We are excited to have the Jeep up and running again. The engine was pulled apart, just for some preventative maintenance before we go out west to Overland Expo. Robert and his Dad set out to replace the head gasket. Robert took the head to Mother’s Machine Shop in Springfield, MO to check for cracks and get it resurfaced. They had it almost two weeks and we were glad that the head checked out OK.
Robert got it all back together and had two mysterious bolts left over. Why does that always seem to happen?
We are delighted that the engine seems to be running cooler. We bought an engine code reader from Wal-Mart and see that we have a misfire with an injector or two. We’ve already replaced two of the six injectors and it’s running much better. We’ll probably replace the remaining four before we head out west.
Tires will be next on our shopping list.
We celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary. Usually we forget to celebrate, but this year we decided to go all out and celebrate five days in a row. We ate out and we ordered a little gift for ourselves.
Then we enjoyed a short day trip to Concordia, MO to attend a Pre-1865 Living History Trade Fair. There, we enjoyed vendors of beadwork, leatherwork, black powder supplies and guns, period clothing, etc. We met some very nice people and are planning to attend more black powder shooting events.
We hope you enjoy the show. Thanks for following our adventures.
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