Yesterday, we worked some nit-noid stuff – although exactly what, I’m not entirely sure (it was something of a blur by this point). I’d pulled the stick from the T-176 while it was in 1st, not realizing the issues THAT would cause – it wouldn’t come out of 1st, or do anything at all really once I reinstalled the transmission stick on Friday. So, today I pulled the stick again, and remembered how things were laid out on the shifter (since I rebuilt this T-176 just 20 years ago), found the correct shift shaft, popped it back into its neutral position, then reinstalled the stick. All was well again. Moral of the story: don’t pull your transmission stick unless it’s in neutral. Learning has occurred. LOL!

We took off in Dave’s Ram to go get the car hauler from U-Haul, swung by HF for a couple more things and finished up the day just transferring tools and whatnot over to my Ram, since Dave now had to park out front with the trailer strapped up.

Today was the last day – last push to get Klooge ready for the trip to Phoenix, and we still needed to swap the YJ top over to Dookie, install my new paddle handle doors onto Dookie, get the new Rampage soft top Dave brought with him onto Klooge, get all of Dave’s tools and other newly acquired Jeep stuff loaded up, and do something with the old CJ top & doors.

We heard something about there being a major football play-off game that day, but we didn’t care a bit – we’re having fun with the Jeeps!

Had fun getting Klooge onto the trailer, between the downhill slope, using the starter motor, and actually running, it popped right on, we got him nailed down, and all that was left was to take my old CJ hard top and doors over to a buddy’s house for storage.

Now, my poor Jeep looks like crap, has no driveline, and my carport and garage are trashed. I’m not entirely sure who got the better end of this deal, to be honest. LOL!!