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Work has begun. First thing is to clean and strip things. Use some compressed air to blow all the dirt and debris out. These angle iron thingings are cute, but super useless, so they gotta go. Bimetal corrosion sucks. These bolts and self tapping screw were very stubborn. I ended up just...

Not much has been done to the rig. Just been living and working out of it mostly. Things break, they get fixed. but it's kinda done, and haven't needed to add anything to it in the last couple years. Had a fusible link burn up on the firewall. Spent hours tracking it down. Turned out to be a...

Oh yes, plan is to to do all that at some point. I think insulating the cab area will get rid of most of the noise? Not sure if it's even possible to eliminate the noise. The engine is right there, wind noise everywhere, and will most likely always drive with both side doors open (that is the...

The drive back was grueling without overdrive, but we made it work. Took two days to get it back. Stopped at a hotel parking lot, to, umm, sleep in the back of the van. The passenger seat was terrible to ride in. The seatbelt worked if you tied both strapped together as the male part of the...

Oh gosh, how life gets in the way of things! Crazy times we live in. Spent some time in Asia. Explored some interesting terrain. Got to play with some old Soviet expedition rigs. Tried to cross the Chinese border the old fashion expedition way. Found some big mountains. Climbed those...

Oh no! How did I miss out on Grumman Cummins! Son of a sailor, now I'm unsure of the name. I'll sleep on it, thanks!

Eh, what? Sorry, couldn't hear you there. But not long into the trip home, my right ear started to bleed. So we went to store and picked up some noise cancelling headphones. Very pleasant like that. Can even listen to music while I drive too! We'll definitely need to remedy the damaging noise...

Pandemic. Riots. Forest fires. Murder hornets. Economic collapse. Gee willy, things have really hit an all time low. It's worse now than back in 2012 when zombies were out and about and the world was going to end, according to certain calendars. Maybe they were 8 years off. But that was back...

Oh geez, I think I just threw up in my mouth. So many things wrong with those welds. What a shame...

Oh boy. Sorry guys. I got caught up in expeditions to the Himalayas for awhile. Crazy stuff. And then when I came back to civilization, Expedition Portal changed all their formats and I couldn't access anything. But I'm back and have much work to do to catch up. Anyone want to go on any...

Haha, a 2002 is still considered new. Go old or go home. Less computers, easy to work on, less to go wrong.

Yea, well the truck is kinda my daily driver, so I have plenty motivation to get it back on the road. Besides, it has all the tools onboard to fix pretty much anything at anytime! Thanks for the advice. For bolts that really need to come out with with little struggle I soak it in several coats...

I love carnage! It's all about finding the vehicles weak points and limits, and not hitting those limits again, haha. And hey, being a butcher is a lot more fun than going vegan! That would be a boring ride. This ride was a lot more fun. Came off a rock, landed on a tree stump, made horrible...

Kyrgyzstan sounds like the perfect place. A nice, beautiful place that's on the down low, so silly tourists don't show up and trash the place, haha. Keep up with the adventures!

Oh gee willy Batman, looks like we found some of the limits of the truck and passed them... Getting air and landing on a tree stump did wonders for the oil pan! :oops: And that caused the transmission to give way, breaking the transmission mount, shoving the rear driveshaft yoke coming out...

Someone please list any expedition and/or tactical reasons for a man bun. I can't find any. Man buns are thick and tight. You might have your best luck with a slicing action with a machete to remove one. An ax wouldn't do much good. A silky would get caught in the hair. And a chainsaw, well...

Hey guys, thanks for all the support! Chilly, I think I fixed that photo, thanks for letting me know it was faulty, silly technology. :oops: The turbo would be great. But at this point that would be just a convenience thing that I don't really need. Also one more point of failure that I...

Yes, it's nice to have 5 batteries on-board at your disposal. It makes base camp a breeze, especially with the solar panels! During these cold months, it be nice to have some heat. Maybe I can run it off all these batteries? And the new engine is doing great! On those long hills, I do wish I...

Oh geewilly. Been so busy and getting all kinds of stuff done. There have been silly blowouts... Good thing for good help though! Storing the spare tire on the roof can be a real pain sometime... There was also that stupid fuel leak. It really turned out to be a bad o-ring under the...

I'm afraid I didn't make it sturdy enough. Those batteries are heavy! Power is much better. On steep hills that used to slow me down, the truck can now stay a steady speed! Can't accelerate on those hills, but I'd say not slowing down is an improvement! The best mileage I've gotten so far is...