Never doing mud again
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Unreal. But maybe at least it was acting as a rust preventative in there? ;-)
It gets pretty crazy its fun watching though
hell when i was younger taking it to the carwash was almost as fun as getting it muddy !
Car wash??? Heck back in the 80's we were banned from 3-4 car washes because we stopped their drains up!!!! So we would slip in to them around 1am when the owners were in bed 
of course we had dedicated mud trucks also. Only mudded in my CJ one time, took forever to get the mud out of it, inside and outside!!!!
of course we had dedicated mud trucks also. Only mudded in my CJ one time, took forever to get the mud out of it, inside and outside!!!!
This is true to an extent, but unless you are mud bogging it's not hard to clean off.
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Returning from Hole in the Rock west side. Should have shot the back up we passed at #4, but was late and a comfy bed was awaiting us 40 miles ahead in Escalante at our paid up AirB&B. Windshield totally covered and I could only tell we were moving forward by looking out driver side window. One of the stranded drivers said a front end loader was called. We never saw one on the way out. The airB&B had a high pressure hose and graveled area perfect for what we needed to do. The 4th pond was Bentonite. An hour later a lot of beeritas were consumed at the back yard firepit.
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Well for my BEST mud story it wasn't in a Jeep.
I was stationed at Ft Ord, CA before it was closed and use to go up to Hollister Hills ORV Park to play. I had a 1986.5 Nissan Hardbody p/u. I'd bought it when I was stationed at APG, MD. I was running 35" old school Wranglers and the park had just been used for a event where they'd wetted down a few trails. So my truck was DIRTY. I had gotten so much mud into my alternator that it stopped charging.
So I spent the night there and luckily for me met someone who would run me into town the next morning.
For a parts store open on Sunday and bought a rebuild kit since they didn't have a new alternator in stock. Got the rig running again and drove back to base. This was back when you had a base sticker in your windshield. So I pulled up to the gate and the MP is trying to look through my drivers window but can't see me. So I had to get out of the truck and scrap the mud off the windshield so he could see my sticker. It was a big laugh for everyone at the gate.
They all remember my truck after that.
I was stationed at Ft Ord, CA before it was closed and use to go up to Hollister Hills ORV Park to play. I had a 1986.5 Nissan Hardbody p/u. I'd bought it when I was stationed at APG, MD. I was running 35" old school Wranglers and the park had just been used for a event where they'd wetted down a few trails. So my truck was DIRTY. I had gotten so much mud into my alternator that it stopped charging.
So I spent the night there and luckily for me met someone who would run me into town the next morning.
For a parts store open on Sunday and bought a rebuild kit since they didn't have a new alternator in stock. Got the rig running again and drove back to base. This was back when you had a base sticker in your windshield. So I pulled up to the gate and the MP is trying to look through my drivers window but can't see me. So I had to get out of the truck and scrap the mud off the windshield so he could see my sticker. It was a big laugh for everyone at the gate.
They all remember my truck after that.
That problem can normally be easily fixed by doing nothing more than rinsing all the mud out with a hose, then flooding the alternator's internals with a copious amount of WD-40 which gets rid of the remaining moisture.
That problem can normally be easily fixed by doing nothing more than rinsing all the mud out with a hose, then flooding the alternator's internals with a copious amount of WD-40 which gets rid of the remaining moisture.
There wasn't a hose available and I'd destroyed the brushes.
But yes I've done the rinse and WD40 after the fact.
hahaha mud, sandy mud, muck and water is all we got down here in Florida. some clay mud up in northern Florida lol
Even if you go up to the mountains (yes small eastern mountains
) you will still be dealing with muddy rocks very slippery and more mud lol unless you take a long wheeling trip out west
At the same time, the mountains aren't mud pits, yes we have wet, slick rocks and some light mud, nothing like South GA, Mississippi, Louisiana and such.Even if you go up to the mountains (yes small eastern mountains
Estill forks. Nothing extreme, there are a few big mud holes and they were real tempting, but I didn't succumb to their satanic powers
lol cool never been to that oneEstill forks. Nothing extreme, there are a few big mud holes and they were real tempting, but I didn't succumb to their satanic powers
No pics of me. He hates Rubicons. Hates ‘em. Man he is hard to work with.
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