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June 15, 2015May 16, 2023

SCARR 2015 – The Trails (Post #539) 6/15/2015

With all the rain we had at SCARR 2015 the trails were muddy. But unlike Oklahoma’s red clay this soil took the water very well and drained away. That didn’t mean it came off any easier than Oklahoma red mud, but it was not as nasty when you were driving through it. We had quite a few creek crossings to add to the mud.

We started the first day with a lecture from Arto Pullinen. Some of us (read that as NOT Mr. Fisher) learned some new hand signals that trail guides would be using.

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June 10, 2015May 16, 2023

SCARR 2015 – The Weather (Post #538) 6/10/2015

This year the weather was a “little wetter” than last year. In official terms, it was downright amphibian compared to last year. We enjoyed thunderstorms every evening we were there. “Enjoyed” is a relative term.

We arrived on Thursday night and immediately began to put up camp and get dinner ready. We knew weather was heading toward us. We had it on our phones and in our bones. Our phones gave us the radar and my bones told me it was going to rain and rain hard. It did.
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April 20, 2015May 16, 2023

SCARR is in the Books (Post #537) 4/20/2015

We are home and safe from the 2015 SCARR event. Nothing broke or malfunctioned. If you ever wanted to experience what driving in a Camel Trophy event was like this would have been your weekend. Lucky 8 has a great video I will try to link to in coming posts.

The torrential downpours and thunderstorms made this year “quite wet”. It was thick mud and creeks were up. All this made for a very fun driving experience.

Mr. Fisher cut his driving teeth by taking on a 4 diamond trail. He learned some new hand signals from our guide Arto. And at the end, you couldn’t have wiped the grin off his face with an angle grinder.

The prize raffle was fun with many great prizes from the sponsors. Thanks to all you that sponsored. Thanks to Texas Rovers for another fine event.

As soon as the videos get through post production and editing I’ll get them up for your enjoyment.

SCARR 2015 – The Weather

SCARR 2015 – The Trails

Thanks for reading and Happy Rovering.

April 12, 2015May 16, 2023

Final S.C.A.R.R. Maintenance (Post #536) 4/12/2015

The final piece of maintenance was to replace the Fuel Filter. This is one of my least favorite maintenance items. Gasoline is expensive, toxic, flammable, and generally unpleasant to work with.

But the fuel filter is an important item when it comes to maintaining the Fuel system. Keeping the nasty bits out of your system will ensure that you to have many miles of enjoyment. The tick sheet has this as a every 50,000 mile replacement. I’m going to guess it’s been at least 10 years since it swapped mine.

The location of the filter is in the right rear tire well. It is not a pleasant place to work. I suggest removal of the rear right tire to ease access.

You will need two large wrenches to loosen the fuel hoses. In this picture the wrap-around bracket has been removed. I have modified the bracket slightly. I slipped a piece of an old bicycle tube over it. This was to prevent the metal bracket from rubbing a hole in the filter.

I bought the Wix brand filter. It was twice as much as the others. I like Wix filters and use their oil filters in all my cars. Quality before price.

When I got the old filter off I could see the particles coming out with the gasoline. It was super dirty. I’m hoping that this will stop what might be a starving of fuel at high speeds due a less than effective flow of petrol through a dirty filter.

As I mentioned this is a dirty job and you WILL get dirt in your eyes. Once you bang a wrench under the body you will see all the sand and dirt the Land Rover has been saving up just for this moment.

I also checked the transmission fluid level (cold fluid and in neutral). It needed some to get it topped it off. The transmission shifts amazingly well now.

The only tasked left is to stage and inventory the camping gear.
I have to get my adult beverages.
I need a form mattress for my cot.
I need to buy groceries.
I need to coordinate with Mr. Fisher on the supplies above.

I’m pretty excited about this trip. Once again I hope to meet some of you. Please stop by if you are in the neighborhood.

Thanks for reading and Happy Rovering.

April 11, 2015May 16, 2023

Cup Holders Revisited (Post #535) 4/11/2015

Today my goal was to fixed my daughter’s zero-turn mower. It tossed a belt and the blades are toast. It started raining and the Mrs. OkieRover got a text that the kids were taking the grandchildren to the Wichita Wildlife Refuge.

That eliminated 90% of the reasons for her to go. So plan B was initiated. Garage projects. Project one was to turn a couple of new cup holders.

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April 8, 2015May 16, 2023

Transmission Completed (Post #534) 4/8/2015

Good news! My transmission is in and works like a dream. Mickey’s crack team of mechanics got the transmission installed in good order. They had a few bumps from the ancient original hoses that were still in use. The ones that gave the most trouble were replaced by Rover Cannibal.

I knew going in that the transmission fluid cooling hoses needed to be swapped out. Instead of swapping, Mickey sent them to Palace Auto Supply for them to be re-made. The oil cooling hoses, as I’ve mentioned before, were “wet” and needed to be replaced before they facilitated a lovely engine fire.
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