Thread: What did you do on your Perentie Today.

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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Originally Posted by dranoweb

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.
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.

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

Originally Posted by 87County

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?

Regards Warrick.

Here is mine



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....