Nearlly choked on dinner lmfao!!!Quote:
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Nearlly choked on dinner lmfao!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by taslucas
its just too easyQuote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
Haha, I had a feeling I'd regret posting that in a Patrol forum.
G'day MudRunner,
What's the latest with the beast?
Regards,
RLI
G'evening Petal!
I am just inquiring about those diffs mate!
PS, I just sent you a PM with my contact phone number.
Regards,
Paul
G'evening Darren,
I am just inquiring if you received my PM?
PS, you will have noticed i was the one that was kind to you on your birthday thread. No i am not crawling just to get those diffs. err well just a little. lol
Regards,
RLI
I saw this out and about over the weekend. So it still does exist.
True story!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lights
Looking a little worse for wear!!
Did a big drive over the weekend guys. Possibly the best Extreme trip I have done in the GQ. Not a Heap of mud which was a bonus. I did the same track and the Gates of Hell on previous pages but it was dryer. Much dryer. Had a great time and got to do some amazing tracks.
I have a heap f pics and will post some up later tonight when my phone is charged.
Thanks goes to Lights for leading this trip. It was mind blowing crazy on occasion and we did some tracks that were simply undrivable. Crazy stuff. Thanks Boz.
What a load of crap. You were devistated by the lack of mud :harhar:Quote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
Nah mate! Stoked! Bloody mud is overrated!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ben-e-boy
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Here are some pics.
Great crew, 6 cars, I had the smallest tyres!!
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Headed into the Gates of Hell track after dark. Had done a couple of warmup tracks already.
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On the winch soon enough
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Had a great run through in both directions. Much dryer than last time and great fun. I had the gopro going and will see about some video for you.
Had winch trouble late Saturday night but was able to keep going.
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Had to Winch into camp Saturday night and broke my winch rope twice before abandoning the attempt and getting another GQ with a 24v HiMount to winch up and then winch me into camp with a disabled winch and No Locker.
My navi and lights spliced my rope on Sunday Morning while I fixed the locker and we winched back out of camp again!! Crazy stuff.
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When do you want this alternator bracketry?
Last Friday would have been ACE!!!!! LMFAO!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
You'll have to change your name to dirtrunnertd
So when does the 24 v winch go in and the 37s go on. Haha. Great photos mate where can we see the vids of the trip??
Haha you should have messaged me! Seriously though I do want it gone and it has to be gone before the Simpson. We have to stop putting this off and set a weekend... Not one of the two following weekends though haha
Sunday was a great day. Started early on only a few hours sleep and didn't let for most of the day.
The Melbourne crew left around lunchtime for family commitments and 1 of the GQs had blown a CV.
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So after lunch Lights had something special. A track that had been washed out for a few years and undrivable was on the list to drive today!!! I seriously thought he was joking when we pulled up!!
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Holy shit!!
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Yes that is shoulder height and undercut. That's Lights from the vendors section standing there. He is a mad bastard!!!
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Massive winch up!!!!
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How lucky am I that this did not end badly!!
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The 24v is a Priority and is getting sorted. Winnie is a great bloke and is helping me there.Quote:
Originally Posted by 93patrol
The Tyres will have to wait a little while. Funds are bloody tight at the moment so on the back burner. The next set of tyres will be 37" Maxxis Treps though for sure! Just like on the 80 Comp truck on the pics. They ate the Simex 35" ETs all weekend.!!!
Looks like an awesome time! But I'm stumped why did you only 1/3 polish your driveshaft?
I reckon i have earned the Tag Bene ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ben-e-boy
Cheeky Bastard!!
The chassis and the lower arms are in the wayQuote:
Originally Posted by megatexture
Lol at the rate you are going in 6 months time it will change to dirtcrawlertdQuote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
Way too extreme for me. Still wish I had the coin to be able to do stuff like this
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Originally Posted by 93patrol
Yeah i feel it dont worry about that mate. It has taken me 11 years to get my GQ to the current build and my 35" Simex Centipedes need to be replaced with 37" Treps if i am serious about this type of driving. Big Bux and will have to wait a while.
Well Winne came down the HWY on Saturday and we stripped out the second Alternator off his TD. We stripped off all the brackets and thermostat housing off my TD to revert Winnie's back to standard. All bolted up and Winnie is as good as new.
Winnie is a Generous guy!! He gifted me the dual setup and I sincerely appreciate it. Thanks bloke.
So my plan is to source a 24v alternator with the same mounts and setup an independent 24v system for the winch. Batteries in the rear footwells and loose the second battery under the bonnet and fit a bigger air of and stainless snorkel. Will be a while but that's the plan.
While removing the thermostat housing I broke the rear bolt damn it!! Winnie I drilled and tapped it yesterday and fitted an M10 Helicoil and jobs right. Power steering pump fitted and fan removed for further inspection and maybe I will buy another I think. She looks pretty average.
Those fans are cheap enough from Patrolapart Darren. So everything went back on alright?
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Originally Posted by Winnie
Hi mate,
yeah i tapped out that Thermostat and that went on fine. Bolted up the PS pump and the kids took me away so thats as far as i got mate. Poor buggers battled on alone on Saturday so i had to make good Sunday LOL.
The Bracket is in place and ready for the alternator so may look around and see if i can find a 24v that is going to match the mounts and do the job once. Thanks again mate.
They did pretty well to not kill each other... haha!Quote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
Good to see this coming together Darren. Just in time for winter!
G'day Darren,
Thanks for the diffs mate!
They are still siting on my bench top in my garage. Unfortunately, I have been unable to work on my poor Patrol for the last 4 months.
Kind regards,
Paul
24v hooked up and working yet?
Well she has been parked up for a little whole now and I am finally getting some time to start on the 24v conversion. Stripped both batteries out and going to use the 2 full river Gel batteries inside the car behind he passenger seat as the 24v bank and last weekend picked up a marine battery from autopro when they had 25% off batteries. Score! That is going in under the bonnet and removing the second battery there.
Everything has to be desired and ran to the single battery now so a bit of work there.
While it's co out and apart I am trying to sort out the collapsed inner guards which have split and fractured. Very common on the GQ and everyone should have a look.
Check out some pics of the splits and tears
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I have already jacked the inner guard back into position before I took the pics I thought I grabbed some other pics the other day but oh well. Here is a couple of better ones
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Is that from old age wear and tear or just the way you drive.Quote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
Read the post beforeQuote:
Originally Posted by MEGOMONSTER
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Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
Yeah it's very common in GQs, its from the weight of the battery sitting on the inner guard. I AMA fan of running an over strap across the top of the battery to the side to help take the weight.Quote:
Originally Posted by MEGOMONSTER
The pic makes the splits not look bad but I had already jacked the inner guard up using the jack on the spring tower ready for welding, I probably jacked it 15to 20mm.
Everyone should have a good look at their inner guards. This is very common.
Twin battery tray made and installed. Stoked!
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Zach gave me a hand to bolt it through the floor.
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What are those Trekker slicks you run Darren?
Pissy little 35" Simex ET2s :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Lights
So finally got a little time under the bonnet of the GQ today. I have been avoiding it but bit the bullet and got a bit done.
Finally had a go at bolting up the second Alternator for 24v. The alternator was Slightly different to the 12v that Winnie had and the bracket need some modification to make it fit.
A little swearing and a few test fits and a grinder here and heat gun there, some love from a sledge hammer and here we go
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