CUCV M-1009 Baja Chase/ pit support and Camping Project.

[bob91yj]

We've got all the car numbers that we are fueling along with the quantity and flavor of fuel that they need posted in the pit. In the six years I've been doing itg we have NEVER dumped the wrong flavor in a car at our pit. Trust me, we know EXACTLY which trucks are taking diesel. None of us like dumping diesel, it's heavier than gasoline, and it doesn't evaporate out of your fire suit if any gets spilled. That and for what ever reason the Hummers (H1 or H2) fuel filler locations generally suck, they are too high off the ground for an easy stick with the fuel cans.

[racemedic]

I don't look around the full size forum very often but came across this thread and noticed you are also in Blythe. I do think I have also seen your Blazer parked once over at O'Reilly auto parts, nice Blazer.

[etech]

in regard to the fuel thing at prior baja race, almost every team dose the same sort of thing.

There are many pit services that are not as professional, and also Most race teams are filled with a bunch of guy that want to be part of it, But really don't know whats going on to the fullest. So as such teams feel the need to state the obvious over and over.. Redundancy in baja means reliability, which is a good way to ensure success in racing, as you really never know what level the person your talking to is at.

However at our pit, I don't believe there is a person there that dose not know whats going on. Even the cook is well versed in most things and not only in making some really killer potato soup.

Nelson racing service is one of the most professional pits I have ever worked with. In fact at the just past baja 500,( as with most races) there were Trophy truck, class 1 and many other crew chiefs taking notes and asking tons of questions, from how we operate to tool placement and lay out, what items we know are needed.

Many say its one of the smoothest pits they have ever seen, and this is also being compared to the other pits bfg offer. I have been with their crew since 2006, since then only 4 cars have not left our pit under their own power. 2 were due to the driver and co-driver giving up and thinking they could not make it to the next check point in time and packed it up, 1 car lost most of the internals in his engine... and one car came in with a 3 inch hole in his head on a VW engine, and after a few houres with a die grinder and aluminum, kuicksteel and jb quick we had filled in the head, reshaped the combustion chamber and made a new spark plug port. To all of our surprises, This engine fired and ran, but the driver did not feel confident in it and packed it in with no spare head on his pit trucks.

In 2006 and 07 BFG took all who registered, At the 2006 baja 1000 (we were the first pit at race mile 113) we hand pumped and dumped 2392 gallons of fuel and about 250 gallons of jet-A for helicopters, the fuelers had over 370 cars registered to fill up, the mechanics and fab guys in the pit serviced 93 cars from bent tie rods, to wiring issues, up to 4 link and trailing arms being torn off the chassis, cracking frames, to both entire upper a-arms being pulled off a class 8 truck, we even repaired the bent shock shafts and remounted them, he finished the race.

After those years they put a limit on how many cars we would service and made it a first come first serve registration.

I can remember one time we welded up and set the back lash on a rocker arm that broke in half, and blew all the threads out of the adjusters, he finished the race, and went from 5th place to finish 2nd, he also won the championship that year by a very small margin, had he not finished that race he would not have won the championship...

And the real kicker is this is a free service... some of the most professional people and no charge, all you gotta do is run their tires which are great and very tough.

They are some of the most professional and thoughtful people I have ever had the pleasure to work with and I'm glad I can be a part of it with them. I know you know what I mean, right Bob.

the last image was in a magazine and it came through out pit, we did a bunch of work to it, then also secured the arms up and out of the way and he went on to finish the race... there is something to be said for not giving up,

[etech]

I don't look around the full size forum very often but came across this thread and noticed you are also in Blythe. I do think I have also seen your Blazer parked once over at O'Reilly auto parts, nice Blazer.

Yes sir that was most likely me. I dont go to O'reilly's very often as I like AutoZOne better but do go once in a while also autozone is closer to my house.

thanks, its far from being done, ( if it's ever is truly done) but I do drive it as my daily currently. Mostly to work out the bugs with it before taking it on a long baja voyage.

Im am currently having a problem that's perplexing me and perhaps some one here can offer some assistance. I drove it to Brenda Az the other day to help a friend with his truck.
When I got out I noticed the entire back of the blazer had a fine coat of tranny fluid on it, I crawled under it and it looked as though my tranny was leaking mostly everywhere, a fine coat over most of it, but I could not tell where from, it dose not leak when parked or driving around town and not on short trips on the freeway, but long trips on the freeway and I got oil on the back of my blazer, fluid levels are good, tranny pan gasket is good, I'm thinking a problem with the vent and pressure building over long trips then seals back up when the pressure vents? any advice, its a th400, and a 208 t-case.

[racemedic]

I like Autozone better too, I was coming out of Kmart and saw it sitting there. With the heat we have been having I would guess on the vent issue. My Bronco pushed trans fluid out the dipstick once on a long hot drive from Vegas to Hemet when I lived there. On short drives when its not real hot out it does fine, but it did it only that one time.

[etech]

I like Autozone better too, I was coming out of Kmart and saw it sitting there. With the heat we have been having I would guess on the vent issue. My Bronco pushed trans fluid out the dipstick once on a long hot drive from Vegas to Hemet when I lived there. On short drives when its not real hot out it does fine, but it did it only that one time.

it has done it 2x times now, once when not too hot going to the parker 425, ( but we were doing about 80+mph to get there in time), in feb, and again in june when I went to brenda. its going to take some time but I'll get it fixed.

what do you drive?

[24HOURSOFNEVADA]

Cool build, cool thread.

[racemedic]

I have a '93 Bronco that is parked in Riverside at a friends house. Trying to figure out if I want to sell it or put some money into it and keep it. I have a new to me '03 Tacoma Double cab that i'm working on setting up for general off-roading and camping and drive it when I'm not in my work vehicle an '07 Tahoe.

[bob91yj]

Being a military rig, any chance the transmission is pressurized by design for water fording?

[etech]

Being a military rig, any chance the transmission is pressurized by design for water fording?

that is something that I never thought of, I supposed its possible, but really don't know. in the military they never drive over 55 and I drive it 70 to 80 mph on a regular basis. In Arizona if your not going almost 80 you get ran over. perhaps building up too much pressure, I dont know if thats the case. I'll check with the guys at Steel Solders, thats one of the best tech places I have been to for military trucks.

and to race medic, here are a couple teasers of one of the 3 bronco's I have been currently working on, also the 3" coil overs that I picked up, 2x 16" travel and 2X 18" travel and my new GPS for the cucv project. and the beam pivots for the bronco is a 1" Teflon lined uniball mounted in a 4130 bearing cup.

This bronco specs are 91" wide from out side to out side the front tires, ( rear suspension is not on it yet but will be about 90" wide and swing about 27" rear travel.) it sports 39" bfg projects with bfg run flat inner liners, on 17x8" bead locks, swings 21" of front travel with only 3 inches of suspension lift, and maintains a functional 4x4 system. only speed bump so far is the tire hitting the a/c blower motor under full compression, so were going to custom build a bracket and move it...it also has 5 seats in it.