- Added additional heater duct in kitchen wall
- Tested heater configuration
- Increased max regulated engine speed from 2600 to 2750 rpm
- Advanced engine injection timing by 2 degrees
- Increased injection fuel delivery to ~170 hp setting
- Tested driving performance after upgrades: noticeable improvement in hill climb / acceleration
- Purchased tools and materials
- Applied Wabi-Sabi Overland vinyl decals to habitat and truck
- Drilled holes in water Jerry cans
- Installed machined barb bulkhead fittings in water Jerry cans
- Leak checked water Jerry cans
- Stowed water Jerry cans in habitat
- Received:
- Front portal tank upgrades
- Drive train boots
- Portal axle fluid
- Drove truck to heat up fluids
- Drained transmission for 2nd fluid change
- Drained front portal hubs
- Removed front portal vents
- Test fit new front portal reservoirs
- Purchased:
- Copper crush washers
- Permatex for drive shaft boot install
- Started making hardware kit for portal tank upgrade
- Drilled holes in portal tank caps
- Machined portal tank dipstick pins
- Machined portal tank vent return tubes
- Welded dipsticks
- Welded vent return tubes
- Turned down cap screws for inner most portal tank cover holes
- Installed new front portal tanks
- Plumbed front portal vents
- Filled front portal vents
- Drained residual fluid out of transmission
- Sealed and installed transmission drain plugs
- Removed old drive shaft boots
- Prepped and installed new drive shaft boots
- Refilled transmission with new fluid
Increased max regulated engine speed, advanced engine injection timing, and increased injection fuel delivery
Increased max regulated engine speed, advanced engine injection timing, and increased injection fuel delivery
Increased max regulated engine speed, advanced engine injection timing, and increased injection fuel delivery
Increased max regulated engine speed, advanced engine injection timing, and increased injection fuel delivery
Increased max regulated engine speed, advanced engine injection timing, and increased injection fuel delivery
Increased max regulated engine speed, advanced engine injection timing, and increased injection fuel delivery
Applied Wabi-Sabi Overland vinyl decals to truck and habitat
Applied Wabi-Sabi Overland vinyl decals to truck and habitat
Drilled holes in water Jerry cans
Drilled holes in water Jerry cans
Installed machined barb bulkhead fittings in water Jerry cans
Installed machined barb bulkhead fittings in water Jerry cans
Fabricated and installed water pick up tubes
Fabricated and installed water pick up tubes
Leak checked water Jerry cans
Stowed water Jerry cans in habitat
Received front portal tank upgrades
Machined and welded portal tank dipstick pins
Machined and welded portal tank dipstick pins
Machined and welded portal tank dipstick pins
Machined and welded portal tank dipstick pins
Machined and welded portal tank dipstick pins
Machined and welded portal tank dipstick pins
Installed new front portal tanks
Installed new front portal tanks
Plumbed front portal vents
Filled front portals with fluid
Drove truck to heat up fluids
Drove truck to heat up fluids
Drove truck to heat up fluids
Received drive train boots
Removed forward drive shaft boot
Removed rear drive shaft boot
New and old drive shaft boots
Installed new forward drive shaft boot
Installed new rear drive shaft boot
Refilled transmission with new fluid
Wabi-sabi Overland 