Dave - AdvMnd

Dave - AdvMnd The Adventurous Mind
Colorado Living / Overland & Garage Tinkerer

04/13/2026

Here’s your sign to not be toxic in the car scene. There’s a lot of people out there that are scared to work on cars and should be encouraged and helped. In a world where it’s normal to bring your car in for repairs, we should help people and pass down knowledge to at least learn.

04/12/2026

Swapped out the mechanical fuel pump and went to take it on a test drive to see if that fixed my fuel issues for now. Heard a noise under the hood and the radiator cap popped off from pressure. It wasn’t up to temp yet so I know it didn’t overheat or anything. The cap doesn’t grab the radiator well, so I might have had it on slightly off center. The previous owner recently put in a new radiator, but it’s still an old cap, so I’ll just buy a new cap. It was more comical as I was going to film a test drive video when it happened 😂. Fix 1 thing, find another.

Now if only I can find a deal on a used set of 33s, so I can get the AR23 wheels on it. Why the heck did anyone make a 1...
04/12/2026

Now if only I can find a deal on a used set of 33s, so I can get the AR23 wheels on it. Why the heck did anyone make a 16.5” wheel 🤷🏻‍♂️. Other than patching the rust areas and wheels/tires, I’m not changing really anything on the exterior. I wanted the inside cleaned up, but that’s about it.

04/11/2026

She rumbles a bit! The two big things remaining are door seals and a new mechanical fuel pump. Not sure if the fuel pump will be the fix for an issue it was having under loads (up hill and 60+), where it would just fall on its face, but I figured that’s the first thing to try. Previous owners had an electric fuel pump wired in on a switch that I feel like he used as needed for a back up. We shall see. I mostly wanted to get the interior stuff done first.

04/10/2026

Little steps, but the interior is close on the Dentside

Swipe for the before…Not done yet, as I only have the bottom cushion recovered so far, but it’s looking way better than ...
04/07/2026

Swipe for the before…
Not done yet, as I only have the bottom cushion recovered so far, but it’s looking way better than it did before!

04/06/2026

It’s been awhile since I welded anything. I’m not great at light gauge and need to practice more. Since this is the floor pan, I just lapped it and did a bunch of tack welds. Then I used body sealer and covered it up with Kilmat. Between the Kilmat and the carpets padding, you can’t tell. The underside I did body sealer where I could, and will spray it with some rubber undercoating stuff, just to keep rust from forming.

The current fleet2005 Sequoia - This will go to Phoenix in about a year1993 Land Cruiser - Long term project to replace ...
04/02/2026

The current fleet
2005 Sequoia - This will go to Phoenix in about a year
1993 Land Cruiser - Long term project to replace the Sequoia
1978 F250 - My back up / Home Depot runner / weekend cruiser

Best part is, no more car payments.

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Denver, CO

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http://www.advmnd.us/

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