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27th October 2019, 11:08 PM
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We gave the old family wagon another good float work out this afternoon hauling Mrs MB’s young Clydesdale Cross (650kgish) up up over and across to Mansfield flatter valley ways for training.
Redarc alarm EGT’s on the stock TD42T are absolutely annoyingly and we are deliberately dropping cogs to keep under 575C up hills although very happy water still will not currently break 95C with some 3C to go until fully open on the TD27 88C thermostat so far found good folks!
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27th October 2019 11:08 PM
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28th October 2019, 02:51 PM
#92
Originally Posted by
MB
Somewhat irrelevant to thermostats folks, big believer in stock designed positive/negative air pressure zones now.
Many a great sand driver folks hate these ‘Air Dams’ as they ‘rip off’ when reversing have read but do believe down here they are integral for our highway needs.
EDIT: Mrs MB’s near stocky dam :-)
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I put that back on mine, did absolutely nothing to help the kettle from boiling.
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28th October 2019, 03:46 PM
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We should definitely park our family wagons side by side together one day Mark mate. I’m wondering if there is possibly any slight set up differences on the ZD30 conversion TD’s or are they all same same radiators, cowlings, rubber and plastic bits everywhere etc....?
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28th October 2019, 06:30 PM
#94
The 747
I reckon it's time to put an intercooler on the GU Markie
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29th October 2019, 08:24 AM
#95
Originally Posted by
MB
We should definitely park our family wagons side by side together one day Mark mate. I’m wondering if there is possibly any slight set up differences on the ZD30 conversion TD’s or are they all same same radiators, cowlings, rubber and plastic bits everywhere etc....?
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Mines all TD under the hood mate. I made sure of this.
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29th October 2019, 08:25 AM
#96
Originally Posted by
Winnie
I reckon it's time to put an intercooler on the GU Markie
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Yeah definitely. Fairly low cost and we can make a weekend of it at your place for the install.
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30th October 2019, 04:19 PM
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19th December 2019, 11:47 PM
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19th December 2019, 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by
MB
Haven’t driven the old family GU faithful truckster for a little while now as was away working with the GQ almost as much loved kettle up north until this warming last weeks home. Scored a 39C ambient GU temp test day yesterday for a blast up our home test hill still on the Russian 88C winter TS as installed before.
Finally managed to sneak a new 2019 record of 99C on this hill top once eased off the peddle with heatsoak and it blipped up there for a fleeting full open few seconds before back to old 76.5C TS same same too max of 98C summer found for us last year on the brand new then OEM radiator.
Best I can nuffy understand from findings now is that regardless of purchased OEM thermostat settings the summer time ‘max’ temps in this wagon don’t seem to alter although the rest of the years warmer and down to seriously colder ambient temps hug so so much closer to healthier running temps of 88C + I smell and find much betterer :-)
Really keen for anyone please to trial the OEM 82C (apparently Aussie manual spec) version to see if they can achieve similar‘stability’ instead of huge ‘fluctuations’ as what originally did scared me and these beloved donks we have!
IMHO now: “It’s all in our cooling systems overall health”
~MB :-)
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Funny you should mention someone else trialling a 82° thermostat @MB, I just picked one up from Nissan on Wednesday
I was thinking of fitting it as we move out of summer though.
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20th December 2019, 12:33 AM
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