September 14, 2009
by Ray
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What an awesome weekend – certainly couldn’t have asked for better weather. My Jeep suffered a bit of damage – no significant body damage, just upgradeable/replaceable plastic bits ;^)
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September 4, 2009
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My Andreja Premium has been leaking lately around the portafilter. Figure that the likely culprit is the grouphead gasket – almost 2 years of baking in the E61 head, and it has been pretty much carbonized. Removing the gasket was pretty tricky, well, at least until I decided to use Google to find a how-to article. Came across Espresso! My Espresso!, a no-frills site with lots of information! How-to #13 was the one I needed, and after a quick read, I had the grouphead gasket out in less than 30 seconds!
The screen had to be cleaned up – I was a little slack in the weekly backflushes – but I did make sure they were done at least every 2-3 weeks. Every week from now on! And I won’t wait 2 years to replace the gasket again – maybe do it every 6 months to a year.
Instead of buying the gasket locally (which I kind of had to do this time around with all the leaking), I’m going to order a half dozen online. $5 US each instead of $16 from CaffeTech! The price you pay for convenience I suppose.
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September 4, 2009
by Ray
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Just added the Mobile pack plugin to this site – first initial impressions are good – for browsing the site as well as maintaining it!
Let me know if you run into any issues
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August 29, 2009
by Ray
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Purchased a Teraflex antenna mount and also a pair of Daystar hood wranglers to address the hood lift problem on the highway.
The antenna mount was a very straightforward installation, as I already had everything there with the temporary scrap metal mount I made up for the ACE trip – as luck would have it, UPS arrived the afternoon prior to leaving for ACE, so I was able to have a stronger/heavier duty antenna mount in place for the trip. This was probably a good thing considering the density of some of the brush along some of the trails.
Installing the hood wranglers was very easier – once I decided to ignore the instructions that were supplied! Those instructions wanted you to completely remove the lower latch assembly from the Jeep – which is completely unncessary. I really think Daystar should write up a new instruction sheet. With a couple pairs of decent vise grips, the pins holding the factory rubber straps in place are easily twisted apart.
The hood wranglers a very necessary mod if you start experiencing hood flutter, and they solve the problem nicely!
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August 16, 2009
by Ray
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Was pretty excited when I saw this come up for sale – and almost immediately arranged to check it out…
The trailer is a Canadian Army surplus unit – an M101. The trailer has a little bit of surface rust – nothing too severe at all. I intend on cleaning up the rust, and then painting the trailer, probably a primer gray initially, and bedlining the interior.
Eventually, I might look at color matching the trailer to the Rubicon, as well as matching up the wheels and tires. Pulls like nothing is there when empty – will see once I get a load in there! Might see its first trail adventure soon too – hopefully make it out to the Cadomin area next month for a weekend possibly!
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August 10, 2009
by Ray
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What a great time! The whole family enjoyed some fantastic vistas from the tops of a couple mountains – they got a little scared in spots – but it was all good in the end. Much better than the Capital Ex!
Day 1 of A.C.E. 2009 in Grande Cache, Alberta
Uploading a pile of photo’s this evening, so stay tuned :^)
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August 7, 2009
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Photos from a fantastic weekend in Grande Cache hosted by the True North Trail Runners 4×4 Club of Grande Prairie.
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August 3, 2009
by Ray
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Well – the vent mount holder kinda sucks in the Wrangler – so I tried it out in the wifes Liberty – and it seems to work pretty good there. So, I visited DealExtreme, to see if they had any other options – and for under $10, I ordered another usb car charger and a mount for the iPhone! Cheap as dirt – just have to give the pieces a good inspection and see how they work. I’ve ordered things from them in the past – like an FM transmitter for the iPod, and its still working!
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