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Tentatively I think Bryan G and I will make it to the Night Zero camp.  We are starting to get serious about planning out the travel portion of the trip.  On Saturday 9/3 what time do you think we will actually split from the group to hit the road?  I am just wondering what are our chances of getting back to Page, AZ and loading up before dark.

Desert Rat posted:

you should be able to get back to page by midday on the 3rd.  Its about 50 highway miles after about a 90 minute drive on dirt from the previous night's camp.

Cool deal.  About how long a drive is it from the storage lot to the Night Zero Camp?  We are trying to figure out if we will have time enough to make it.  Sorry for not consolidating questions; I am just now starting to formulate the actual transit plans for this trip since I will be doing 100% of the driving to/from NC to AZ.  Bryan G is doing all the driving on the run.

A/C done. Spring pack rebuild done. Drive belts done. Replaced radiator this past weekend. I found a hairline crack at the top; barely started leaking. Upgraded to a 2-row radiator so I ended up having to trim a little plastic on the shroud by the steering pump to get everything to fit. Replaced the clutch fan blades; cracked out. Had to have the radiator bracket remade to fit the radiator better without straining the mounts. Hillbilly repaired a variety of body cracks in the radiator core support. Replaced a bunch of hoses. Still have a couple things left to do like put the hubs on and replace O2 sensors which seem to be really stuck in there good; or I'm just wimpy. Feeling the pressure to get this crap done. It's been really slow going on the truck since my grandma had a hemorrhagic stroke 6 weeks ago and I spend a lot of my free time with her.

 

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Desert Rat posted:

Vato Zone has an O2 sensor wrench you can borrow (or buy) that works really well to get more leverage when removing them.

Sounds like your pile is just about ready to go

Yeah, I tried all of the O2 sensor sockets. Put some PB Blaster on there a few times, no budge. Onto Kroil now and my truck smokes like crazy by the O2 sensors with those oils on there. Will try the actual O2 sensor wrench next. If I can't break them loose by this weekend, I'll have run out of options and have to hit up a shop. I realize that a torch might break them loose, but my luck is that I'd probably "F" it up; and my last little cheapy torch leaked at the valve and caught fire on me. I'm a little weirded out about it.

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