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Holly crap the engine fell out! :eek: How did that happen?

E10 conservatively costs me 2-3 mpg on the Trooper. Not sure I want to see what E15 does. E85 was a great (ok, half-baked) idea on paper, but it is a false economy all the way around and IMO is nothing more than attempt by oil companies to keep diesel engines out by convincing people they can...

Original build thread (see the evolution): http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6

Yell when you need a hand!

One thing I didn't consider, is when you are done, you can probably sell everything you take off the 5-speed Trooper as a complete "upgrade" package for anyone with an auto Trooper who would rather have a 5-speed, and that is most of them. I bet you could easily get $2k for that, so the costs...

It's been a while since I've shot film in any real way, but here is my take. Slide: Kodak E100G Fuji Velvia 100 Fuji Velvia 50 Fuji Provia 100 Fuji Provia 400x Fuji Astia Horses for courses. Velvia is great for landscapes, horrible for people, very small dynamic range. I prefer E100G or Astia...

Do a search and post the question over on Planetisuzoo.com. There have been people going from auto to 5-speed, so I don't see why not. You would need pedal assembly, TCU, transmission and transfer case (T-case/transmission on the manuals are a combined unit. I'm guessing you are probably looking...

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IMO Canon's most underrated lens is the 400/5.6. Small and easy to handle, as sharp as the super teles and reasonably inexpensive. Unfortunately not available with IS.

Nice Scott! Most of my trips start with a general direction, destination and timeline. The reason I bought a GPS was so I could figure out where I was as it usually seemed to be on the edge of two or three topos. The reason I generally travel with my sister is my wife is not big on "getting...

Just try to be conscious about dust. Also turn off your camera before you change lenses, it helps quite a bit, though possibly more so on a CCD chip than CMOS due to the charge levels.

Pick up a couple cheap lenses for that camera, you'll love them -- 50/1.8 (about $100) and 85/1.8 (about $300). Just good to have, not necessarily "Africa" lenses. Any Canon EF series lens will work on that camera.

You might try adding Water Wetter to your coolant. It made a noticeable difference on the Pathfinder. Engine ran cooler, AC worked better.

Wow, absolutely amazing! I love to Mac Mini setup and the storage. Your storage system is simple, but very different from others I have seen. I may need to copy that.

Very nice!

Interesting theories, but it would be easy enough to tape some strands of yarn on the windshield and the snorkel and go for a drive to see where air is actually going. If you do it, take pictures and post them up.

I know there are a bunch of roadies here so thought I would offer up some gear here. I'll post up pictures if anyone is interested. 2006 Mavic Ksyrium SSC SL wheels. Like new, about 150 miles on them. Came with bike. Nice, light and strong. Prefer the aesthetics of a traditional wheel. $500...

Ah, good times. I miss the old days of ExPo. I don't know a whole lot about nutserts, but I had a mechanic put a skid plate on with some seriously burly ones and it was a pretty impressive setup. Definitely stay away from the cheap ones.

PM gjackson or Connie. I think they have more Technitop experience than anyone else here. FWIW I have asked the same question through PMs and people who have used a variety of tents for an extended period of time in the US generally prefer Eezi-Awn or Maggiolina to the Technitop.

My daughter has taken some surprisingly good pictures, but has also dropped the camera one too many times - it died.