so I took the jeep out yesterday for her maiden rock voyage. Made the big climb up into the trail, no problem. Then the lockers disengaged and I couldn’t get climb the next set of rocks. 10ft in and I was stuck. Corroded battery terminal was the culprit, was a quick fix and I was heading further into the rocks. It was a great test-drive, the Jeep was AWESOME! I conquered 2 obstacles that I haven’t done before, one was a real BP momentïŠ I did have to pull the winch line twice, didn’t feel like breaking it now that its taken me a year to get it out of the garage. One last obstacle and I’m safely back in the driveway, wouldn’t you know it, totally stuck and completely disregarding my last statement about breaking it. Well I was trying this way and that way with no luck, some smoke was lightly seeping from under the hood so I shut it down. Now I don’t have spark. The rotor and cap were all charred inside on the contacts. I’m going to try new and see if that’s the culprit.
Damage from my own back yard: jeep wont run, bent new Currie tie rod, punched a hole in new steering stabilizer, cracked the unbreakable MCE front fender, dented the hood and I’m sure there’s some damage underneathïŒ.
I need to trade this hobby for hotroddingïŠ