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Not following up here is just disrespectful, IMHO. Best/easiest to follow advice in the thread was to use the cabin heater as an aux radiator. I seem to need to do this every ten years or so on some vehicle or another.
I consider after a week that the "please keep comments to helpful ones" request has expired. But I consider these comments to be helpful for the future to anyone else going out alone. If you value your health and safety:
Never go out without telling somebody local where you intend to go and your return ETA.
Never go out (even for a 3-hour tour) without the means to live in or near the vehicle for at least 24 hours. (water, food, change of clothes, source of warmth, shelter)
Never go off pavement farther than you're willing/able to walk out from (but know you're better off staying with the vehicle)
Never go out (even in the daytime) without adequate flashlights and spare batteries.
Never go out without means to keep your cell phone charged. Consider adding CB, Ham, or Sat comm gear.
Consider never going out alone without adequate spare parts, voltmeter, fuses, and tools.
Anybody violating these rules should be looking into their risk/reward equation calculator (brain) to see why they're choosing to take such risks. Folks with people who depend on them (wives, SOs, kids) should ESPECIALLY look hard in a mirror when they propose impulsively going offroad while unprepared.
dead fan stuck on trail please help
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The Roadie - Founder
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If I had known he was stuck on a trail in CANADA I wouldn't have even bothered! haha 
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ErikSS - Lifer
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Wow, did I almost kinda sorta get props from the Roadie for my given advice?!?
Oh and Eric, here's one right back at 'cha from Canada buddy lol.
Oh and Eric,
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If I hadn't been out to dinner in Portland with my daughter, I might have posted that suggestion first. So you were channeling me through my superior mental powers.
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The Roadie - Founder
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Roadie, you know that is the "I'm going to make your head explode" position.
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Ahhhh, now you've gone and made him wary.....
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The Roadie - Founder
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Yes I made it out alive sorry I didn't post but missed a days work and then got sent away for 2 days just put everything into a mess at home and at work. It turned out to be simple once the sun came up and I could actually see. Was a piece of wood jammed in between the fan and shroud.
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TBNewbie wrote:Yes I made it out alive sorry I didn't post but missed a days work and then got sent away for 2 days just put everything into a mess at home and at work. It turned out to be simple once the sun came up and I could actually see. Was a piece of wood jammed in between the fan and shroud.
No pictures? What's that about
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Glad you're OK. Bet you'll never be without 2 flashlights in the truck ever again. They're cheaper than the worry you had to live with.
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The Roadie - Founder
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The Roadie wrote:Ahhhh, now you've gone and made him wary.....
Naw, I'm good. Got my trusty tin foil hat!! Do your worst Roadie lol!
And glad to hear that the O.P. Is still alive.
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SmokeyMcBlazer wrote:The Roadie wrote:Ahhhh, now you've gone and made him wary.....
Do your worst Roadie lol!
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I think smokey needs an avatar 
The problem with the Trailblazer is, people think you know what you're doing.
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RyansTBLS - Addict
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The avatar fairy must have heard you guys.
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The Roadie - Founder
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I like his new avatar!The problem with the Trailblazer is, people think you know what you're doing.
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RyansTBLS - Addict
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I like it too. Much better than my old one lol.
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