I need to drive my Scrambler!

[bigwalton]

I'll just head out into our street and the vacant lots in the neighborhood, still no salt for the Postal.

 

[bigwalton]

The snow was a little disappointing, so didn't get the Postal out until yesterday. But very nice to drive it again after so long. Even did some posing on the plow piles.

 

[jeepers 1940]

I need to use my Grand Cherokee near-daily driver to try to jump my '81 Scrambler off and drive it around some. The battery needs charging and the Jeep needs a general 'airing out'. The engine is a replacement 6-cyl with a Weber carb; once it gets started, it runs alright. My real complaint is that it needs to be cranked and driven frequently in order to keep the battery in good shape. If I don't, the battery quickly gets weak and won't start it by itself. The battery's an Auto Zone Red Top. And I won't even get started on my '83 CJ-7 Renegade - same problem. Pretty frustrating.
But at least I don't have to contend with accumulated snow, salt on roads, subzero temps, frozen wipers, etc. So, I'm not complaining. Uh, not much.

 

[prismfisher]

We had a really nice day yesterday (50 degrees and sun) so I took the 8 to town.... put in some gas and went to a basketball game. Kid Rock on the ear buds and polar fleece on the hands and head. Great time. Came home right at dark and froze my a$$ but still fun.

Thankfully Montana does not put salt down but the gravel trucks can get bad at times. It was good to blow out some of the moisture accumulated in the head (mine and the Jeeps)

CHeers

 

[bigwalton]

We had a really nice day yesterday (50 degrees and sun) so I took the 8 to town.... put in some gas and went to a basketball game. Kid Rock on the ear buds and polar fleece on the hands and head. Great time. Came home right at dark and froze my a$$ but still fun.

That's what I'm talking about!!

 

[RubberDuck]

Finally drove mine today. No more salt!

 

[jeepers 1940]

The Autozone red top batt in the Scrambler just needed to be charged up. I let Autozone do it for me and it cranked the Scrambler fairly quickly. The red top batt in the CJ-7 Renegade had a bad cell, so it was replaced with another red top. I was informed that gold (yellow?) top batteries in the 56-DL CJ size are no longer available at Autozone.
It's nice to have a bit milder weather now and CJ's that crank pretty readily. And the extra hour of usable daylight now is handy for us Jeep folks.

 

[MarknessMonster]

...And the extra hour of usable daylight now is handy for us Jeep folks.

The extra hour? ...I hate it when it's dark so late into the mornings!

 

[jims chop shop]

The extra hour? ...I hate it when it's dark so late into the mornings!

I hate it when it's dark so early in the the evening !!
I can't chop shop in the dark. !!

 

[bigwalton]

I hate it when it's dark so early in the the evening !!
I can't chop shop in the dark. !!

I'm with you. We should just stay like this year-round as far as I'm concerned. Mornings suck regardless, who cares if it's sunny on your way to work? Evening is MY TIME, let the sun shine!

 

[MarknessMonster]

Personally, I like it when it starts to get light out at 4 am. That's my time, because it's nice and quite while all you night owls are still sleeping! June 20th, or around that date, is my favorite day of each year.