Heading west on 80

[WoodsWagon]

I'm driving from New hampshire to Wyoming starting tomorrow. The majority will be on Route 80. I'm driving a lifted Loyale with a fresh EJ22 swap. I'm hoping for the best, but when something breaks, is there anyone who lives near that route that I could call on?

[LUVMYBRAT]

your coming to my house!! both my work and home are off of 80. Whats in wyo for you? Hey I sent you a pm too from another thread, you could just bring a hard copy if you want. Parts are available if needed on a breakdown, I've got an ej sitting if necessary along with a loyale if necessary as well. I'll pm contact info I guess you gotta make it this far though first:rolleyes: . Safe traveling:)

[Caboobaroo]

and I'm here in Laramie as well. I've got the access to the parts that LUVMYBRAT has, plus I have my shop to do any work in if needed. When are you going to be in Wyoming, how long, and what part? If you want to, there might be a possibility of taking a ride in my RX if you want;)

[mcbrat]

I'm in Des Moines, IA right off 80....

[WoodsWagon]

I'm headed to Lander. Staying 10 days with family, then driving home. In my book, wyomings worth it. I might do some wheeling up by Dubios. NOLS thought they were showing me how to do an expedition by backpack through the wind river mtn's, I was busy noting the 4x4 trails.

 

If anyone want's to give me their cell #, just send a PM and I'll find a library to look at them from. Much appreciated.

[WoodsWagon]

Whoo.. I made it. More impressively, the car made it. Total miles on engine before departure: 75. I left NH round 4pm on sunday, made it to a truckstop on I90 in New York, Passed out. Monday: drove for 2 hours to buffalo where my brake pad's shattered coming up to the tollbooths. Then to the Subaru dealer for pads (75 bucks), then to the carquest for the pads (14 bucks), then to the parking lot of "Alternative Brews" to install them, found the wheel bearing was shot on the drivers side, went to Buffalo Discount Muffler and Brake to get the bearings pressed out of my spare hub and into the one on the car (all work done on the car in a puddle in a parkinglot in the rain, It sucked. The Buffalo muffler guy was great, did the work for free to swap the bearings (I forced 20 bucks on him cause I felt bad). Got rolling again at 9 pm, made it to a truckstop in Ohio.

Tuesday. Woke up, broke hood release cable, locked keys in car. Spent 1 hour finding someone who had a tool I could use to get it back open. Some trucker from michigan had this 3/8" rod hooky thingy that I could reach in the window and poke the lock with. Left round 10 AM, Got stuck in traffic in Chicago (construction), drove untill I got 1/3 of the way across nebraska. Passed out, worried about the oil level that I couldn't check.

Wednesday: drove to Lander wyoming and Arrived at 4:30 pm. Showered, ate slept, used USMB to figure out how to open hood, checked oil on dipstick, there was none. Oh shiznit! drained 1.5 quarts of black thickness out of pan and filter, put new filter and 4.2 quarts in. Engine happy.

Average MPG=25 23 at 80mph, 27 at 65mph. Check engine light on over o2 sensor.

 

Sorry I didn't stop to say hi to anyone, it was kinda the drive till you're too sleepy to stay in your lane mindset. I'll areange a way to stop by on the way home. I'm leaving the 27 or 28 of Aug. Send me a PM with cell # and adress, a lifted EJ22 loyale w/ winch and bumper will stop by.