So my radiator has decided to spring a small pinhole crack on the drivers side. It’s been slowly dripping coolant for about a week now. I took today off so I could run down to chemical guys in riverside to grab some fresh product. A 1800radiators warehouse in upland, which is roughly a half hour from the base of the mountain, had a radiator in stock for my truck. Called in for it Thursday and he put the radiator on will call and said it would be ready for me to pick up today. So I topped off my coolant reservoir this morning and hit the road. Nali ran like a tank hard and fast all day without a single temp issue. Picked up the new radiator and ran back to CG in riverside. Hit up sprouts farmers market at the base of the mountain for some fresh groceries and then high tailed it back up highway 38 to big bear. Long day of driving but a satisfying day. Nali is going in first thing Thursday morning to my close family friend that works over at the jeep shop in town for the radiator swap. He’s the only one I really trust to work on the Nali and he’s a damn good mechanic. Lucky the jeep shop owners are clients and will let me bring it in for work occasionally. Their labor rates are a bit pricey but I know my friend will get it done right the first time and that’s worth the labor prices.
PS I thought this shadow pic up against the freeway center divider looked really cool so I snapped it haha.