For Your Amusement

Most of you don't know me but I left FR4X4 a few years back for Florida. Florida is one flat state so I left my truck behind and bought at 2WD 4Runner. I took up photography to fill the void. I like to room around remote areas like the Everglades which is pretty cool. Today, since we're social-distancing and I needed to get out I went to a nearby area named Picayune Strand State Forest. It's 78,000 acres so plenty of space to wander around. Side note: This is the area that was being sold way back when the phrase "buying swampland in Florida" came from. I've been there a lot and went today and decided to take a road I hadn't before. Yep, bad decision to take 2wd on deep sand and have the serpentine belt fail.

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So I lost momentum and buried myself in the sand. :redface:


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Fortunately there are still 4x4 people wandering around and nice enough to pull and old man out of a mess. :D Oh, there's no cell service in the area too.

At least I got out of the house but could have done w/o spending hours in this unshaded patch of sand at 85 degrees while trying to free myself before help showed up.

So in summary I'll close by saying I may be in the flatlands but I'm still capable of doing stupid stuff! :D

Glad you got help Chris. Take care and be safe.

A nice chuckle - life happens. Good on the folks to help out.

Serp belt failed? No water pump puts you stuck right there. Did they pull you out to tow-truck-land???

Chris in a 2 WD.
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I'm always worried about that myself even though I've never had it happen. I carry a spare when I'm wheeling just in case, which I bet makes most folks chuckle.

[quote=speedkills;335744]I carry a spare when I'm wheeling just in case, which I bet makes most folks chuckle.[/quote]

Not me. Spare hose clamps are clamped onto radiator & heater hoses - just in case. Spare v-belts and radiator hoses are zip-tied to the underside of the driver/passenger seats.

Sadly, with Serp's - I think their failure is often a bearing failure and that is often not tended out of the on-vehicle "spares" box (at least for the casual day-wheeling we do - which is why this forum exists - to get out with at least one other vehicle - one of those vehicles becomes the recovery truck, if needed).

We all decide how much "what if" options we can recover from. I carry a separate fuel pump too - but then I've had issues in that department. I should carry spare sensors (Throttle Position, O2, Crankshaft). It'd be nice to carry a spare computer too.

That is genius. You need to start a backups tips'n'tricks post, I'd love to hear other good ideas people have. Beats keeping them in a box in the back of my rig.

For the most part - Search for about any "Brody" post - search for threads started by him. He was a member many years back and he posted a TON of tips & info.

[QUOTE=Jim;335745] I should carry spare sensors (Throttle Position, O2, Crankshaft). It'd be nice to carry a spare computer too.[/QUOTE]

I have a solution for that....

Glad you got out safe Chris. I find myself missing Florida in an odd way. We'll be making a trip (likely next year) to Sanibel Island. I love it over there.

Here's my update now that I've found the damage - blown head gasket, seized PS pump, blown radiator. Damn, I'm going for 4WD after I sell this. :frown:

So much for my belief I didn't need 4WD in this flat state. :redface:

Jackie, let me know when you make it to Sanibel, we go there pretty often to visit the Ding Darling Refuge.

Sam, yeah what was I thinking about 2WD. :eek:

Everyone else, thanks for the comments and stay safe. :thumb:

I didn't know 2wd 4 runners existed. Makes about as much sense as a wing on a Honda.

[QUOTE=Swank1975;335843]I didn't know 2wd 4 runners existed. Makes about as much sense as a wing on a Honda.[/QUOTE]

2wd 4runner seems less weird to me than the 2wd TJ that jeep offered for a year. That one is a real head scratcher

[QUOTE=open_circuit;335844]2wd 4runner seems less weird to me than the 2wd TJ that jeep offered for a year. That one is a real head scratcher[/QUOTE]
Jeeps have come in 2wd since the beginning flatfenders...here is a 1957 dj3a - same as a cj3a but in 2wd.
[IMG]https://cdn.dealeraccelerate.com/dezer/1/3075/41496/790x1024/1957-willys-jeep-dj3a[/IMG]

Here is an army 2wd dj5a that is now owned by a friend of mine in Texas....he just added a 4wd M38 (military version of the cj3a) and is looking to sell the dj if anyone is interested...
[IMG]https://www.beamingpix.com/images/2018/04/03/3CC4210A-E0F1-45D8-87B1-D6C1FD146DFA.jpg[/IMG]

FTFY

[quote=Swank1975;335843]Makes about as much sense as a wing and a five inch fart pipe on a Honda[/quote]