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I use seal line portage bags. I bought a pair for canoe trips but they’ve served well on the roof rack from time to time. These are the largest size I’ve seen, a pair would hold an entire canoe worth of camping provisions allowing a pair of paddlers to carry a pack each and the canoe for single...

Looking good, the boxes appear to be rigid tough boxes. Dewalt also has a similar line.

Victron Is wonderful charging my battery, changed the stages to match the battery manufacturer recommendations and it makes fantastic use of my hard mounted panels with the sun they get.

The R2.8 is my planned engine replacement for my D1 when the V8 finally gives up. It’s a fantastic option compared to a new rover v8 running the ancient mgmt. I plan on bolting up a common GM auto transmission and the rebuilt factory transfer case unless advance adaptors begins supporting the ZF...

Today I replaced the questionable fuel pump, new airtex pump assembly was less than $80 so was cheaper than spending my time throughly diagnosing the old one. Regulator is good, fuel pump rpm is high as is current draw, so out with the old, in with the new.

leatherique rejuvinator rubbed into the leather quarterly keeps it in tip top shape. wish someone had done that with my rover a few decades back. :(

I do everything on my vehicles from tires, to engine swaps and transmission rebuilds unless the cost of the special tools is just flat out silly. (A particular ZF trans comes to mind, as did the timing belt on our 2.7 biturbo Audi)

It’s a 4600 series bilstein, same length/droop as stock with a slightly heavier valving. Often an OE shock on service packages/towing packages.

Well longer shocks can help with lifted suspensions, and heavy duty shocks can help tame unwieldy, large wheel/tire combos, since I’ve kept the tire weight reasonable, and have no lift a set of off the shelf(stock spec) bilsteins should settle the front end down nicely for the next 100k miles.

That explorer conversion needed the Vehicle speed sensor in the rear diff, and a roll pitch and yaw sensor mounted under a seat. All four disk brakes had to be plumbed through the unit. As well as power to the pump and valves. We coded the stability control out of the unit with a scantool.

I’ve added it to several classic vehicles where it was an option not ordered, and one classic bronco utilizing a v8 explorer circa my 2000 as the donor. IMHO do it right or not at all. It’s an expensive proposition for most chassis but I’d wager more worth it as time goes on to keep these older...

A great deal of driver feedback is typically determined by tire and shock selection. On my cars I typically install sticky tires and Koni shocks. On my trucks they typically get a BFG all terrain and bilsteins. It gives a reasonable expectation of a good quality outcome from the drivers seat if...

In a Discovery’s coil sprung front end between the top of the spring and the frame sits a metal ring with 4 bolts to hold the shock tower. I believe it’s “mount ring” in the parts catalog. A “spring isolator” is found in the same position on the Disco 2, and is an upgraded rubber coated mount...

I like the build, it’s my favorite color on a disco.:)

Got one of the spring isolators and one new Bilstein installed after work tonight. If all goes well the other side will be in by the end of the week. 3.5 months from parts arrival to getting to start the install. . .

Found a cheap cargo basket locally, but when I picked it up initially it had been adapted to a 1” hitch then adapted back for a 2” receiver with a sleeve. The slop and play in the setup was unbearable, and I couldn’t open the rear cargo door with the basket in place. After cutting and grinding...

I’ve grown up with freestanding rain flys in scouting, and prefer them in many instances, but I love my batwing as well. One thing a user needs to understand is the bigger the awning, the larger a sail it becomes if not properly erected and anchored. The pivots are not a design flaw, they are an...

Haven’t used it on road but on our old tractor I just slipped a large greased scrap of radiator hose over the tractors pintle, shuts it up when the PTO is rocking some of the smaller towed equipment spreading seed and such. That said anything with decent mass towed on road should be a tighter...

As I understand it DT are a compound to use for warmer climates where the typical KO2 were wearing out early due to the soft snow/ice compatible compound currently used elsewhere. I was offered both and chose non DT due to frequent trips up into the snow belt each winter.

You can also shim cheap padlocks with a simple pair of tinsnips and an empty tin can, cut the fence posts with a chainsaw, or the gate itself at the hinges loosening them and spreading them to release the other side of the gate. Any are acceptable in an EMERGENCY egress situation, NONE for...