Who's flexies did you use?Quote:
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Who's flexies did you use?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kempy
you can finally check out my lift tomorrow Rod, maybe it will give you some ideas for a lift.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rocket55
today i drove my Freshly rebuild patrol to work! daayyuummm it cruises nicely now
It has dropped a little since new but you will get that with any new springs. But it hasn't dropped as much as you've heard...I did get the medium weight springs too...Quote:
Originally Posted by Kempy
I used susspension stuff flexis
Took out radius arms and give them to my bother to press in new offset bushes
Swapped out my failed clutch slave cylinder yesterday. Best the clutch has felt since I've had it. thanks for the help Nic!
Dissolved some marine grease into mineral turps and sprayed the inside of the chassis of the patrol. When the turps evaporates, it leaves a thin film of grease. Hoping its semi permanent but time will tell.
Parked her in the heavy arsed rain to wash the leftover mud from Krissos meetup off the roof ;)
Not quite today, but having recently removed the rooftop tent I have now replaced it with the portable solar panels I previously carried inside the pod, (in addition to the cab mounted one which has had a frame height reduction). No more lugging panels around for me. :) Previously I attached the panel mounts on our bus using Sikaflex 11FC & rivets. Having learned a bit since then this time I only used Sikaflex 11FC. Sika recommend their 252 product which is stronger than 11FC provided the correct primer & Aktivator are use with it. It is *very* expensive & *much* harder to use though. Many folk I know have used 11FC alone very successfully, including on 4wd’s. To be sure I removed all paint from the areas to be glued, back to bare aluminium, & roughed it & the mounts up with 60 grit sandpaper, before giving both a good clean with isopropyl alcohol. I used cut up adhesive pads (as sold to put under chair & table legs) to ensure the right thickness of Sika (needs to be a ceratin thickness to allow for the expansiion/contraction of the roof & mounts). Ended up using 5 tubes of Sika to fit the 4 panels. The panels themselves are bolted to aluminium angle which in turn attaches to the angle glued to the roof using riv nuts & allen head bolts.
The front roof panel overhangs the pod roof by just a smidgen so ‘just to be sure’ I added an extra mount at each side of it. The rest are only mounted with mounts along their long sides. I’m confident they wont come off. They were tested at 130kph today, having allowed 3 days for the sika to cure.
Total panel wattage is 425w. Mounted as they are I expect their maximum combined output (i.e. if batteries are low enough to accept the max) to be around 25amps using the ’70% rule of thumb’ which allows for flat mounting ( this equates to between 100Ah to 150Ah on a good solar day, dependent upon time of year & location. Possibly down to 75Ah in Tassie in winter. So hopefully we are covered for any part of Australia at any time of the year. (Our battery capacity gives a minimum of a week’s buffer against poor solar weather or being camped under trees) without need to drive to recharge. This is more than many would need for short breaks or only running a single fridge .... my goal is indefinite self sufficiency in power with the batteries returned to a float charge most days (ensuring long life), whilst running a separate fridge & freezer, lights , radio water pump, 2 laptops & a few other gadgets.
Next is replacing the plastic gutters (cracked) on the pod with aluminium angle.
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Installed my lift kit.:)
Spent a few hours this afternoon making myself a drawer for under the fridge.
But there's no leatherQuote:
Originally Posted by MEGOMONSTER
That's the next step.Quote:
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Originally Posted by threedogs
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Played around with the needle valve ,,,,again
running better than ever, temps at 100kph were as low as 250C on the flat,
Very happy with that
Rolled out the rear awning today to let it dry from Tuesdays soaking. Lol. Need to wash the car next.
I loaded mine up today with stuff from the hardware, thinking I should of bought a ute......but really wishing I bought a Y62!
A Y62 in a dual cab..now that's the go.
Go on, you be the first one to do it!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Yendor
Put my shiny new HPD MAF housing
Did you have to adjust the boost ??Quote:
Originally Posted by Dinger
6 new boots - Hankook Dynapro MT RT03's 285/75/16.
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No mate it is running 20 psi now no limp good to goQuote:
Originally Posted by threedogs
Gave the rig a good bath after the trip to Turong River.
got my odometer fixed so now it actually works ahah
Parked it in BA's driveway this arvo. Lol.
What brand of dash cam you got? I think I need another solar panel on the cab, to keep up with you. lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cuppa
Are you running 2 batteries or 3?
Rossco
Forgot to mention my young bloke installed a rear reversing camera for me, the other day.
It makes life so much easier and less stressful. lol
Fixd it... injector pump..
So no fast idle and pulling like a train now ehQuote:
Originally Posted by mullet_hunter
G’day Prez,Quote:
Originally Posted by DX grunt
Dash cam is a Uniden & is a POS. Wouldn’t recommend it.It was a freebie with the CB when I bought it.
4 batteries :) Only the cranker under the bonnet, & 3 x 120Ah in the pod. All can be paralleled together which gives me the options of charging all 4 from solar, all 4 from mains charger, all 4 direct from alternator if pod batteries were to ever get low enough to warrant a higher bulk charge rate than the 40 amps dc to dc charger can give. Winch runs of cranker, but can add the pod batteries to them at the flick of a switch.Can also jump start the vehicle off the pod batteries using the switch. Reckon I’ve got all bases covered! :)
I’ve got another portable 100w folding panel & regulator which came with the Tvan, but as I’m not replacing the now dead Tvan battery I will probably mount it on the shed roof to charge a battery to run a composting toilet fan & a few LED lights. The HD cable I used with the roof panels when they were portable is now used to connect the Tvan to the batteries in the pod. I fitted a flush mount anderson plug fitting today for that purpose. Almost 10 metres. Voltage gauge in Pod was reading 13.2v & the voltage gauge in the Tvan read 13.1v. I was happy with that. Not having a battery in the Tvan helps keep the drawbar weight down a bit.
I’ve fitted the new rain gutters on the pod now. Pr*ck of a job, took ages. Putting the ali angle on was easy enough, but getting all the silicon used previously to attach the plastic gutters was a real mission. Silicon should be banned from any surface which may ever need to cleaned! I was going to use adhesive (Fulaprene 303) to attach the aluminium, but the limited clearance underneath the door hinges meant that doing so would be very difficult without getting in an almighty mess, so I made the job super easy by using some 3M VHB tape.
Far out. So you could go what?? A month with no charge input???Quote:
Originally Posted by Cuppa
No wonder you needed stiffer springs
Last week I bit the bullet & ordered a Patroldocta stainless 4" airbox & snorkel combo.
I installed it today, I'm in love!
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Took it in to get the wheel alignment checked, still spot on after two years. Anyone looking for a wheel alignment or suspension fix in the Ballarat area I highly recommend Dale from 'Truline Steering & Suspension'. Been in the business for years and knows his stuff, independent operator and honest.
No connection, just a satisfied customer for many years.
Put an amp in today. Hopefully sounds good now
Started to remove everything to swap over the intake manifold with a clean one. Thanks to big_fletch for this. Got the IC off and throttle body. Then realised I need to disconnect the injector lines. Im going to abort for now and I might aswell save a bit longer for new squirters and do the glow plugs while im at it. Then its all done.
But I will do the return line mod now while im here....
putting wheel bearing back together and couldn't fit the sir clip back in .... pull it all off again then realise pull the axle out... dah
Haha I done that before.Quote:
Originally Posted by garett
Spent 3 hours underneath with the gerni, another 2 hours scrubbing inside and out, tried polishing out new scratch and made it worse, so booked in for a cut and polish, and fitted my new over-riders.
don't worry about pinstripeing adds character you and your show ponyQuote:
Originally Posted by katwoman