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I would buy a repair manual for your specific vehicle. And as others have said begin with learning about your vehicle. Where are the fluid checks and fill points. Where are all the fuse boxes and relays located. Even without considering overlanding maintenance is key to a long and less...

The wife came out to lend a hand getting the engine and trans bolted back together and resting in the bronco again. I'm glad to see it back where it belongs. Trans is still grungy but it is back in mainly for mock up and to hold engine in correctly. I plan to take care of some upgrades...

Time for some work on the valve covers and some of the engine brackets. I cleaned them up good and then sandblasted them to clean the old corrosion and paint off. Then cleaned again and degreased. Some primer on. I used a ppg epoxy primer that is made to stick to aluminum on these...

Did this earlier this fall but have been busy lately. Cleaned up the engine and prepping for some fresh paint. only about 38,000 miles on it. So just some paint and updates. Cleaned up and scuffed almost ready for paint. Fresh coat of primer and same black paint as the frame. I...

Back on the Bronco a little. Front Calipers are ready and installed. I had some paint left from doing my valve covers so I painted the calipers as well. And some nice extended stainless brake lines.

I've run the Tekonsha P3 for about 5 years in 2 different trucks. It's proportional and very easy to adjust. I've used it on 1700 lbs popup camper, 8000 lbs tandem axle enclosed, and loads over 9500 lbs on my flatbed. Easy and quick to adjust from empty to loaded trailer and from trailer to...

Bed is a little over 6.5 feet. The awning is around 8 feet I believe. Thanks, it turned out pretty good for a rush paint job. Depending on if you put much on yours I'd see about running a bar or something underneath the cross bars and tucked up close to the mounts and attach the awning there...

No problem. Have a fun trip.

Just the bigger arb one. It has been on our pop up camper for several years. Wife thought we should have the ability to bring it with when using tents.

Took the topper of to paint it and mount the rack. Sanded the topper down. Figured I'd paint it to match the truck. And a little white. Now time for the rack. Since it isn't really going to hold anything more than an awning and maybe a solar panel occasionally. I decided to make it...

North end of Sioux City is an Iowa state park called Stone State park. Nice tree covered hills and a nature area just to the south. Also in Sioux city I believe there is a train museum some place. Haven't been to it though. There are several South Dakota State parks along the way. Newton...

For trail use I'd get one that uses the same battery as my cordless impact. Multiple tools with same battery simplifies a lot of things.

Hang in there. It's a crap load of work but should be fun way to make memories and some adventures. At least that's what I keep telling myself... But it's getting closer!

It all sounds fun. Just need more spare time for it.

Nice. Mine is already trying to claim mine and it's not even together yet. But today she did tell me she wants to build a dragster...

Thanks. Takes a little time but it turned out good.

The wife bought a fridge for our wandering. And since my bronco is still in the building stage I decided to add an auxiliary battery to the bed of my truck. I wanted it to be simple and quickly removable in case I needed it out of the way. Also I stole the battery and box from our camper so...

New U-joints and some paint on the front axle shafts. Also the front dust shields are pretty ruff and one was rusted through and unusable so I picked up some new ones and added some paint. Which probably won't last long. Axle shafts and dust shields back where the belong. Cleaned up...

Started working on getting the abs pump/module installed. But the bracket put the assembly too close to the shock hoop so the brake lines coming out the side wouldn't clear anymore. Time for some more cutting and welding. I cut the taps off and bolted them onto the pump and slid them over...

once and awhile. I don't think I've put up anything about this one over there.