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Hi Ada! Wow, didn't think I'd see this cute little beast again.

Sometimes I still regret selling the GL, both because it's such a rad little rig and because it's a cruel project to inflict on...

Welcome, cool taco!

Crap, I had to pick up an oncall shift over that weekend. Really wish I could join for this.

Some say nasty, I say exciting

I would but this is my transfer case right now :)

That may still be true about Bill Moore, this is the view from waypoint 16 (before it dips into the valley) on June 9th. You can still take Bill Moore down from Red Elephant though, that part is...

Unless it's snowed since June 9th, it's dry and clear.

Nice rigs, and welcome to the forum!

My first 4x4 was a bone stock '79 Subaru GL I picked up in 2019. I was browsing craigslist for mini trucks and somehow ended up buying that nugget for $1000. I took it out on some trails with a...

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Welcome!

Hey, I love picking up trash. I think it's some combination of environmentalism, moral indignation, and a disgust of I don't like looking at this and if I pick it up, I won't have to see it again....

I pieced my setup together for about $300 - alternator, control box and bits, welding leads. There's a write-up on pirate I referenced that I could find again for anyone interested. The premier kit...

Well, mystery solved. This 4 banger rattles so hard it cracked the onboard welder bracket. Weird, not even at a weld. If only I had... A welder.

Yeah, meaning generically everything running off belts in the front of the engine. For me that's power steering, 2 alternators (onboard welder), water pump, and fan. One of those is very unhappy....

Clutch throwout bearing... premature failure, it's been screaming since before the Chinaman's run. Can only press my luck so far.
New clutch while I'm in there.
Rear transfer case will be rebuilt...

This was also the last of 7 straight days of wheeling for me, starting from last Sunday's Pickle Gulch run. It's now time to lock my poor Toyota in the garage for a serious maintenance and repair...

This was a great day with a great group!

We started off at the base of trail creek road - the original rendezvous point turned out to be a busy touristy location. We had 5 rigs - the 4 rsvp'd...

It's a beautiful trail! We want to go back when it's fully clear and make the hike to the lake too.

I got to the meeting place a bit early - Phoenix gold mine is really bumping and it feels inappropriate to take up their limited parking so I've posted up at a gravel lot next to the road entrance...

I might be in - I'm wheeling Saturday, the question is just where. If I can throw in a suggestion, how about trail creek road to south spring gulch, then out cascade creek if you're feeling saucy in...

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Photos didn't post, may have to wait til I get home for that...

We took the two old Toyotas up Chihuahua gulch today. The water crossing at trailsoffroad waypoint 5 was about a foot deep, with a 4 foot drift on the far shore. Tried winching up it but we were just...

Welcome Alex! I really like the look of that trooper