Looks amazing dude...that roof steel worked out great...had to use the bilge pumps yet?
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Looks amazing dude...that roof steel worked out great...had to use the bilge pumps yet?
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Thanks mate, No the poor thing is stashed in a paddock away from home hiding while i build my Shed. It is nearly ready to come home and then be ready for some crazy winter driving hopefully.Quote:
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Shotgun first navi lol
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What size Treps are you running Daz?
Not seen one of those wide mouth fairleads before, where did you get that???
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The wide mouth failed suits the extended Drum on the +76 Deltatek freespool. Also it 8s big enough to let a Knot in the rope pass through which is a real bonus. I run 12mm rope though and hope never to need to knot it....
The 4wd shed had a batch custom made. Gigglepin make a wider one to suit the free Spool but not open like that.
So with the help of @matfew a couple of weeks ago I Commissioned my Hoist. This was a very big days Gents 10 years in the planning.
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Chuffed I am
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A very big Deal!!!! STOKED
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A couple of months ago I stumbled on this Beast of a Compressor on Facebook. It was listed badly and I did a 3 second Google search and pounced on it. I Drove across town as quickly as I could to get my hands on this BEAST!!!
Welcome the new Warn VTC Double Compressor no longer sold in Australia. This was a $700 compressor 15 years ago.
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What a BEAST!!
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8CFM at 90psi !!!!
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So today I pulled it down, i removed the exo-cage and chassis and have had to heavily mod the chassis to fit into the space. It won't fit next to the 37 in the back so I have to mount it on an angle and cut through the cargo barrier. This this is pretty big.
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The tank on top is an Air tank and will retain the 2 ranks I already have.
I stripped out the carpet out of the back too as it was a pain to get the 37 in on top of the carpet.
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Crikey what a beast Daz, you’ve kept that whopper extremely quiet Legend :-)
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That ^^^ all looks fantastic mate, congratulations on the 10 year arrival, you must be very pleased.
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Haha! yeah I was thinking that myself. My ARB twin now seems so insignificant now.Quote:
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I have sent an email to Warn USA today asking if i can run this Compressor off my 24v as it really close to the bank. Anyone want to chime in? Thoughts on putting 24v through that motor?
Wow!! I just found this article written back in about 2010 i reckon, maybe even a little earlier...
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This has the VTC compressor at the top of the pile, it is written in Australia and the price was $1425....... in 2010... I cant wait to use this thing in anger..
So the question is so you can upset us all, how much did you pay for it?Quote:
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I’ll start with an apology Old Mate :-)
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Never anger a red head :-)
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Bhahahahahaha
Got most of the install done today.
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Pulled out one of my air tanks to fit a bigger one.
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I need to rework a solenoid in the system.and add a loom bridge and we are game on.
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So some testing. From zero pressure to 100psi into the holding tanks.
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And I aired down the 37 to 16psi.....
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To pump up the 37 from 16psi to 42psi without the engine running....
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Had a chance to take some better pics of my removable mud flaps today.
19mm spanner and swap takes about 1 minute a side
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That's clever Darren, luv stuff like that. I may graft the concept onto mine - somehow??? Factory flares front and rear are bent and mangled, so need an upgrade.
#thisisreallyliving
Vic High Country
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Zac is a dobbleganger with my nephew. Before i scrolled down the page I thought, whats Chris doing with Darren - unbelievable.
Is Zac taller than you now Darren?
BTW, was it next January you had half the Cape Jaffa Caravan park booked? We want to go there for second week of January but not sure how you guys will go, border may still be closed.
Yeah this coming January. We are really hoping for the border to be open by then but I think we will need to come up with a back up plan just in case.Quote:
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Was joking about the border being closed, you guys will piss off Covid 19 by then.
So had a huge weekend away in the Q. Was Epic.
Hit the road early Friday with Zach in the Navi seat to find some great tracks and enjoy the hills, find some Snow, teach Zach some skills and throw it down as many tracks as we could.
#comewhatmay #thisisreallyliving #giveitapropergo #justsendit
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We camped at Comet Flat on Friday night. Was Cold and Wet. We got a fire going but was a real struggle.. here is one from Zach!!!! Let put the wet wood on the swing hot plate supplied by ParksVic!!!! Worked Great!!
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Poked my nose up Brewery Tk on Saturday and was disappointed to find it is now a Gated Seasonally Closed track!!!!
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#comewhatmay #giveitapropergo #thisisreallyliving
We got pretty Lose on Saturday. Zero F@cks Given and pointed the GQ at everything that looked interesting.
Zach was a little apprehensive about going alone but he really underestimated the GQ. We got pretty Crazy. By the end of the weekend he had ALOT of Love for the GQ. Seriously it is a Beast.
We hit the Champion Spur Link track in both direction in the rain. Crossed the Goulburn on Champion and headed up Black Ridge.
I gave Zach a heap of technical info on winching and setting up recoveries and soon enough he got a chance to try out his learning.
Jump out the window mate. Winching we are!!!
He lost his cherry jumping out the window!!
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He was pretty Chuffed
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So we headed up another couple of Hectik Tracks I can't name here and the weather set in and it started raining hard. We consulted the Rooftop Maps and thought we would see if the hut marked was really there!!!!
What a sight for wet eyes!!! Best thing Ever!!!!
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Dry wood stacked and waiting!!! God send!
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Plenty of room for 6 swags easy
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Bugger me!!!! @AB was here in 2013!!
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Fire was hot. Whiskey was cold. Food was cooked.
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We cut a huge log and filled the Wood stack back to full before leaving.
Thank you High Country Hut
We might have found some Snow
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Found a second Hut. Well equipped. Likely used mainly by Hunters.
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We did our Service. Cleared a Massive double trunk downed tree. I didn't get a before pic but seriously considered turning around. My saw was no where near big enough but we gave it a red hot crack. 1.5 tanks of fuel later and some winching and the track was open again.
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This sign was very confusing on Mr Selma
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I drove home late Sunday night and went through the Covid19 Roadblock at 11pm as quietly as I could. Was a little anxious about attention from Vicpol. We got through.
School drop off on Monday for my Little Person.. Lol.
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Love her to bits.
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This really is the first really decent trip I have done in this car in 5 years.
Feedback....
24v High mount........ OMFG!!!! There is simply no comparison to a 12v High mount. This thing is a weapon. So much faster. So stoked with this upgrade.
37" Beadlocked Treps!!!.... Holy Batshit Crazy. Beast Mode Tyres!!! Epic. #Justsendit game changer people. Epic
Warn VTC Compressor.... Bloody Hell!!! I dropped in at Winnies on the way home to air up. The Treps were at 23psi. Using a stop watch to air up, it took 90 Seconds per tyre to go from 23psi to 43psi... stoked. That is a BIG Tyre.
Worth the hard work. Worth the time and effort. Can't wait to head out again now.
Stoked!!!!
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Bloody awesome Daz absolute beast, so spewn couldn't head out, stupid covid damit. . Seriously are lucky to have awesome areas in our backyard. Those signs on Selma to discourage people ripping up the sides of road and little firebreak tracks that head along the spur a bit trashed that spot lol. . . Good to see it being used, fun working on the things but even better using it for what it's for lol. .
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Yeah it was really odd placement. They were on the side of the road. It read like I could not proceed bit I did. Figured it was about the side of the road which was getting smashed.Quote:
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STOP
DO NOT PROCEED.
Got my attention.
I know that hut, (the first one)sight for cold bones for sure, especially after coming over the top of 'that hill!'
That sign was like one my son and I came across years ago when going over the Dargo High Plains road towards Harriettville.
Sign was a fixed in the ground, so there 365 days a year. Told us we couldn't go any further as the road was seasonally closed. But the sign was right next to a gate which was wide open. So I'm thinking, the sign is pretty clear, but the gate is wide open so maybe the sign doesn't apply YET?
We went through, probably shouldn't have, it was bloody snowy.
Looked like a great trip Daz, heaps of fun.
So thenGQ 8s up on the hoist and notice some oil on the shed floor a few weeks ago. My front drivers shock was leaking. I must have blown a seal in the high country.
So pulled it off and stripped it a couple of weeks ago and using YouTube found the superior engineering vids to be pretty good. Made a couome of calls ro telgwm to confirm what is what but comfortable with the rebuild.
So it turns out the leak was from the swivel which had just come loose and i did not need to strip but here we are.
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The leak was there
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The local shock builder will refill the nitrogen for $10. Winner. I just used my compressor to set it up and will add Nitrogem next week.
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5W fork Oil.
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Did you take the shims off the piston? It'll be good to know the diameter, thickness and layout of the stack for a good baseline incase you want them tuned up a bit.
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To be honest i did not notice any shims. Interesting, the other week I called Superior about Bleed method because the youtube vid actually misses a little bit. During that discussion which sent me back to the shed to strip down the other half damn it, but I asked what oil weight. The bloke didn't know so went and asked. Came back and advised me to use 10W fork oil. I bought 2 lots on special. On Friday I called again to run through the Bleed specifically as I had emptied the remote res and line completely and their vid misses how much room you should leave in the remote res. Got the info and as I hung up I asked again, just confirming 10W oil mate. NO! 5W oil bud. I asked what the difference would be as i had $60 worth of 10W. He said the 10W would just make it a firmer Shock. I was able to exchange the 10W for 5W happy days.
So long story short, heavier weight oil could be used to tune it a little too.
Im doing ok. The ute is closer to the scrap heap than it is to anything else. I'm still dirty about that fuckin engine and the people who wiped their hands with it. But anyway enough about that POS.
The shims are the little disks that partially cover the holes and wells in the piston. Ftom the bottom you'll have the lock nut, washer, rebound stack, piston, compression stack and washer. If you get them tuned, its these shims that will change the damping characteristics.
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bugger. Mate I remember that day!!! I was gob smacked mate. So pissed for you. A real shame, you were building something pretty slik.
I reckon you should put it back together mate and use it. Even LS it and have some fun.
Re the shims. Yeah I did have a good look at that cause it was the first time I have been inside one. Is pretty cool. But alas I did not take measurement there and she is back together now.
The Amadas i have are Gen1 and are no longer supported by Superior. They run a Gen2 and their own brand so if I need parts I am on my own. Interesting that the part that leaked on me is part of the change they made to Gen2.
See how we go