3rd Annual Badger Creek Wilderness - March 27-29, 2009

All About How You Home Away From Home.

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satchmo
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Post by satchmo » Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:37 am

Amskeptic wrote:
satchmo wrote: it took a dump and let all the oil out via the oil cooler seal.
Intercooler seal?

I ain't working there if it looks like that outside. Won't.
Colin
The Bentley calls it an oil cooler, but it's really more of an oil warmer, I think. It's that little square box on top of the oil filter with the two small coolant hoses coming out.

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The big shop here is always toasty, well lit, and with every tool known to man. I got you covered.

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First, by reflection, which is noblest;
second, by immitation, which is easiest;
and third, by experience, which is bitterest. -Confucius
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hambone
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Post by hambone » Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:54 am

The big shop here is always toasty, well lit, and with every tool known to man.
That is a perfect description of our fair Gypsie.
Salud! :cheers:
(missed him at the camp BTW. Not the same of course)
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it balances on your head just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine
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Post by tristessa » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:55 pm

satchmo wrote:The Bentley calls it an oil cooler, but it's really more of an oil warmer, I think. It's that little square box on top of the oil filter with the two small coolant hoses coming out.
If the nipple unthreads from the mounting flange, ditch the oil heater and put an actual oil *cooler* in the rig. Y'know, something that puts the oil's heat into the *air*, not the cooling system...

I did just that on my Scirocco, and both oil and coolant temps dropped by 10-15*C .. much happier engine now, except for the exhaust leak...
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spiffy
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Post by spiffy » Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:30 pm

Was the seal bad or was the pressure from cold 20-fitty too much for it?



oh, thank goodness those nasty winds were at our back on the way home, chitwn made it out just fine this morning. Our intrepid traveler is on his journey! :cheers:
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spiffy
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Post by spiffy » Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:39 pm

We met satchmo in Walla2 and headed off to crash the campout. The winds had picked up while I was packing up and I was starting to think oh sh*t, this is going to be a loooong slog. You see the wind here blows right in your face going west and it isn't a light or nice wind. It is a constant, gusty, a** puckering adventure for 200 miles. You know, the drives that make your eyeballs and driving arm burn.
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Thanks to Tim we had a watercooled lead vehicle to push the air and get there as a team. You can definitely tell someone who has a lot of aircooled stick time, Tim kept a solid speed and we were so close that the gusts would push both vehicles across the lane at the same time :pirate:

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Although the sun was out and warming us up.

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And if anyone ever wonders what we do to support our habits....we work to spport these:
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And after we arrive we get the happy camper family!!!!
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Some random pics of the layout/characters.
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We went on a very nice hike, with our sheriff of the forest service (he has a shiney badge to prove it) Hambone Bob:
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After working up an appetite we came back and dove into some dutch oven yumminess.
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Beeeeeer run and new bus grace period.
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And THEN, for the second year in a row.....SNOW. This campout was ballyhooed as the MArch madness spring fling a couple years back :geek:
Next year we are bringing snow shoes, well and I think Mark is gonna hide the starter fluid from me :pale:
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After packing up to get home at a decent hour and to be able to have the house ready for our guest (chitwn) we left bright and early. Hammie was ready to get on the road as well, the snow had made the road in slick as snot!!!
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After some breakfast in the Dalles we went aboot 20 miles and found some wine to get into :drunken: :cheers: :drunken:
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All in a weekends' work. All I can say is: GET AND DRIVE THESE THINGS FOLKS! :cheers: It's fun :king:
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Post by DjEep » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:10 pm

Looks like I missed out!
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spiffy
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Post by spiffy » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:36 pm

DjEep wrote:Looks like I missed out!
I think the highlight was the telling of Beeping Sleauty by satchmo, that guy must have many gold medals in mental gymnastics.
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chitwnvw
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Post by chitwnvw » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:42 pm

Been good to meet you DJ.

Beautiful Badger Creek.
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Kirk's cool custom cruiser.
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Bob and Mark Jammin'.
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Eli and the Pop Tart
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Shane
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Hammie's hike

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Snow and cleanup...

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Post by hambone » Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:21 am

Good stuff you guys.
Fancy wine, O' Spiff have we lost ya? Well you did bring Miller in cans.
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Post by hambone » Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:14 pm

I posted some photos in the CAMPING section. 2 parts, I took a lot of pics due to :drunken: sue me.
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it balances on your head just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine
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Post by chitwnvw » Fri Apr 03, 2009 7:42 am

Not my best videographer job, but it gives you the feeling of the live music. Sure wish I'd thought to catch Satchmo's poetry reading!

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Post by ruckman101 » Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:32 am

I liked the ax cameo. A little dramatic tension never hurts.


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