Author Topic: Most embarrassing break on the trail (Read 6383 times)

Duffil · « **Reply #30 on:** Jan 15, 2007, 10:39:24 PM »

only time i've ever broken on the trail, I had mentioned how "i beat this thing and it just asks for more!" and then my fuel pressure regulator died and I looked like an ass.

*** YELLER *** · « **Reply #31 on:** Jan 16, 2007, 05:28:02 PM »

Alrught here, before MINI post it.
wasnt the trail but it still sucked

Willy Mammoth · « **Reply #32 on:** Jan 16, 2007, 05:50:49 PM »

You gotta keep them lug nuts tight.

While I'm here let me share this one.

We were on a Jeep poker run and I was leading a group when the trail bottle necked into a section of woods where there was a lot of downed trees. I sent the others back around and I proceeded to make my way over the trees. After a few tries and almost getting high centered I decided to launch over them. after getting over and back to the trail I found the front shackles had flipped and we had to hold up the groups progress to fix my screwup. Had I gone around like everybody else we may have been one of the first back to the meeting spot.

DAWGTOY · « **Reply #33 on:** Jan 17, 2007, 09:28:44 AM »

left my winch controler pluged in and on the floorboard.
was swiching tranfercase gears and my heel pushed in the
in button. kept hearing this whining noise from the cb and
thought WTF. sounded like my transfer gears. but the winch
kept tighting up till it blew out the side cover.

glad i diddnt need the winch the rest of the day.

stupid dawg

germ · « **Reply #34 on:** Jan 17, 2007, 05:17:23 PM »

Several years ago, a local club I was in went up to do Swamp Lake/Dusy. As we were headed through a fairly easy portion, we had to climb a small step of roots. My 72 'cruiser died. We fiddled with all sorts of differnet things trying to figure it out. Thought it was the carb, then the ignition. Nothing! Finally I jumped into a buddies Jeep, we wheeled all the way back to Shaver lake, found the Napa store, and bought everything we could think of for the ignition system...plugs, points, condenser, cap, rotor...the whole package. Nobody had a feeler guage, so we set the points using a matchbook cover. After doing all this, I jumped in and tried it...Nothing! As I threw my head back in total disgust, I looked up and realized that I'd somehow thrown the safety switch (antitheft) that I'd installed just a few days before and had completley forgotten about. I casually reached up, flipped the switch, and it started on the first try! I actually drove around with my points set by the matchbook cover for almost 2 years afterwards, 'cause it ran better than it ever did when using the feeler-guage.

Erik

boggerunner · « **Reply #35 on:** Jan 17, 2007, 05:32:15 PM »

my front drive shaft is too short, so i had to run this trail up in parachute called the battlements backwards to keep my front drive shaft from seperating, i made it up the mountin, but my neck really hurt, i put shocks on, and added a few inches, and no problems now.

I once lost my timing chain in the middle of 21 road, now that sucked

Tallchevy · « **Reply #36 on:** Jan 17, 2007, 05:39:14 PM »

Fordh8r & I were in Hollister

& my 4Runner was stock & still had IFS

Going up a flat trail I noticed that the left front tire had popped the bead

I put on a spare & continued up the trail. There was a spot were I had to climb out cause the rest of the trail was getting difficult. I couldn't get out so I continued up the trail with Fordh8r spotting me & he noticed the left front bead had popped off on the spare tire this time. I just changed it not even 10 minutes earlier

Put another spare on & had to thrash to get out. Made it out & it was time to leave

Went to air up & found that the right rear tire had dirt between the bead & rim

Got one of the other tires to air up & changed that one this time. All this in 30 minutes!

Felt like I should have been on a pit crew for NASCAR!

Hyena · « **Reply #37 on:** Jan 17, 2007, 06:24:09 PM »

MCR5, was right above old sluice heading down and all four drivers side steering arm studs decided to sheer. ended up stoping traffic for an good hour and half or so. wouldn't have been so bad but the passenger side had broke the week before.

iNfErNaL · « **Reply #38 on:** Jan 17, 2007, 11:06:05 PM »

Okay,how'bout working on your rig for a week and getting out to the Hammers and breaking 1/3 of the way up SledgeHammer on the first night while wheelin' with a bunch of Toyotas?...Pretty damn embarrassing

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boggerunner · « **Reply #39 on:** Jan 17, 2007, 11:11:37 PM »

its a jeep thing and we do understand

Duffil · « **Reply #40 on:** Jan 17, 2007, 11:13:58 PM »

Quote from: boggerunner on Jan 17, 2007, 11:11:37 PM

its a jeep thing and we do understand

that's why it burns when I pee....

iNfErNaL · « **Reply #41 on:** Jan 18, 2007, 12:16:10 AM »

Quote from: boggerunner on Jan 17, 2007, 11:11:37 PM

its a jeep thing and we do understand

Thing is that none of the crap that broke is Jeep stuff,it's 1 ton crap.

boggerunner · « **Reply #42 on:** Jan 18, 2007, 09:36:30 AM »

but it is bolted to a jeep, its kinda like a virus. It spreads to every limb and infects it.

iNfErNaL · « **Reply #43 on:** Jan 18, 2007, 11:38:57 AM »

Quote from: boggerunner on Jan 18, 2007, 09:36:30 AM

but it is bolted to a jeep, its kinda like a virus. It spreads to every limb and infects it.

Ha Ha,very true.I'll be the first to admit that Jeeps are pieces of

.

boggerunner · « **Reply #44 on:** Jan 18, 2007, 06:34:36 PM »

after that bein said, u must buy a tacoma, mabey the white tacoma of allpoo's that is a sweet truck, trade them the jeep for it

iNfErNaL · « **Reply #45 on:** Jan 19, 2007, 08:49:54 AM »

Quote from: boggerunner on Jan 18, 2007, 06:34:36 PM

after that bein said, u must buy a tacoma, mabey the white tacoma of allpoo's that is a sweet truck, trade them the jeep for it

Ha Ha,he ONLY wants $45K for it.

crawlerdan · « **Reply #46 on:** Jan 19, 2007, 09:17:31 AM »

ok ok , one time, at band camp...wait wrong forum

ok how bout this, about 5 years ago, when i wheeled a trplecased 85 yota, toybuilt and i got hit by a freak snowstorm on fordyce, got lost, i ran outa gas twice, my rear drivers tire came off due to loose nuts...and we ended up lost somewhere in nevada.

i had no doors, windows or windshield wipers. so i took toybuilts pass. side wiper, we all got inside our sleeping bags, and drove down the freeway home 90 miles inside our bags with holes cut in the bottom so we could work the pedals

boggerunner · « **Reply #47 on:** Jan 19, 2007, 01:06:11 PM »

you are only 40 thoudand short after trade in

iNfErNaL · « **Reply #48 on:** Jan 19, 2007, 01:15:50 PM »

Quote from: boggerunner on Jan 19, 2007, 01:06:11 PM

you are only 40 thoudand short after trade in

Allright,so are you trying to talk

now?,either way let's STFU and get back on topic.

*FFC* · « **Reply #49 on:** Jan 19, 2007, 01:46:53 PM »

DTB · « **Reply #50 on:** Jan 19, 2007, 02:31:57 PM »

Quote from: crawlerdan on Jan 19, 2007, 09:17:31 AM

ok ok , one time, at band camp...wait wrong forum

ok how bout this, about 5 years ago, when i wheeled a trplecased 85 yota, toybuilt and i got hit by a freak snowstorm on fordyce, got lost, i ran outa gas twice, my rear drivers tire came off due to loose nuts...and we ended up lost somewhere in nevada.

i had no doors, windows or windshield wipers. so i took toybuilts pass. side wiper, we all got inside our sleeping bags, and drove down the freeway home 90 miles inside our bags with holes cut in the bottom so we could work the pedals

haha thats a good story! probably tops the others so far IMO

red · « **Reply #51 on:** Jan 19, 2007, 06:58:54 PM »

Quote from: crawlerdan on Jan 19, 2007, 09:17:31 AM

ok ok , one time, at band camp...wait wrong forum

ok how bout this, about 5 years ago, when i wheeled a trplecased 85 yota, toybuilt and i got hit by a freak snowstorm on fordyce, got lost, i ran outa gas twice, my rear drivers tire came off due to loose nuts...and we ended up lost somewhere in nevada.

i had no doors, windows or windshield wipers. so i took toybuilts pass. side wiper, we all got inside our sleeping bags, and drove down the freeway home 90 miles inside our bags with holes cut in the bottom so we could work the pedals

crawlerdan · « **Reply #52 on:** Jan 19, 2007, 08:40:04 PM »

Quote from: red on Jan 19, 2007, 06:58:54 PM

HAHA.... this was the land of no camera....sorry

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