Thread: Fozzy, CCCCC prep....

Originally Posted by numpty

Just for interest, whenever I plan a trip, I work on a speed average on the balcktop of 70kph. Our normal cruising speed is only around 85 to 95, and when you factor in smoko and lunch stops (mandatory I say) the days average always ends up being around 70.

I dont do it that way...

I factor it out as sections of driving then plan the stops in.. each leg wil always be between 2 and 2.5 hours of driving at my nominated "cruise speed" then I have a 30 minute stop the lunch stop is always an hour.

I may not use all the time but when youve got to write up the log book, check the load, check the rubber, the vehicle yada yada, take a leak, wash your hands, quick nibble and a drink it soon adds up to the break times...



and onto todays update....

The Fuel consumption check....

near enough to 220Km traveld (219.8 by the trip meter) for 23.01 l of diesel...
the speedo reads a touch slow when compared to the GPS which means one of 2 things.

a, the speedo is lazy and is showing the wrong speed but keeping the correct KM on the odo and trip meters
b, the speedo is right but the gearing is wrong so I am going further than its indicating.. I'll have to investigate further....

but the maths of it all as it is is that Im getting about 9.5K to the liter or 10.5l/100K.
and given that I have a very slight weep from the return line a couple of injectors that I know are not spraying correctly, the exhaust is stupidly restrictive and I still dont have a decent air intake setup I think I can crack it for the low 9's to the hundred for consumption when its all just right....

bye bye free wheeling hubs, hello full time drive.... (well full time as in I dont have to get my feet muddy to get the front wheels driven any more)



wheel bearings adjusted and put back to oil (which they sort of were) and added some one shot grease for good measure while it sorts itself out, serviced the diffs and checked the lash and pulled the shafts out of dobbos ex sals so Ive got sparies now all I need to do is track down a set of fine spline series front shafts (all mine are II's and IIA 10 spliners) and Im covered for diffs and axles.

Brakes are a little thin but since i gearbox brake a lot Thats not a big problem atm but a measure up against some spare shoes I have should see the brakes sorted next week..

speaking of engine braking...

The new Exhaust sounds great (for a 2.25 diesel)


the pick ups a lot better from mid range up now the old pipe was crushed in 2 places and had a cross section of maybe 25mm.

I also got the electrics a little more functional with the temp and fuel gauge in the dash now working and the indicator stalk replaced so that now at least it doesnt automatically indicate right at random intervals...

Darren came over for a look at kermit today so as part of the parcel I got him to help out doing the coolant system flush and change...

so he got his first drive in and of a diesel sIII

at this point Im now at the stage where the basic reliability issues of the vehicle have been addressed and the search for the right cheap rubber and the installation of the WVO system can commence....


(now Ive said that Im taking bets on the first component/subsystem to chuck a wobbly at me)

after the WVO conversion will come the gearbox rebuild then the installation of the winch and then water storage and somewhere along the lines a kick ass aircompressor.

The alternator... the charge warning light had been getting brighter and brighter and the alternator spat on sunday with the light coming hard on and the volts gauge leveling at just under 12... yep no output on that one...

so alternator swapped on sunday arvo for a known good one...

and some preliminary thought works done on the WVO system

heres the schematics and layout...



yes Im aware that Ive inadvertantly put the schematic diagram of a hydraulic motor in for the engine pump and the diesel pump...



The layout of the hosing isnt quite right but for somthing I knocked up between turns on the mound at the range I dont think I did too bad...

and lo, over a lunch break I laboured to produce....

A fuel heater tank pressure tested to whatever the hell the airlines at work are putting out (and it only has to deal with about 14psi max) it leaks at the fittings but they arent sealed in yet... All I have to do now is wrap it in copper pipe.

full load full power test done today...

with a car trailer with a sIII on it and a diesel 2.25 on the tray fozzy can pull to and hold 80Kph.













takes 3 Km but he gets there.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

full load full power test done today...

with a car trailer with a sIII on it and a diesel 2.25 on the tray fozzy can pull to and hold 80Kph.













takes 3 Km but he gets there.

*shudders* to slow

hey with un assisted drum brakes all the way round riding on leaf springs driving on the potholes, divets and mounds thats passes as the base ring road trust me 80kph is plenty fast enough..

I wouldnt want to tow something to darwin with it but its nice to know that it can without cooking up, the temp gauges didnt move past their normal spots once moving but naturally rose up every time I shut it down to unload or load.

by my calcs I was about 500Kg short of the maximum load I could possabley take so Ive no worries about doing the cape trip with the load out I want to take...

On board WVO fuel system complete, just got to sort a leak and redo it..

instruments from the center to the head board and 2 way in.

new play rubber on splits

need a new speedo cable.