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The Denver roads finally did Magpie in.. I have patched each tire at least 4-5 times and finally just have to call it quits. New tires are on order, ugh. Buying tires are the worst.
Been driving the Vw for a while now, way better mpg and a lot more fun to drive.
Building a house currently, so money is tight. Need to get that AC recharged!
There is a Defender 110 "full" roof rack for sale locally for $100, might go an pick it up. Seems to be a home brew dealio, but made from 1x1" steel - probably 11 gauge. Should do the trick..!
Beefed up the OEM tire carrier today, things were cracking and needed to be fixed!
Observe the Problem at hand:
Yep, that sh*t is cracked. 2 of the 3 studs were like that, and the 3rd was on its way to the same fate. Game plan is to make a backing plate for support and beef up the structure in general.
Drew up an idea and headed over to the mill to execute. I decided that 3/16 plate would do the trick..!
Welded in after grinding off paint, fixing the cracks and did a rosette weld to the studs to actually attach them to the added plate.
Added straps to add some rigidity to the structure -- also welded the spacers to the actual carrier.
Added large washers to the front for more support.
Ready for paint.
Went with bed truck liner because.. thats all i had.
The rear taillight guards were always a little tatty, so I decided to clean them up - grind off all surface rust and give them a repaint. Took a lot longer than I thought it would but came out.. Ok. I still might have them blasted and powder coated but we'll see how they hold up over the winter.
Replaced the SAI pump mounts with some new Dorman stuff - worked like a charm. The old mounts were certainly toast.
Also chasing down a battery draw that ive had for a few months now along with some new codes.
If I don't drive MagPie within a week the battery will be dead. Did a test today.. Something is certainly going on
Had about .1mA draw across the negative cable / Neg battery post via multimeter. If I pulled:
- the draw would basically go away. So gotta figure those out
Oh, and this happened. Going to just lop off the end and weld on a new tip for a quick fix.
Oh yah, codes. P01171 and P01174. Got my hands on a full set of Walker O2's so hopefully those codes will go away. Ive had P0134 code for a while now, just always cleared it until the other 2 codes started showing up within the last few weeks.
Last edited by Saturnine; Aug 1, 2021 at 06:15 PM.
My excursion did a similar exhaust mod to itself a couple weeks ago about 500 miles into 4000 miles of towing. Good news was mine was under the second row seat area and right before the muffler......
