I hoped that most of my bad luck had been all used up before the trip started; a reprogramming of a used ECU by Eric at Expedition Autoworks finally ended three weeks of misfiring, but I still had the problem of the rusted side body mounts and inoperative air conditioning. The fact that neither could be repaired in time only added to the spirit of adventure! Our Grand Tour involved driving me to a medical conference in Snowmass, then enjoying the National Rally in Breckenridge, and finally taking the long way home via South Dakota [visiting Mt. Rushmore] before arriving at the Minnesota Land Rovers yearly picnic at Gilbert, MN. The Discovery felt quite hot inside as the heat index in Iowa at night reached 110 degrees, but the temp gauge stayed in the normal range. The swimming lake felt downright hot. I thought the heat got to the truck the next day when it felt quite tippy on the road; pulling over I found the left rear tire almost leaving the hub! One lug had spun completely off. I had flashbacks to when I actually did lose a tire from the same location on the 1960. I tightened them all down and we ran quite stable the rest of the trip.
Rovers magazine
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