Riding the storm out

Mutt · **Posted:** Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:31 am

Batten down the hatches, boys!

Mutt · **Posted:** Fri Sep 01, 2006 10:20 pm

We've got some ongoing flooding, but my house is nice and dry. My buddies house has water up to the front step and it's still rising. Tide should be going out soon so the water should start to receed.

http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/conten ... oding.html

kolesy · **Posted:** Sat Sep 02, 2006 4:25 am

I guees I am lucky I ain't there now. All Wendy (the Wife) says they got is an insane amount of rain and all. I would give my left ball for some some rain though right now!!! I haven't sen rain in almost 4 months!!!!!!

kolesy · **Posted:** Sat Sep 02, 2006 4:27 am

Wow Mutt! I just read that article! You get any play time in the water with the rig?! haha Hope all is good for you there man!

Mutt · **Posted:** Sat Sep 02, 2006 9:07 am

Yeah, I went out Main st. Ext. last night and was fording above my rock rails, so I figure it was about twenty inches. Tried to go down Creek Rd. and was in to my headlights before I backed out because it was still getting deeper.

benmar2000 · **Posted:** Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:24 am

Hey Mutt.. Glad you made it through.. We were watching it and it was originally going to impact us here in Charleston..

Ben

LoganSix · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:52 am

Yaaawwwwnnnnn!

Wake me up when a cat 2 hits the coast.

uvalax236 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:33 pm

LoganSix wrote:

Yaaawwwwnnnnn!

Wake me up when a cat 2 hits the coast.

I like driving right after Cat 5's.

benmar2000 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:03 am

Yeah.. I think it would be cool.. Except for all the trees laying around... LOL.. Which is another reason to get a winch..

At the start of every hurricane season.. You hear the horror stories of Hugo here in Charleston... And from the pics I have seen.. It was pretty nasty...

Ben

dog_party · **Posted:** Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:30 pm

That crazy Ernesto dropped a ton of rain on VA Beach! We sneaked away with no flooding that hit the house though. Just some yard that looked like pond.

hatteras8926 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 05, 2006 8:34 pm

Must be nice being able to get into it up to the headlights with no problems. All I did was drive to work in the rain on Friday and now the engine fan won't shut off. :roll:

I had this same problem last October after the OBX run. Unfortunately for me, my 3/36 warranty is long gone and it's been more than 12k miles since this problem was fixed. So, I've got to let Casey Jeep grab me by the neck and bend me over the barrel so that I can get it fixed. At least they're not as bad as Pomoco Jeep. Casey might actually give me a hug afterwards, Pomoco was wanting to give it to me dry :cry:

James

Mutt · **Posted:** Tue Sep 05, 2006 8:39 pm

....................and it's 36" to the bottom of my headlights!

I've got the idler or the a/c clutch making a racket also........It's not broke yet though.

benmar2000 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 05, 2006 10:27 pm

Mutt - If I am not mistaken.. The idler is the one that usually gets messed up when it get really muddy and wet... Might want to check that one first..

Ben

Mutt · **Posted:** Tue Sep 05, 2006 10:36 pm

Ben,

Yeah, I'm kind of ignoring it........because Tirzeh has been giving me non stop grief about what I did to her Jeep! It's going in for a service tomorrow, LOL I don't change the oil, so hopefully they'll warranty it.

Mutt

uvalax236 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:25 pm

Yes the idler pully is the one to watch out for. I have a picture of it on my photobucket if you need to see where it is. To take tension off the serpentine belt, you want to use a socket wrench and pull the bottom wheel up twards the hood. That will take the tention off so you can remove the unit and replace it. I looked into some aftermarket pulley's but it was an either/or situation as to weather to upgrade or not.

hatteras8926 · **Posted:** Sat Sep 09, 2006 12:47 pm

Well, I still haven't been able to get my initial problem fixed, they had to order the part. Of course, it was the same part the went after last year's OBX trip. Unfortunately, now the fan has just stopped working altogether. So, it looks like I'll be laying out even more green to get this thing taken care of.

James

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