05-29-2010, 05:11 PM
Got in to Moab Thursday afternoon (5-20-10) barely.
here is the basic idea of what went down, about 40 miles out of town we got a real bad smell through the car, like cat pee and skunk juice that had sat in the sun for a month in death valley, although it was only for about 10 to 15 seconds. I thought one of the kids threw up. pulled into SlickRock camp ground to hear a "grinding rumble" from the front of the jeep. [shocked] turns out the A/C compressor threw the bearing and the stink was all the freon blasting trough the car. that stuff stinks. [frown][:/] needless to say thurs afternoon was spent looking for mechanics and parts. nothing new available in Moab so we went the used route off a Durango to my Jeep. so the Jeep went in the shop friday at 9am to get worked on was out by 4pm. thank god the pulley did not freeze and break the belt so the car stopped all together. a big shout out to Joe West Auto down there, joe is a helluva mechanic that really knew his stuff and was able to fab a mount for the longer body pump off the dodge to fit my jeep, they are both Chryslers right? [
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so friday we go on a hike close to town in the canyon up towards the winery on a trail named (dont blame me fo this) Negro Bill which leads to morning Glory Arch. about 200 yards into the hike, I stubb my toe on a rock through my river sandals and break my middle toe. [pirate] ouch. saturday and sunday were pretty normal except for the 100 mile an hour winds on Sat sand blasting us in Arches ntl park. we went back Sunday am before we drove home at 1pm. the kids had a blast and my wallet was the hardest hit, i have a little hitch in my get along now...oh well. we went to have an adventure, and we had one. we all lived, and there was surprisingly little blood shed. thanks for reading. tight lines.
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here is the basic idea of what went down, about 40 miles out of town we got a real bad smell through the car, like cat pee and skunk juice that had sat in the sun for a month in death valley, although it was only for about 10 to 15 seconds. I thought one of the kids threw up. pulled into SlickRock camp ground to hear a "grinding rumble" from the front of the jeep. [shocked] turns out the A/C compressor threw the bearing and the stink was all the freon blasting trough the car. that stuff stinks. [frown][:/] needless to say thurs afternoon was spent looking for mechanics and parts. nothing new available in Moab so we went the used route off a Durango to my Jeep. so the Jeep went in the shop friday at 9am to get worked on was out by 4pm. thank god the pulley did not freeze and break the belt so the car stopped all together. a big shout out to Joe West Auto down there, joe is a helluva mechanic that really knew his stuff and was able to fab a mount for the longer body pump off the dodge to fit my jeep, they are both Chryslers right? [
]so friday we go on a hike close to town in the canyon up towards the winery on a trail named (dont blame me fo this) Negro Bill which leads to morning Glory Arch. about 200 yards into the hike, I stubb my toe on a rock through my river sandals and break my middle toe. [pirate] ouch. saturday and sunday were pretty normal except for the 100 mile an hour winds on Sat sand blasting us in Arches ntl park. we went back Sunday am before we drove home at 1pm. the kids had a blast and my wallet was the hardest hit, i have a little hitch in my get along now...oh well. we went to have an adventure, and we had one. we all lived, and there was surprisingly little blood shed. thanks for reading. tight lines.
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