OK well heres the deal. Me and Minimonster went out to Rancho Thursday afternoon (4pm-ish). Had a BLAST all day took lots of pictures. I even brought along my daughter and she played in the mud alittle.

There really wasnt much mud just alot of water. still fun but kinda a pain... as you will see in just a sec.

HOWEVER... right before we leave i decide to make one more run though a fairly deep hole id been in 3-4 times before. well disaster strikes truck hits the water and turns off. Im already sure i got water in the engine so i take the intake apart and water gushes out. well we back up his truck and pull mine out onto dry land. Remove the spark plugs and turn the truck over a few times, this cleaned out ALOT of water. The we put the plugs back in and the truck wouldnt start. after enough gas i got it started but there was a really bad knock in the engine. so i shut it down and we tinkered with the plug wires a bit till i broke one. DUH.

So its close to 8pm and discount closes at 9 so we start towin my truck out of rancho with a 20' strap that was closer to 15' the way it was hooked up. So we tow the truck for about 40 minutes and i know we arent gonna make it before discount closes. So we park my truck on the side of 301 and book it for the parts store. We make it with 3 minutes to spare.

I buy the parts (plugs and wires) and decided agianst going back and changing them. I call up my X's stepdad that lived nearby and asked him to drive me back and load the truck on his trailer. He was right there to lend a helping hand. Once we got the truck on the trailer (barely fit) we headed home at a steady 40mph (the rear tires where very close to slipping off the trailer)

Heres the catch the truck runs but with a bad knock and theres no CEL. I had to drive the truck onto the trailer because the winch wasnt getting the job done. So im gonna be working on it later try to get it fixed hopefully i can salvage my engine!

heres the pictures. stick with me theres alot but there worth it.

warming up before i left

 

my 4.2 pulling out the big-ol 5.4

 

minimonster's truck (Jon)

 

 

 

kinda deep... you think??

my daughter

 

Ambralyn & Daddy agian

She wants to drive?

 

Jon stuck agian... that was like the 1,000,000 time... not really only 2

 

dude that looks like a blast!

ive always liked your truck..it looks real tough-like hahaha

sorry to hear about the engine tho

do you know why it just shut off in the middle of the hole??

 

 

this is why it shut off in the hole... hydrolocked

 

she still had fun

the only time i needed a pull all day

 

oh ****

you look happy haha

 

well i was alittle happy.

my goal for the day was to get stuck and i did need a pull. sooo i geuss i was stuck.

but then when the engine started knocking i got really grumpy real fast.

Im in a surprisingly good mood! at the moment that is

 

ha yeah well see how good of a mood youre in when youre rebuilding you engine

hope its not not screwed up tho

but hey maybe its a good thing
i think i can hear a 5.4 calling your name