Crunch
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- Englewood, CO
Hey everyone,
I just wanted to thank everybody involved with this whole event. It was an amazing week in every way imaginable. Winning the raffle XJ (Duke) is still sinking in. I wheeled Moab Rim with him Saturday and plenty of pictures were taken by Motorman to put on the forum. With all the fun that has happened, I'm not even disappointed about the only down thing that happened. I was on I-70 for about 10-15 miles, pulling a long grade at about 70 mph when Duke had a hiccup. I thought I had heard a rod type knock in the motor when I was driving around Moab and on the trail but was assured the Renix engines were just more noisy than my '00. Well, while on that long grade it started losing momentum and right about the time I was going to pull it out of overdrive I heard a loud pop and felt massive vibrations . I didn't even have time to shut it down, it was already dead. I instantly checked the guages and temp was good. The oil light was on, but that was because the engine wasn't running. I pulled some plugs finding nothing there and was fearing the worse. I had Steph try to start it while I listened and it started slowly with a loud clanking from the block. I'm reasonably sure it broke a rod. I had it towed to Grand Junction and YELLAHEEP and I are going back over there to pick it up today. I have full pictures of it getting loaded onto the flatbed to keep documenting the life of Duke.
All in all, I have no complaints. I feel like this was my Moab event. I had an awesome time, ran trails with some of my favorite wheelin' friends and made some new ones as well. After talking with a couple of people about what happened with Duke, they commented how much that sucks. All I can think is that I'm the luckiest guy around. Its just a small blip on a really bright screen
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Thanks again to everyone who made this the best Fall Fling yet.
Crunch
I just wanted to thank everybody involved with this whole event. It was an amazing week in every way imaginable. Winning the raffle XJ (Duke) is still sinking in. I wheeled Moab Rim with him Saturday and plenty of pictures were taken by Motorman to put on the forum. With all the fun that has happened, I'm not even disappointed about the only down thing that happened. I was on I-70 for about 10-15 miles, pulling a long grade at about 70 mph when Duke had a hiccup. I thought I had heard a rod type knock in the motor when I was driving around Moab and on the trail but was assured the Renix engines were just more noisy than my '00. Well, while on that long grade it started losing momentum and right about the time I was going to pull it out of overdrive I heard a loud pop and felt massive vibrations . I didn't even have time to shut it down, it was already dead. I instantly checked the guages and temp was good. The oil light was on, but that was because the engine wasn't running. I pulled some plugs finding nothing there and was fearing the worse. I had Steph try to start it while I listened and it started slowly with a loud clanking from the block. I'm reasonably sure it broke a rod. I had it towed to Grand Junction and YELLAHEEP and I are going back over there to pick it up today. I have full pictures of it getting loaded onto the flatbed to keep documenting the life of Duke.
All in all, I have no complaints. I feel like this was my Moab event. I had an awesome time, ran trails with some of my favorite wheelin' friends and made some new ones as well. After talking with a couple of people about what happened with Duke, they commented how much that sucks. All I can think is that I'm the luckiest guy around. Its just a small blip on a really bright screen
.Thanks again to everyone who made this the best Fall Fling yet.
Crunch
