Another epic trip in the MJ, 2,583 miles

[Htchevyii]

1000 miles down so far and we've got a week to go! Besides being a bit of a slug, the Comanche hasn't missed a beat! I could definitely feel the 10,000 ft elevation at Great Basin National Park! The ghost town hunting and adventures continue. YouTube videos to come. 

 

That river is a hot spring and the MJ could be a speed bump for what is apparently the smallest giant dump truck. 😁 

Here's a rough map, not including the off shoots, it wouldn't let me add anymore locations.

[89 MJ]

Some great scenery! Looking forward to the videos. 

[Htchevyii]

The first day was 11 hours of driving. 80 MPH cruise on NV HWY 50, the Lincoln HWY 

[Htchevyii]

Metropolis ghost town.

[Salvagedcircuit]

Aww Yeah. 

 

So... what you're saying is that a desperate mining company called you up in need of fuel and a pull and you couldn't resist the challenge.

Makes sense to me 

 

[Smash6]

Awesome pictures and so rad to be doing that kind of miles in a Comanche!

[Htchevyii]

We've covered about 1,900 miles at this point and have about 500 to go. The only issue was a broken shock mount on the Ford 8.8. we just yanked off the shock and kept going. I thought about having it welded, but it has been a non issue so I'll worry about it when we get home. We actually met a few different people that recognized us from YouTube videos on this trip. That was weird. 😂 we've been covering some ground and seeing lots of cool places!

The isolated town of Jarbidge was a neat stop and of course we took the back road in. It  ended up being  very rutted and washed out  for many many miles. Gaia GPS sent us on a dead end road, thankfully we were able to reroute using our paper map, but it cost us a few hours. The Basque sheep herders that live inside canvas tents in remote areas and work with their dogs were a pleasant surprise.

 

[Htchevyii]

I think that we're at about 2300 miles as of now. Hopefully, we will be home about noon tomorrow. We went on an off road ghost town expedition from Fallon NV today. The Bill Stroppe edition Bronco it front of us was pretty sweet... For a Ford.

[Htchevyii]

We made it home, 2587 miles in 10 days. The only issue was my home made angle iron shock mount. I'll have to beef that up. It bolts to what was the sway bar mounts when the 8.8" was in the Explorer. 

 

There is also way too much heat coming from the transmission tunnel. I have already: painted with ceramic paint, followed by a layer of sound deadening with foil on it, a layer of adhesive foam insulation over that, with a DEI insulated trans tunnel heat shield over it all. Not sure what else to do except inspect all of the boots and maybe try some heat shield on the bottom of the tunnel? Trans is a new Ax-15, but we had the same issue with the old trans, so I don't think that is the issue. Trans fluid is Redline synthetic and T/case is +4 synthetic.