Sun 11/17 Azusa canyon

[RustyM923]

This Sunday, three of my friends and I are going to be at Azusa canyon ORV area. It's $8 to get in, all are welcome. You'd be well advised to bring a 4x4, though.

We're planning on arriving at about 9am.

The list so far:

1 m923 (rustym923)
1 pinzgauer 710
1 F350 with mud tires

Possibles

1 m925a2 (with winch!)



I have a few snatch straps and a clevis or two.

Link to the ORV park:

http://ohvguide.com/maps/azusacanyon.htm

Post here if you have any questions or are thinking about coming. This is a casual event. We're just going out to exercise the machines and have fun.

 

[FASTNOVA]

I'll go!

 

[RustyM923]

I'll go!

You can be the winch guy!

 

[Gunzy]

I used to go there when I was stationed at Norton AFB in the '80s. Great fun.

 

[RustyM923]

I used to go there when I was stationed at Norton AFB in the '80s. Great fun.

Do you remember PTO Dave?

 

[Gunzy]

Do you remember PTO Dave?

Sorry, no.

 

[WillWagner]

I'll go!

Dude, you put some MILES on that truck! As it should be!!

 

[FASTNOVA]

Do you remember PTO Dave?

Is that
"Puling Trucks Out" Dave?
"Paid Time Off" Dave?
"Parent Teacher Org." Dave?
"Please Turn Over" Dave?
"Pretty Truck Operator" Dave?
"Pull Toyota Out" Dave?

Dude, you put some MILES on that truck! As it should be!!

I'm doing a scientific study on how many miles I can get out of surplus 395's.

 

[RustyM923]

Is that
"Puling Trucks Out" Dave?
"Paid Time Off" Dave?
"Parent Teacher Org." Dave?
"Please Turn Over" Dave?
"Pretty Truck Operator" Dave?
"Pull Toyota Out" Dave?

Power Take Off Dave. He had an old red and white Ford pickup with a giant PTO winch on it. He's unstuck a lot of people with that setup.

I think your winch is bigger, though.

 

[those military guys rob]

i thought everyone knew dave i knew him from little rock dam i might make it out there no promises tho i might have family stuff going on

 

[yannick]

I'm in and possibly another Pinz!

 

[Expendable]

if my Hummer didn't need a new transfer case I would attend. Hope y'all have fun

 

[FASTNOVA]

if my Hummer didn't need a new transfer case I would attend. Hope y'all have fun

You don't have to worry about a transfer case. We can just pull you around with one of our trucks. Heck we'll even put your truck in the bed of one of ours. We'll probably do a test fit to see if a H1 will fit.

 

[Expendable]

You don't have to worry about a transfer case. We can just pull you around with one of our trucks. Heck we'll even put your truck in the bed of one of ours. We'll probably do a test fit to see if a H1 will fit.

hahaha,
too bad she prolly wouldn't make it to Azusa. I was driving her for an hour on the freeway. pulled over to use the bathroom when I saw the case was smoking and leaking. drained some fluid and it's burnt with shavings in it.

 

[FASTNOVA]

That sucks. Did you run it low on oil?

 

[Expendable]

No I had a problem with the cooling loop inside the case. the transmission was pumping its fluid into the case. fixed that by bypassing the cooling loop. thought I drained enough to make it not overfilled. apparently I was wrong. it was overfilled by like two quarts still somehow.

 

[FASTNOVA]

How did you find out about the cooling loop leaking?

 

[Expendable]

How did you find out about the cooling loop leaking?

Driving on the freeway, stopped at a mcdonalds. came out to see, liquid spots under neath my truck near the fuel tank, thought it was fuel. decided to keep going since I ran it for 5 minutes idling without it leaking. stopped again about hour later when the transmission started acting up. checked the trans level. wasn't even registering on the dipstick. crawled underneath the truck again and looked real good this time. figured out the fluid was ATF instead of diesel. ended up having my dad come down with a bunch of ATF. limped it to his place, had to stop every 10-15 miles to refill on ATF. fixed it at his place later. Then I started driving back down to LA and that's when I stopped and saw the case smoking.

It's a common issue on the older Hummers, that the cooling loop cracks. it's known as the Vampire in the Hummer community.

 

[FASTNOVA]

I'm new to the Hummer community. I'll have to keep an eye on mine.

 

[Expendable]

http://hummerknowledgebase.com/rungear/vamp.html

http://flashoffroad.com/features/Tcase/Vampire/vampire.htm

check out those two sites for more info regarding hummer articles.

Also if you're not on the HML that's a good forum to join about Hummers. http://www.hummernetworkforums.com/viewforum.php?f=3