Do you know where I could find just the pads? I had my latter powder coated a few weeks back and haven't re-installed it yet because I've been looking for just the pads. I have gone to the local hardware store and found some similar, but it seems they were too thick.

 

No idea actually. I bought my ladder new and it came with them.

 

Awesome, seems simple enough...thanks

 

I setup my ultragauge, washed the Rover and, as i'd taken the day off of work, drove the family over the Pass to Leavenworth to enjoy some more sunshine. On the way home, about 70 miles from Seattle, I checked my rearview mirror to see a massive cloud of smoke behind the truck. I pulled into a gas station within 20 seconds or so of what i thought at first was the engine letting go and blowing oil everywhere, got my family out of the truck and returned to find that the quick connect had blown off of the transmission cooler. The truck had just dumped all of its ATF over the road and over itself!

Lucky that this didn't occur in any of the cellphone deadzones on Stevens Pass and happened rather fortunately as I was entering the village of Skykomish. AAA flat bed trailered me and "Alfred" home and a family friend came to rescue my wife and son.

So now on to ensuring that this never happens again. Can i replace just the fluid line, or will i also need to replace the transmission cooler as well to ensure that both of the connectors are new ? The plastic connector is clean, no dirt or grit to interfere with the join, it snaps into place and then gets forcibly "blown off" by pressure.

Am i the only one that thinks this is a terrible design ?
just one more thing to add to my list of todo's before the cross country trip this summer.

 

Hey RB,
What tires are you running? Require a lift?

 

Robert I love your DII hopefully you can get her rolling again soon. Silver is an amazing color on that truck. Looks like we have the same tires as well.

I haven't done anything on the truck lately but I did have an ******* try to talk sht to me as I drove by him around town. He probably thought I was a yuppy. He can enjoy riding in his POS ford pick up. Some might call my car a piece of junk too but at least my truck looks amazing doing it.

 

Great looking truck RB. I have got to find me some rims like that. I think that style makes the 04's look newer. I am also curious about the lift and tire size??

 

Thanks for the positive comments guys, sometimes this forum is great therapy after a trying weekend with "Alfred".

The tires are BFG All Terrains. - 265 / 65 R18. The wheels are the stock "Hurricane" 18" wheel. The original tire that was on the truck was a little taller and wider than what i have currently. I've been really happy with the BFG's.
I plan to use the truck for North American Overlanding (primarily tarmac and fire roads) so haven't bothered to try and source the smaller wheels yet.

The truck did come with an OME lift on it from the previous owner. I'm working with my local Rover Indie and all around good guy Jahn at Rovin Rovers to get the drivability right. Currently it's got the heavy duty front springs from OME and the medium duty rear springs on it. In "real life" thats translating 3" lift at the front, and 2 1/2" at the back. Unless there's a reason why you'd want the Rover to be nose high (i think the previous owner spent a lot of time in the desert, given the amount of red sand i'm finding inside all of the door trim, airbox etc) I'm assuming that the PO had a heavy duty ARB winch bumper on there or something to justify the heavy duty springs. I'm going to put on the bumper and the safety devices rack then figure out whether i need to go to a softer set of front springs. Currently the truck steers too skittishly. Jahn's coming over tomorrow to see what can be done about my over zealous quick connect line. Worst case scenario I have to replace the line and the transmission cooler and set back the rack and bumper purchase another month

 

Today I washed and waxed the old girl, covered all of the black plastic on the truck in back to black (I know the wheel arches will soon fade, but good enough for now) and conditioned the leather. I forgot how nice of a truck it is when it's cleaned up.

 

And I've got a set of 265/65/18s, exact tire (BFG A/T) with about 60% thread left on them is someone is interested... I know you are, i read the posts.