California NorCal Jeep adventures!

So snow started right where the asphalt ended and the dirt began it was mostly ice at that point. around 5500 -6k ft started to get deeper but had a hard crust from the snow / rain the night before. if you stayed in the old ruts it was easy going. Stopped at Plaskett meadows for lunch and had a solid 4-8 inches of snow. continued up FH7. From Plaskett meadows headed towards Anthony's peak and came to a stop around butte creek between RD 207 and 22N26. doubled back to 22N11 and found so really good snow which I followed to around snow basin creek. 22N26 was as deep as there I got stuck on FH7 (Adler springs road) so couldn't make that route. Oddly I am pretty sure I was the only vehicle up there as I was cutting trail in the morning and my tracks hadn't been disturbed. hit a max elevation of about 6800 feet and overall was an excellent day on the trail

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Looks like I should be able to make it. Do we have a time / meet up location?
 
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A possible snag in my plans. On the way to work this morning I developed a coolant leak. spewed coolant all over the engine bay. I degreased/pressure washed it at break this morning. I'm going to pressure test the cooling system at lunch to see if I can find the leak. Everything in the cooling system has been replaced recently, including a new Mopar radiator, except for the water pump. I'm kicking myself now for not changing out the pump while I had everything apart. I suspect the pump is going and leaking coolant out of the weep hole. Will keep you guys posted on my findings today.
 
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bobthetj03 said:
A possible snag in my plans. On the way to work this morning I developed a coolant leak. spewed coolant all over the engine bay. I degreased/pressure washed it at break this morning. I'm going to pressure test the cooling system at lunch to see if I can find the leak. Everything in the cooling system has been replaced recently, including a new Mopar radiator, except for the water pump. I'm kicking myself now for not changing out the pump while I had everything apart. I suspect the pump is going and leaking coolant out of the weep hole. Will keep you guys posted on my findings today.
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CHECK THE CAP!!! I may have done that before....
 
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Lonewolf said:
Thats a easy fix! I had that same problem after replacing my upper radiator hose a month ago. I had to put 2 hose clamps to get it to stop leaking
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My bad for putting on cheap Napa worm clamps. I guess they had some quality control issues 2 years ago when I installed the new radiator. I checked the lower hose while I was in there and the lower clamp to the radiator stripped, and I just snugged it a tiny bit to make sure it wasn't loose, so I changed that one too. Seems to be holding pressure now with no leaks, but I need to hose the engine bay down, again, to clean up the coolant and run it to be sure.
 
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No leaks, so good to go. I'll double check everything tomorrow, but added to my tool bag are 4 properly sized hose clamps.
Alex01 said:
Looks like I should be able to make it. Do we have a time / meet up location?
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Thought same place as last run at the Wallmart parking lot in Willows. There is a Chevon on the other side of the freeway we can top off at, 9am.
 
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Unfortunately I don’t think I’m going to make this trip. A lot of crap to do before the end of the month with this move and being out of town all next weekend isn’t helping - I’d love to do a trip again like mid feb when I’m settled though! Need some good wheeling after moving which I hate hah.
 
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tomtaylz said:
Unfortunately I don’t think I’m going to make this trip. A lot of crap to do before the end of the month with this move and being out of town all next weekend isn’t helping - I’d love to do a trip again like mid feb when I’m settled though! Need some good wheeling after moving which I hate hah.
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Come on. None of those other things you have going on will compare to this trip. This trip is what you need before you do all that other shit. 4 Jeeps 1 baby diesel
 
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I just can't catch a break guys! Grandbabies visited last weekend and shared a cold with me. Started feeling like crap yesterday, but wanted to wait until today to see how I felt. I feel like dog shit! I'm not going to repeat the Xmas tree run where I was sick, miserable, and antisocial, so I'm out for tomorrow. @Thunderhead, @Alex01 , @Lonewolf , I hope you guys still go, take pics, and let me web wheel vicariously thru you guys. :cry:
@tomtaylz, sorry you can't make it too. Maybe we can try again in February.
 
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I just can't catch a break guys! Grandbabies visited last weekend and shared a cold with me. Started feeling like crap yesterday, but wanted to wait until today to see how I felt. I feel like dog shit! I'm not going to repeat the Xmas tree run where I was sick, miserable, and antisocial, so I'm out for tomorrow. @Thunderhead, @Alex01 , @Lonewolf , I hope you guys still go, take pics, and let me web wheel vicariously thru you guys. :cry:
@tomtaylz, sorry you can't make it too. Maybe we can try again in February.
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Feel better Jim, I've had that same cold the last 2 weeks, hell the whole family had it for Christmas.
@Alex01 @Lonewolf just let me know if y'all are still in, I don't think we will make it vary far unless we are balls to the wall with all this new snow but it will be hella fun.
 
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