On the road, 17 Feb 2008

We ended up having a few problems on the road. First, we had to push the truck with the Honda to jump start it. Then we pulled into a gas station after about 1.5 hours on the road to fill up and we noticed that the Honda was covered in gear oil. The pinion seal on the Dana 60 was gone and very kindly pumped the oil out of the differential and onto the car. We tried to fix it but couldn't break the nut loose on the yoke, so every time we filled up we put in 18 gallons of gas and 1 quart of gear oil. We ran out of gas around midnight the first night and pushed the truck down the freeway a few miles until we found an open gas station. We made it to Portland at about 0300.

First day of the trip to Spokane 17 Feb 2008

We stayed on Travis AFB and the next morning we awoke to do some much needed maintenance on the truck. We drained the black water out of the radiator, changed the oil, filled the differentials with gear oil, washed the windows and hooked up the Honda so we could tow it back to Spokane.

Where it all began 16 February 2008

The project started right after we picked up the truck in Napa, California. The tires were low, the starter was out, the truck was extremely dirty and the alternator was fixin' to go.