Great pictures Larry. That looks like a really sweet journey. Ratburgers? Oh my gaud! A joke right? Yuck. But hey I guess if you were starving then eat up.
The rear end the went out, what's the build date? was he just motoring along or spinning wheels and then they caught traction and Boom?
Great stuff Larry!
It was great meeting you and TCAO...
I don't care what was in those burger, they were good!!!
I hope we get to do this again and don't be a stranger when you're in Atlanta.
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OK Larry, Looks like we may need to use FOUR instead of three dualock's.
I'll see what kind of deal I can wrangle from Paige.
Was Thong running his H.L.C.'s? If so how did his do? I haven't had time to get over to Aeroflow lately to pick up the little dualock buttons.
Promice I'll get to both this week.
Glad everyone returned safe and had fun on the trip.
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Great pictures Larry. That looks like a really sweet journey. Ratburgers? Oh my gaud! A joke right?
They're clean, they're bush meat. This is what FJCRUSR had to say about the rat meat (add a French Canadian accent):
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The rear end the went out, what's the build date? was he just motoring along or spinning wheels and then they caught traction and Boom?
TCAO and I have some insight on that. Toyota changed the rear differential manufacture in FEBRUARY 07. So a build after that date will have the new, softer gears that will give and take better. The earlier gears are harder and are better suited to pavement. They usually break when you "hop" the rear end. THIRDMEMBER was taking a much harder line than we took up over a ledge (climbing) and in order to get the back end over he gave it the gas and the rear end "hopped" over. When it came down, 9 teeth snapped off the rear diff.
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KOKOPELLI TRAIL - PART FIVE Trail Damage and aftermath:
The marker antenna I use was sheared off on the way up to the top of the world. The fiberglass shattered just above the aluminium mount. You'll also note that the Aeroflow headlight covers gave up the ghost. They had trail damage and the velcro was no longer strong enough to hold them on. I will replace them with a new pair since I like them very much. In another situation I might just replace the velcro but these have a few hits/headlight saves and they're getting beat.
Larry, I originally looked at the polycarbonate headlight covers, but ended up getting the 3M protection. Headlamp and Signal Lamp Kits are about $33 delivered.
3M quote:"Both in the real world and in the lab, our covers have proven that they will withstand a barrage of 1" diameter stones (about 1oz.) at speeds up to 120 m.p.h. with no damage to the lens they protect."
I am still decompressing from the trip. The FJ is unloaded but it's still filthy and there is the repair to trail damage and a closer inspection of what things look like once the mud is washed off.
More than anything, I'm a little sad that the trip is over. The Kokopelli run was very fun and I could do that sort of thing on a regular basis without tiring of it.
It was nice to have you there to prod us along and share your experiences. Next time you want to come out from Georgia - you're always welcome to ride with me.
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I didn't have a chance to get new dual-locks to install my HLCs for this trip.
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Larry, I originally looked at the polycarbonate headlight covers, but ended up getting the 3M protection. Headlamp and Signal Lamp Kits are about $33 delivered.
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And they don't fall off on the trail.
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Actually, uphill's HLCs did not fall off even though the dual locks were no longer have the original holding strength due to repeated removals from cleaning the HLCs and the headlights. I don't think films will be able to take 1/16" gouges from juniper branches.
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