uh... that would be me this time. Normally I confine my thoughtlessness (stupidity) to forgetting to put the heat shrink tubing on the wire BEFORE I crimp the end... admit it, you've done that...

This time I was up in the Georgia Mountains (SOLAROS this past weekend) on a few warm up trails before hitting Beasley. I, as a Land Rover owner for many years now, decided to just check things out under the hood at the top of a trail as we took a break, and found a bit of steering fulid leaking from one of the hose clamp fittings at the bottom of the resevoir. Hmmm... turns out to be a small crack in the hose. NO PROBLEM as I am a rolling garage! I proceed to repair the hose end, retighten clamps and refill the res to the correct level. Off we go with no problems and tons of fun, except for our buddies '85 Jeep when its T-case exploded AFTER exiting Besley **** thankfully. Literally blew the top off!

So on the way home down I-75 my CEL starts staring at me with code 44 (OBDI... not II). Again, not a problem until we get home.

Short story long... When I filled the resevoir to the "correct" level I did NOT take into consideration the angle of the truck and apparently over-filled the res. When the fluid overflowed on the highway at highway speeds a small amount of fluid made its way into the air filter box and into the MAF...causing the ECM to richen the mix and throw the code. Cleaned it all up, changed out the air filter and we are good to go now.

Don't fill the steering resevoir on an angle, was my lesson for the day.

 

DOH!!

Being DI she got you home though didnt she?
You know a DII would have died with the ATF in the MAF.

 

Yes she did... in fact she ran great with no idle probs or any rough running at all until yesterday afternoon. the idle started getting a bit high... then low... then high... you know the story.

I'm confident in my wrenchin abilities and engineering knowledge but man was that dumb. Hey, if you don't laugh at your own mistakes then you've got BIG problems.

 

Dont sweat the small stuff, hell, I never sweat.

The things we never think of, like being on level ground. lol

 

Spike,as a moderator your supposed to be impartial.Thus DII bashing is unacceptable.And remember jealously is the most sincere form of flattery.(btw any word on that DII custom rear bumper??? I've got cash in the kiddy!!!!)

 

DevilDog, as a mod I reserve the right to bash or ban anyone I want. LOL

No word on the bumper, read my thread in the Roaming with Friends section for more info on that.

 

Brett you are after a bumper now!? wtf!!! install that 04 linkage before looking at the next purchase!!!

 

Just thinking ahead.That one drop at rausch gives my DII sum serious bumper rash.Oh yea thats the one you busted your tailight out on!!!!

 

*shaking my head*

this time im just going to gun it and try and clear the back end of my truck! lol. dukes of hazard style.

 

LOL I think weve all done stupid stuff like that..... Also makes me proud to have a D1 over D11