hiccups....

Last minute repairs for the Jeep.  
Our clutch slave cylinder let go.  Better here than on the road, as shifting without a clutch was difficult at best.  At any rate got it repaired and all fluids checked.  It is cleared for take off.  

It was in the garage a few days and I find we are a bit behind schedule...not that the 'schedule' matters anyway.

I have yet to be cleared for take off though...hopefully I'll be green lighted tomorrow.

Bloggin from the road....

Picked up a HP Pavilion G41016DX series 14in laptop for $349.

Windows7 Premium, 2.5Khz duel core with 4G RAM,  320G hard drive and integrated web cam.

When we can get wireless on the road we'll be able to update our blog, Skype and check email.

A 3G card would be ideal but may bust the budget.

4x4 restored.

The Jeep has been suffering from a temperamental vacuum switch on the front axle, preventing 4wheel drive engagement.  I found a helpful write-up on a Jeep web site and was able to 'fix' the vacuum switch on the axle. 

Basically I locked the axle in the engaged position and disconected and sealed the vacuum lines.

It works! Success!
I learned that Jeep eventually abandoned the vacuum switch on future Jeeps due to reliability issues.

Memorial Day Weekend

Tyler and I took the Jeep to the North East Kingdom Memorial Day weekend.  More specifically East Burke, VT and the Kingdom Trails network.   Kingdom trails is all about mountain biking and we had the bed of the truck loaded with bikes.  My Surly Pugsly was towing Tyler's "Shocker" Trail-A-Bike plus we brought my Gary Fisher Rig and Tyler's Fuji Fazer.

The Jeep cruised happily at 70mph most of the way, though climbing some of the bigger hills forced us to drop to 4th gear just to maintain 60mph.  It is a heavy little truck and we were well loaded.  We still managed better than 20mpg on the way up, not bad for a tired 25 year old truck.