Isaac Fain
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 | | 01 Mar 2010 05:22 PM |
| Well, fellas, it's *official* - I am back in the loving hands of a Land Rover product. And it feels *geeeewwwwddd* ! Not much to say about it, really - it's stock and in need of some lovin'. This is Rover #3 for us and I think it'll prove to be more reliable than my RRC's were in the past. The emissions and smog requirements here in Cali were giving me a few nightmares in rememembrance of my epic, 5 year losing battle with Gatsby in WA state. The appeal of the GEMS 4.0L motor, coil packs, and a little newer truck was strong so I opened up my search, and found this little gem off Craigslist down in San Jose. It's an SD so all steel top, which was a negative for me, in fact. I was hoping to score a nice SE with dual sunroofs but it was not to be. Oh well! The rest of the truck is pretty clean. The interior needs some small repairs and a shampoo but is otherwise intact. No rust, no apparent leaks. I think it's good to go. My goals for the truck are two fold: maximize fuel economy, and use it. There won't really be a "build" , per se - just a handful of improvements and bringing the stock componentry back to like-new condition. Here are a few snaps today down at Ocean Beach. cheers, -ike 
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Todd Eliason
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| | 01 Mar 2010 05:25 PM |
| YAY! Ike is back in the fold! Steens? | | | |
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Dan Cronin
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| | 01 Mar 2010 05:30 PM |
| Woot Woot!!!!! Now, we need a commissioning ceremony :-) | | | |
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Todd Eliason
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| | 01 Mar 2010 05:40 PM |
| Can we name it? I nominate the "Liver". It says 2 things; "You like to live your life", and when you tell folks your "my liver is failing", they will simply say "well yeah, it's a Land Rover"... Teehee.... :) | | | |
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Mike Rupp
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| | 01 Mar 2010 07:11 PM |
| Congratulations.
Be happy that you don't have sunroofs. It is one less worry. | | | |
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Dave Waters
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| | 01 Mar 2010 08:07 PM |
| Nice truck!!! When are you going to take a ride up here? | | | |
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Isaac Fain
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| | 02 Mar 2010 10:51 AM |
| Dave, I'm hoping to make it up this summer for a trip or two. Timing is really in the air, but I will be up at some point.
Todd, go back and re-read the first reply to your Steens planning thread. :) I am going to have to shoot down the Liver name. Although, it would be kind of funny to have a sticker made up that said:
"One Life, Liver it." All superimposed over an image of a bottle of SNPA. I could roll with that ... hehe
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Isaac Fain
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| | 02 Mar 2010 10:52 AM |
| Posted By Mike Rupp on 03/01/2010 7:11 PM
Congratulations.
Be happy that you don't have sunroofs. It is one less worry.
woke up to heavy rain today. then it rained like crazy for another couple of hours. no leaks :D i think you're right ...
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Scott Tarrant
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| | 02 Mar 2010 11:27 AM |
| Cool Isaac! The beginnings of an LR party wagon!! | | | |
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Scott Williams
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| | 02 Mar 2010 11:45 AM |
| Ike,
I knew you'd be back. :-) it's in your blood my friend.
Scott | | | |
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Isaac Fain
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| | 02 Mar 2010 10:04 PM |
| thanks fellas. It's the first full day and nothing broke. well, at least nothing that wasn't already broken :D In my blood like this Torpedo IPA, Scott :) | | | |
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Dan Cronin
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| | 02 Mar 2010 10:25 PM |
| ping...... Captain, I think I've spotted the USS Dumbass, part deux :-) | | | |
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Andy Berglund
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| | 03 Mar 2010 01:03 PM |
| Keith
Toy 3rds, Longs
It's in your future... | | | |
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Tom Thomas
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| | 04 Mar 2010 07:27 AM |
| Posted By Isaac Fain on 03/01/2010 5:22 PM There won't really be a "build" , per se cheers, -ike Haha, Ike...there's your new sig. Just to remind us in the not so distant future ;) Congrats, I hope you stole it! | | | |
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Scott Williams
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| | 04 Mar 2010 08:03 AM |
| "Keith
Toy 3rds, Longs
It's in your future..."
Quit living vicariously. :-) | | | |
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Andy Berglund
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| | 04 Mar 2010 08:54 AM |
| It's all I've got man! | | | |
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Forrest Stevens
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| | 13 Mar 2010 10:14 AM |
| Posted By Mike Rupp on 03/01/2010 7:11 PM
Congratulations.
Be happy that you don't have sunroofs. It is one less worry.
AMEN TO THAT.
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degride
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| | 13 Mar 2010 12:22 PM |
| Not to disrupt the "flow" of this thread but that's a nice SD. Looks cleaner than my newly laundered underpants | | | |
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Peter Carey
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| | 14 Mar 2010 03:45 AM |
| Oh goodness me oh my. | | | |
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Isaac Fain
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| | 15 Mar 2010 09:28 AM |
| Posted By Peter Carey on 03/14/2010 3:45 AM
Oh goodness me oh my.[/quote] you're telling me ;) Posted By Donald Glover on 03/13/2010 12:22 PM
Not to disrupt the "flow" of this thread but that's a nice SD. Looks cleaner than my newly laundered underpants[/quote] I gave up on underpants so I have no basis for comparison :( Tom and Andy - I flip flop on mods every day. My wife thinks I should armor this one to the hilt and start with 33's, because she knows a) we live close to the Rubicon and b) I will go there regardless of how much crap is or isn't on the truck. Hmmm. So, we had the first being-stranded scare yesterday. The whole family was loaded up for some errands; we were at the mini-storage dropping some things off, and had just returned from the mall where we had bad sushi. The sushi experience was miserable, and we were all kicking ourselves for having gone there. Well, even less pleased was the Disco. More pavement. More malls. More mini-storage. Where's the dirt, Ike? I hit the starter and it groaned, then nothing. Hitting the ignition - nothing. An awful noise was present, like the fans running with rusty bearings. I get that old, awful sinking feeling of being stuck with a dead Land Rover. With all of us in there, deep down in the burbs of the peninsula at the mini-storage. I open up the hood, and the noise is coming from the direction of the starter. Yay. Disconnected the battery, noise stops. Reconnect battery, more noise. I start having visions of grabbing the hammer and giving it some love taps. My wife says "really? are you kidding?" I panic and call Scott. Scott says - "starter solenoid is stuck. Give it a few taps with a hammer." YESSS! Thanks Scott! "hear that, baby? HAMMERTIME!" I grab the hammer, eager to conduct the first field mechanical recovery exercise. Problem. Truck is loooowww. Problem. Truck is wearing running boards. Problem. Truck mental image matching mall experience. I can't get under the damb thing to see the starter. Revise the approach, and slither under there from the front. Ooohhh la lahh - there's that leaking steering box! YESS. the heat shield is protecting the starter solenoid very well. Rats. Plan C - beat shield into starter solenoid from above. BANG BANG BANG - yeah! this is starting to look more like Ike's Truck! BANG BANG BANG! Reconnected the power, it is still on, but withers in 20 seconds. Fires up, wife stops looking for tow service. New starter on it's way, shortly! cheers -ike | | | |
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