Fifth Annual Dakota Mailing List BBQ and Trail Ride

Friday and Saturday July 25-6, 2003
Forestville, NY

Hosted by Jon Steiger.
Photos by Josh Battles, Adam "Blaster" Comartin, Mike Cooper of SCORE, Jason Bleazard, Andy Levey, Eric, Mike Maskalans (as well as other SCORE members).
Video by Neil Bellenger, Jason Bleazard, Mike Maskalans and Jon Steiger.
Report by Mike Maskalans.

Sunday (27-July 2003):

people clearing out. adam and I stay with tom and christine. she wouldn't start - fuel pump conked out completely overnight. adam brought him to town to pick up another while I packed up.

I pull the truck up the driveway, and we roll her back into the shop. getting over the lip on to the cement pad was tough, but 4 of us pulling bounced it up.

we pull the box (that took some lift shenanigans thanks to needing to clear about a foot of rocker panel) to change the pump. The body mounts are a new 3" lift, and the tank straps are original '89 - seemed like a better idea. new pump works after having to coax it back in after re-mounting the box (it had popped up).

adam takes off after the new pump is in.

the truck started and ran, tom went to shower and I left.

I had to change my alternator in Buffalo (couldn't get it cleaned out after the mud, even with almost 3 full cans of Coke, quite a bit of WD40 and a healthy dose of contact cleaner) -- thankfully the open-till-8-on-a-sunday parts store had one for me in stock. I wasn't done 'till 9, though, so I've got a $60 core in my truck bed.

I get home to find a message saying tom is flying home, cuz Christine's trans is fscked. d'oh! not fair... but then again what is?

I start seriously looking into my standing offer to tow tom's truck back to 'Sconnie, and hoping that someone on the list or that I know has a trailer to borrow to save tom a hundred-plus bucks.

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