Top 10 list: Vehicle Failure

[DaveB]

On our last Moab trip two of the four Jeeps busted something. My niece's TJ kept blowing fuel pump fuses and the son in law's XJ had a gas tank puncture from the rear exhast clamp being shoved into the tank. We found on the TJ that her extended rear track bar bracket would smash the fuel pump wire bundle when she hit bumps and short out the pump wire. Wire splices and electrical tape fixed the problem along with moving things out of the way. Almost every lifted TJ that I have looked at since has the same possible problem, especially if the bump stops aren't extended enough or the wires aren't moved out of the way. Her bracket hit hard enough to poke a hole in the floor.
The gas tank puncture on the xj was fixed with a bar of hand soad that I smeared into the holes then covered with duct tape. It was supposed to get us back to town but lasted fine till we got home.
Dave

 

[EZRhino]

Soap, eh? Wow. That's similar to cracking an egg into your radiator to plug the leak.


EZ

 

[harkinoff]

tools I carry:
basic wrenches
3/8 ratchet/ basic used sockets
1/2 impact/ basic sockets
wire ties
roll of 3M #33 electrical tape
linemans
channel locks 442/ 440
gloves
couple rags
10 in one screwdriver
10" cresent & 6" cresent
60" hi lift
axle socket for 60
1 plug wire "long"
I carry all of this in a ammo can,(except hi lift) takes up hardly any room..


Tools I leave in Motorhome:
110 mig
2 1/2 ton floor jack
150-170 piece tool set
jack stands 2
electrical kit
electrical meter
more wrenches
1/2" set of sockets
axle socket for 14 bolt

Parts I take:
complete inner outer plus joint axle shafts, both sides
3/4 rod ends (for traction bar)
14 bolt yolk straps and bolts
extra propane tank
fullsize spare with hummer rim
both engine and tranny fluids
pipe caps for hydraulic system
I will be carrying both front and rear drivelines

who knows what else... I only take this stuff on long trips

 

[shrubeck]

Soap, eh? Wow. That's similar to cracking an egg into your radiator to plug the leak.


EZ

Someone watch MacGyver a couple days ago?

 

[kirk86CJ]

Does it matter what kind of soap? We plugged (slowed down) a crank case leak on a motorcylce once, but we used ivory brand - The guys on the trip said that was the only stuff that worked. One guy carried a bar just for that.

 

[DaveB]

Does it matter what kind of soap? We plugged (slowed down) a crank case leak on a motorcylce once, but we used ivory brand - The guys on the trip said that was the only stuff that worked. One guy carried a bar just for that.

It might have been ivory, it was white like ivory but I'll have to check with my brother who gave it to me. It totally stopped both leaks from the two holes. At the rate it was leaking he would have never made it to the gas station in Green River without the soap.
Dave

 

[PierCed_3]

Star lug wrench is a good tool. Especially for guys with different sized lugs.... Liike me....

 

[wetmuskrat]

This stuff has saved me more than once. Punctured oil filter, gas tank, and diff cover.

http://www.dual-star.com/index2/Service/quiksteel_epoxy_putty.htm

 

[EZRhino]

Hey that looks like some good stuff! I usually carry some JB Weld for similar multi-fixing purposes.

EZ

 

[TigerStripe40]

Tools carried.

Tools.

Set of allen wrenches
10mm, 12 mm, 14mm, 17mm end wrenches and sockets.
2 1/8" socket
9/16", 1/2" and 5/8" end wrenches (for the Chevy stuff on my rig)
A BFG
drift
star wrench.
electrical tape.
duct tape
WD 40.
10 ton epoxy (both liquid and putty)

 

[RockMonkey]

Tools.

Set of allen wrenches
10mm, 12 mm, 14mm, 17mm end wrenches and sockets.
2 1/8" socket
9/16", 1/2" and 5/8" end wrenches (for the Chevy stuff on my rig)
A BFG
drift
star wrench.
electrical tape.
duct tape
WD 40.
10 ton epoxy (both liquid and putty)

A BFG?

 

[TigerStripe40]

A BFG?

Yeah, a .50 cal Desert Eagle...

that's for when you know your rig is F***ed you put a slug into the engine block.

Actually, I meant BFH