[Dodgeman]

well as promised I got a few pix of my most recent wheeling trip, and maybe a few of the other less eventfull trips but i'll put those laterin the post, this pic is a group shot of the rigs i went with , i did some photo shop work and got a big panoramic shot of the whole group, there was unloading and some last minuite repairs going on

 

[Dodgeman]

this one was the best one there, they said they just bought it from a guy outta California, and picked it up in Farmington NM not too long ago, it was awsome and flexed like crazy too

 

[Dodgeman]

here is a front and back view of the blue rock buggy, im trying to consilidate pix here, i dunno if its a good idea yet or not, the truck has full hydraulic front steering and them dana 60's look tiny between the 44 inch tsl swampers

 

[Dodgeman]

heres a quick series of the blue buggy going thru an obstaclem hes just going into it in this pic

 

[Dodgeman]

its scraping roll bar here, but it gets cooler

 

[Dodgeman]

going up onto the rock with the left rear tire here

 

[Dodgeman]

and almost off, this thing just idled over this little spot, it was just awsome

 

[Dodgeman]

heres a cool red jeep, i believe it was riding on 40's , and the pic makes that rock in front of it look kinda small , but it reall wasnt and i didnt seem to get one of the drop off right after it

 

[Dodgeman]

another one

 

[Dodgeman]

the only toy in the group, it had been cut a bit in the back and was running 38's i believe

 

[Dodgeman]

heres one of the cage, it was parked, kinda hard to take pix and drive at the same time

 

[BrianT]

Very coool Steve. So where is the pics of your tranny blowing tranny fluid lol ? So u figure out what gave in the tranny in anyhow ?

 

[Dodgeman]

heres me again, right after the tranny took a dump, if ya look close you can see the overheated spillage spot on the ground, this pic doesent show it but right behind me around to the left was a trechorous rocky ledge, as you can see we are in a canyon bottom and this just looked like a good flat spot to cool off some

 

[Dodgeman]

LOL,, patience grasshopper,, lol I was just getting to that, here is a close up of the fluid spot and wetness around it, i didnt run for the camera exactly right when it was billowing smoke, actually before i did get the cam, i had to go thru the "WTF am i gonna do to get it out of here" moment first, but here ya go, its kinda very hot still here and all the fluid on the ground at this point came pouring out of the front seal for some reason or another, I was dam lucky it didnt catch fire too, i was already going for the extinguisher but didnt need it

 

[Dodgeman]

as for the "why it blew" i dunno fer sure, it was too dam hot, and i was over working it a bit, I havent torn into it yet, but i didnt feel so bad cause this guy broke this transfer case a few obstacles back, and he had to get towed out, it actually still had some rear wheel drive after the breakage, it would just lock up every few feet, I just didnt wanna start right out with the breakage or the pix wouldnt be as fun

 

[Dodgeman]

and heres the two victims of the day who needed major repairs one is me and the other is the jeep with the broken t case, dont my 36'skinda look like P205's next to 44's??
ohh ya also in the fluid spot pic you can also see my new home made green(only paint i had) shock hoops (there is also a bar right behind the shock that goes to the top of the frame) and new pro comp shocks, they actually worked great til i broke the tranny, also i got too long of a bolt in the upper shock mount cause again it was all i had at the time, like my copper tubing spacer ??lol,, well im off to bed fer now, i gotta wake at 5 am again tomorrow

 

[Smokey]

Thanks Steve !

 

[MoPaR MaNiaC 79RC]

you need some 44's my friend...

 

[78RC440]

Ouch!!

 

[Rammin78]

breakage is so cruel, but fun to do

Bob