Little Red

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did a bit of flexy time at work today and finally painted the MK

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Paint job is ... errr ... fruity.
looks worse than orange peel :lol:

used high quality proper auto enamel paint too ... cost me 20 bucks

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Today i painted the overspray on the chassis satin black then removed all the wheels to finish screwing the flares on.
Rubbed the rust back on the wheels and cut the bumper to clear the flares and recovery point before painting them and refitting them.

New windscreen and rubber goes in tomorrow 8-)

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took it for its first drive around the block ... has bad ... make that extremely bad ... death wobbles :lol:

but shes a goer 8-)

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did a few things on it today ..

Repaired the bitch light and mounted it back on then ran the wiring into the engine bay.
Replaced the number plate light and moved everything up higher ...
LED's only work when wired one way as i found out after i removed it again
Mounted a couple of switches for lights after moving the turbo timer.
Dismantled the steering wheel and repaired the horn button assembly
Fixed the seatbelt.
Greased up everything and checked the spring bushes for wear ... seems OK but it still has the wobbles

replaced the sway bar bushes for the roadworthy
Yep ... she's now registered :mrgreen:

Decided it needed a shakedown run to see if it will make it to Cape York so i took it down to Menindee

Reckon its got enough grunt for towing duties ...


She made it down ... and back with no problems ... 8-)


You can read about the trip here http://www.bigredphotographics.com/f...c.php?f=5&t=15

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pinched the wheels off the wagon, made a snorkel, fitted the roofrack and awning then sprayed the sides as well.

Shes ready for the Cape York trip now [well ... as ready as its gunna be :lol: ]

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Had to do a couple of things to it on the way up to the Tip.

To help with my stock suspension problems i went to Clark Rubber and installed a 4 inch lift ...


I took the opportunity to do some Klunkerworthy repairs to Little Red...
The Driveshaft boot ...


keeping the water out of the gearstick holes ...

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She made it up to the very tip of Cape York with no problems... 8-) :mrgreen:
The tide had dropped a bit so i drove the mighty MK out to where the beach hit the rock at the Tip, as far North as you can drive on Mainland Australia ...

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I reversed back through the mud breaking the tail light in the process.


Gave the side a bit of a polish coming down into the Wenlock river


my exhaust hanger bolt had been ripped off coming down into the Wenlock so i did a klunker repair job on it ...


I bent the two rear mudguards but had no mechanical problems at all and made it back home no worries.

* You can read about the trip here ... http://www.bigredphotographics.com/f...ic.php?f=5&t=9


After sitting unused for a few months I fired her up and headed down to Norms place near Tea Gardens for a photo/video night and stopped at Red Rock on the way back
anyway ... driving up the highway through the rain I saw a sign ... how could I resist :lol:



*You can read about the trip here ... http://www.bigredphotographics.com/f...c.php?f=5&t=14

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Then because it had gone so well I decided to take her to the most Easterly point of mainland Australia at Cape Byron and continue down to the the most Southerly point of mainland Australia at South Point on Wilsons Promontory also visiting the highest point of mainland Australia at Mt Koskiousko as well as Victoria's and New South Wales's highest waterfalls.

But first i thought i had better replace the worn out brake drums.
i must have gotten used to it while away but now that i'm driving the work van around it shows up how bad the brakes are on Little Red.

I have also cut the corners under the tray and fitted LED lights.


With the upcoming trip looming i was not looking forward to driving another few thousand K's on the bumpstops ...

with the rear springs sagged more than the front it was sitting down at the back even before putting any load in it

the smart thing to do wold be to fit a new set of springs all round 8-)

but if i need new springs i would get a lifted set so i would need new shocks as well ... worth more than the ute :roll:


so i fitted a set of extended shackles and new bushes instead :lol: