Desperately need help in a god-awful hurry - Anybody?

Awesome Don! That's the never-say-die spirit. You take the tools, I'll send a prayer (the tools may still end up being the answer to the prayer ;-)

Let us know, Chris

99BBB

10K nothin'... I wanna see this puppy roll over the 300K (or more) mark! :)

Well, after some delay in getting computer/network access re-established after the move (We got here last Saturday, but I've been scrambling to get "can't continue existing without them" type items unpacked - much as I'd like to be able to claim otherwise, the computer/net isn't on that list) I'm pleased to anounce that the ol' beast made the trip just great.

She ran a little bit hotter than I liked at first (typically, the needle barely moves above the "cold" mark on the gauge - ran at about halfway up the scale for the first 150 miles or so, then settled back down to about 1/4 scale for the rest of the trip after topping up with water during a gas stop - possibly a cruddy connection to the sender that I cleaned up without knowing it whle tearing it down and putting it back together) and it did burn some oil, but that's nothing new. Aside from what sounds like an exhaust leak (I suspect I didn't get a bolt cranked down hard enough when putting everything back together after the gasket change - Without fresh stuff on hand to replace whatever exists, I'm

*REALLY* paranoid about cranking on exhaust hardware - for reasons I doubt need any explanation!) it made it without a spit, sputter, or complaint, even coming up over the Grant's Pass Oregon area. (Sign at bottom: Elevation - 1000 feet. Sign at top: Elevation - 4731 feet if I recall rightly)

I'm impressed! With both the car (for surviving the trip) and myself (for doing a first-time-ever head-gasket replacement with only two days to do it in before launching into a 600+ mile trip into "the great Northwet" and having it turn out successful)

Congrats. It's nice when things work out.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail >