Gary Lewis

Congrat's!!!!

I wouldn't think even a dry new cable would do that. I've had dry cables and all they did was cause the speedo to bounce. Pull the inside cable out and gently run you fingers down it. Gently because there can be wires sticking out that will hurt. Look for rough spots.

Shaun - I'm not in a hurry so whenever is convenient would be good. But pics would certainly help. Maybe I can find a pair of those from a Ranger and graft them on. Jonathan - I think I'd like a pair of those, but I'm not sure. They are hard enough to come by and are, therefore, getting expensive. Our "finder" friend has struck out save for some really expensive ones. Janey thinks the one on the A-pillar would be what she needs, but getting up to the tool box would sure be easier with one of those on the B-pillar. So, how much do you want for a pair?

Yes, the cable, speed control transducer, or speedo itself must be dragging badly. Something is binding up. Have you lubed the speedo cable? Pulled it and looked it over?

That, too. Plans for it?

That looks like a LOT of work! But you are right, that's how to take it out. And it will certainly lighten the load. Can't wait to see the new bed.

A Janey assist? Yes, a Janey assist. But, as it turned out, it doesn't work well for her. What she would really like is one on the A-pillar. That's where it would do the most good. Second is the B-pillar.

Thanks, George. I misunderstood.

That's the best way. New.

Good idea, Ray. I'm happy to be the keeper of "the list". So if anyone wants to be on it, please let me know. As for losing his phone, it is apparently still charged. George said he sent him a text and didn't get the "undelivered" response that a dead phone would give. But I hope you are right, that he's ok. Going off-line with things like COVID-19 running around is scary. And not having any way to contact him makes it worse.

THANK YOU! That I can understand! Given the above, I think I'm back to the purple route as you suggested. There's only one place on that route that might be a small issue, and that's a short shelf on the Ophir Pass road. In fact, today I was looking over my notes from our 1993 trip as well as the book I used then - Jeep Trails To Colorado Ghost Towns. The notes show that we probably took Ophir Pass then, and I showed them to Janey who said "Yes! That's where Holly and I got out and walked!" What I didn't show her, but sent to our son, is the snippet below from the book. And our son agrees, that was the place. So, the ladies may get out and walk again. But it isn't a very long stretch at all.

I'm pleased to announce that John/Machspeed and Scott/Kramttocs have agreed to join Jonathan/Ford F834, Jim/Ardwrkntrk, Bill/85lebaront2, and Ray Cecil as administrators on the forum. They will all share in admitting new members as well as the very, very infrequent need to ask someone to change their tone and in the almost unheard of need to ban someone. (That's thanks to y'all who are a very well-behaved group!) But wait! There's more! John has agreed to be the TOM king. In other words, he is taking over as the person who orchestrates the Truck Of The Month contest, which will be a huge help to me. So please welcome Scott and John!

Maybe you can just put a hose there and they'll work?

Other than the big error of misplacing Poughkeepsie Gulch, I think the rest of the map is likely pretty accurate, as long as you consider the ratings to be relative to the trails in that area. None of the trails (other than Poughkeepsie Gulch) are hard, but some are harder than others. If you really want just nice scenic dirt roads, stay off the orange and red. But if you're up for a little shelfy, some tight switchbacks, and occasionally needing to be a little careful about picking a line, the orange and red trails aren't hard. I will agree that Black Bear deserves the label of "extremely hazardous" (even though it's not a hard trail). It will kill you if you do something wrong, just like a freeway will. And just like a freeway, it's pretty easy to see what that "wrong" thing is and not do it. But also just like a freeway, it's not really a good choice for everyone. Poughkeepsie Gulch is nowhere near as likely to kill you as Black Bear, but it's probably more likely to break your vehicle if you do something wrong. So it probably deserves the label of "extremely hazardous" too. Ok, Bob. I need your opinion. Here's a blow-up of what the one map has of Engineer Pass, with the scale being blue=1, green=2, yellow=3, orange=4, and red=5. But here's what my paper map shows, with green, blue=2, and red=3: I've re-re-read your Day 4 report where you said "Nothing too difficult, but it didn't take long and there were great views". So, is the red/5 rating on the first map overstating it? Or is the Blue/2 understated? Better yet, is Engineer Pass something we can handle in a Jeep Rubicon with wives that are skittish?

Do you get delivery notifications to other android users? If so, email me and I'll give you Jim's # so you can text him.

I'm not sure either, but since his speedo is very close it doesn't really matter. It works!

That would be great! I'll let you know.

Interesting! They all have a steering wheel. But the other two are for a music festival? Does Darth play tunes?

I should have said that I've Fedex'd a card to Jim. Doing it that way gets a signature whereas USPS tracking just let me know if it got in the mailbox. Should be there Thursday.

Ron - That looks to have been an old address. Just emailed the latest I have.

Bob - I hope your trip was fun. And I understand being swamped, so don't worry about getting back quickly. But your post sure opened my eyes. I'd gotten a physical map in yesterday from Amazon called Funtreks Off-Highway Map for Silverton, Ouray, Lake City, Telluride. And it agrees with what you said about the various road names, ratings, etc. In fact, it confirms my memory as it shows the Alpine Loop to/from Lake City to be all green and blue. Years ago we did the Alpine Loop and it was easy. But the map I included above shows it as having red, orange, and yellow sections. Anyway, I like your suggestion about going east out of Silverton. We've done that, many decades ago, and it was easy. And Animas Forks was very picturesque. So I'm liking that idea. Now, about GPS. We had a bit of discussion re a GPS app on a phone. Still thinking about that if anyone has suggestions.

Ron - Just emailed you his address. Please let me know.

I think he uses an Android phone and I use an iPhone. And iPhones don't get delivery status notifications from Androids. But what phone do you use, Bill?

That is correct as the IVR is screwed to the back of the cluster. There's not much else in common that would cause a big difference. I wonder if that 8 - 9 ohm resistance wire would? If, somehow, it was giving full battery voltage to the IVR then perhaps either cluster would show the problem. What about a lack of a ground to the cluster causing the problem? That would drive the IVR barmy, but I don't know what the results would be.

Matt - I don't remember seeing any specs for the horns, just "high" and "low". And I don't have spares since many of those on the trucks I've owned have been bad. But I have been able to get some of them working. The thing that typically goes wrong is that the electrical contacts don't make a circuit, and I've sprayed contact cleaner in them and gotten them to work. But sometimes even that doesn't work. On one I dropped it, quite by accident, and it started working. Apparently that caused the contacts to make a circuit. However, if I remember correctly the horns have an adjusting screw which changes the frequency. Does the new one you picked up have that? Can you "tune" it?