MudRunnerTD's GQ From the Ground Up

[NickBGU4]

Well done Mudrunner, great job on the build. Must be really satisfying now that you have it back on the road after all that time.

All the best
Nick

[MudRunnerTD]

Thanks for the comments guys

Here is the next installment

The air system i did while i was building it includes 2 fire extinguishers that i have no pic for but they are mounted under the rear drivers side seat.

The Big Boss compressor is mounted in a custom box on the rear drivers quarter and all the air lines are pvc pneumatics with push fittings.



I used ARB diff lock solenoids switched at the centre console to operate the air system



you can see the red low pressure valve to the left side there. that is controlling a low pressure system to the Winch and Gear box to help keep the water out in a bog hole.



Excuse the labels, i have not got around to finishing that but i have the technology but not the time.

[MudRunnerTD]

In this build i also finished the incab winch control switches too.

I had a setup before but used Narva style rocker swtiches and they are not dust proof and used to jamb on. Not good

I replaced them with these and they are dust proof from super cheap.



The LED lights up when the button is pressed to tell me that there is power there.

The silver button on the steering column is actually a green LED that lights up when i switch on the Winch Isolation switch to light up the switches at night. I also have a white LED marker light over the winch drum linked to this switch for night driving. BONUS!!..

[Mark]

MATE, LOVE READING YOUR STORIES!!!

Just a quick one, whats the bottles switch for in that last pic?

Love the winch controls, well done!

[MudRunnerTD]

The bottle switch is to isolate the storage bottles from the air system so when pumping up tyres or using lots of air somewhere i dont ahve to fill my bottles. When pumping up tyres i need to change my valve over to one that holds air when not in use so it will charge the bottles when i am moving tyres and then the bottle will help with a quick burst. Bt basically i am pumping 35s so 2 bottles or 5 odd litres of extra volume just slows things down.

And obviously they are in the back ground and are actually in the centre console, but look a bit strange in that pic...LOL. Check the pic higher for the switch in the console.

Good on ya Mark. Thanks for the comments.

[Timbo]

Great build up mate. Some of those cabin shots of the complete chaos bring back memories when I replaced the roof and the inside of the car.. nothing more daunting than a totally stripped inside of a car.

Wish I had more time to allocate to my beast, but I think I'll stop the mods on it until I buy another GU with a bigger motor, a 4wd that I plan on keeping for a long time.

[clever ideas]

very nice, the photos really show the effort and work gone into it all

[MudRunnerTD]

Cheers Guys,

Well i took it up the snow about 6 weeks ago and had some fun. Boys Swag trip up over Mt Skene. Swagged it on over 1m of snow and had 4" over night. Great trip. Damn cold but!!

Had a great weekend but have to say put a little bend in her.....Damn it!

Tucked in the drivers 1/4 on a tree after sliding off a track getting out of camp on the Sunday morning. Would be an easy repair if it was not for the fact that i have BOLTED ON THE FLARES every 4" with SS alan key and lock nuts. Every one of these also goes through the inner gaurd and this is in the way to fix the dent. Filed in the Couldn't be shagged file at the moment, been working on the GU

I will have to start a build thread for the GU IV now as i have just got back from a trip through the middle and did a 3" lift on her before i left.

I will have a bit of a look through and see if i have some more pics of this GQ but looking forward to the seasonal openings.....not long to go.

[AB]

Disaster MR! That's the only downfall in doing things properly and "over engineering" is taking them back off...lol

Build thread for the GU IV would be great to see mate, hopefully not as intense as this one mate!

[MudRunnerTD]

Disaster MR! That's the only downfall in doing things properly and "over engineering" is taking them back off...lol

Build thread for the GU IV would be great to see mate, hopefully not as intense as this one mate!

LOL AB when i got out of the car and saw the damage the first thing i thought was "oh well easy fix! Damn! thats gunna suck taking the inner guard out though!"

The wife would KILL ME if i did a build like this to the GU. LMAO. Nah, 3" lift done properly with drop boxes and some other goodies and 33" Kumos and.....stuff! Ya know? STUFF.

The missus just turns a blind eye and has stopped asking me a long time ago, it just gets done and she takes it for granted that i will sort it out. I do the banking so she does not even want to know how much it costs!!! Love the missus!