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Got it moved into the shop to start the teardown.

Here's another one I came across today. The first 15 pages are Goat info but the rest is interesting as well. http://psmag.radionerds.com/images/4/44/PS_Magazine_Issue_244_March_1973.pdf

That's why you don't go at it head on. I could always use a HMMWV as a step :)

The core might work but the inlet and outlet pipes are in different locations. I haven't heard from Keith so I'm just going to start pulling it tonight and see if I can get it to a radiator shop before the weekend. No one has brought up the possibility of a warped head yet. I guess we'll have...

No that is the correct mount. There is a minor modification for the airsoft (compared with an actual one) on the mounting pin but everything else fits.

Finally something to be cheerful about. My Airsoft VN M60 showed up today.

I might be interested in the right side depending on price and shipping.

You would be wrong about that. Unlike the HMMWV the Goat's drive line is fully enclosed in the tractor portion and recessed above the body in the carrier section. It could drive OVER a Jersey barrier not just put it's wheels on it.

Some advance warning on the next event. Also would anyone like to volunteer to take over for Mik as the "reminder" poster? While his truck may be local I'm guessing he can't swing enough leave time to come home from Korea once a month so probably won't be posting about this. I was hoping to...

Thanks. I'm hoping Keith_J can come out and see if it's something that can be repaired in place. The seam is half way up the side of the tank and it might be able to be resoldered where it is.

So what you're saying is jeeps are really good for climbing up the backside of some old dude?

Thought that was just a suggestion for people to vote on. Are you going to try and claim a HMMWV can climb better than a Goat? That's funny :)

Here you go. Sorry but the mic didn't pick up the narration very well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an9rDpRUUlI&feature=youtu.be

Welcome from Spring Branch!

More bad news. I just wasted 2 gallons of antifreeze filling the radiator just to have it leak out on the driveway. Turns out that the overheat split the left radiator tank seam. Now I guess I get to see how much fun removing a radiator is.

Yep. It's a GoPro Hero 3+ with a headband mount. Same camera that I did the drone video with. They're handy little gadgets and the new Hero 4 is even small enough that it's easy to use with a wrist mount.

I don't need bribes. Here's a video of the Goat for free. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekU3B03CEkk&feature=youtu.be

Ok here's 11 min of Goat driving. If you don't want to watch the entire video (it does get a bit boring if you're not actually driving) skip ahead to about 5:40. That's where it gets to the narrow (or long and) winding road. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekU3B03CEkk&feature=youtu.be

Looks good. Only thing I've done today is edit the GoPro video from the drive yesterday. I cut it down to 12 minutes for those truely dedicated Goat fans. Unfortunately it's still got over 3 hours of upload time to YouTube before I can add a link.

I probably only looked at it twice on the way over and both of those times were on the highway. Once we got on the winding back road I was concentrating on driving. Things happen and you fix them and move on. Now we know it needs fan belts. If it didn't happen yesterday it could have happened...