What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

[Zargon]

I got my headliner installed, and I think it doesn't look to terrible for 20$ of spray paint,

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Removed my broken front sun roof, and finally replaced it with one that came with the truck when I bought it and 3$ of sealant tape from the the homeless despot

 

[KaptKarl]

I dropped the Excursion off at the diesel shop. With close to 250K on the clock, it needs some injectors and a little turbo work. Nothing too bad and will be back up and running tomorrow evening.

 

[kadenwayne94]

Put a new head unit, and speakers in the 4Runner today. Sounds so much better!

 

[DesertRat775]

I didn't really do anything but talk my wife into purchasing this. Is that cheating?

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[Zargon]

Today my rover over heated on me for the first time, and I managed to fill it up with drinking water and limp it the 23 miles home with not enough coolant through traffic...

Lesson learned, going to start carrying some gallons of distilled water even for short trips, also maybe time for an engine rebuild at 186,000 miles and 21 years on the original engine

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[pl626]

Today my rover over heated on me for the first time, and I managed to fill it up with drinking water and limp it the 23 miles home with not enough coolant through traffic...

Lesson learned, going to start carrying some gallons of distilled water even for short trips, also maybe time for an engine rebuild at 186,000 miles and 21 years on the original engine

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LOL! I learned my lesson years ago w/ overheating Rover engines, though the BMW and Jag base motors are much less finicky than the classic Buick base V8.
Check your rad before anything else. It could probably benefit from a rodding or recore, especially if it's the original rad.


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[Zargon]

LOL! I learned my lesson years ago w/ overheating Rover engines, though the BMW and Jag base motors are much less finicky than the classic Buick base V8.
Check your rad before anything else. It could probably benefit from a rodding or recore, especially if it's the original rad.


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It caught me by surprise, the needle has never budged after reaching temp before, so as soon as it started climbing I noticed and didn't let her run any longer. I don't think that the radiator is my issue (Though I will certainly keep it in mind), I believe that the thermostat is the culprit considering I know it hasn't been replaced, the issue started very suddenly, and the upper radiator hose was stiff as a board. so maybe soon I will be posting on this thread about replacing my thermostat!

 

[4xFar Adventures]

Today my rover over heated on me for the first time, and I managed to fill it up with drinking water and limp it the 23 miles home with not enough coolant through traffic...

Lesson learned, going to start carrying some gallons of distilled water even for short trips, also maybe time for an engine rebuild at 186,000 miles and 21 years on the original engine

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You're a true Landie owner now! Welcome to the club:) I like to carry premixed coolant instead of just distilled water. It will have a higher boiling point than plain water so it won't boil over as fast if the engine gets hotter. Water does have more thermal capacity than straight coolant, but the higher boiling point is more important with these engines. Plus, if you get the undiluted stuff (it's only a buck or two more than the premixed) you'll wind up with double the amount of coolant after you add your own water. If you carry the undiluted bottle in your truck, you may want to write 50/50 (or whatever your mix ratio is) so you don't forget and cut it again with water.

Do you know how hot it got? I assume the D1 has an overheat light like the D2. The temp needle starts to move from up the 3 o'clock position around 240*F and the light will turn on at 260*F. If the light doesn't go out, you have to use a Testbook/T4 to turn it off and the engine needs major servicing, if it isn't completely toasted.

 

[Zargon]

You're a true Landie owner now! Welcome to the club:) I like to carry premixed coolant instead of just distilled water. It will have a higher boiling point than plain water so it won't boil over as fast if the engine gets hotter. Water does have more thermal capacity than straight coolant, but the higher boiling point is more important with these engines. Plus, if you get the undiluted stuff (it's only a buck or two more than the premixed) you'll wind up with double the amount of coolant after you add your own water. If you carry the undiluted bottle in your truck, you may want to write 50/50 (or whatever your mix ratio is) so you don't forget and cut it again with water.

Do you know how hot it got? I assume the D1 has an overheat light like the D2. The temp needle starts to move from up the 3 o'clock position around 240*F and the light will turn on at 260*F. If the light doesn't go out, you have to use a Testbook/T4 to turn it off and the engine needs major servicing, if it isn't completely toasted.

I just went out to take a look, and I don't believe the rover actually had a collent temperature light (at least none comes on with the warning light checks). However if I had to guess I would say it didn't run much past 230*-240* because I check the gauge pretty regularly and it was moving up when I saw it and turned off the truck, so I caught it pretty early. Also, knock on wood, but I don't believe there is any damage to the engine, because it's one of the early 3.9 V8's before they started boring them out farther and stroking them, so they have less issues with slipped liners and the like (part of why I got this over a D2 (no offence intended)). It also ran basically fine on the way back, minus the temperature being higher them normal, but still in the specified range.

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[pl626]

I just went out to take a look, and I don't believe the rover actually had a collent temperature light (at least none comes on with the warning light checks). However if I had to guess I would say it didn't run much past 230*-240* because I check the gauge pretty regularly and it was moving up when I saw it and turned off the truck, so I caught it pretty early. Also, knock on wood, but I don't believe there is any damage to the engine, because it's one of the early 3.9 V8's before they started boring them out farther and stroking them, so they have less issues with slipped liners and the like (part of why I got this over a D2 (no offence intended)). It also ran basically fine on the way back, minus the temperature being higher them normal, but still in the specified range.

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3.9/4.2s can be subject to porosity issues as well, though not as much as 4.6. I've never heard of a 3.5 w/ a slipped sleeve., but my 3.9 dropped the #5 sleeve. I now watch the temp gauge like a hawk. I'm prepared to turn the heater on, then pull over if that needle ever starts to rise above normal...


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[wgmclain96]

Getting some new (used) tires mounted

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[outwardbound]

Did some trail exploration with some great folks from T4R.org up in Green Ridge State Forest in western, MD

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[wgmclain96]

Did some trail exploration with some great folks from T4R.org up in Green Ridge State Forest in western, MD

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I'm digging that H1

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[outwardbound]

I'm digging that H1

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Oh yah. That thing is a beast. The owner did it right with the setup. Very purpose built and well maintained.

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[Zargon]

Got to work flushing my radiator and tracing down my cooling problem.

 

[Sudingusnavy]

Nothing fun all work. Changed the transmission fluid, transfer case fluid, front diff fluid, and got the rear rotors cut due to being slightly warped. Also did the oil change and air filter. Now I'm ready for my snowboarding trip at Wolf Creek resort in Eden, Utah.

 

[Zargon]

Nothing fun all work. Changed the transmission fluid, transfer case fluid, front diff fluid, and got the rear rotors cut due to being slightly warped. Also did the oil change and air filter. Now I'm ready for my snowboarding trip at Wolf Creek resort in Eden, Utah.

Got to love fluid changes!

 

[Zargon]

I fixed my cooling problem (Which might have been my fault in the first place oops!)

The old composite gasket from the thermostat (The original from the best I can tell)

The gasket I cut

While I was working on the cooling system I figured I would check as many boxes as possible, so I flushed the entire system, installed a new thermostat, carefully and tediously straightened the few bent veins in the radiator, checked all the fans and clutches, etc.

I discovered the issue probably had something to do with my not tightening up the hose clamp on the bottom hose tight enough when I replaced the water pump, leading to it slowly loosening till it leaked. I now use the "tighten till it seems tight, then go twice as tight" method (Patent Pending).

 

[Drift]

Went for a ride at the local offroad park. Testing out my buddies new setup on his Truck aka Brutus. He was pretty happy to say the least. We also had a his father following us in his bone stock '98 Tahoe. That thing blew our expectations out of the water. Let's just say it would be a great rig to setup for overlanding.

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[Barton Fink]

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