IT'S ALIVE!!!!! (insert mad scientist laugh here)
alright here's the update you have all been waiting for.
Thursday night; the boys at Moab 4x4 stayed late and worked on her. Got her running.
Friday morning; while Connie (my better half) slept in, I took a walk to Moab 4x4. All the guys were so excited to tell me they got her going. So I paid Steve for parts and labor. Started her up, left the parking lot and started to head into Moab under the Scrambler's own power.... Then about 500ft down the road, she quit, dead, again.
called Steve and he sent Buck down in his Toyota to pull the Scrambler back to the shop.
Connie ended up renting a JK for us from Farabee's (the guy who rescued us) So we could get around for the day. Richard gave us a deal on the rental too. (awesome guy, we owe him alot)
so anyways we are at Moab 4x4, I'm helping Buck troubleshoot the Jeep... We worked on it for the whole day till after they closed.
Here's a list of what we replaced over the 2 days....
Fuel pump and filter
fan clutch
ignition coil
I forget what the part is called, it's the thing in the distributor for the fuel injection
oil change (unrelated to problems, just needed one)
after 2 whole days in the shop, approximatly 20 hours of steady work on her (mostly troubleshooting). We finally figured out the problem... It was one of the wires that feeds the ignition coil. What was happening was, the wire was broken inside the insulation. When the Jeep would heat up, and with the right vibration, the wire would separate, shutting down the engine.
So there was no update last night because the hotel we got for last night, the wifi "wasn't working"
we slept in this morning. I needed it. My brain still hurts for all the thinking and stressing I've been doing the last couple days. I had given up, we were minutes away from renting a uhaul to tow her home. But yeah this morning, we packed the Jeep up, stopped in at Farabee's to thank Richard for all his help, stopped at a shirt store and got a couple shirts, then started driving...
I think we left Moab around 11am. Made our way up along the Colorado river, what a beautiful drive.
Got on the I70 heading toward Denver. Never realized Vail pass was there.... We climbed and climbed then when we thougt we were at the peak, we climbed some more. I think we hit 11,100ft. She was a trooper. She hicupped a couple times, scaring the sh!t out of us. But we made it!!!
Fast forward to about 9pm... It's dark, high beams don't work (never bothered fixing it). Tractor trailer following close behind us...
A big a$$ buck (deer) had to be at least a 12 pointer, runs out in front of us. We missed it. Lucky.
Anyways now we are a few miles from the Nebraska border, julesburg Colorado.
We're eating really good... Taco bell for lunch and burger king for dinner. Mmmmmmm. Barf
next update when we have wifi again
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Looks like a very nice, capable rig and a nice addition to the north side of the border.