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That is a good method, well done.
Here is another, very simplistic way. A funnel and some clean (new) garden hose.
As most oil bottles have measurement marks on them you can get very close, before...

Thanks Roofy.
Yes I was very pleased with how the bead breaker performed, and really simple to make.
When touring I really like things that can be used for more than one purpose, in this case it...

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Thank you for the nice comments folks. It's always good to 'give a bit back', and thanks to "toddrhind" for leading me to "Fotosizer", makes uploading much easier.

After lining up with above mentioned referenced point, I am using a tie-down strap and my 12 volt pump to reseat the bead, just to make sure I can do the same in the bush. It seated far easier than I...

Forgot to mention earlier to mark the tyre with a reference point, the purpose being to try and get the tyre back on as close as possible to its balanced position.

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Another dose of soapy...

Starting the removal with 'trusty big lever' and then hold with foot while proceeding with another lever.

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Here I'm cutting the plug off as close as possible.

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Place the patch...

The next shot shows the bead breaker attachment for the jack. Some folks will use the whole foot of the jack, with varying success. I believe crushing the whole tyre profile down would have to damage...

It had been a long time since I had done a tyre repair, apart from a couple of plugs, so after checking a slow leak and finding a puncture, thought I would do a plug and patch, and to familiarize...

Thanks for the help. Trying fotosizer.

Can someone tell me of a good (hopefully free) photo program for resizing pic's to the required size? To save going through another web site.

I go with evil twin on this, especially the highlighted, have you tested yet?
You could take it back to Deerings and get them to check the whole system, as they did the work.

I know others with...

If you can be patient I will do a walkthrough on a carrier I built, in the DIY section.
I just have to find a way to post pictures more efficiently as the way i'm doing it now is very time consuming.

The noise is just as Tony pointed out, a lot of TD42's do the same. Have been told by another mechanic "it will still be doing it at 700,000km's".
In other words, don't worry about it.
In saying...

Thanks for the comments.

The questions regarding the fridge ventilation is a very good one, and one that concerned me, even before the storage system.
I did want to build with close tolerances,...

Thought I would start off showing the storage system I built, As it is the single biggest project (in time) I've done on the wagon.

I looked at buying an 'off the shelf ' storage, but none were...

This is a pic of our touring set up, last year.
It's at Arthur Ck, a seasonally dry creek about half(ish) way between the Alice and Boulia, on the Plenty.
We pulled in for an over night stay and...

No worries, I will probably be guilty of hijacking at some time, lol.

We had no real problems with the flooding here, as we are on a hill, the hill did become an island though.
Sitting on the...

Thanks heaps for the welcomes.
I live west of Laidley, Lockyer Valley.

Having a little trouble sizing photos.

Cheers.

Been a lurker for a while, like the 'good nature' and help offered here.
Have knocked around in the bush for many years, both working and touring.
My vehicle is a GQ DT42 with DTS Turbo, and pretty...