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1FZ Fe 4.5 petro. It gets horrible fuel mileage- 11-12 mpg loaded on a good day. However, with 371,000 miles on the original drive train, it just keeps on going & going. The 4.5 has had the head off once, for valve stem seals, cleaned up and reassembled at 292,000. Most Americans are power...

I was hoping you might chime in as you have had great experiences with your jeeps. Your current set up is fantastic. And, so is our 80 series, which by all accounts is a plush version of the 76 series. It seems I’m in the minority here in the states, preferring a tractor. Have a great day &...

I’m willing to bet a months retirement check that had the 70 series Landcruiser been allowed in the US decades ago, Jeep would no longer exist. I had a 75CJ, a 98 TJ, an 04 Rubicon, a gasser Liberty and a diesel Liberty. The 04 Rubi was by far and away the pinnacle of the Jeep brand. It was...

If I were younger, I’d hold out with the Subaru until the new Landcruisers are available. Then I’d buy one knowing it’ll carry more than 1200 lbs and last a half million miles, if not more, then build it out over time to suit our needs & wants. I’d love to get one of the new LCs, but as...

I figure the darth Vader grills are for people that really don’t like their Jeeps and are trying to make it something that it is not. Sometimes I miss our old TJ, then we go out in the 80 and I don’t feel so bad

Yup- you are. There is no way an overlander would even consider a wide open jeep for anything long range. It’s only “fun” for maybe the first 100 miles or so. We had a ragtop TJ for a while, not only was it extremely uncomfortable, after 4 or 5 days of clipping off 4 or 5 hundred miles a day...

The years long string ( about 2006 to present) of very bad ford diesel engines in the e350 ford vans and F350 ( and larger) trucks were built by the International Harvester Corporation- IH, the same company that still builds International Trucks. IH also built Farmall Tractors from the early...

Just read this today. Once anyone actually uses a wagon for overlanding, they become acutely aware of the shortcomings of a pick up truck, unless you step up to a full size with SFA. Even then, one is very limited with a full size and about the only way to make the living/sleeping/ kit area...

Because they don’t really go anywhere cept the mall. That’s why they are nicknamed mall krawlers. Fat tires are just plain stupid and have no practical use for overlanders.

Abs Absolutely agree. Even though mine is an automatic, which I’ve gotten used to, there isn’t a known failure of the A343F under normal use. Ya, guys have blown them up because they lacked mechanical sympathy and beat them, but under normal finesse style driving? No failures. As far as...

It’s hard to tell, in spite of over 6,000 miles traveled in the past month. The quality of gasoline differs immensely. Ethanol gas equals poor mpgs. Gas available on the Dempster is even poorer. Over all? Previous trips we average 11. We are averaging 11-12 mpgs on this tour. So maybe 1/2...

Ours did great in 50 mph plus, wind gusts in the Staircase last spring. No rips, no tears, slept like a log. Did great the year before on Kelly’s Point in heavy winds. So windy each time I hooked up the trailer in case the wind became so heavy it would topple us. You must have had an el-cheapo.

I’ve wanted to get rid of full time all wheel drive on my 450/80series for nearly a decade. A very good friend and I finished up the job yesterday, removing the viscous coupler ( a very nice boat anchor) and replacing it with a spool, and installing new birfields along with manual lock out...

The 66 200 crew cab has me.

No, not many posts about the truck, it is what it is. Slightly modified with Slee bumpers & sliders, and an OME suspension that ( Australia GVWR Laws ) gets us up to about a 7,300 lb GVWR. I’ve a couple of stories published in a hobby magazine, and photos, but that’s too much like work, so...

The short answer to your question is, hold your breath, no. As a retired professional driver I can say, without any hedging, that back up cameras and the necessary screens for viewing, are more of a hindrance to developing good driving habits, than a help. Just recently several studies have...

Our 80 heads west a couple times a year along with the random Appalachia camping trips. It’s not a daily driver any longer, but still we manage to put 12-15 thousand miles on each year. This Summer we are headed to the Arctic Ocean, then back south and over to Alaska. All told about a 12...

Nice; really nice 60

I gotta say, years ago I designed and built a hinged affair, complete with gas struts to deploy the 100 watt solar panel at about a 45d angle. Our entire set up is designed to park headed in a southerly direction in order to utilize the sun, and for shade. Our kitchen is in the rear of the...

After a ton of research I’m thinking along those lines- MOAK must retain his god-like status with his lovely wife! LOL