Harrop 2300 supercharger to Optimiser 6500

[MudRunnerTD]

2 hrs transferring 4l of hydraulic fluid into the hydraulic winch tank, holy shit that pumping is hard work under the car. reconfigured the interchiller pump circuit back to standard, still a few minor corrections and tidy up tomorrow. Starting on sliders after that.

I just did the front and rear Diff oils and the Gearbox and Transfer case fluid changes on the GQ, the Diff Oil is ridiculously thick and bloody hard work. I bought one of these a couple of years ago and dont pull it out often but bloody Hell! Game Changer mate! It made very short work of it.

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I had a small one and it was Horrible to use, i think mine is a 2lt one. Awesome. When you need it you need it.

[PeeBee]

I just did the front and rear Diff oils and the Gearbox and Transfer case fluid changes on the GQ, the Diff Oil is ridiculously thick and bloody hard work. I bought one of these a couple of years ago and dont pull it out often but bloody Hell! Game Changer mate! It made very short work of it.

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I had a small one and it was Horrible to use, i think mine is a 2lt one. Awesome. When you need it you need it.

Thanks for reminding me Darren, I have one of those also, bugger, would have been done in 15 minutes. Those tom thumb units are a bitch.

[PeeBee]

Ghee mate! I reckon that bloke who made those for you was scared of the dark! There is a few extra noggins in there! I see Heavy...Is it Tube or Pipe? I smooth plated the underside so they slider over mud etc and the checker doesnt jag on any edges. Checka on top, smooth on the bottom.

The kits are optioned up like crazy, simply select which one you want, some are twice the complexity. Its all 4mm pipe and the only weakness V the strength is there are 3 mounts , so I have purchased another two chassis mounts to make the bugger immovable. Going to crank my new - well unused for 3 yrs Mig out of the garage and lace into it on the weekend. I was over at the shed today and there is plenty of checkerplate over there, will see if I go the plate both sides V @MB sneaky angle deflectors

[PeeBee]

Finally connected the electrical feed to the bank of lithium's in the pod, turned on the 10Kw inverter and plugged in the 240V 15amp lunchbox welder, ran it at 100amps for about 3 mins continuous and its a winner - I mean it should be but I have had failures in the past trying to do this as well!! Runs a beautiful steady state bead, no issue, very pleased. The volt drop from main battery feed to the rear is 0.25V so will see what it will take to reduce this, however with the BCDC chargers I am sure they will compensate via their charge algorithms I suspect.

[PeeBee]

I dont know what or who is screening these posts , but this is a post made TODAY and its been deleted or relegated to a non existent post today - WTF is the point of contributing if the filter deletes the post - starting to lose interest to be honest. If the traffic content does not meet the narrative, let me know and I will fade into obscurity and not make the effort.

[Plasnart]

I dont know what or who is screening these posts , but this is a post made TODAY and its been deleted or relegated to a non existent post today - WTF is the point of contributing if the filter deletes the post - starting to lose interest to be honest. If the traffic content does not meet the narrative, let me know and I will fade into obscurity and not make the effort.

Oi Phil, there’s heaps of weird siht happening at the moment. Don’t be taking anything to heart right now mate. For the last 2 weeks the forum has been glitchy and I’m having issues with seeing past posts. Something’s going on mate, and your input is brilliant. Just take a breath and hope the boss can sort it. I’m bloody hopping it’s not hacking.

[mudnut]

Oi Phil, there’s heaps of weird siht happening at the moment. Don’t be taking anything to heart right now mate. For the last 2 weeks the forum has been glitchy and I’m having issues with seeing past posts. Something’s going on mate, and your input is brilliant. Just take a breath and hope the boss can sort it. I’m bloody hopping it’s not hacking.

Second that, Phil. "What's New" isn't always showing stuff as it should.

[BrazilianY60]

Keep posting mate, I am always keen to see the updates on your nice rig! It is a software thing from an automated software upgrade according to AB. He has reverted most of the things back to original software version, so stay here with us!

[PeeBee]

OK guys, I agree the platform has had some issues lately, all good, could not make sense of it after a full day in the Zoo with the primates.

[PeeBee]

Today I sorted out a coolant leak behind the S/C manifold, bloody utilux clips and such a range of clamps that do and don't tighten adequately. Ran the cables for the solar panels thru the pod wall, and mounted the Codan Voltage booster to give it a full 14V on transmit - makes a difference for sure.

Now, I am having some issues on the charging front.

The CTEK charger is hooked up to the Optima under the bonnet, currently boost charging at 14.7V into an AGM. I run the feed cable down the car to the pod where it goes into a Renogy 50amp DCDC charge controller. From here the power 'should' go to the bank of Lithiums - 400a/hr, but I am not seeing the float voltage rise at all. I have the cable running initially thru a 3 posn switch, so I can isolate everything in the pod, or switch to the Renogy or go straight into the Lithiums. I have a 300amp alternator, so thought I would run a big current when running the coffee m/c or induction tops or the welder. The Renogy does not appear to have a lithium selection mode, its maybe 5 yrs old. I do have a later one as a spare already mounted, maybe that does, but the only thing I can deduce is the charge voltage to the Lithiums is reduced to 14.5V and the AGM setting is at 14.7, so would think it still should be charging. I also have tried this charge check running to either of the Renogy or straight thru with no voltage rise - I am starting to think the 3 posn isolator is faulty - its an expensive Blueseas one, and should be fine. Any ideas? Unfortunately the only connection I cant get to easily is the terminal end of the charge cable going inside the 3 posn isolator - will check that tomorrow. I think its sounding like the isolator?

Only other thing I am thinking is I have the charge cable on one of the output cables - unsure what i would see in that scenario? Need to have another look tomorrow - would be a stupid mistake if that happened.