Gav's 101.

Whew! Just come inside from a huge day on the 101. Started out removing the sway bar, and tidying up more of the front end for painting. Found out that the degreaser you get from Masters for $2.50 per tin is bloody awesome - it's basically oven cleaner. :D. DON'T get this stuff near your shiny paint if you want it to stay that way. It also burns your skin and eyes, but boy does it shift some stuff! Including cleaning the dirt off the tyres - I've scrubbed these before but the tyres were stained from some mud (wombat mud I think) - 10 second with the degreaser and hose it off - they look like new.

So, having cleaned a heap of stuff, I wanted to put the front drivers side wheel back on - but the paint on the rim looked like poo, so I wandered back to Masters - with the air cleaner cover in hand - to see if I could get some paint that would come close to matching. The back of the cover had some paint that wasn't faded from UV exposure, so used that to match the colour - got me a small sample pot and headed home to paint the rim and see what it looked like. Well, I was very happy with the colour match, and 6 hours later, guess what has a nice new coat of paint on half of it now... :D

Yep, I couldn't stop so the drivers side and front now have a nice new coat of paint - looks fab. I also changed the leg on the Sankey trailer for a jockey wheel as it was a pain to move it around before - the trailer will get a coat of paint tomoorrow I would imagine.

Oh, and if you want to know how to prep a 101 for a paint job, it goes something like this -

1 - hose off spiders and cobwebs.
2 - wait for it to dry.
3 - open tin of paint
4 - get old paintbrush out of the shed
5 - paint 101 :D

It's a good 5 meter paint job. :)

So, pics are a bit crap as the sun was setting behind the house - I'll take some more in the morning when the sun is on the right side.

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Yes, the red enamel came out to play - I like the contrast and bit of colour it gives. :)

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And the trailer.

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In all its glory in the morning sun. :)

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Looks awesome!!:cool:

Looks great! How have you attached the awning? I've not noticed it before.

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Originally Posted by stuee

Looks great! How have you attached the awning? I've not noticed it before.

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Thanks mate - the awning has been there for a couple of years. There are 2 brackets attached to the tilt hoops - just bits of angle from Bunnings with a couple of u bolts on each. The awning mounting bolts go through these. At the back, they go around the back of the canvas, but the front mount I had to make 2 small holes in the window section of the tilt and its bolted through there.

You can hardly notice the holes if the awning is removed (which I've done before) but I find it very handy in both summer and winter, so I leave it on now.

Mate - it's looking great, almost BRAND NEW!!! :cool::cool::banana:

That jockey wheel isn't original military fitment.
Take it off.
If it's good enough for the army it's good enough for you.
:p
Looks fantastic mate.

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Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

That jockey wheel isn't original military fitment.
Take it off.
If it's good enough for the army it's good enough for you.
:p
Looks fantastic mate.

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Gav is not a MV rivet counter.
I'd have it off if it were mine.

I know Mick, neither am I, can't stand them to be honest.
However Gav has met me (as have you :p ) so you should remember that I'm a sarcastic little **** ;) :D

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Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

That jockey wheel isn't original military fitment.
Take it off.
If it's good enough for the army it's good enough for you.
:p
Looks fantastic mate.

Sent from my HTC One using AULRO mobile app

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Here you go - the jockey wheel is green now, so it must be Military... :D

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Another shot - the drawbar took me 2 hours to paint but well worth it - it now looks bloody good IMO. Just have the last 2 sides of the 101 to paint - should have that sorted by the weekend. : ). Should have a nice combo to take to Corowa.

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The other thing I did on the trailer was move a few hooks on either side so the new cover ties down properly - you can see the holes from where there were if you look closely. The tilt is for a No 5 trailer but fits the Sankey perfectly apart from the tie downs - now done, and the hoop - which I'll modify some time this week so the ends sit correctly.