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Can't offer any info on 2.8L, but that's a cool looking little rig. Had a V6 4.3 in my old Jimmy that clocked 365K and another in my Astro van 270K, without either ever seeing a wrench...besides for oil changes. GM has made some pretty reliable engines in the past and present, l say...if it's...

Welcome to OB, and Thank you, for your service! Checked out your blog, good stuff. And yes, everytime l ran into a moto group during my trip to Alaska...l thought...that's a youngmans sport...lol.

Pretty ambitious project, to say the least. That 5.0 is a boatload of an engine for the confines of that Dl's frame and shock tower arrangement. My brain is screaming 'push rod engine'. It will be interesting to see what you come up with on final fitment. I've got a similar build bouncing...

Judging by the size of the scrubs in the roundy-roundy in the background, Bjoern...you were there probably about four or five years ago? And it looks like the sticker walls were not there yet. Do you travel solo primarily? During my trip, ran into two travelers from Germany, both driving...

Truly hope you make it too, Eric! It was a mind-blowing trip. Pictures and words are an injustice to its vastness and beauty. Wish l would have done this four years ago...and been able to hike and explore on foot more.

Some of the best moments were when l broke out the coleman stove... For a roadside rest area lunch... Or at camp... Roadside... Camp... Roadside... Yukon River... Camp at Grand View... Watsons Lake Camp... Second visit to Watsons Lake... Denila Park...

No problem, Brandon, it's nice...kind of reliving it while posting. Hope you get out there soon. In regards to traveling with others, saw quite a few of those hightop van conversions...and if my wife was along...it would be the only way she'd travel overland that distance (and l get it...our...

Made good time the next couple days, stayed at a roadside rest area west of Crooksville, MN the next evening. Then...had to roll through this town in Wisconsin on the way home. The name does not depict anything that is going on in that town...that l could see anyway. Long day in the saddle...

My last evening in Canada was in Fort Saskatchewan, at the Walmart parking lot. Yes, signs all over saying it wasn't allowed...but l chanced it, figure we'll just look like an employees vehicle. About 1am...can see flashing lights coming through the openings of my curtains. Oh boy, they've...

Well, after cooling down over night...the issue with Victoria became much more apparent. As soon as l fired her up, it was obvious that it had blown an exhaust gasket at manifold...and whatever bit of gasket that was in there, making the chripping sound, blew out on start up. You could see...

Great trip report, surely is beautiful country. And the old towns were an added bonus! Thank you, for sharing.

Watsons Lake Campground, Yukon Territory.

Actually...that was the end of the Alcan. This...was the beginning. See how the Defender is pointing the same way as the arrow...l'm a stickler for details...lol.

Well, as they say...the best laid plans... Rain moved in on the second day, and third, and they were forecasting five more. Did a couple drives around the bay to Allison's Point, to look for bears feeding on salmon, which was suppose to be the hotspot for this, but, without any luck. Did see...

After a quick shower and shave at campground, started towards Valdez. Stopped in Euerka Roadhouse for fuel and coffee. (Not my picture, googled images of roadhouse, can't get mine to load...wrong format?, and this one popped up...Defender and a 911...doesn't get better than that!) Had this...

And l will add...for a guy that had a flip-phone two weeks before leaving...it was quite the transformation...smart phone with national calling plan, adding several apps (days before that...what's an app?), linked phone to a satelite garmin inreach, sirus radio, google mapping, waves mapping...

A little more back story about the journey... Three months before leaving for Alaska...this was Victoria. Mind you, during the darkest days of four years leading up to this attempt to go to Alaska...l'd pretty much given up hope (explain that a few post back). The immediate plan was, drop the...