What steel wheels are those?

 

TerraFirma

https://lucky8llc.com/products/terra...879426b6&_ss=r

 

....detailed the hell out of it on Friday.

 

Well I went camping and tried out my new SJK screened tarp. MUCH needed, the deer flies were horrific. Tarp was great but it could not see out the hear/humidity. So I called it a day early and came home to do another project. Now the truck has to sit 24 hours so the vinyl can bond (and I have to squeegee once more). The vinyl is pretty thick and its textured.

 

Put the LR3 to work pulling the tool boxes over on the trailer. Pro Tip its easier to move tool boxes if you aren't lazy and don't take the tools out.




So nice being able to just roll in without clearance issues overhead.




Also got these rusted to hell rejects from the yard cleaned up, painted and back inside where they can be put to use



Then I sat on my butt and enjoyed the view for a few minutes.

 

Decided to upgrade to the EBC pads and rotors. Feels like a new car. Sound is different but not annoying, just different.

 

I suppose when you are the family mechanic for 2 LR3 and an LR4 all over 120,000 miles, sooner or later you ask yourself; "Didn't I just do this" when a new service item comes up and the answer is YES, but not on this car.

I had an old valve body and a small plastic bag of o-rings in the box on the shelf. Seems I was smart enough to order the rebuild kit last time, but never got around to putting the o-rings in.
Well all is right with the world now, the 2006 now has a good front valve block. I just hope I remember to order a new rebuild kit before I need a it.

Jeff

Oh! no pictures for this because it it too darn hot for me to think about that sort of thing this afternoon and hey there are at least 374,294 videos or how-to DIY articles with pictures, so I deserve a pass one this one today.

 

Had my son prep for power steering flush, but made sure I did the messy part. My Lord is that a mess.

 

I picked up and LR3 recently, and cleaned her up. She had some front end damage, that included bending the fan clutch connector to the pulley. So i got to work, fixed the front end, pieced her back together and then decided I wanted to fit an Electric Cooling Fan setup.

After digging around for a while, and doing some test, I settled on an aftermarket shroud, with a dual fan setup for a 1994 Ford Mustang. Figured out the wiring i needed, connected it to the pigtail connector from the original fan, relayed both fans in, and plugged it to the factory connector on the engine side. Instant dual fans, that turn on with the car, and turn off with the car.

I removed the old fan pulley and bracket, fan belt, and removed the tensioner pulley (not needed if you don't use the original fan), and picked up a little more pep during acceleration while also increasing my city/highway split from 12-13/17 to 15/20 split, with a 18 average per gallon (I drive more highway). Added Benefit, the car warms up quickly, but stays just under the halfway heat mark consistently.

The only minor negative so far is a Permanent ECU error code for a Fan 1 not working, but the positive is that this is not a CEL code!

 

@rrglo That is one hell of a GREAT 1st post! welcome to the forum. Did you have to much cutting/trimming to get the mustang fans to fit? Do the fans make more noise? Would there be anyway benefit to trigger the fans as needed?