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Still dreaming of my 'Millweld' in 'White' (minus spotties) + (me old 90's HM revamped) with new 2 x descent oil coolers out front :-) Cooling bullet proof I reckon :-)
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Now that is a cool idea, pardon the pun. Getting rid of the fog light insets in my ARB bar ( as I don't have fog lights) and moving the oil and PS coolers behind these locations.Quote:
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This would free up realestate in front of the radiator.
Thanks heaps for the idea!
Cheers
Rainsey
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What model is yours? And is it Auto?Quote:
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G'day Rainsey, great to see you back old mate!Quote:
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Your query above is where it gets tricky for me mate. I'm running a weird setup of twin rear 16' pulling fans for slow low climbs (no mech fan) Custom brass radiator with no shrouds to speak of. And it's a manual NA too. Blokes like ET have sorted out their auto versions with great success I believe, sorry for the confusion mate :-(
Hey, no confusion, clear as mud :)Quote:
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It the slow climbs when towing that Im concerned about. Just being a sponge for info.
Kindest regards
Rainsey
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You're a good man :-)Quote:
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Just to be clear for others, when I mentioned slow climbs, truly meant 2kmph up rocky hills with 3,000+ CFM. My setup is far from proven hauling 3.0T vans @ 100kmph :-(
Mark, is this how you bought yours or did you do the mods yourself? I have removed my 9" LED driving lights and replaced with a single 28" led light bar that just fits between the posts of the ARB bullbar. This gives almost a clear throat thru the radiator - looking at chopping the licence plate down and relocating it to open it right up.The rating of the light output is greater than the spotties but the range is no doubt reduced. I am off to Burgoynes on thursday thru Monday, so will see how the temps rise and start to get used to the new rig. Finally got the correct GVM plate from BD today, so heading to Vicroads next week for the process.Quote:
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G'day Phil, it came with a custom aluminium radiator which unfortunately fell apart on me within the first 6 months. New setup was created with the blokes at Yarra Ranges Radiators-Lilydale who have experience up the high country way too. Have fun on Burgoynes mate, will have to join you on a trip in early 2017 when it all calms down for me. Great news on your GVM plate issue finally corrected, Happy Days!
Safe Travels :-) !
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First weekend away with the new motor - did not go well.
Got into Burgoynes without incident and stopped to have a look at the hut - car world not stat - battery appeared totally daed or at least it was sitting at 13.5V then turn the key - down to 4V - fark. Jump started it with a cable across to the aux battery - all going.
Drove over the hill to the next capsite, parked up then heard a hissing and splashing sound - oil pissing out of the sump. Checked further, 20 cent piece slot hole punched in the sump - lost about a liter of oil.
BD changed the coils and the ones they put in are sloppy and way too soft - coil went to full compression at about 1kph and came down hard on a mount bolt holding the front diff guard in place - fark
Popped bonnet and aircon belt had turned itself completely inside out on the pulley - how the hell can that happen?
Anyway, luckily had a slug of instant metal, so cleaned up the slash and fixed the hole. Starter issues just got worse and had a look at the belt but the mechanism to adjust the belt defies everything i have seen so far, so left that alone.
Rang BD on Saturday after climbing out of the valley to get phone coverage. They are organising a new starter motor and sump, out of Eagle Spares in Melb on Monday - will see how long this actually takes. I will have to have another chat with Scotty at BD about the belt though. Couple of shots attached. Going to weigh the front of the vehicle to match a set of coils correctly.
Engine itself runs hard and well, really happy. Fuel consumption way better that the overloaded 2.8 - approx 1/4 tank better for same k's. Have not filled it back up yet as cant rstart it when it stops at the moment.
Sorry to hear your first run was a bugger old mate :-( You mentioned pics 'attached' I can't see them Phil, maybe my Tapatalk app thingo ?
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