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This is what I would worry about more then anything. My main profession for decades has been body electrical for three manufactures. Virtually no manufacture waterproofs anything inside a vehicle. "if" the computers in a vehicle get wet, the only reason the insurance company even shows up, is to...

Good job on the check valve. I had the same situation and basically did the same thing.

Like everyone else, all my gear is in box's. I swap between two vehicles. X3 on the falcons. I have them on my Tacoma and BFG's on my Cruiser. Both are fine. In my group we have a 2wd Tacoma. Slight lift and tires. He goes almost everywhere we go. Like a few of us, I started this back in the...

In early 2k when Optima was sold to another company (don't remember who), their quality went to nothing. Me not knowing this bought one and it didn't last two years. Popped onto the web and holy crap. It was so bad, they hired a PR guy to answer questions on forums (Optima Jim). He basically...

West Vegas you have Red Rock. From the south, you go into the upper part of the Mojave. Gold Dome mill is....odd. Farther south, there's a few cool places to see if you did an over night. South west of Vegas is Death Valley. There's a ton of stuff on that end accessible by paved road.

Is that where your staying or are you venturing out somewhere else?

Retracted my diagnoses. As everyone said. Start simple. Major mechanical issues give you strong symptoms with clues leading up to them.

Your MPG falls in the range of almost every one who posted theirs. Extended range tanks are more of a nitch market. There's only a couple of companies that make them. You almost never see anything for trucks, especially newer ones. The ones I do see are Jeeps and Landcruisers. I know for my...

Where's the fun in that? Years ago when GPS first came out, I got a small handheld. The guys in my club said I took the fun out of getting lost. The big difference between then and now is planning. I would explore to add in spots on my map. Now I explore with the internet and plan on my...

What I've noticed with the on demand heaters is there's really only two diffrent designs. Internally it seems their the same. Mine is about 8 years old. I have to pull the batteries when I store it because there's no on/off switch. Off is literally pulling the batteries by design. I'm waiting...

My small trailer, empty weighs about 600 pounds and only has around 20 pounds of tongue weight. Its not bad to lift the front and muscle it around but, its so much easier to just push it with the single wheel up front. When I got it, it had a flat jack on front. That got replaced pretty quick...

Those are the heavier version of a ball mount. I don't remember what the tow rating was but it was considerably higher then the ones without.

Sigh. I couldn't figure out why everyone said tires. Then I realized, the pole said "impactful". I read "Impractical". Ugh

How did you notice it? Axle seal, alignment or just looking down the side of the vehicle? How did you bend it and get positive camber? That's almost a sideways stuff the tire thing. I've seen a number of bent axles from offroad but this is only the second pos camber one I've seen.

The correct answer is...Mine. OH and Maryann hands down. Ginger wont like off road and is way too high maintenance.

Heh I'm not even going to give you crap about that. If I did I would so be a hypocrite. I just wish I had pictures of all my trail repairs. I could probably write a book. They do make for good stories though.

Welcome to the world of off road. Most things now have as much as 50% less life span. You had a cool adventure and something else to talk about. FYI, I've seen people drive forever with a torn CV on the street. Not as much dirt as off road though. Normally the first clue is a mess with no...

Its not a baja thing but a math thing. At least at this point if it works, great and if it doesn't at least you know what you need to do. On my end, I've been told you cant build certain things, then I learned how it works and built them anyway.

All my trailer builds get that. I use to swap around hitch's until I went with a multi axis. I still use a receiver front just because.

I run my cooler in the rear to balance out my front. If you have your camber/toe set properly, you don't need much tongue weight, the trailer will pull straight. When I'm off road I run my tongue weight at zero. I move my tool bags to the extreme rear. Anything on the tongue levers the rear...