Well Moab 4x4 outpost couldn't get parts in and put together until wed noonish, so I figured well if I can get to Colorado I have a lot of connections and shops I can get to once I hit Grand Junction including tow trucks or pickups and trailers to make it cheaper than staying in Moab.
So I drove a few miles with the left front, then figured well I will baby it in rear wheel drive and if the drive shaft falls off I will stop and pick it up and run front wheel as far as I dare.
About once an hour I would stop and check the bolts and look at the CV. Nothing ever changed other than leaking gear oil out the rear output of the 205, but when I would check the level it was always way full, so I wonder if I am pulling some out of the 203.
It never got any louder or worse all the way so I just went.
Had an interesting thing happen on Monarch Pass. Climbing Monarch about 3 or 4 miles past Sargents it quits like it ran out of fuel, so I ram it in neutral and swerve to a pull out on the opposite side of the road against the rock wall.
I sit for a few minutes, then check the fuel pump fuse, its fine, hears some little pebbles fall from the cliff near the truck so I decided to coast it downhill as far as I could. So off we went coasting, no power steering, or power brakes, letting it go as fast as I dared so I could get as far as possible, passed one car on the way down and ended up coasting up to the gas pumps in Sargents. I knew I still had 7 gallons or better in the tank. I tried to start it again and still no dice. So I filled the tank (9 gallons and some change) so there was plenty of fuel the whole time. Tried to start it and after 4 or 5 tries it fired up and never had another problem the rest of the trip.
