Do you know what this part is? Nope, it’s an upper shock mount on a Range Rover Classic. Wait, what? You guessed that right? Bully for you. This weekend I climbed under the Range Rover to swap out the old and tired Old Man Emu shocks I bought in 2001. Before it was over, I[…]
I’ve resolved that this weekend will be mostly electrical in nature on the Range Rover. This is not my favorite thing to fix. I took electronics at Mid-America Vo-tech school when I was still in high school. I was only mildly interested in it. My dad was an electronic technician for the Federal Aeronautics Administration (FAA). He[…]
I thought I’d drop a note so you would know I’m not dead. I’ve been really busy with work and school. I completed the fundamentals for Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt (Strong America Now) over the last three weekends. I’ll finish my Green Belt project this summer. My SQL Server (Wikipedia) class at Oklahoma City Community College class is starting[…]
Last week I ordered a set of Terrafirma shocks and springs for the Range Rover Classic from Atlantic British. They should be arriving any day now. The springs and shocks on her now are a bit tired. I currently have a set of Old Man Emu shocks that I bought the same month I bought[…]
July 15th, 2004Shocks On, Radiator Woes, Work and WeatherOver the Fourth of July weekend I finally got all four shocks on. I took some picsand will have an update with that when I can get around to it. As I had just finished the last shock, I was collecting tools and getting everything gathered up[…]
June 26th, 2004New Site, New ShocksI decided that I needed a site for the online display of my Big White Bus. So as you read thisOkieRover.com is up and running. It contains the same old stuff I had before just in a different format and with a different look. I was finally able to get[…]
June 26, 2003Sorry everyone, for my absence. I have been too busy with other things to update here. I have scheduled some surgery which will make my repairs go a bit slowly as I will be down to one arm for a few months starting here in July. Also this will make my cash situation[…]