Got in last night from a 2500 mile round trip between Colorado and Washington, point being to drive with and drop off my newly-permitted son with his best friend 1200 miles away, and socialize the new pup. Avoided interstates almost completely...
Made it to Newfoundland!
Uneventful 1,600 mile trip, except for a nasty valve cover leak. I pinched the gasket last week while troubleshooting my misfire (bad injector) issue.
Picked up some parts locally and fixed it with a view.
Camp...
Finally got the h55f installed! I initially did my manual swap last year and just did an h42 4 speed from a 60, it was much cheaper and definitely fun and cool. It was an adventure figuring it out in my back yard and making the parts I needed...
Swapped out the 150kg load springs for 500kg, the old springs did not like the rear drawer, fridge, steel rear bar and long range tank weight while towing 3000kg
Also changed the rear pads out, they don’t last long when you’re towing heavy in...
I guess I could join the 100 crew since I am working on an engine swap on my current 2004 LC, I bought it about two years ago and ended up to be a driveway queen life happens and the quick turn around that I was planning didn't happen. I was able...
Installed new 555 ball joints and SuperPro LCA bushings. Ended up doing some cleaning/surface rust removal and painting while I had everything apart. This was the drivers side. Still need to do the passenger.
Next up is a new OEM radiator and a...
So I’ve been putting off fixing my exhaust for over a year now. I’ve been running a flow master 40 series custom set up for like 7ish years, and the tail pipe had rusted completely off a while back and I was essentially just running the flow...