What did you do with your DII today?
#8331
Yeah, owning a LR is like playing golf. Normally, during a round, you start questioning the game and why you even play, then it happens, that one great drive or forty foot putt...and next thing you know...you find yourself making another tee time. Same with LR's, you fight the battle, start to question your sanity...then a nice drive happens or you're at a station and someone shows it a bit of attention or it crawls out of some huge mud hole that in all rights it shouldn't have...and you find yourself looking for maybe another one to fix up.
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#8332
Parts finally arrived and started piling up so I figured id dig in since we got a break from the heat and its only 95 out.
Today I knocked a few things off the list.
New lower Rad hose.
Refit the inline thermostat kit from Extinct.
Trans mounts.
Up and Downstream O2 sensors.
Diy Y pipe job (minus cats for the moment) since my Catalytics were so kindly removed for me by the guy with a sawzall.
Spark plugs.
Plug wires as well since they basically fell apart during removal.
They sure did make those coil packs fun to reach.
Motor mounts next week.
Back to cruising code free. For now anyhow 😆
EDIT: Hit a pretty deep mid pit on the test drive.
Plowed right through as expected. Had to try a few more times for science, slower and slower. Bumpers deep on 33's. Crawled right through. Good times
Today I knocked a few things off the list.
New lower Rad hose.
Refit the inline thermostat kit from Extinct.
Trans mounts.
Up and Downstream O2 sensors.
Diy Y pipe job (minus cats for the moment) since my Catalytics were so kindly removed for me by the guy with a sawzall.
Spark plugs.
Plug wires as well since they basically fell apart during removal.
They sure did make those coil packs fun to reach.
Motor mounts next week.
Back to cruising code free. For now anyhow 😆
EDIT: Hit a pretty deep mid pit on the test drive.
Plowed right through as expected. Had to try a few more times for science, slower and slower. Bumpers deep on 33's. Crawled right through. Good times
Last edited by DodyDisco; 07-27-2021 at 08:18 PM.
#8333
I replaced my radiator today with a new unit from Atlantic British. 1st time doing the job and after watching several videos showing various methods of removal I dug in and struggled through it. Sure would like to meet the engineer who came up with such a convoluted attachment method. Talk about over thinking it. A couple of simple securing straps off the bonnet shut panel would have been fine. Attaching the oil cooler to the radiator seems ridiculous, and caused the most aggravation. Why not attach it to the A/C condenser which is far less likely to need removal. 🙄
I do not see the need to remove the air box and battery box, as is stated in the manual. Many folks here have confirmed it not to be necessary.
Well here’s to lower temperatures…. I hope😉
I do not see the need to remove the air box and battery box, as is stated in the manual. Many folks here have confirmed it not to be necessary.
Well here’s to lower temperatures…. I hope😉
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#8335
I replaced my radiator today with a new unit from Atlantic British. 1st time doing the job and after watching several videos showing various methods of removal I dug in and struggled through it. Sure would like to meet the engineer who came up with such a convoluted attachment method. Talk about over thinking it. A couple of simple securing straps off the bonnet shut panel would have been fine. Attaching the oil cooler to the radiator seems ridiculous, and caused the most aggravation. Why not attach it to the A/C condenser which is far less likely to need removal. 🙄
I do not see the need to remove the air box and battery box, as is stated in the manual. Many folks here have confirmed it not to be necessary.
Well here’s to lower temperatures…. I hope😉
I do not see the need to remove the air box and battery box, as is stated in the manual. Many folks here have confirmed it not to be necessary.
Well here’s to lower temperatures…. I hope😉
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#8336
Final optimization for Uwharrie on Sunday. Tweaked the steering to get rid of the excess play. Also did a hot soak with sea foam. Had fun putting it in sport mode, stomping on it and running it up to 5k rpms. Purred like a lion!
Ready to make the 425 mile trip to Uwharrie. Got a few people from the forum joining in on Sunday. Ought to be a hoot!
Ready to make the 425 mile trip to Uwharrie. Got a few people from the forum joining in on Sunday. Ought to be a hoot!
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Final optimization for Uwharrie on Sunday. Tweaked the steering to get rid of the excess play. Also did a hot soak with sea foam. Had fun putting it in sport mode, stomping on it and running it up to 5k rpms. Purred like a lion!
Ready to make the 425 mile trip to Uwharrie. Got a few people from the forum joining in on Sunday. Ought to be a hoot!
Ready to make the 425 mile trip to Uwharrie. Got a few people from the forum joining in on Sunday. Ought to be a hoot!
Wait. Compared to Florida ...
#8339
mmmm Red Cone and Moab...was going to run Wheeler Lake on Sunday but with the massive amount of rain expected this weekend we're going to not run there. Granite, large notches and boulder plus rain is a combo I can do without. Going to go run Middle St. Vrain/Coney Flats instead which should only get more epic with a bunch of rain. Will run Red Cone later this summer and at least 1 trip to moab this fall/winter.