The gentleman that hauls the M135 around spotted an Iltis for sale and dialed me up at 2230h last night. By 1240h today, a deposit was made and the Iltis was pulled out of it's hole waiting for a trailer to pick it up tomorrow.
You might think the Plowboy would keep a smokin' $2,700.00 deal like this....but after driving an Early Deuce.....well,,,,,you know, jeeps are puny!
Instead, I phoned a husband and wife team that are as purist as one can stand so the Iltis and this snappy little trailer will get saved...period...correct.
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.....all because Goose had some transmission problems,,,,,nice!
Still found some time to open more boxes and start putting parts on the new 20' long shelf. Some obvious water damage on the MC and a few transmission parts but the pancake and molasses recipe will take care of that. Lots of transmission parts to sort out so whoever is bored first...........
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Have you ever seen what's on the bottom of the dip tube on the G749 transmission? It's an upside down ice screen cone. Likely designed to keep me from dropping a bolt into the transmission. Good to know it's there!
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It's real cool opening boxes that we packed away after the fire 4 years ago. Now I remember what I was working on and where all the line wrenches went that I was missing.
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This is as high as the sun gets at mid-day up here so we must be getting close to summer again.....eh?
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