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surfer jim
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Let's get that CAT and finish the road east from Puertocitos/Gonzaga over to Catavina....and push a few rocks off the Widowmaker grade as well....
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woody with a view
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i'm planning on buying a TruckBedz finally and was wondering if it is still holding air every night during your ghost hunting missions. we're just
tired of sleeping on a comforter and are always trying to upgrade even though the bedrug and a comforter inside the SnugTop is a big upgrade from a
tent.
someday i'll get that F350 with a pop up, but until then.......
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Diver
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Get the pop-up for the Tundra !!
Our pick-up camper had a 4" foam mattress that was the most comfortable bed I ever had.
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ELINVESTIG8R
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Woody I highly recommend it. I used it three times in Baja. I just used it again in October 2009 while I was "Ghost Busting" at San Juan De Dios and it kept the air. It’s a great mattress and it custom fits the bed of your truck. Like anything else
though it can be damaged.
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bajafam
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sharksbaja
David nice of you to share your experience. I really like that nail in the brakeline fitting technique. I probably could have done that 30 years ago
when a big branch completely ripped out one rear line one time way back in the[B] White Montains.[/B] I used a small pair of vicegrips to seal it.
I am so glad my current truckhas big rear disc brakes. No comparison to the old drum brakes. I was always repairing those bastards.
Good for you getting it handled so quickly! |
White Mountains? Donde?
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wessongroup
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Hey, David.. thought it was a new thread took me couple lines to figure out that someone had put up a new post..and brought it back up... then I
re-read it and this time it made me laugh big time .. the first time I was going OH, my.. really hard cheese there.. but, man... he as able to it torn
down, and all the way over to SQ to get parts and get the sucker back on the road... great job.. cool
This time when I read it I started laughing at what you must have been doing and saying, when you got out of the truck and took a good look at what
you had done ...
Then I really started laughing who in the world would be taking PICTURES OF IT, I would have never thought to take of picture of it.. as, I would most
likely been throwing rocks and telling myself "real good job" ... that's when I thought, no body but a trained investigator from the Marines.. by the
book..
But, you got it done, had and a well written report on the event.. well documented, excellent pictures, identity of "players" .. and the narrative is
really very good, that you knew all these folks was really neat.... one thing.... how did all the others get the "dirt" and you get an excellent air
matters that doesn't lose air
What's more, you highly recommend it
Really like the shot of you in the truck on the nice soft air mattress and the other guys sleeping in the dirt..
Its all good, not a high jack, just an observation on a great story on what you must do when you tear your tuck apart down in the Baja..
Me.... I would die...... they would find me by all the buzzards circle my corps..yeah, i know, but even with the knowledge, I'm a goner.. if I took a
sat phone, I would drop it on a rock and break it.. if I got a spot device, it would be one that would not get signal, were I broke down.. plus it
would most likely rain, and have a real low heavy cloud cover..
As you can imagine, I tend to stay close to the house... keep the stories coming there greatc 
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ELINVESTIG8R
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Wiley, this was a day that will live in infamy, with me anyway. The morale of the story is to never ever put your parking brakes on while in four
wheel drive. If you do, remember to disengage first. The power will rip them apart literally. Did you go to Google earth with the coordinates to see
where I was? Man that was miles from anywhere when I heard the snap crackle and pop. No Pompano it was not the Rice Krispies talking
either.
I remained calm and looked underneath and saw the puddle of brake fluid. I knew it was going to be bad and it was. Paco who was raised by Mama
Espinoza and her Husband Heraclio from the young age of about 5 years old into his teenage years is a very good mechanic. He’s the one who suggested
tapping a nail into the brake like to make a seal. I had a three ton jack with me so I was no problem tackling the problem.
I did not have the thought to take pictures in the desert of the mess. Hindsight being 20-20 I should have. All the pictures you see are from inside
of my garage back home. My brother Sany Espinoza had some extra brake fluid and with the patching Paco and I did and the rest of Sany’s brake fluid I
limped back to El Rosario then on to Frenos Unicos in San Quintin. I finally limped home with three brakes and a plug job.
Back in the states it cost $1,500 to replace all my brakes, backing plate, ball joints, right upper control arm and torsion bars. It was a rough
desert dontcha know. I told my brother Sany that I would never go back out there anymore.
NOTE: I recommend that the Baja List of things to have is nails of various sizes for your tool box especially the size that makes a tight seal in your
brake line.
Now let me tell you about this air mattress of mine. I positively love it. The three times I used it in Baja it has served me well. Form fits right
into my Ford Ranger and I sleep like a baby. Well until I saw dead people in Rancho El Metate in San Juan De Dios this last trip I made.
I SEE DEAD PEOPLE - I THINK
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=42302#pid4638...
Frenos Unicos located in San Quintín
Address: Av. Emiliano Zapata 150
Ejido Nuevo Baja California
Ensenada, Baja California 22930
It is located across the street from a school.
Tel: From USA 01152616.165-2325
Baja Cell Phone: 616.165-2325
Owner: Manuel Cabrera
Complete Brake Repair
He got me back on the road for 300 pesos. I can attest that he does great work.
[Edited on 2-3-2010 by ELINVESTIG8R]
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wessongroup
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Oh, my.. just looked it up.. what were you doing in Beverly Hills on Redo Dr... you were out in the boonies.. man.. you looking for gold?
And would have to agree with you.. it will just tear the hell of it.. but, it is one strong vehicle you got there.. can't stop them 4 X 4's with just
a parking brake.. 
And on the air mattress, I bet Paco and Sany both thought it to be the most comforable thing in miles to sleep on that they could see, as they were on
the rocks with hormigas and escorpión and other crawling critters .. suprised they just didn't pull the blanket over your head and use entrenching
tools or a cresent wrench on you.. oh, that's right they are family.. your lucky mine would have made use I was as uncomfortable as they might have
been.. 
Your adventure to the out back servers one to remember to go really slow.. and take ones time.. it only take a second.. and there you are.. sleeping
on your air mattress
[Edited on 2-3-2010 by wessongroup]
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ELINVESTIG8R
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Sany and Paco were already out at the destination marked by the coordinates doing some road building/repair so he can get his yucca plants out from
one of his properties way, way back there. That day I obtained rudimentary verbal instructions from Sany’s wife Lili and took off alone to go find
them. It took me literally hours to navigate from one mesa to the other putting all my navigational skills to work that day. I then found the
caterpillar tracks and after that it was a piece of cake to find them, but the road was muy brusco (very rough) hence all the damage to my other
non-brake related damage.
In all fairness, “To Me,” I did bring two extra cots and two extra self inflating air mattresses for them. Paco was the only one who used it the first
night. The second night he slept on the ground. I think he did not want to look like a “Puss” in Sany’s eyes as Sany is a hard corps kind of guy and
likes sleeping on the ground. Don’t think Sany did not rib me when he saw me breaking out my custom made Gringo mattress and 12 volt inflator. He
howled. Good naturedly of course. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
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wessongroup
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It's all good, just playing with an old Marine.. couldn't you tell "entrenching tool"
And you are right, it would have been pretty hard to find those guys where they were... and you were lucky to find the tracks.. as they must have had
that cat out there for a while.. given their location, a little to the east of bum flock Egypt..
I liked the part on the inflator.. don't remember that, but it could have been from laughing to hard... still a good story.. and you got some good
folks there...
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ELINVESTIG8R
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I know you were playing!
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Sharksbaja
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajafam
| Quote: | Originally posted by Sharksbaja
David nice of you to share your experience. I really like that nail in the brakeline fitting technique. I probably could have done that 30 years ago
when a big branch completely ripped out one rear line one time way back in the[B] White Montains.[/B] I used a small pair of vicegrips to seal it.
I am so glad my current truckhas big rear disc brakes. No comparison to the old drum brakes. I was always repairing those bastards.
Good for you getting it handled so quickly! |
White Mountains? Donde? |
The White Mountain range is the next range east of the High Sierras separated by the Owens Valley. The oldest living trees in the world are there.
Called the "Ancient Bristlecones", they live at a very high altitude and are many thousands of years old.
40 years ago a 4X4 was needed to ascend the mountains. Now you can drive a regular vehicle up there. You can get back in those mountains on dirt
roads and is a very beautiful place. We liked to go in May. We usually four-wheeled in the Sierras but when the snowpack was too deep we would go into
the White Mountains because the snow melted earlier.
That trip was scary when I broke the line. I did not have brake fluid so I used water. Worked great but caused me to eventually replace ALL the
lines, cyls etc.
I always bring tons of repair parts(and brake fluid), nails included.
My matt-ress still leaks.
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
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ELINVESTIG8R
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sharksbaja
That trip was scary when I broke the line. I did not have brake fluid so I used water. Worked great but caused me to eventually replace ALL the lines,
cyls etc.
I always bring tons of repair parts(and brake fluid), nails included.
My matt-ress still leaks. |
Sharks you're the man - Water!
I now include nails in my tool box along with extra brake fluid and starting fluid, and the list goes on and on and on. That starting fluid makes a
good flame thrower if you need one for some reason!
[Edited on 2-3-2010 by ELINVESTIG8R]
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Sharksbaja
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I swear my truck sits 2 inches lower after I load my tools jacks and parts!
......actually, it already looks loaded when it's empty.
[Edited on 2-3-2010 by Sharksbaja]
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
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ELINVESTIG8R
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I carry around one of those heavy, heavy three ton jacks. I think I am going to invest in a lighter Hi-Lift jack with all the accessories.
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Borregoman
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Vise Grips
When I have encounted similiar problems of cutting a brake like while 4 wheeling, I have clamped the leaking line with a small pair of Vise Grips then
zip tied them to the line or frame. Quick fix and no leak. I alwasy carry both for such emergencies.
| Quote: | Originally posted by Sharksbaja
David nice of you to share your experience. I really like that nail in the brakeline fitting technique. I probably could have done that 30 years ago
when a big branch completely ripped out one rear line one time way back in the White Montains. I used a small pair of vicegrips to seal it.
I am so glad my current truckhas big rear disc brakes. No comparison to the old drum brakes. I was always repairing those bastards.
Good for you getting it handled so quickly! |
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