made it home on the trailer only with some minor body damage, and a toasted power steering pump. Glad you guys had a good time, make sure to let me know when you get your video finished! Donny
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Post by jeepdude on Sept 25, 2009 14:52:26 GMT -5
Hey Russ, Well you should have seen it by now but I checked your email addy and the one I was given was wrong. Resending.
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Post by CORE 4WD on Oct 10, 2009 7:40:29 GMT -5
Here's some video-
V-notch Upper 3-
Adam rocks-
Ray rocks-
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Post by newt on Oct 10, 2009 8:52:44 GMT -5
Nice videos.
One little disclaimer - although I was spotting for V notch, Dave picked his own line, and didn't let my suggestions influence him at all. I'm glad the carb stumbled a little when it did, and let the front end settle back down. One of the most exciting runs up V notch I've ever seen.
Adam
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Post by CORE 4WD on Oct 10, 2009 12:58:12 GMT -5
I try not to use spotters. I like trying to pick my way through by knowing where everything is under the rig. Going from the skinny XJ to full-widths is a little learning curve! You helped me a bunch that trip! I totally was going to use the "normal" line we had talked about. But when I got up to it and it just kept crawlin' I went with it. Hey no better way to check out the stability of all that width and weight down low! At no point did it seem like it was going to do anything other than keep going. When the carb stumbled I was thinking "ok hit starter button let starter push me the rest of the way" but it caught again and motored out. I would love to play around the Trail 3 and Quarry area some more!
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Post by h8spvmt on Oct 11, 2009 7:20:42 GMT -5
Had a grand time there and enjoyed the turn out. Toward the end of the last day in/on the Quarry Trail my jeep was making a strange sound. Popping and jerking through the steering wheel. I had just replaced the steering gear and stabilizer before this trip. Sometimes I would go to turn left (mostly) and the steering would seize up not allowing me to complete the full rotation of the wheel. Actually at times it would resist the turn and apply reverse pressure to the wheel. Letting go of the wheel would result in the jeep turning in the opposite direction! On occasion, I had to stop, back up and then go forward. Chris toke the time to examine my situation briefly but had his hand full with a fella that was stuck on a rock. We took out jeep out of low range and everything ran fine.
I couldn’t find anything wrong anywhere. Decided to drive it back to SC as the problem never happened with the wheels rolling at a higher rpm. It was just the slower turns.
Turns out, I blew a few teeth off both spider gears in the front differential. Of course, that chewed up some of the driver side axle gear teeth too.
All’s well now and repaired. To all those that helped, “THANKS” for the assistance. More experience, always a better thing…
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Post by jlmjeep on Oct 11, 2009 17:16:33 GMT -5
that sounds exactly like what happened to my front axle during jeep jamboree there last year.
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