Kinarfi

I'll need a 2xl and an xl, but I want a shirt pocket for my glasses or I'll not see you and run over you. May I suggest an artist's characterization off a green Dino with a ball cap and a YELLOW Trooper with oversized tires and extra big fenders that basically looks like mine, but definitely looks like a trooper OK?????? Linda says to expect to pay $10 - $15 per shirt. Kinarfi

Did you notice all the dust, I kept looking back and for the most part, we had very little dust down exploring for the jamboree. Kinarfi

While you have the computer out, silicon all the way around it to seal out water, http://www.utvboard.com/topic/1834-trooper-computer-outputs-we-can-use/page__view__findpost__p__7396 , the connector is a bit weird, you have to pry the loop to one side which lifts the plug away from the computer. Kinarfi

If you can squeeze in the Burr trail, by all means, DO IT, Been there once and want to do it again. Fantastic scenery. Start at Escalante, stop and walk up to calf creek fall, and then continue on to Burr trail to the Jamboree. Jeff

Go to Pinned topics and VOTE on where to have the Jamboree

After you open up one of my picts, scroll through all the photos, you will find the pin is notched and has to be tilted or the other pin has to be rolled to create the clearance, if I remember correctly. Just looked at my pics and I think the pin with screw moves out just a little, tips, and the other comes out first, remember the old Chinese puzzle blocks.

Your story sux, have you ever used naval jelly on rust, You should definitely get rid of the 8.8 bolts IMO, The thin big bearing should have it's seals pulled of so it gets oil, IMO, and if you haven't, check inside the spider and when you put it back together, lock tite the screw holding the pin in place. Any time you have to open a diff, I have found that the easiest way to split it is to blow air into the vent pipe. jeff P.S.: If every thing else is up to snuff, here's the bolts I used to up grade my diff s and they are what Lenny uses, but Lenny machines his down and I put each one in my drill and spin the head against my grinder to make them fit, the heads are too tall and I like having the unthreaded shank going between the ring and the spider, so I ordered longer bolts and cut some of the threads off. http://www.mcmaster.com/#96144a227/=bufcy2

Here's the last of 5 more photos, this was just a llittle over a mile down the road from the proposed campsite. Jeff

Please let us know what you want or have planned. Please vote by the 15th of April Jeff & Lenny. PS Lenny & Jeff will be voting for South of Hanksville.

I don't know if we can make this forum or one of it threads private, but we can make an album in webshots Trooperfolk private. I'll start it up by swiping the posted photos and putting them there and put mine there. Kinarfi

If it is supposed to be a vent for the crank case, why is the pipe off the oil pan below the oil level ling of the oil pan? My belief is that the canister was designed to capture the oil that was vented as a mist for what ever reason and return it the oil pan. My canister also had a small air filter on top of it and a tube to the valve cover and there was also a tube from the valve cover to the intake manifold. Somewhere on this forum was a comment about the filter getting dirty, presumably from air being drawn in through the canister and then making it's way to the intake manifold. Without the canister and filter, the engine will operate at a negative pressure, which will help prevent oil leaks or maybe, at worst, suck in air or maybe even dirt. With the canister and filter, the engine will run a atmospheric pressure. I'm reasonably sure that the passages from valve cover to oil pan will pass all the oil from top to bottom and all the air and vapor from bottom to top with no problem! I'm going to cap my oil pan tube off again and open the larger tube from valve cover and take that to the the air intake tube with one way valve in line. I have small collection bottle in the line from the valve cover to the intake manifold already to catch any oil mist. Jeff

I put a tube on that oil pan outlet and blew air thru it with my air compressor and I could hear it bubbling thru the oil when I had the fill cap off, the problem wilt the little tube going to the intake manifold is that it doesn't' pass very much air, so the pressure builds up in the crank case and the whole engine. On my first two attempts to plug the oil pan hole, I used rubber only tubing, not reinforce tubing like fuel line, unfortunately, I used a better piece of tubing to close of the vent hole in the valve cover, if I had reverse the plug tubes, I may never of had this problem. The valve cover and crank case have passages between them for the oil to flow away from the head back to the crank case and pump and then through the filter and to the various oil galleys. I plan to put a tube on the larger valve cover out let and tie it into the air intake tubing between the filter and intake manifold, probably with a one way valve which allows pressure out only. Thank for sharing Rick & Mike, Jeff

Thank you, Jeff

I heard another interesting tidbit of information about the Jamboree area. It has the only free roaming buffalo heard http://www.utah.com/playgrounds/henry_mtns.htm

Yes, you did start a thread about that, http://www.utvboard.com/topic/2175-oil-in-throttle-body/page__view__findpost__p__9738, Here's the photo you posted with some additions, would you please check and see if you have a hose coming off you oil pan and where it goes to. My hose starts at the front right side of the oil pan, went up over the clutch bell to the canister. Thanks Kinarfi

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I have been looking at the current jamboree location choice on google earth and the more I look, the more I like it, the last ride Lenny & I took in my Trooper was toward Bull Mountain and it was getting higher, (cooler) but my Trooper was having an oil loss problem and it was getting later and storm rolling in, so we didn't explore a lot of the possibilities and headed to camp. I plan to go back, prior to the jamboree and do some more exploring, even if I have to go alone. I suggest you get on google earth and take a look at some of the trails, start at 38 04 40 N 110 41 05 W, about 6000 feet and going up, Lenny & I saw this trail in the distance, but didn't get to it, probably should have, It looks like it may go up on top of bull mountain. Now, for my/our education about Trooper's 1100 cc engine, mine came with chrome canister that had a hose to the oil pan, a breather with air filter, and a line to the valve cover. I removed it, put a plugged hose on the hole to the valve cover and did the same on the tube coming out of the oil pan. After I got it running, I found a few small puddles of oil on the garage floor and wrote them off as spilled oil from doing my valves. I loaded it up and went to Hanksville. While riding, I noticed I was actually losing oil and my swing arm and skid plate were getting real messy with oil and dirt. I had to put 3, may be 4 quarts in while there. Got home and it appeared that the oil was coming out of the oil pan tube and later, I determined it was definitely coming out of that tube. I thought the crank case would vent through the oil passages from the pan to the head and out to the intake manifold. I must be wrong. If that tube on the oil pan is a vent tube, why is it below the oil level line? Is it a vent tube or what is it for? Does any know for sure what's going on and can teach me/us? kinarfi

In 4 X 4, If the big rear tires are getting good traction, the smaller front tires are being pushed and skidded and if the front has the traction, the bigger rear tires are spinning. I understand there are a few places where you want the front and back to have different speeds, and I believe you want the fronts to pull the rears instead of being pushed by the rears. Jeff

I drove thru town and made some notes and then did it again in the opposite direction, so starting at the west end of town at the Fremont river, on highway 24 going east, this is what I noted. Speed limit 40 Dept of transportation compound on left Indian Artifacts, rocks closed on right Blm office on right & up 1/2 mile Bull mountain market on right with motel office inside Henry mountain motel hide out on left Henry mountain access road on right Post office on right Shell gas 3.799 Hanksville Inn on right Red Rock restaurant and camp ground on left turn off to Green River on highway 28 on left Phillips 66 gas 3.899 on left Blondie eatery and gifts on left Closed Sinclair gas on right Hanksville Medical Clinic and Information on right Whispering Sands hotel on right Probably the nicest one chevron gas 3.899 with burger shack and food mart on right out of town toward Jamboree on highway 95 kinarfi

http://entertainment.webshots.com/album/579789044UbynOx Here's photos, so far, videos coming

Going to meet Lenny, any one want to joyn us? Lenny is there, I should be there around 2PM Jeff

I see you have gremlins too, have yours learned to braid yet, mine love to braid my meter leads and tangle them with other wires, hide parts, pieces and tools and give them back after I find replacements. Jeff

Did you look into using a Mikuni carb, I alway thought they worked well. Jeff

Finally got all the valve shims in, had to grind 2 of them on my neighbor's stationary belt sander, hope it's close enough to work good. One of the things I did was before I put the timing belt on, I ran the starter until the oil pressure came up, the I put the belt on and got it all buttoned up, minus radiator and hit the key and instant start. WOOOOO whoo!!!! No Smoke, just smooth running, and I hadn't even hooked up the throttle cable. Shut it down and finished put every thing back on and it started first hit every time. Photo shoot tomorrow of how I wired it and how fixed the swing arm. Now to load it on the trailer and go find Lenny south of Hanksville. Jeff PS. I plan to open the top up and retorque the head bolts and see if my valve clearances changed after I get back, and to have my feet operated on too.

Lenny & I are going to check out the area south of Hanksville, Lenny's already headed that way and I'm heading out tomorrow or Monday. If you want to go with us, let me know, you are invited!! Jeff