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Honestly, when it comes to Overlanding the answer is basically sit around a camp fire and BS. When we take trips with our 5'er we have our RZR to ride, we have a satellite with 3 TVs (including one outside), and there seems like there are lots of activities. When I "Overland" I try to have as...

Turned out to it was the back corner of the valve covers. It's weird, since they are brand new gaskets and the valve covers were cleaned in the blast cabinet so I know there was nothing left on the sealing services. Further, the valve covers were put on with the engine on an engine stand, so...

Solid plan, and if mine is any indication you will have temp well under control. Also, good news that you can R&R a belt on the trail without too much trouble... -TJ

Well, a sick doggo, Modelo Flu panic, and general 'life' has kept me from throwing the new alternator, bulbs, etc. in yet. I did turn the fan temp up 2 turns (which should be ~7 degrees) and I think I like that setting better. I do, however thing I need to find a different pickup for the...

I've been toying with the fan-settings a bit. My first go I waited until I felt the t-stat open, then brought the adjustment down in temp (counter-clockwise) until the fan kicked on very low. This worked okay, but really was just too low. The instructions for my exact PMW don't actually give...

I'm glad you brought up the fan control piece as well. My PWM-style unit instructed to mount it on the cold side of the radiator, as you noted above. I did, and it seems like it's regulating the temp of the Jeep very well, though I'm still playing with settings. My first go I waited until I...

Congrats on the $250 score, and welcome to the Grand Overlanders! -TJ

Priorities! -TJ

Correct shifter assembly for my upcoming 247 to 242HD swap in the WJ: -TJ

Drove mine to the grocery store... I know it doesn't sound like much, but after weeks of a long project (motor swap, e-fan conversion, hidden winch install, etc. etc. etc.) it felt good. -TJ

Real-world, from start to finish, how long is setup? Do you intend to stake it out? Any idea how much wind it can stand up to? FWIW those are serious questions, not trying to cast doubt on your setup. -TJ

Short answer, we really don't know. We have some theories (like valves sticking to seats from sitting so long in the first time... ever, or the old HLAa actually were beginning to fail so the new ones opened the valves fully for the first time in a long time and them closing full-force again...

No plan survives first contact, right? I tried to get a few pics of the space to work on the front of the engine: Clearly I wasn't meant to be a professional photographer, but you get the idea. I got a few glamour shots too out running errands and just putting miles/heat cycles on it...

One other little announance with HK's instructions, is their pics show chopping the first and last of the grey vertical bars in hte lower bumper (along with all of the rest of them). But I don't see any reason why that's needed now that it's on. Here's an example: I think it'd look cleaner...

Next up was swapping the fairlead. I had cutout the bumper way back before the first engine catastrophy based on the guide in the HK Offroad winch mount instructions. I will say, the kit fit great and is extremely solid, but the bumper cutting stuff left a lot to be desired. However, back at...

So this weekend we picked up with just putting the front end together and wiring the winch. I pretty much totally failed to take any pics during the process because I just wanted the thing done, but here's what I got. Here's where we moved the winch control box, with the bumper on it's pretty...

Okay, time to write about this thing... As a small recap, there are LOTS of new things in the Heep. Obviously the radiator (and all radiator/heater hoses), water pump, t-stat and housing, e-fans, power-steering pump to facilitate hydraulic fan deletion (and all PS lines) and such that started...

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Meh... it's better than actually doing work. ;) But seriously, I admit I go waaaaaaaaay off on a tangent. The original point of my posts, was that the OP might want to consider a 3/4 gasser from Ford or RAM to meet his budget, get a solid front axle, and get an 8' bed which would give him a...

I sense a LOT of bias in your estimation of the GM 2500 front end... but that's fine, we're all humans and we'd be lying if we said our biases and preferences didn't factor in our decision making process. As for what is improved on the '11+ vs. '01-10 platform: basically everything. All of...