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Swapped the Oem front radius arms for the 6 degree castor corrected arms from Adrenaline 4x4.
Sitting on about 4.5" of lift.
Poly bushings in the new arms.
Not as bad a job as I imagined. Under 2 hours taking my sweet time.
Also started to hunt down this leak making a mess under here.
I dont lose any real amount fluids between oil changes etc.
But damn it looks ugly.
Let me know what you find. The steering arm, pitman arm, looks like mine. I dont lose any fluid, keep trying to clean it and find it but I am thinking it has something to do w the rack.
I am interested in what you find.
Finally got around to painting and installing my camping essentials on my rear door. I'm still debating if I want to add a water faucet on there but that may be a bit of overkill.
just did a 1,700+ mile trip in my lifted '04. pushed the odometer over 200,000 in one of my many jaunts from our hotel in Charleston to Folly Beach. now only one of the four Rovers is under the 200,000 mark. and it has the roughest exterior of them all.
truck ran flawlessly the entire time. a well-sorted Discovery with Cruise Control for the long empty spaces and a 4.6 for passing is a joy to drive on the freeway. not as nice as the P38. but, still fun.
on the way back home to the Midwest we did a little detour through the Smoky Mountains. beautiful place in the spring and because it was midweek there was little other traffic.
did use 2nd gear quite a bit driving up and down the mountain switchbacks.
while Smoky Mountain National Park is beautiful and at times in the misty fog, a bit otherworldly, i'm pretty sure that Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge are proof of the theological concept of Hell.
perhaps a bit on the nose, but there seems to be a metaphor somewhere in our descent from the heavenly heights of the Smokies to the depths of corporate kitsch and crass caricature of Appalachian Mountain culture of those two towns that pander to the nostalgia for a past that never was.
averaged 14+ mpg over the course of the entire trip driving 80-85 mph with the A/C on. i know this doesn't sound great but with a 2" lift, 31" tires, a steel front bumper, two adults, two kids and all our luggage, i'm pretty happy. i guess i'll treat the Rover to an oil, oil filter and air filter change this coming weekend.
I usually come to this page for mechanical information but your post sent me off on a google search that exposed me to Dollywood and cable cars.... Still looks beautiful but hot (this Albertan taps out a 72 degrees). Pretty good gas mileage too, considering the mountains. I have always wanted to get to Nashville to see the Preds play and if I do, I may have to see this area for the spectacle of it all .
Used the 1/4"-20 heli coil kit that they luckily had in stock at local Ace. Made sure to tape paper towel around hole to prevent aluminum shards from entering valve area.
Lots of being careful to keep drill straight and tapping the hole well. Did it without a tap handle. Used pliers to turn it.
Tried to punch off tang at bottom of heli coil like instructions say but it bent instead of breaking off. So now I need a bolt that doesn't quite reach end of heli coil insert because I do not want to re-do the damn thing.
06-08-2022, 12:34 PM
Out with the old, in with the new
