Ocala National Forest, or Hardrock ORP in Ocala? More the latter than the former, but my Facebook group, Florida Mitsubishi 4X4 is going to have a ride/campout in late January in one of those 2 places based on turnout.

Never been to either, but January is already booked up in our world so I’ll have to keep an eye out for another Spring weekend.

We had some bad bad wind and rain storms down here in Florida this past week, and in the process of driving through one of them the end of my passenger windshield wiper arm snapped off, ended up scratching the glass of the windshield until I could get to a gas station and buy a pair of pliers to pull it off. Swung by the local junkyard and pulled both of them off of the Raider in the yard, looks like someone has been picking parts off of it since the last time I saw it. Gonna have to snag the wheels and seats sooner rather than later.

Also noticed that I had a bolt jammed in to my passenger rear tire, so I had to pull and plug that one. Saving up for new tires once I get the OEM rims.

New wipers installed, plus while I was at the JY I grabbed the gauge binnacle for the oil pressure gauge. Small issue with the one in my truck is in addition to the pressure gauge not working, the lens on the voltmeter is cracked, so I pulled apart the replacement one, swapped out both parts and voila, I no longer have a cracked lens. As for the oil pressure gauge, at least the new one moves, though after about 30 seconds it drops back to zero. While I was in there I scrubbed and armor-all'ed the dash underneath and behind the binnacle, since the PO had spilled something up there once upon a time and I've had hell getting it all cleaned up. Probably going to have to remove the big Oh Shit handle to really get it all clean again.

I did have a good lol this afternoon. The spare tire cover, though in good shape, had come loose and the draw string was broken so I took the cover off and tossed it in the back. I decided to check the date code on the spare, 19th week of 1990. So yeah, I don't think its the original tire but its probably from the 2nd set.

Has anyone ever sent an oil sample to a lab for analysis? I sent some from my oil change this past weekend, just curious how these engines wear internally. I know it burns oil but a friend of mine who has been working at a Chrysler dealership for almost 25 years tells me this engine was notorious for that.

Yes, send oil samples to Blackstone Lsbs frequently.

Damn, got the oil analysis back, lots of lead, lots of copper.

Hey this bad mamma-jamma just eclipsed 200k! Of course I bought it at 193K, but she is still humming along nicely.