A Blog About Land Rovers in Oklahoma
Everyone is taking their liberties with the latest installment of the Star Wars™ franchise so why not?
This weekend was the first available after the holidays and I had to take advantage of the time and get my bushings replaced on the front end. If you’ve been reading along, I’ve been trying to fix my death wobble (Okierover). I’ve tried lots of things and nothing has helped more than fiddling with the bushings.
Continue reading “Episode VII: The Rise of Death Wobble (Post #551) 1/3/2016”
JagGuy, now a new Land Rover owner (he has his and her’s Discoverys), called me and told me there was a, “mostly intact Ranger Rover Classic at Pull-a-Part.” That is a sad and happy thing all in one.
Continue reading “Scavenging a Classic (Post #550) 12/11/2015”
If you’ve been following for any time you’ll have read about my problems with the suspension on the Big White Bus. Mr. Fisher helped me swap out all the tie-rod ends. I thought I blogged about that but I guess I didn’t. In any event, I swapped out the tie-rod ends in an effort to find my death wobble problem.
You’ve never heard of death wobble? Check out this definition from High Sierra 4×4’s Glossary page.
Death Wobble: \ˈdeth\ \ˈwä-bəl\ noun. Death wobble is an exaggerated slang term for extreme steering vibration. This typically occurs when driving your vehicle and due to loose steering components or alignment issues the front end vibrates excessively. In extreme cases this has caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle.
Continue reading “Death Wobble Garage Day (Post #549) 11/8/2015”
I’ve found my power steering leak. Leak might not be descriptive enough. Perhaps it is a power steering flow. In any event I have a seal failing. The puddle you see on the frame above is the amount that came out after 3 miles of driving. On the good side all the power steering fluid coating everything has done a fair job of inhibiting rust.
Continue reading “Power Steering Flow (Post #548) 10/17/2015”
The good people at PartCatalog have compiled the 2nd Annual Top Offroad Trails in America. They list the top five places by state. Clint Henderson reached out to me last year for a list of places. The list was wildly successful and they have compiled a new list for 2015.
Being as I am an Okie through and through, you might even say dyed in the wool, I am listing our top five. It looks to me like I need to get my butt out these trails.
Looking at the top three sites nationwide. Two of them are in states bordering our fine state.
I’d like to say thank you to Clint and his team for publishing this again this year. Such a great resource.
Road trip!
Thanks for reading, go check out PartCatalog’s latest list, and Happy Rovering.
I was on a Facebook page just the other day talking to a fellow about a problem he was having that was related to his alternator. He wanted to know what to buy. He was getting lots of “advice”. I told him I bought a NAPA alternator in 2005 and have replaced it 4 times under warranty.
The economics of that beats buying new every few years. Is it inconvenience when the rebuilt alternator craps out every couple of years? Sure it is. But I don’t pay for them and if I bring it in and say its bad, they replace it no questions asked. They don’t even test it. Continue reading “Fifth Alternator (Post #546) 9/25/2015”