So yesterday me and my little brother took the s10 out and about, I went way down in some cow pastures and fields, riding about, then we went down in the woods in some trails I used to go on, i knew they were in fact pretty dense thru there, and as it turns out, the deeper I got into the woods, the more the trees began to take over and consume the path. We went from riding to running over trees to finally almost a dead end because the trees were too big to run over.
In a tight spot, I'm able to pull forward/left, then back up. I proceed to back up, pull forward again but mind you this is on a hill. I go to pull forward, and I slip a bit, (it's still 2wd for now), so I back up once more, stomp it, and then I'm stuck in between 2 trees after slipping! LOL
One tree right in front of the truck, another 2 feet behind me.
I back up on the tree, it gets wedged under my back bumper, but there's enough room and turning radius in the truck, I'm able to do a 3 point turn.
On that final turn, I proceed to maneuver out... I'm stuck.....
Im a firm believer in my own moto.... "if you can't make it out slow, hold it down until you do"
Having said that, naturally I just hold it down, spinning 1 tire on the rear... And then there goes that awful chatter from the transmission!!!
It used to do it on occasion BEFORE the SAS, like if I stomped it on dry pavement, it would spin, but when it did catch traction, the transmission would occasionally.... Chatter? / slip? Sounded like a clunking noise, just a temporary loss of power applied. It's a ****** ol junkyard tranny, figured I'd just beat it to death until it quits.
I have the last tranny that was put in the s10 before this current one sitting, thought I might built it up real real tough with heavy duty components so it could take a real hammering.
ANYWAY! it did that bs on me, I was able to back up against the tree, give it another romp, and escape.... Truck does GREAT just to be honest. Even in 2wd. Steers wonderful, if the tire is against a tree.... Guess what, that hydraulic ram just pushes the whole front over if a tree is in the way of a tire.
Generally at about 1500-1800 rpm I can just cruise thru trails going what the speedo says to be 10-15 mph. It I wanna go faster, I just mash it, motor gets up there to 2500, does fine.
If I just wanna be a fool and spin the tire while I'm rolling, I mash it down even higher at say.... 4000-4500?, (I'm not watching rpms because I'm not out on the road)
the tire just spins the entire way. (I gotta get a locker or weld up a open carrier)
On the blacktop/pavement near me, riding down it, steering doesn't wander anymore.
With shocks and Trac bars in the rear end on a offroad ride, the back of it isn't so damn bouncy anymore!
I still need shocks for the front however, that's still pretty bouncy.
Maybe I'll leave it that way, makes a visually pleasant ride when the misses is in the passenger seat
Thinking I'm gonna use a squarebody sway bar and adapt it to fit.... I sold the extra dana 60 I had, damn if I had just thought about it! I could've kept the sway bar off of it!!!! Stupid.
Such as life.... During this week, I'll be modding the t case crossmember so I can hook up the front shaft.
