Thread: Show us your Deefers !

Before Easter we went on a 14 day shakedown trip in our 1990 Army LR. Certainly tested out ability of corrugations to find the weak spots. In our case it was a clutch master cylinder circlip and the flange shaft nylock nut inside the handbrake assembly needing some TLC. The Tough Dog shockies were solid gold. The Hankooks also.
Started down in the Kozzy Nat. Park, then west to Wentworth, Old Renmark road into SA (145km dirt), then north to Flinders, Innaminka (487km dirt), the Dig Tree, east to Cunnamulla Qld, south east through NSW back to ACT. We did plan on visiting Cameron Corner but the master cylinder problem meant we went to Innaminka and head back eastwards to civilisation on the Boulia Dev road which is bitumen.

bit of video

Really enjoyed the video, thanks. Reminded me of our times in some of those areas.
Interested to see you're happy with the Tough Dogs and Hankooks as both are on my shopping list.
Can I ask was it hard to get the TD shocks with the right valving for the Landy? Did the sidewalls on the Hankooks hold up OK?

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Really enjoyed the video, thanks. Reminded me of our times in some of those areas.
Interested to see you're happy with the Tough Dogs and Hankooks as both are on my shopping list.
Can I ask was it hard to get the TD shocks with the right valving for the Landy? Did the sidewalls on the Hankooks hold up OK?

The shocks are straight from the catalogue, adjustables, (F) BMX 1049. (R) BMX 1398. Helper coils in the rears (RRC3266 from Karcraft Syd).
12 month build up incl. pwr steer, rear discs (KLR), turbo (KLR), HD clutch (KLR), exhaust (KLR), winch mount (KLR), dual batts, diff guards, recon. LT95, radiator, Gwyn Lewis turrets, blah blah... and the Raptor replacement main clocks (dash) are here now awaiting the job incl. Td5 sensor speedo.

As for the Hankook Dynapro MT $200 tyres. Wow. They were fitted 8 weeks back: they were new when we left. We put a 4 in cut in a sidewall somewhere on Skytrek SA. It didn't balloon so we kept it on for the Strzelecki and Qld and western NSW - ie, completed another 2000 or so km to get home. Its still on the vehicle, no probs, I'm just too busy. I'll change it out before the next trip I suppose.

edit - should add that at Skytrek we did not air down. Maybe thats why we caught a sharp boulder edge. Ran 350kps the whole trip. (It was our first outback trip)

Thanks, great video. Brought back some great memories. My feet are very itchy now.

Cheers,
Jon

Here is a pic in the video of a overnight stop at Pope's Bore about 300km from Lyndhurst and 180km from Innaminka. Just us and the dingoes all alone out there. During the day there seemed to be a truck every 30 minutes, all heading south out of Moomba I suppose.

nice truck, where do I get a tent like that?

Local seller on gumtree. Ours was used, a 2012 airlander. They were also at the LR Expo.

We sprayed it with green plasti-dip to match up but also to protect from tree swipes on tracks. Maggiolina Airlander + Grand Tour (AutoHome car rooftop tents) - YouTube

Sleeve on my shocker bent in ward and up on the rear. Had to extend it fully to pull it back out in to place. Of course I had to flex up to get to it.