Recent content by irish44j

So, with the trip recap ^^^ out of the way, let's do steering. The original steering box is sloppy AF, and i've tightened the lash as much as possible to no avail. Plus, it leaks badly. One option would be to get a rebuilt box, replace, and call it a day. But I prefer an upgrade, and many over...

Ok, time for another trip. This one is our annual jaunt out to Wolf Den Run and Big Run State Park in western MD, with a group of about a dozen people going. Wolf Den is great wheeling and scenery, and some other cool places around. But first, while packing I found that my spare bottle of gear...

We have a weekend trip coming up in a couple weekends, so have been doing some maintenance and also wanted to address the steering system. It has a few issues: 1) it's sloppy as hell, and I've adjusted all the remaining lash out of the gears/box but still, so much slop. 2) the box is leaking...

Well, let's keep going with some more projects. First one is an easy one, because I've done it already on this truck: Limb risers. You'll recall the old ones went from the rack "horns" to the front of the fenders (though I only used them a few times). With the horns gone and new mount locations...

Time for some cleaning and fixing stuff. I built the roof rack about 5 years ago now and it hasn't been off the truck in that time. I've added things, drilled holes, drilled more holes, welded on it up there, touched up rusty spots, and done some half-assed brackets to mount things. Plus the...

I've been considering similar, but what's the advantage here of panels rather than just having, say, a 500W Jackery to run the fridge at night and just run the fridge off alternator/main battery power during the day? Just less load on the alternator?

Sounds fun. As someone who grew up riding in the back of multiple 240 wagons, there's something to be said about having a big, square box to work in! FYI - there are a few rally 240s around (one has a build thread on grassroots motorsports) that might have some tips if you ever go for more of...

With the hitch-mount rack there, it basically blocks my third brake light which is low-mounted on the bottom of the back door. And it somewhat blocks the regular taillights too. So I ordered some low-profile LED lights and mounted one of them up on the top of the door, which has better rear-view...

So part 2 of the new mini-hitch is that it's for a bike rack right now. I just got a killer hookup on a Thule X2 Pro hitch-mounted rack from a friend, which I plan to mostly use on the Sequoia, but decided to test it out on the swing-out hitch. Fits pretty well, though can't totally fold up due...

So apologies in advance for my lack of many good photos in this post - kid of got wrapped up in the after-work working on the vehicle and only had a couple hours so was moving pretty fast. Anyhow, this is a little project I've been thinking of for a while to address a couple of things: First...

Ok, so latest road trip. I headed up last weekend to the Susequehannock Forest Performance Rally (STPR). I've crewed for teams there a couple times, competed a few times (including a podium finish a few years ago in the e30), but never gone to just hang out/spectate. So I packed up the raider...

After a long camping weekend, one thing that was already clear is even clearer: This truck is small. Yes, I can pack all my gear for a good amount of days (thankfully it's a giant square box also) but I have to put gear in front of other gear, and morning packup in particular is extremely...

lol....touche

Over Memorial Day, my buddy Andy set up a bit more of an "overland" trip than our usual weekend camping/technical 4x4 trips that are mostly centered on finding challenging terrain. This one was more of a 4x4 cruise and 3 days of camping, to see some nice areas and find some great roads. For the...

Over Memorial Day, my buddy Andy set up a bit more of an "overland" trip than our usual weekend camping/technical 4x4 trips that are mostly centered on finding challenging terrain. This one was more of a 4x4 cruise and 3 days of camping, to see some nice areas and find some great roads. For the...