Mark, I figure you were a week and a half in front of us! Wished we'd have seen you in Utah. We'll keep an eye out for your Jeep on next year's adventure.

 

I am planning on installing an AEV snorkel to prevent a repeat of my hydrolocked engine incident. I plan to run it with the ram top rather than paying extra for the Pre-filter. I'm thinking of joining the auto Transmission and transfer case breather lines together and then running a single line to the lower part of the air cleaner housing. I also plan to run the rear axle breather to the engine compartment and join it to the front axle breather and run a single line from those to the air cleaner housing. The transfer case and transmission both us ATV+4 and the axles also use the same fluid, so the potential of fluid getting from one to the other shouldn't be an issue. I intend to block the holes in the bottom of the air cleaner housing, but may put a one way drain in the bottom. Do any forum members know of any good reason to not join the breather hoses as I intend.

 

And another, cheaper, easier vent solution for a "Marine" environment. https://www.ebay.com/i/141943753347?chn=ps&dispItem=1

 

There is really no need to link up all of these hoses. A simple upside-down "U" in the vent line will prevent water from entering. Or a pressure bellows to close the system like I posted above will work well and be worry free. Plumbing a lot of excess tubing around is just creating a complicated solution to a really non-existent problem.

 

Driving in, Saturday, Hart's Pass Road, Washington State:


This morning, when I woke at our 6,275' campsite:




Happy to see the snow & chill temps. Should be the end of fire season.

Guy

 

I like the billows idea and would like to know if you have actually used them or if others on the forum have used them.

 

I had them on a Mitsubishi. I thought they worked great.

 

New kit to be prepared for future trips ...

 

Mark, those look like K02's. How are you liking them? My KM2's are nearing replacement time, with about 60k on them. I'm going back and forth in my mind between another set of KM2's, or K02's, for a slightly softer ride and better traction on snow packed roads. The KM2's have been great on everything but snow, and the sidewalls are super tough. I'm just weighing the pros/cons. I've been very pleased overall with the KM2s.

The chains look great, btw. You must have some mountain passes in your future!

 

Piggybacking on dmwill's question- you've been through plenty of the duratracs in the past, why the switch to ko2's? I'm running them now as well, but I switch tires every couple of years in search of the 'best' tire for my usage.