We replaced the ball joints and brake line and were ready for the next test.
On March 17th, 2007 we trailered the Tweety Jeep 100 miles down to Juniper Dunes to play in the sand.
We had a great day climbing and wheelin the sand dunes. This test went well. We trailered the Tweety Jeep back home.
April 7th, 2007 the wife (99) wanted to go to Tree Phone for a drive. Tiny came a long with us. Test Dummy rode shot gun with him. Near Slavin Road the Tweety Jeep started smoking. We found out we had ATF coming out the filler tupe. We had a sharp bend in one of the tranny cooler lines and thought that could be the problem so we by passed the bend. We made it to the church in Tampico before she started smoking again. We added more ATF and let the rig run awhile and all was fine. As we were checking out the Tweety Jeep, Krazy Gimp was passing by and stopped. He said he would run up to the Ahtanum with us. The Tweety Jeep started smoking again on the way up. I just slowed down and she stopped smoking.
The road was clear up to Tree Phones. At Tree Phone the snow was deep. I tryed to drive around the camp ground loop and got stuck.
10 lbs was to much air to stay on top of the snow.
After the run we headed to Sno-park and met up with IF and Build-not-bot. We sat around their camp fire as Test Dummy ran home for the Truck and Trailer. That gave us some time to visit so it worked out good. Everyone thinks the Tranny vent tube is plugged up on the Tweety Jeep. We check that out after we got home and found a little stuff in just the transfer case vent tube.
The next run (April 21st, 2007) we took the Tweety Jeep on a hard core. The tires did well with 8 lbs. of air. We only had to winch once. This was a good test on the bumper and winch.
On up the trail I did break out a rear window because I slid sideways into a tree as I was climbing a hill.
Beer box trail fix.
Lucky I had a spare window at home.
After running it fast up a forest road we found out the tranny problem was not fixed. It started smoking again. I guess it is still a trailer queen until we find out what is going on.
