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First trip since making the upgrades went well.
Just a hours drive out to where we have some cattle on agistment near Bendigo.

Boost seems to be topping out a little lower at 12PSI down from...

Put the old mesh back on the front for now till I find something large enough to cover it properly.
Lift pump is installed and starts when the alternator spins up.
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Levels peaked about 14 hours before taking the video these screenshots are from.
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Carter 4601HP lift pump and a 100 micron strainer from filters plus have arrived.
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Message received but I may end up being one of those annoying idiots that ignore sound advice and ends up paying the price.
There is never enough time to do something right but there is always...

Thanks for the suggestion MB, I should have though of that seeing as the rad and condenser are rubber mounted.
Unfortunately I would have to remake the mounts as the bolts are tight in the holes and...

Finished of the intercooler mounts.
Picked up two 45 to finish the last stretch of pipping into the manifold but it was too close to the power steering so I used a 90 that was left from the original...

Mate just dropped off the manifold inlet for me he had welded together after hacking up the old DTS inlet.
Still need to trim a bit more out from the grill and find some mesh to cover it up without...

Been a while but a little progress has been made.
Moved the alternator wiring and the vacuum hose but still needs a bit more work to make sure it is secure and wont rub a hole.

Lost a little gas...

When I did this using cheap 55w 4300K HID in IPF driving lights they were a bit too tightly focused leading to blinding reflections from signs.
Putting a washer around the globe so it didn't go in...

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Pulled the bull bar off this morning and only snapped half the bolts in the process.
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The UHF antenna even came off easier than expected thanks to rats having chewed it's cable in...

TD42 was using ~20L per 100k.

Replaced air filter but it wasn't bad other than the fact that there had been some dust getting past the foam seals between the filter and the DTS air box....

Few things that didn't all happen in a day.
Been a year and a half since I flushed some seriously chunky rust out of the rad and the coolant was brown again so once again I left it a bit late.
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Well that didn't go as planed.
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Slapped together a battery box.
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Claas oil drum cover.
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