cjcrazy8
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- oh
I did not know whether to post this here or in Gen chit chat, but here it goes anyway.
I have been lurking around this website for quite a few years now. Put in a few words every now and then, but try to absorb as much info as I can.
Over the past 2+ years I have been building my 83 jeep scrambler from the ground up. (I have not been wheeling in my own vehicle in 2+years). It was beautiful. A blue powdercoated aluminum body. A LS1 Motor that ran great and sounded better with the flowmasters on it. The wilwood clutch cylinders worked seamlessly and allowed easy shifting. I had put a personal touch to everything I did. I left nothing untouched. This last weekend I was putting the final touches on it, checking everything over. My buddy and I had taken it down the street under it's own power for the very first time in 2+ years to fine tune the steering linkage in a local HS parking lot. It had so much power, insane acceleration, and never got above 1/4 throttle. I was making my final pass down in a small hill to a lower parking area that was a dead end. I went to brake to turn around but the pedal went to the floor. I had 3 options. 1. cut it hard and try to make the turn, But I realized that my buddy was not belted because he had just gotten back in the jeep from adjusting the tie rod, I feared he would be thrown and killed if we rolled. 2 put the driver side tires into a block retaining wall but it was a stepped wall and I feared that the jeep would climb it and roll. 3. Straigten her out, brace for impact, and hope for the best. I chose 3. It is amazing how long that short amount of time took, how much thought went through my head. After getting back from the hospital my fears were realized. This hurts to type. The jeep is almost a total loss. The frame is destroyed all the way past the front seats. The grille, radiator, steering shaft, steering column, springs, shocks, tube fenders, dash, steering wheel, steering box, psp, wp, alt bracket, destroyed. The aluminum body faired pretty well except for the tube fender mount area. The rock sliders caved the frame in when the body shifted forward. The really sad part is that I was supposed to load this on a trailer for my first trip to Moab in 2 weeks. All in all, I am thankful to God that I have my life and health, that my buddy was not hurt at all, that I did not hurt someone else or damage someone elses property, that the brake failure did not occur on the trail or in traffic.
Well thanks for listening/reading. Any encouragement/help/advice would be great.
p.s. I need a scrambler frame
I have been lurking around this website for quite a few years now. Put in a few words every now and then, but try to absorb as much info as I can.
Over the past 2+ years I have been building my 83 jeep scrambler from the ground up. (I have not been wheeling in my own vehicle in 2+years). It was beautiful. A blue powdercoated aluminum body. A LS1 Motor that ran great and sounded better with the flowmasters on it. The wilwood clutch cylinders worked seamlessly and allowed easy shifting. I had put a personal touch to everything I did. I left nothing untouched. This last weekend I was putting the final touches on it, checking everything over. My buddy and I had taken it down the street under it's own power for the very first time in 2+ years to fine tune the steering linkage in a local HS parking lot. It had so much power, insane acceleration, and never got above 1/4 throttle. I was making my final pass down in a small hill to a lower parking area that was a dead end. I went to brake to turn around but the pedal went to the floor. I had 3 options. 1. cut it hard and try to make the turn, But I realized that my buddy was not belted because he had just gotten back in the jeep from adjusting the tie rod, I feared he would be thrown and killed if we rolled. 2 put the driver side tires into a block retaining wall but it was a stepped wall and I feared that the jeep would climb it and roll. 3. Straigten her out, brace for impact, and hope for the best. I chose 3. It is amazing how long that short amount of time took, how much thought went through my head. After getting back from the hospital my fears were realized. This hurts to type. The jeep is almost a total loss. The frame is destroyed all the way past the front seats. The grille, radiator, steering shaft, steering column, springs, shocks, tube fenders, dash, steering wheel, steering box, psp, wp, alt bracket, destroyed. The aluminum body faired pretty well except for the tube fender mount area. The rock sliders caved the frame in when the body shifted forward. The really sad part is that I was supposed to load this on a trailer for my first trip to Moab in 2 weeks. All in all, I am thankful to God that I have my life and health, that my buddy was not hurt at all, that I did not hurt someone else or damage someone elses property, that the brake failure did not occur on the trail or in traffic.
Well thanks for listening/reading. Any encouragement/help/advice would be great.
p.s. I need a scrambler frame
