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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh
My camera has died, so no photos sadly. not that there is actually that much to see.
It just looks like the picture of the underside of a bonnet in
this link . It's a bit of a PITA to get the black insulation to stick properly over the support brackets. If I were to do it again, I'd put it on side to side instead of front to back, I think it might be easier to mold over the supports that way.
Strange I can't edit my last post to add a link.
anyway, here are some photos for you .
excuse the ordinary quality, the camera on my phone is a bit of a potato.
Like most forums, i believe there is a time limit on editing
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Yep. But if you need to edit a post, you can contact your friendly moderator an ask them.Quote:
Originally Posted by dranoweb
If they are not around, you could try PMing me.
Hi All,
I had a crack at fabricating a towbar for the RFSV with a lot of help from Brad who runs Wangarra Welding. Brad did all the welding around my original design proposal. It is very tight to get it to all fit so that the spare wheel can still be lowered and raised as well as working around the exhaust bracket but still utilising the pintal hitch mounting.
I didn't have to drill any holes in the chassis as the arms that go back to the main chassis rails are clamped on with M16 high tensile bolts. Should be able to tow my No5 and my conventional tandem when I put the ball receiver into the new towbar bracket.
Just not sure if I should splice into the trailer pin wiring loom and wire up the 7 pin Utilux socket so I have both sockets or fabricate an adaptor from the 12 pin NATO plug to a 7 pin Utilux male socket. Has any one on the forum done an adaptor like this? Sort of don't really feel comfortable cutting into the original wiring loom but maybe I am being a bit to precious. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Once it is galvanised and mounted I will post a few images of it all bolted up. Hope it works how I envisaged!
Regards Warrick.
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Towbar is looking really good.
I'm doung drive flange bolt replacement all round and clean and replace all fuses.
Found a couple of bonuses too...
They could possibly account for my random shorts, given their location.
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looks good Warrick , thanks for posting :)
I have an adapter so I can use the Perentie outlet ( mil to 7pin flat) - works fine
Thanks mate. Did you make up the adaptor yourself? I will have to get hold of a NATO male socket though. Any idea where you can source one from?Quote:
Originally Posted by 87County
Regards Warrick.
Here is mine
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Lots of buyers of No.5s have changed the male (trailer) plug for an alternative - the plugs will will be about, just a little hard to find :).
Try posting a wanted message on here or join remlr.com (if you haven't already) and try there. Or look on gumtree?
There is a smart move which means that you don't need a "nato" plug. Some have done this - tap into the vehicle plug wiring before the plug and and patch/join wiring for a female plug of your choice onto it. You then retain the fixed "nato" plug in use on the vehicle, as well as have the plug system of your choice. Wish I had thought of it....
I see you have an original Hella flash pod, transparent blue. Its expensive, unless you buy the cheaper chinese version they now sell (generic black looks like the one sold at SCA).
Its a special flasher that senses when the trailer blinkers are connected; it sends a current to the 2nd flasher indicator in the array of pretty lights in the dash just in front of the steering wheel (so when the trailer is connected there are two blinker lights going off in the array - apparently this idea is from high end marques like Range Rover and Mercedes Jaguar etc. Never having owned one of those I think its a tad posh. The idea of a dusty no frills Perentie with something posh and impractical appeals to my sense of humour).
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