Okteenerfest caravan from the DFW area, Lets start planning. |
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Okteenerfest caravan from the DFW area, Lets start planning. |
ClayPerrine |
Jul 21 2019, 09:45 PM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,810 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
We are starting to plan the trip to and from Okteenerfest.
If you would like to travel with us, just let us know. The more the merrier. Any and all suggestions, ideas, etc.. are greatly appreciated. We have been to Okteenerfest multiple times, and twice to Banner Elk, so here are the gotchas. 1. Registration in Banner Elk on Thursday is usually 3 to 7 in the afternoon/evening. It's better to get there early rather than late because registering on Friday is a pain in the ass. It's a lot more fun to get there early enough to get settled in, meet people, and figure out dinner. We normally make Wednesday a long day, and Thursday a short day of driving. 2. The time change. Around Rockwood, TN, on highway 40, we lose an hour. It bit us hard a couple years ago. 3. Anyone who is pulling a trailer is going to need a safe place to park when we stop for the night, both there and back. 4. Leaving DFW, Betty and I are going to trailer one car, and drive another, both trying to clear Dallas morning rush hour traffic to get to I-30 headed east. A long first day favors leaving early. Questions for the group. What time are y'all comfortable leaving in the morning? We found that leaving at 7am works for us. In the past we have found hotels that were running $60 to $80 a night. What is a comfortable price range for a hotel for y'all? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving-girl.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) |
scottthephotog |
Sep 5 2019, 03:26 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 187 Joined: 20-November 18 From: Euless, TX Member No.: 22,667 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Its always something. My new Bursch muffler is cracked in the middle and blown out on the top. Strange. Have no response from the company about their warrantee on the product. They won't return my call. The muffler has not been in the car very long. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hissyfit.gif). Have to find a workaround. Trying to tie up a few loose ends. Still have the old muffler if nothing else works than I will put that on. Of course it doesn't sound anything like the Bursch. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/yellowsleep[1].gif) I've got the stock 1.7L muffler that you could borrow if you need to. Updates on my car. The engine is in! I had to do some creative thinking to get the engine and transmission back in, which took some extra time. The car wouldn't drop low enough to line up the bolts and thread the nuts on. I stole the scissor jacks out of the other cars and used them to raise the dolly holding the engine and transmission. Lining up the new transmission mounts took some time as well. Replaced the transmission end cap gaskets and changed out the fluid a couple of days ago. I haven't seen leaks yet, which is a good sign. I'll be hooking the fuel injection up tomorrow, and hopefully, it will start! Also, if you need to pull wires from the engine bay into the passenger compartment through the stupid tunnel, I found taping a stick to the end of the wire and shoving it through works great. Otherwise, the wire turns and bunches up. Last thing for now. When I removed the old engine, the engine support bar fell off as soon as the 17mm bolts came loose. (Engine stayed on the dolly thankfully). Here's what the mounts looked like. I have no idea what caused this, and thankfully the engine didn't fall out or something. |
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