Operation: OVERLAND VX

[VX KAT]

Also spent the last three days with the producers of Discoveries Sons of Guns and Wild Weat Alaska showing them the state getting b roll, expect to see the VX in some shots if not a whole episode next season!

Geez, you must have some great connections! How cool is that!!! Is it somehow tied to you being a gunsmith since both of those shows are?

[Ala5ka]

Potentially Kat, maybe a fellow Vxer will be a reality tv star?

[Ala5ka]

Just doing a whole bunch of adventuring with the Discovery channel, expect a VehiCROSS inspired episode of Wild West Alaska maybe

[Ala5ka]

got the OME 919's in

[Ala5ka]

What can I do to save more pcvs? I use one every 300 miles or so

[VX KAT]

How do you know it's (PCV) gone out, do you actually pull it?
You mean it's not rattling at all after just 300 miles?

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What can I do to save more pcvs? I use one every 300 miles or so

[Triathlete]

Wierd...i have changed mine ONCE in the entire time I have owned mine (@150000) and burn nearly zero oil (I used less than 1/4 qt. between my last change).

[Ala5ka]

I don't burn oil but a little purges I believe into the pcv clogging it up or something. Not enough to even be noticeable between changes. After a trip I get a high idle and eventually the engine will idle wildly until it shuts off, I pop in a new pcv and everything is back to normal.

[VX KAT]

I don't burn oil but a little purges I believe into the pcv clogging it up or something. Not enough to even be noticeable between changes. After a trip I get a high idle and eventually the engine will idle wildly until it shuts off, I pop in a new pcv and everything is back to normal.

Does the PCV valve RATTLE when you remove it??

Isn't the high idle/wild idle something else? I recall reading it here several times. Have you searched on that?

[samneil2000]

IAC Valve?

[Ala5ka]

Hmm the pcv no longer rattles but if I break clean it it does for a short period of time. I will do some searching. The rpms jump,and fall up and down rhythmically. Or they go up to 2k and stay for a little while or at least when i come to a stop

[Ala5ka]

just gutted the back, built some wood shelves, fridge slide, and planning on plating the rest of it with ABS eventually.

[evillecutter]

my vx eats about a quart of oil every 1k miles but ive never changed the pcv it still rattles just fine - i clean it our every once in a while with carb cleaner - im pretty sure its the original from the factory - 115k miles

i wrestled with the idle problem for a while and after replacing the throttle posistion sensor and idle controm valve it ended up being the fuel pressure regulator - next on the list would have been the mass air flow sensor

[GuyBanks]

Very cool, I am doing a trailer setup, I just don't think the VX has the space as an expedition setup. If I were going full boat on the vehicle, I would find a nice 2nd gen trooper. The 3.2l is more reliable and no pesky TOD electronics to worry about failing. A trailer on the otherhand, you can leave behind if you had to, and no worries about breaking down the tent in order to move the vehicle for whatever reason.
I am ordering a max coupler (marketed by Kilby) allows crazy rotation on 2 axis and regardless of trailer orientation relative to vehicle. I am starting with a Lifetime Sahara trailer, sitting in my garage right now


Adding some VX rims with 30" tires, will move the fenders as needed, evaluating new leaf springs to raise the trailer further above the axle, but I may not need to.
10 Gal RV water tank above the axle, flexible solar panelsl kits are getting cheaper. I was thinking of using a projector screen style retractor or an outdoor blind retractor as the storage device, then just pull em out when needed.

This will be my summer project, coupled with the VX bumper.
I wish you luck and will be glued to this project thread!

Just awesome work.. SO much too learn from your build.. I am planing long trip very soon and would love to make similar arrangments first

[tom4bren]

What can I do to save more pcvs? I use one every 300 miles or so

This is what I did:

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...3&postcount=29

It cost about $20 including the extra hose I had to buy.