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Loon is at the beginning and has a staging area for trailers.Wait, Loon Lake is half way in on the Rubicon if I remember right. So camp at Loon Lake on the 27th but start the trail on the 28th?
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It won’t be packed. I have run it on the weekend more than a couple times. It’ll be fineIf we run that trail on a Friday it is gonna be packed.
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Im planning on making it. Can’t pass on the opportunity.
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- RobertDingli, lutz, Jethro and 2 others
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Converted my rear watts link to a panhard yesterday. The watts link was binding with the new lift. I decided to switch to a panhard rather then getting a new modified watts, which is available through Lucky 8 and RTE and probably others. This option was cheaper (about $100 less), should allow more droop than the modified droop, don’t have to deal replacing the watts bushings. The draw back is it’s more work and the axle shifts a little when the suspension extends.
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Front and rear are done. Just need to strip the rear lug nuts of those stupid caps and fix the panhard / watts link issues in the front and rear and then get aligned. After that, just need to fix all the weird sounds I’m bound to get. Should be good to go for shaver!
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- RobertDingli, Mr.BlueSky, Jethro and 1 other
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Been commiting some time to the RRC this weekend and it's back on four tires.
Hubs are all assembled with missing seals plus replaced swivel seals.
I need to add liquids and tighten a few bolt.
Now I can finish the transfer case swap as I need to finishing connecting the linkage and then adjust the center console.
Shooting for a drive father's day weekend!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180611/ca7b6a9681490b1d81f7c3bff518b88f.heic
I’m looking forward to checking this beast out in person soon!
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I didn’t do it, but I had a guy draw up the Rover. This is from a photo taken going up the staircase at Slick Rock with Greg and Jaime last fall. I also asked the guy via email if he would like to donate a drawing to the WNLRR raffle. I figure it would probably be worth the advertising. I just emailed him, so I haven’t heard back yet. What do you guys think?
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- erinw.rrc, Jethro, RobertDingli and 1 other
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Not on my Rover, but on a 5.3 last engine that I’d like to put in my Rover one day (lucky 8 has a kit for these engines that can use the stock electronics on a disco 2). They are also popular motors in all kinds of builds. I can personally say they are excellent motors from my experience. This one here has 250k miles on it. No major service at all, still actually running original injectors, plugs, and wires. Although I’ve been meaning to do those for a long time now, but you know how that goes sometimes. Good power, good fuel economy, and reliable as anything. Water pump developed a leak and squeal. The pulley has a bad wobble. I suspect the bearing wore out and the caused the seal to fail. Not too bad for 250k tho.
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I’m a Land Rover owner, I practically bring my own donor vehicle everytime I leave the house. Standard stuff right?Glad you had the part with you. I recall loosing a tensioner on an old Ford Lightning a few years back, though I was close enough to home to limp it back.
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They are also transferable once. That means you can transfer it to a different vehicle one time or you can transfer the same vehicle to a different owner. It’s a pretty great deal actually.Perhaps I should look into this for my LR3. Not so important with the D1 since alignment isn't so easily de-funked on a solid axle truck but I mess with the suspension on the LR3 semi-regularly it seems.
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I have a lifetime alignment deal that I got from wheel works. I know our president (Erin) has the same deal from wheel works. It really pays for itself (around $200) easily if you’re going off road or you modify your vehicle often. Not sure if you have a similar deal, but if you don’t, consider it. Makes it easy to just get it realigned whenever you suspect it might need it.I had alignment checked again (was done about a year ago). Front was still good - but rear passenger side Toe was off. Tire that wore however was on driver side. Could be that I had it on passenger side before (I had switched off road tires on for a few months) and that's where the bad wear occurred - but not sure. Anyway - alignment is back in spec on all 4 wheels now. Will keep an eye on new tires for unusual wear.
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And I finally paid the price for that Frank Raines mud pit fun
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Was heading to the Shaver Lake area this morning. Passed Andrew on 101 near Gilroy on his way to Hollister. About 5 miles past Casa De Fruta my tensioner pulley went bye bye. I noticed because my battery warning light came on (alternator wasn’t spinning) and was quickly followed by my temp maxing out. I pulled over to tiny shoulder and immediately noticed steam coming from under the hood. After popping the hood, it was clear what the issue was. Luckily I had another pulley assembly on me and was able to replace it. It was a relatively quick and easy fix, about 20 minutes, and there doesn’t seem to be any collateral damage. Almost ruined the weekend. I’m definitely going to replace the spare with another spare.
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Did you get aligned? Wear looks unevenHighly recommend service at Los Gatos Goodyear
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Told you man, you need to upgrade your stereo with those mud grapplers! Probably second only to boggers, but the loudest tires I have ever ownedSo I was able to finish the other front side and then actually drive it with new tires...and man are they loud!
Seems to run well but did have the tac stop working.
Now on to the rear...
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Got off work a little early today and finished up the gussets on the tow points. Should be able to handle anything I can throw at it now, or at least I hope so. I guess my priorities go 1-football, 2-rover, 3-work?
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I agree. I didn't see any better option with my set up though. I may be able to fab a gusset with some 1/4" I have laying around, but I'm not sure if it's needed. I'll probably just do it once football season is over and my sundays are openWish you could have gotten those more 'in-line' with the direction of pull. I'm a bit worried that under heavy load they'll want to twist/tear out. No doubt the part itself is more than strong enough, and the weld may also take the load fine, but the lever-arm could buckle the frame.
At that location I don't think you had much other options short of building up some significant structure, and most likely it'll be fine, but I'd keep an eye on the frame if you put a heavy load on those points.
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Added some tow points to the rear today. Got these tabs from eBay for $25. I think the placement will work out ok. I would have preferred a spot in the middle, but it wasn't really going to work.
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