Thread: What did you do on your Perentie Today.

Wow, the gal firewall is back. Excellent.

I see a part in the photo that just must be the same as the GS-Tailgate-numberplate-light-support-bracket.

Originally Posted by Dervish

It's a good day for painting today, so I threw some on the galvanised bulkhead I've been planning on transplanting for about a year. The activity has been prompted by the arrival of a new project that requires a bulkhead, so I'll swap this one into the Perentie and use the old Perentie one for the new project. It too will be galvanised.



When I do that load of galvanising I'll hopefully be doing the Perentie door and bonnet frames and front ROPS hoop. The front ROPS hoop appears to be designed to have been galvanised - with the vent/drain holes - but it never was.

How do these members cope with the galvanising? I work in the steel industry and we always have problems with galvanising because of warpage from the hot dip process and even damage from handling.

Originally Posted by Ashleylipus

How do these members cope with the galvanising? I work in the steel industry and we always have problems with galvanising because of warpage from the hot dip process and even damage from handling.

Valid question, with my huge experience of a single bulkhead galvanised I'd say they go alright; manual handling presented the biggest problem this time. Warpage did occur, but not on the important bit - the bit that's visible when it's installed. There's certainly some subtle waviness on the single skin parts of the footwells, but that isn't a problem for me. They did manage to bend the piece Carzee highlighted on the opposite side and the clutch line bracket (visible on far footwell) while moving the bulkhead around, but they'll bend back just fine.

I did measure between the main chassis mounting holes before and after as that is really the crucial measurement; it didn't change. To be safe I'll probably brace the next one across those two points with RHS. There isn't a great deal of welding on the bulkhead just spot welds, so I don't think there's much built-up stress to release during heating.

Mine was warped in the passenger side A pillar. It looked fairly straight till I put an edge against it.

took it for a drive for the first time in almost 3 months. Started first go, went like a dream.
Arms, left knee and left foot are now quite sore.
Guess I need to drive it more and get my Perentie conditioning back!

Stuck a roof on it. Big improvement on sound quality in cab.

I'm really surprised the roof fits with the front ROPS in place. Looks good.

Originally Posted by rar110

I'm really surprised the roof fits with the front ROPS in place. Looks good.

Had to trim the brackets on the bottom and obviously the seat belt mounts, and also remove the rifle holder.