Dora's unhappyness with me

Where do I start? She was giving me the silent treatment. As in not
starting. As we recall from our continuing drama, on the trail on Wed
the started failed. She'd pull start or rollstart fine. We ran the
trail and got back to camp. Out came the starter. The field coil end
that attaches to ground had warped and touched the neighboring coil.
I could see a weld blob. I cleaned that up and bent the ribbon wire
back into place and put it together. Jumper cables on Dora's battery
showed that it now worked! 10pm and off to find dinner.

Checked it in the am...dead! Took it apart a few times. Nothing.
Then tried on Bill Fishel's truck. Spun fine. Ahh the battery died
over night (it was dim last night). Installed. Jumped from Bill and
off to the organizational place for 8am. Let her idle to charge and
then placed uphill in the parking lot in case she wouldn't restart.

Ran the trail anyway after rollstarting. She wouldn't start. She
died randomly a few times. Q showed up and said, "have you checked
the battery water? I added...1 gallon. She started right up. Charge
light was on, then dim later and off. We would start her with a
booster pack. As you can guess the battery was dead as was the 10si
alternator. I had brought washme's.

On the trail the front diff went bang. Probably a crown wheel tooth.
It would lockup and release the drive train from time to time with a
clank. At a stop I checked underneigth. The parking brake adjuster
nuts had fallen off. In the dust i put on new ones. And got that
working. JL noticed how horrid the steering had gotten. Every bolt
was loose. We tightened all of them. One tie rod end (steering box
arm) clicks. We got back to gravel road at sundown. So i had a 15
mile driver w/o lights using a flashlight for people to see us.
Backin town we tried to use the booster pack to supplement. Pt no pot
luck. Within 1/2 mile Dora died hard and i coasted into a parking
lot.

Bavk to camp to steal a battery to get me back. Done. Shower. In
search of food at 10pm.

Fri morning. Combinded the alternators since the new one han't been
ground to fit. The old on was toasted. New battery. She starts and
runs. 14.9 volts. But the front diff is still screwed.

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