chris4amd
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It all started... a long time ago.
But about three weeks ago I talked to 100dollarman. We chatted about an M109 that he had. He was completely up front about its wrecked transfer case, but was willing to put the box on a different truck and install a hardtop. We had a deal.
The next step was a flight from Portland, Oregon to Los Angeles, California. Next came a Greyhound bus ride* to Victorville, CA. Then Hundy himself picked me up at the bus station and showed me what was to become my pride and joy.
* Everyone needs to take at least one Greyhound bus ride in their lives. I've never met more wild and varied characters in my life.
Taking off from Lucerne Valley I spent the evening in Barstow where I had a memorable dinner at Los Domingos. After a long night with Max, the owner, and his incredible selection of tequila I laid down for a long night of sleep. The sun came up, I started the long drive from Southern Cali to Portland. Then... DISASTER!
With a bang the Deuce became twice as loud and my freeway speed dropped from 50 to 25. And I smelled diesel. One gas station parking lot later, some help from a friendly former deuce OP that was stopping for gas and a cast of dozens -- a spare fuel injector line was overnighted to the Ramada I had made it into. Thank you Aaron, Ed, Rob, and especially Josh.
The next morning I received the fuel injector line Josh had sent, installed it, and drove the remaining 700 beautiful miles into Oregon. The truck is strong puller, no slouch on the mountainous expanses of Northern California and Southern Oregon.
A fantastic recovery trip, a great intro to MVs, and the awesome family that is Steel Soldiers.
Next up, installing the Westfolk adapters that are in the mail, fixing the parking brake and half the gauges, starting the camper conversion, installing a stealth muffler, and about 1000 other things.
The first task will be to create a build thread.
PS - There would have been more pictures but my phone got wet on the trip (leaky windshield) so only the couple pics that I sent people survived.
But about three weeks ago I talked to 100dollarman. We chatted about an M109 that he had. He was completely up front about its wrecked transfer case, but was willing to put the box on a different truck and install a hardtop. We had a deal.
The next step was a flight from Portland, Oregon to Los Angeles, California. Next came a Greyhound bus ride* to Victorville, CA. Then Hundy himself picked me up at the bus station and showed me what was to become my pride and joy.
* Everyone needs to take at least one Greyhound bus ride in their lives. I've never met more wild and varied characters in my life.
Taking off from Lucerne Valley I spent the evening in Barstow where I had a memorable dinner at Los Domingos. After a long night with Max, the owner, and his incredible selection of tequila I laid down for a long night of sleep. The sun came up, I started the long drive from Southern Cali to Portland. Then... DISASTER!
With a bang the Deuce became twice as loud and my freeway speed dropped from 50 to 25. And I smelled diesel. One gas station parking lot later, some help from a friendly former deuce OP that was stopping for gas and a cast of dozens -- a spare fuel injector line was overnighted to the Ramada I had made it into. Thank you Aaron, Ed, Rob, and especially Josh.
The next morning I received the fuel injector line Josh had sent, installed it, and drove the remaining 700 beautiful miles into Oregon. The truck is strong puller, no slouch on the mountainous expanses of Northern California and Southern Oregon.
A fantastic recovery trip, a great intro to MVs, and the awesome family that is Steel Soldiers.
Next up, installing the Westfolk adapters that are in the mail, fixing the parking brake and half the gauges, starting the camper conversion, installing a stealth muffler, and about 1000 other things.
The first task will be to create a build thread.
PS - There would have been more pictures but my phone got wet on the trip (leaky windshield) so only the couple pics that I sent people survived.
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