Maintenance on the Jeep

I took the Jeep in for an oil change last week and while they were under the Jeep they told me I had a torn boot on the CV Joint on the front drivers side.  I guess I must have gotten a rock into it when we were in Colorado last summer.  Of course after several months of dirt and water getting into the joint it was shot.  I took it to my trusted mechanic Billy Simpson in Yale last week and he ordered a re-built joint for it.  I wanted a new one but it wasn’t available for that side.  Yesterday morning I took the Jeep in and left it with him.  We also had a problem with the blower on the AC/heater.  It would only run on high.  We had a third problem which he couldn’t fix since his code reader wouldn’t read the problem.  It is the light on the dash that shows when the transfer case is in 4 wheel high or low range.  When it is in 2 wheel, rear drive only, it shows a light that says it is in 4 wheel high.  Not a big problem, just annoying.  Billy fixed the CV joint and the blower on the AC/heater (which was just a resistor) and it only cost $178 for all of it,  which I thought was very reasonable.  Can you imagine what it would have cost if I had taken it to a Jeep dealer?

We also had lunch at the Mexican Restaurant in Yale with Jack and Barbara Miller.  We had arranged to meet them at the restaurant  when we were at the campout.  The  restaurant has a buffet from 11am to 2pm Monday through Friday for $7.00 and if your over 62 it’s half price.  If that wasn’t a good enough deal, it is also really good food.

We are now in the final countdown to leaving for Alaska.  Yesterday was 1 month away.  We are starting to look at what we can put into storage and what we will take with us.  Yesterday I took most of the movie DVD’s that were in their own case and although they weren’t very heavy took up a lot of room.  I put them into CD holders and reduced the amount of room needed to store them by about 90%.  I must have had close to 60 movies.  Several of them are movies I have bought but we haven’t watched yet.  We are saving them for when we are in the middle of Canada or Alaska and don’t have any TV.  With the generator we don’t plan on “ruffin it” anymore than we have to.

I thought I would again put a picture of our view while we are parked at my son’s at the pad here in the Cushing area.