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    Quote Originally Posted by Rip'n'Shred View Post


    Sounds bloody awesome.
    So any time frame on the trip or going at your own pace?

    And dam that mcc bar spreads those spares..
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    The only restriction with time is I go back to work early February otherwise it's just the wet season up north. When it comes we will retreat south via Alice & The Rock through SA, VIC, maybe Vic high country or Tassie, then back to NSW.

    The wheels are spread real far. Probably not as bad as it looks. Can only imagine 35's on it!
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    Interesting few days. So had the patrol dyno tuned in Townsville on Monday afternoon. Wastegate was stuck closed and he mentioned that the pump is a bit tired. Big improvement was made though.



    Went to leave Townsville Tuesday morning and could smell coolant. Pulled up and checked it out to find coolant coming down firewall inside vehicle on passenger side. Decided to go back to Townsville, get van park for a couple of nights and fix heater core leak.

    So I pulled out the dash and took heater core to Natrad and had it pressure tested. Clearly could see a hole in core. Got a new core and a new radiator whilst I was there and replaced both, and reassembled dash. Not much old stuff left now!

    Hopefully an end to the issues!!!!!

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    Bugger about the heater..
    But luckily it happened now and not middle of nowhere..

    Also good gains..

    When in SA and down south east around robe / mount gambier drop us a line and I'll show you the best beaches
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    After recovering from the heater core saga we pushed on over next week or 2 through Cairns, Daintree, Cape Tribulation, Bloomfield Track, Cooktown, Old Laura, Cape Melville, Musgrave Roadhouse, Coen, Archer River Roadhouse, and into Weipa for a few days of vehicle maintenance, fishing and relaxing by the pool.



    Archer Burger @ Archer River Roadhouse




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    Unfortunate luck continued with a dead starter battery, probably due to endless corrugations, and then the alternator died on the way out of town on the last day. Back into Weipa and $500 later I was fitting a new one in the shade of a big tree near a playground for the kiddies.



    Could be in a worse place I suppose.



    Crossed paths with plenty of other travellers with much big concerns than mine! Blown shocks, leaking fuel tanks, broken idler arms on IFS vehicles, cracked chassis of trailers, broken bullbar mounts, the list goes on....


    Onward bound to The Tip........
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    Last edited by Rip'n'Shred; 11th December 2016 at 09:38 AM.
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    great shots mate! how has the cross country set up been going?

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    Thanks. The cross country combined with the tune up is great. Was considering DIY but by the time you buy a good quality core, quality silicone elbows, good fan, design and make a bracket, bonnet scoop, add in your time, etc I think its not that bad value really. Hurts the hip pocket to begin with but as soon as you see and feel it you know is good quality.
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    Awesome holiday shots mate. Take my hat off to ya for attacking those fixes on-the-fly. Especially the full dash out job. What a mission... Hope I never have to cross that.
    And I agree about the cross country cooler. Hurts a bit at the start as it is a bit of $ to hand over but considering the whole package you get, in the end it isn't really that bad. And it definitely performs! Well my one does.
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