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Did 7 days 1700 km or about 1056 miles, about 800 off road zero issues other than one heater hose clamp vibrating loose. Highest temp 199 in the 1st image on about a 12% grade at 7200 ft idling for 10 minutes. This is Perkins Peak in BC, there were 10 LR's in total, but only my Disco. I will try to post more later this week
Did 7 days 1700 km or about 1056 miles, about 800 off road zero issues other than one heater hose clamp vibrating loose. Highest temp 199 in the 1st image on about a 12% grade at 7200 ft idling for 10 minutes. This is Perkins Peak in BC, there were 10 LR's in total, but only my Disco. I will try to post more later this week
Outstanding! That's a magazine cover photo right there. I understand that the covid vaccine ban on travelers is going to expire at the end of this month so my plan is to rollover a the week of vacation I have left this year so I can do a proper 3 week tour to BC. Banff is a bucket list place for me so the plan is to hit the National Park on the way there or back. Its going to be a long drive from Texas!
Do Banff on the way there. It’s going to be winter on that side of the Rockies pretty soon. October should be good (definitely autumn) for most of southern BC. Of course if you want to ski wait until the New Year.
Haven't had much time lately to get out camping but scored a last minute spot in Yosemite valley so wife and I took the truck up to get some R&R. 99% pavement and a little bit of dirt road but it was nice to get out away from SF. It was a bit of a shake down trip for the disco after installing 4.12 gears and lockers. Took awhile to get through the break in miles and this was the first trip with fresh fluid in the diffs. Truck felt great climbing the hills at mild altitude (6k ft or so) and 80-90F in the central valley with A/C running seemed to not faze it too much. Seems like the truck runs around 186-188 cruising at 70mph on the freeway. Picks up to 193ish or so on uphills and get to 200 when its 90F out on long climbs. Hopefully a flowkooler pump and Alisport rad should help add some more headroom to the temps but hot weather in CA is coming to an end so not much to worry about until at least april next year ha! Either way, the truck has earned itself a wash and its due for an oil change soon.
It has been a long time coming as a hitch rack for my bikes was a big factor in buying the disco.
Today I finally finished modifying the swing hitch and putting on the rack.
I wanted a driver side swing hitch, unfortunatly it was not fitting the way I liked so I chopped it up and adapted it. I wanted it to be level with the bumper, clear of the step, and as high up as possible to not wreck the exit angle. It also works as an expensive bench seat.
