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If you are exclusively running in canyons like the Maze District or Canyonlands, then maybe the external supplemental antenna is a good idea, but for 99% of normal use, the built in receiver will work just fine.

Your choice obviously, but you might be viewing this through the wrong lens. It's sorta like a gun. you never need it, until you do. The GAP tool could save you a LOT of money if you ended up needing just one of its special functions. If I still had an LR3, I would absolutely have one. No...

So...the GAP tool is not just an OBDII reader, it is also a programmer, typically for modern Rovers. It specifically allows you to mess about with all the many sensors on something like an LR3, like the suspension settings. However, if you just want a cheap scanner, they are plentiful. Some...

The post above is a good example of an opinion, without specifics. When talking Land Rovers, you need to know what era it was design in, what mfr built it, and what parts were used. Open honesty here: I don’t know a lot about the LR4. However, I do know a lot about the LR3 on which it’s...

lol, just for grins, a month or two ago I swapped my 37” Cooper STT’s for a buddies 35” Toyo Open County AT’s off his Gladiator. Wow, made my Jeep feel like a Toyota Camry on the road. Didn’t even look all that bad in terms of size. Sorta

If you are running bigger than 37” tires, then yeah, maybe drop down to 3.5” springs, and put on some 37” AT’s. The BFG’s run a bit small, so mentally you’ve got 37’s but really you’re on 35.X in terms of true tire size. Leave the gearing alone. Focus on building out the rear for a proper...

Oh, it totally is alum. I have pictures of my tear down of my 2002 Montero engine a few years ago. https://nwoods.smugmug.com/Vehicles/Montero/3rd-Monty-Restoration

I've not done an insert on a Mitsubishi (Chrysler) head, but I have done it on a Jeep 4.7L aluminum head and a Ford 5.4L 2-valve aluminum head. It works, and its not terribly hard to do. Fords have a habit of blowing spark plugs completely out of the head. Something about the number of...

Thanks Gabriel. It’s been over 15 years since I played with LR’s and my memory is… um, what were we talking about?

Suspension. I think it means it suspects your are bottomed out on something and Extended Mode is available. If you put your foot on the brake and push up on the suspension switch, it should give you another couple of inches of lift. In theory, that would allow you to drive off whenever you...

Really nice kitchen setup! GLWS

I don't do facebook either.....but I did when I needed help on my Monty. In particular the SoCal Montys discussion group on Facebook is pretty active and quite helpful

You might want to include more info, like the size of the pans, the size of the kit when stowed, etc…

REI Base Camp 4. Fantastic tent. I actually have the 4 and the 6, depending on how many family members travel with me. Super durable, fantastic in a storm, easy to set up by yourself (the 4 is, the 6 benefits from another pair of hands). I’ve been using these tents for 15 years, and still...

Yeah, I would probably not take that one home. I just bought one that was 5 months old and I was on the fence about it. It works fine, but you want the warranty to not be a hassle should you ever need to rely on it.

Get a CarPlay enabled “floating screen” headunit. Joying makes some decent ones, available through Amazon. If you are interested, I have a 9” version, with a volume knob and adaptor harness for Jeep JK that I’ll give you. $500 value, but I’m not using it

So a long overdue update. I bought the Joocla shower enclosure and it sat on my garage shelf for quite a while. I brought it out a few times, but usually it was just me or we were headed to a very remote spot, so I didn't need it. I finally finished a long trip through Idaho with my wife and...

464.5000 is neither FRS/GMRS nor is it HAM. It’s a private band used for private commerical entities by license with the FCC. A non-regulated radio (not type certified by FCC), such as the inexpensive and easy to use somewhat ubiquitous Baofeng UV-5R can dial it in, not but “legally”.

Turns out I can't read, my Oddessy battery was dated 2017. I got a solid 7 years out of it. Pretty happy with that kind of performance given how this Jeep is used. Also, the specs for the Oddessy are better than all of them save Optima, and I just keep hearing negative things about Optima...

Here is the key: The ground sheet should be smaller than the tent footprint. What you don't want is a tarp or something that projects out beyond the footprint of your tent, because that will catch rain and "collect" it directly under your tent, testing your tents waterproofing to the max.