Pete M

yeah, cause I'm such a neat freak. :rotf: I'm going to shoot for 6 or 7 but I gotta feeling that traffic will dictate the time of my arrival. regardless of where I sleep, I wasn't planning on driving home til Sun. waaaay too much energy output on Sat to follow it up with a 6 hour drive. :ack:

any where they want. :D

Meh. too bad I'm taking those taillights to the grave with me. :D

I always wondered what they bring in on ebay.

last ditch fundraiser... Anyone know someone out that way that would like the gray cloth buckets out of that CFC 92 MJ I saw in georgia? only issue is that the rear catch tab on one needs to be aligned better. Or maybe a gray pass side XJ bucket in good shape?

No ABS either if it matters. well, at least not up front. might have rear abs. :dunno:

no lights.

I got 20 bucks to give for it. :D

consider yourself lucky. others have lost sensors.

Bad things can happen when water is sprayed at the engine with great force. :no:

dang. don't really have time for all that today. :( I'll carry on with the plan if lubing them up and we'll see what they look like inside once I get that far. rust in the caliper sound plausible. after all, it's insanely humid in GA for most of the year. :mad:

you keep asking that as if I should know or something. :rotfl2: I won't know til today is done and I know what I have left on the plate for tomorrow morning. I wasn't exactly planning on doing brake work when I planned this all out last week. :doh:

looks like we'll be offering pullover hoodies for $35 any size (ouch) and onesies too, for a price that's still up for debate but will; be somewhere around 12 bucks. :clapping:

arriving. but the more I think about it, the more likely I'll be arriving 6-7 oclock. :dunno: gotta take into account that time change thing too.

Sorry, but WD-40 does no such thing. It is simply a slippery liquid and a water displacer. A actual "rust penetrator" would be your best bet. PB-Blaster is my fave, but there are others out there.

Some backstory: the Dakota had been sitting for a year or so before yesterday's 13 hour excursion back to Michigan. Worked up to it though, short runs around the neighborhood, then longer runs out to stores or the gas station. had no issues through most of the day until I hit traffic around Cincinnati. Once I was clear of that I noticed that the truck was draggin' a bit. My first thought was a flat tire, but as soon as I touched the brake pedal I eliminated that. The pedal was instantly firm. No play at all. and that meant one thing to me so I pulled off at the next stop. sure enough, the front brakes were wicked hot. Not glowing, but still very very warm. Water was instantly boiling off the calipers. So, not having the tools to easily deal with this in the middle of nowhere (I know, shocking right? except that I left the hydraulic jack and wrench with my dad in case he had need of them in GA or with the trailer). I went with plan B. a bottle of water, some WD-40 and crossing my fingers. I cooled the calipers down as best I could, then soaked all moving parts with WD-40 and took the opportunity to stop for dinner. seemed to do the trick and, while I was easy on the brakes after that, I didn't have any more issues. So my question is, what do you think the original problem was? The brakes were sticking evenly on the fronts. I would think that if one caliper was sticking, only that wide would be affected and the truck would want to wander in that direction on the road. it ran straight the entire time. Later today I intend to pull off the brakes and lube everything up properly, but if this was a master cylinder issue it may be for nothing (although I guess it's still a good maintenance thing regardless).

dunno, which trans it is, but isn't that a frontwheeldrive-based car with a transverse mounted engine?

made it home late last night. :thumbsup: slight issue with the brakes in the Dak, but it seems to have fixed itself. :dunno: gotta get packed and ready for the next leg of this crazy trip.

6 hours before I show up at your door. :D I guess I want to avoid traffic so maybe 4pm? but I'm getting ahead of myself. we'll talk more after I arrive safely home. one thing at a time. :cheers:

looks like y'all know where I'll be on the 24th. if only to meet the new owner. :D and looks like I might buy a lotto ticket too... :brows:

could have been a floor model at a dealership. the one by me has a Prowler with under 500 miles (owned by the dealerhips owner though)

6 hours after I leave Detroit. any time-frame that's better for you? got work?

so far so good. been quite the adventure today just trying to get my insurance paper printed up :shake: , but we're all good now. topped off the tank with some premium and she feels like she's ready for the long haul back to michigan tomorrow. :D

leaving Ga in the morning. the Dak is all gassed up and purrs like a lion. Should be a decent drive weather-wise. Hopefully traffic won't be as atrocious as the trip down. :yes: