New Member - 72 Jimmy: Project Knuckledragger mountain commuter

[Jtrux]

I would love to be able to drive mine up into some snow like that someday, looks fun. I've only seen light snow in all my years (all 25 of them that is).

[snowblind]

Originally Posted by Jtrux

I would love to be able to drive mine up into some snow like that someday, looks fun. I've only seen light snow in all my years (all 25 of them that is).

I would love to be somewhere warm enough to work on my truck!!!

I went up at about 7am. The storm blew out earlier than expected so the plows had been busy and I didn't even lock the hubs until the mouth of the canyon road. Then I didn't shift into 4wd until the mid-point of the 6 mile canyon.

The mountain got a lot of snow though and is was super sunny and clear. Mornings like this in the mountains are just incredible. Achingly beautiful is the only way I can describe them.

On a sadder note... on Saturday night I went to a funeral service for a long time ski patrol member. It was on top of the mountain and they did a service and then lit off a "21 bomb salute" with avalanche hand charges. Frozen tears at 11,000 feet.

Here's one of many photos from the morning.

[snowblind]

The Jimmy died on the road Monday night. Pulled away from a stop and sputter, sputter, dead. Cranked but wouldn't start.

It was dark and cold and I have road side assistance through my insurance so I had it towed home. Yesterday I checked it out and found power to the HEI but no spark. Searching the forums and getting feedback from members it's probably a dead module or coil in the HEI.

Napa wanted $55 just for the coil so I ordered whole new distributor for $50 from Skip White on ebay. I also ordered a "rebuild" kit with new cap, rotor, coil, module, etc. Hopefully I can get the stock HEI back up with the new parts and then put the new dizzy on when it gets a little warmer.





Parts are scheduled to arrive on Friday.