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Hi gang, This is not my trip but some very good friends of mine that I have traveled with in the past. They are sailing across the Atlantic aboard their 40' Valiant. They have been sending me daily ship's logs over the past couple of weeks and after seeing their recent pictures from the Azores...

http://www.solaros.com/images/2006SAEbriefing.pdf Solaros is a good group of Rovers concentrated on the South East coast of the US. Looks like they will be having a fun event. :archaeolo

With the temperatures cooling down in the Phoenix area over the next couple of months I’m itching to get out fly fishing. I believe others on the forum are interested in fly fishing and some are very knowledgeable of fishing the AZ area so I figured we could start a general fly fishing thread...

My 1997 Toyota Rav4 Hi, I'm looking for help in diagnosing my check engine light. History – A year ago it failed the AZ emissions test due to the check engine light being on. We took it to a mechanic who for $3,000: Replaced the Charcoal Canister Replaced several of the lines/tubes...

This past Sunday Datrupr and I took the morning to explore the Tonto Nat'l Forest North of Cave Creek and near the Verde River.:wings: We took Bloody Basin Rd, beginning from I17, and wrapped around all the way to the Verde River. Bloody Basin is about 27 miles to the first turn off where you...

Anyone in the Phoenix are have any OHV adventures planned for this weekend, Saturday? Or would you be interested in one? I have family coming into town and I'm thinkng of taking a couple of them out of the trail for a day or 1/2 a day, maybe even an evening if the temps are out of control...

I am tying to understand why roof top tents are so incredibly heavy compared to their on-the-ground counterparts. I have seen one, the Oasis II that is 40lb but the rest are over 100lb! Modern technology has introduced spacious multi-person ground tents that weigh in at a tenth of the weight of...

Re: My Land Rover 2001 DII I've been noticing that I seem to have a lot of wheel lift on some obstacles and I'm thinking this is due to restricted travel and articulation. Although this wheel lift can be a fun and exciting addition to the ride and accentuate that roller coaster feeling it does...

Has anyone here ever used BG Products or had service done using BG producst? www.bgprod.com www.bgfindashop.com I was looking into then for doing some general maintenance like a Throttle Body Cleaning / Induction Cleaning Also maybe AC service

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ONCE-IN-LIFETIME-Land-Rover-Dakar-Racing-Team-Package_W0QQitemZ4650305553QQcategoryZ31849QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Check this out on Ebay Full on Land Rover racing package deal 1x Defender TomCat 1x 2 door Defender 110 1x 4 door Defender 110 1x...

What is your favorite method and What are your favorite products for Giving your vehicle a good wash, wax, buff and polish?:sunny: :sunny: First outside and then inside!

Grease! Anyone have any suggestions or recommendations on a good grease to be used for lubrication of U-joints? I want to grease my U-joints and hit any other zirk fittings I can find on my truck! I have one of those smaller grease guns. I got it specifically to work in tight spaces but now I...

I'm thinking of getting one of those fancy smartphone phone/PDA combos for work. Then I was thinking of how cool it would be to be able to have topo maps on it as well along with a GPS turn by turn type mapping ability. Can any of you point me in the right direction? Thanks!:bowdown:

I just recieved a copy of National Geographic Back Roads Explorer 3D. It is an 18 CD program of TOPO maps for the entire US. Has anyone ever used this program before? What did you think or what have you heard about it? Everything about it looks great but I just wanted to get a better idea...

Ok, first off I call dibs! Found a 1968 Land Cruiser FJ40 in Phoenix ODO reads 48,600 Asking $3,900 Owner says it runs but steering wobbles a bit. Stock, no lift or significan mods My Brother-in-law found it and is looking at it and we may look at going in on it together. What should we look...

I thought this dialogue started between Euromom and Scott is a good one but did not want to take up too much of Articulates thread with it so here it is... I have Traction Control with a Center Locking Differential and find the setup to be incredibly capable. However I can think of two...

Now that I have a backyard:victory: I have a place to store my roof rack instead of always having it on my vehicle. I took it off the other day and just driving around town I notice a difference in the overall feel of the vehicle including reduced noise, increased response, acceleration, and...

Throwing out an idea here, My Dad and little brother are in town for the weekend and next week but with moving into our new house our weekend days have been dedicated to lifting boxes and furniture and the weekdays dedicated to work for me. They would both like to go for an off road trail ride...

My brother-in-law gave me a nice garage set this past holiday season. It has a roller to lay on and roll around under the vehicle, a hydraulic jack and two jack stands. It is rated at 2 tons My vehicle has a GVW of 6400lb which is about 3 tons. Do I need to be concerned or can I use this jack...

With a limited schedule last weekend I was unable to attend AZROCKS but I also needed my off road exploration fix!:jumping: So Saturday morning Oliver the dog:elkgrin: and I hit the road before the sun and went up to Wickenburg on Hwy 60. From there we took Constellation Road East through...