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Ken Cooke
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Location: Riverside, CA
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Mood: Pole Line Road postponed due to injury
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el imposible: THE CARNAGE FILES
Pole Line Road
Ken
1. New RGB rocklights stopped working.
2. HAM radio antenna snapped/broken. Receives but doesn't transmit.
David
1. BFG KM3s badly chipped. One tire rotated to spare carrier lugs were cut so badly possibly due to incorrect bumpstop length.
Ru KinKong
1. Control arm mount stripped/welded and reinforced in San Felipe.
Saturnino
1. Sidewall puncture on Basketball Hill.
2. Blown front hub
3. Punctured exhaust
Daryl
1. (Bakersfield area) Front driveshaft removed to make it down to Baja. Separated CV shaft. Repaired in Palm Springs.
Harvey
1. Supercharger caused engine problems. 'Oil blowing out the back'. Did. It make the run.
Paul W
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Chloe
1. Distributor cap and rotor - had to return to Hwy 2.
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StuckSucks
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Photos of carnage?
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TMW
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Sorry about the problems but you must have had fun doing it.
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John Harper
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Someone had an older vehicle? I can't say I really miss points and condenser sets. I still have a tach/dwell meter and strobe timing light in the
shop. You never know.
John
[Edited on 2-20-2019 by John Harper]
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David K
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2015, it was the two Fords that both had fails...
What brand(s) were these...?
Hope the rest of the mission goes well!
I see on the inReach that you made it to the San Felipe area.
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bajamedic
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Hmmm, I am thinking that my wife is not going to look to favorable in my request to take her Shinny Pavement Pounder Jeep up the Pole Line Road, just
a guess.  JH
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David K
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Quote: Originally posted by bajamedic  | Hmmm, I am thinking that my wife is not going to look to favorable in my request to take her Shinny Pavement Pounder Jeep up the Pole Line Road, just
a guess. JH
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You may get more of an idea about the Pole Line Road from my article (photos and map included) when I went on Ken's 2015 run: https://www.bajabound.com/bajaadventures/bajatravel/pole_lin...
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ehall
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Mood: It's 5 o'clock somewhere
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No problems for me thankfully. Just a little more pinstriping.
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bajatrailrider
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Ok question for Ed would my Nissan have made it. Or made it half wrecked 😂
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PaulW
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I am not Ed, but I did the run twice with the new route. IMPO, your Nissan would do fine. Our new route will deliver pinstripes, but not physical
damage. The carnage you have read about would have happened any place.
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David K
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Do we have mileages/ log/ or waypoints from the main Cohabuzo Jcn. north/south road, to the new route junction., to the white tank on the PLR?
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ehall
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No worse than the first trip we went on . No problems.
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David K
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Did any Fords need to be pulled? Larry and TW rule that department!
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bajatrailrider
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Thanks Ed and Paul . David I will never forget Will face with the Nissan pulling him at speed. I hope all have a good time
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PaulW
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==
The Bronco guy was back with a different Bronco. Rich gave everyone a lesson on plugging the Bronco tire at the top of BB hill.
What Ed said. PLR was real easy compared to previous years. No rocks were stacked or moved. No deep erosion trenches, and no off camber ramps.
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David K
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That was Will with the soft top Bronco in 2015... bad coil.
TW went back a few miles to the wrecked Suzuki to salvage its coil, but that didn't help. Here is TW presenting Bronco Will with then salvaged coil on
top of Bad Hill down grade >>>
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Ken Cooke
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8970
Registered: 2-9-2004
Location: Riverside, CA
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Mood: Pole Line Road postponed due to injury
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| Quote: Originally posted by Ken Cooke | Pole Line Road
Ken
1. New RGB rocklights stopped working.
2. HAM radio antenna snapped/broken. Receives but doesn't transmit.
David
1. BFG KM3s badly chipped. One tire rotated to spare carrier lugs were cut so badly possibly due to incorrect bumpstop length.
Ru KinKong
1. Control arm mount stripped/welded and reinforced in San Felipe.
Saturnino
1. Sidewall puncture on Basketball Hill.
2. Blown front hub
3. Punctured exhaust
Daryl
1. (Bakersfield area) Front driveshaft removed to make it down to Baja. Separated CV shaft. Repaired in Palm Springs.
Harvey
1. Supercharger caused engine problems. 'Oil blowing out the back'. Did. It make the run.
Paul W
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Chloe
1. Distributor cap and rotor - had to return to Hwy 2. |
Add to the list:
Ken:
1. Twisted front bumpstop
2. Cut Falken AT3W sidewall (holding air)
3. Garvin Wilderness Rack gerry can strap
Victor/Ru KinKon:
1. Entire cooling system
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Ken Cooke
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Posts: 8970
Registered: 2-9-2004
Location: Riverside, CA
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Mood: Pole Line Road postponed due to injury
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New entries into THE CARNAGE FILES
1. David - REAR STOCK TOYOTA AXLE HOUSING. David needs to depart early today due to rear bearing noise becoming more noticeable.
2. Richard - Rear shock mount and rear limiting strap. Shock removed. We will take it easy into San Felipe today.
3. Victor - DOMETIC FRIDGE wiring completely inoperable. Food became the casualty. Buy some ice??
4. Victor - interior rack mount broken. Another must be fabricated.
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Hook
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Posts: 9011
Registered: 3-13-2004
Location: Sonora
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| Quote: Originally posted by Ken Cooke | New entries into THE CARNAGE FILES
1. David - REAR STOCK TOYOTA AXLE HOUSING. David needs to depart early today due to rear bearing noise becoming more noticeable.
2. Richard - Rear shock mount and rear limiting strap. Shock removed. We will take it easy into San Felipe today.
3. Victor - DOMETIC FRIDGE wiring completely inoperable. Food became the casualty. Buy some ice??
4. Victor - interior rack mount broken. Another must be fabricated. |
Is this a built-in Dometic fridge? 12/120v and/or propane powered?
Even if it is not a three-way fridge that can operate the cooling process on 12v, the control board needs 12v to operate. Check to make sure there is
no blown fuse leading to the fridge. There is also often fuses on the control board itself. Some have a spade type 12v fuse.
Are the panel lights lighting, at least? Just not cooling?
Or are you guys basically headed home and it is no longer a priority?
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PaulW
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On the way home from the 2nd Pole line run this season I had a complete failure in the rear. It is still in the shop in San Diego getting new housing,
gears, locker, and bearings. Getting all the needed parts accounts for the long delay. Parts order error created the delay.
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