Re: Re[2]: [ihc] new travelall

[mark stegmann <truckdriver_1977@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ken, Never seen a travelall w/ the 258 in it. However,
if you don't want to swap engines on such a clean
original TA, you can sure build up those 258s. On
thing you can do is put the head & fuel injection
system from a mid/late 90s 4.0 engine on it. If it was
mine, i'd build the 6banger to the hilt just to be
different! ;)
Mark


--- "ken.dunnington" <ken.dunnington@domain.elided> wrote:

> John M. Adams wrote:
> 
> JMA> And congrats on the new T'All. It sounds like a
> good deal all the way around
> JMA> (price, condition, wife & neighbors...)
> 
> Thanks, I'm happy with it.
> 
> I picked up the TA in Bozeman.  I took I90 east to
> Columbus where I
> headed south to Red Lodge.  I partly took this route
> because I used to
> visit Bear Creek years ago when I had a great-great
> aunt and uncle that
> lived there.  It was nice to see their old house
> once more.  Bear
> Creek is on 308 east of Red Lodge, so that took me
> to 72/120 which I
> followed south into Wyoming toward Cody.  Stayed on
> 120 all the way to
> Thermopolis where I picked up 20 to head south to
> Shoshoni.  Then 26
> to Riverton, 135 cutoff down to 287.  287 to
> Rawlins.  I80 then to
> Walcott Junction, 130 south through Saratoga to 130
> accross to
> Laramie.  Then 287 again into Laporte.  OverLand
> Trail to home...
> 
> I've been through all these areas before put
> stringing them all
> together was very nice.  I just wish I had had time
> to stop off at my
> "spot" in the Great Divide Basin.  But time and the
> lack of vehicle
> prep kept me on 287.
> 
> That 9% grade on the 235 cutoff was where she was
> working hard in 2nd
> gear.  And the rest of 135 was into a strong
> headwind.  Sections of
> 287 and I80 with a tailwind I got 'er up to ~68 mph
> but things were
> feeling a bit frantic so I only did that for a
> moment.  55-60 mph is
> this TA's sweet spot, but I did 50 mph alot due to
> not wanting to
> overtax a new to me vehicle with all the new to me
> sounds, etc.
> 
> Ken
> 



		
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