71DeuceAK
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These kind of adventures are what first made me want one of these trucks. Keep us posted!
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Plus 2. I start the truck in the morning and it runs until I stop for the night. It was two days home with my M929. I started it exactly two times to get home. The third time I went to start it after getting home, the starter had crapped out. It would have sucked to try and find or repair a starter in the middle of BFE.Just leave the truck running if you are in it.
Worst thing you can do on any recovery is turn the truck off unless you are at a sheltered place, make it home, or an emergency that requires it.
Only takes a crapped out battery starter, pcb, switch to leave you stranded
My trucks run for 2 or more weeks without shutting off hot or cold outside
Better put the hammer down. You need to be down to 1100mi in under 14hrsHa my mileage count was off stupid fat fingers and cel phones. I'm a full keyboard kinda guy. Text to speech still not there yet.
It was 1,518 miles start to pit stop in about 50 hours. One roadside repair. Lots and lots of stops and brief walk around to stretch.
Mileage is between 6 and 6.5 as expected. Fuel valve works great and is minty fresh looking. Operates real smooth and I observed the overflow back to the tank in each one after shifting. After burning off a couple of tanks on the right I refilled it with fresh and have been exclusively running on the left tank. Went 330 miles between fills and put 50.76 gallons in I think that's about as far as I'm going to push that. At the stops I visually check levels (the strainers have been removed and the truck came with new stainless strainers but I haven't installed them). Fuel gauge bounces in motion and seems vague at a standstill. I don't trust it one bit.
Going to pick up some injector cleaner tomorrow. Seems a bit smokier than I got it when at idle sometimes and off the bottom. If there is a time to get a good burn then this is it. I'm carrying spare fuel filters just in case.
The exhaust tip was off when I got the truck and the muffler sounds a bit shot. I have a brand new muffler that came with the truck but will wait until home. It's working: don't mess with it! A few hundred miles after leaving I think whatever rotten remnants of muffler that were there gave up. So now I can hear a bit better when I'm on/off throttle through my ear muffs!
Besides the small, expected stuff, this has been a great purchase. I've been looking for a little while and when a real minty, well cared for, inside stored sample came up: I jumped on it. Didn't haggle. Glad I did.
About 900 miles to go for family Thanksgiving!
Yeah I don't even shut off my good trucks once they are running unless I have to. Even with modern starts etcPlus 2. I start the truck in the morning and it runs until I stop for the night. It was two days home with my M929. I started it exactly two times to get home. The third time I went to start it after getting home, the starter had crapped out. It would have sucked to try and find or repair a starter in the middle of BFE.
Thanks Randy!Hey if you need anything I am 20 miles up the 58 from Mojave in Tehachapi . Got an extra bunk so you can warm up and charge your phone.
Randy
@silverstate55 is in cedar city if you have any issues going to Vegas.Thanks Randy!
Pretty sure I'll be rolling through there but not sure about time available or when. Depends on what's up with my hard top tomorrow, how long it'll take to install, how much drive time I get. I'm running from Ogden to Atascadero and Vegas is halfway. Keeping it loose....
If you go to the SS rally in the Mojave next year maybe catch up with you there. Gotta have a wrecker to be period correct, right?
-Jim
Awesome bud! Glad you're in the home stretch... we expect to see LOTS of pics!!!Whew! Just thought I'd post an update real quick before taking some sleep. Started in Ogden got my hard top looks great. Got out of there about noon. Stopped about 30 miles shy of Barstow. 280 miles to Atascadero for family turkey day. From there on I'm on home ground. Truck is running great I picked a winner. Thanks for all the support I'll post a summary later.