DHappel

Spent a good hour with the pressure washer on mud eradication duty. Then did front brakes and took a tire with a big chunk out of the sidewall in for replacement.

Got an engine hoist? Just throw a chain on the wheel and start jacking.

ooohhhh...now I HAVE to come up tomorrow!

Actually went wheeling!

But...but...Toyotas never break!

Replaced rear half shafts on the LR3 - not bad. Then in the rush to finish, took off on a test drive with my phone sitting on the front bumper - bad.

I actually drove the '88. On an actual trail.

You guys doing work mid-week kill me. I don't even see my Rovers mid-week. No Rovers makes a sad Don

It's a 'feature'.

Yeah....they often leave out 18mm to save money on sets of wrenches or sockets. I always have to buy one seperately because you just KNOW you'll find that one 18mm nut somewhere....on the side of a road....in the middle of nowhere...at midnight....on a Sunday....with wolves howling in the distance....

Replaced the reservoir and rear valve blocks on the LR3. Mostly a PM thing as they were working but original. The old ones will go in the spares box. Also painted the driver's side slider since I had it off to access the compressor.

Tires. I did tires. First I pulled the Kelly 255/85-16s (33") off the '95, then pulled the smooth riding Michelin 205/80-16s (29") off the '88 and installed them on the '95 to test if the vibrations I was feeling were from the tires or something else. Answer: both. The tires definitely helped up to 80 mph but there are still some vibrations in the driveline when 'floating'. Then I put my 225/75-16 (29") BFG MTs on the '88 and gave it a test run which was louder and harsher but OK. Now to pull the Michelins off the '95 and put the Kellys back on. Or maybe I'll leave them this way and take the Kellys to a tire shop to have them checked out.