Yeah I noticed that. I also had problems colliding with the corners. Took the opportunity to fix that too.
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Yeah I noticed that. I also had problems colliding with the corners. Took the opportunity to fix that too.
It's been another busy day today.
So much so that I'm going to do two posts to get round the photo limit.
I dragged out my no5 trailer and coated the tub with lanolin spray.
While that was drying i lined the tub with 8mm recycled tire rubber and cut to size.
My mate showed up with perfectly bent 6mm wall pipe, and I shortened it... a lot...
Fitted and waterproofed canvas from Robco Products.
Packed a bit more grease into the bearings while I was at it too.
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Also found some 3/8 bolts to make bung plugs with.
Then I noticed I had scored a bit of mould in the vehicle canvas.
A bit of elbow greaee with a stiff brush and then some watered down white vinegar to treat it.
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Dropped a few hundred on parts this week for the perentie. Ive had the work ute and its a perfect time to have the landy off the road for maintenance. List of things i got were..
Steering uni joints, mine were absolutely cactus.
All suspension bushes
Tie rod ends
Drop arm rebuilt kit
New flange and seal for the sals
headlights
Indicators front and side
Parkers
Ball joint for rear a frame and probably some other stuff that i cant remember. Ordered all parts throughout Lrdirect.
Also went to isuzu derrimut yesterday to get an oil pressure switch that was leaking badly, while i was there i picked up 2 oil filters, a fuel filter, rocker cover gasket and some little rubber seals for the bolts (planning to do valve clearances this week) new thermostat and gasket and some premixed coolant. Noticed a few issues lately which prompted me to get the stuff before they snowball. One was the leaking oil switch. Also noticed coolant in the reservoir has disappeared. Then yesterday i took the banjo bolt out from the fuel pump and found this
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Looks like flaked paint from inside of jerry cans. So I'll be flushing the fuel system and taking a good look at the tank
Hi All,
Just got back from a week in the Murchison River area east of Kalbarri Western Australia. Beautiful this time of year. The RFSV and No5 trailer fitted with my roof top tent worked a treat. Had a great time just crawling through the amazing country on offer out there and making camp in some very pretty areas. It was the first time I had towed the No5 in serious 4WD country and I found out what most of you all know, that they are great tough little trailers and so easy to un-hitch and wheel around like a wheel barrow. The gearing on the RFSV really showed how well designed these vehicles are traversing effortlessly through both soft sand and rock outcrop country.
With a warm smile on my face, I take my hat off once again to the design team tasked with the job of 'Project Perentie' who created such a wonderful vehicle. I feel very fortunate to own one.
A couple of images from the trip below.
Regards Warrick.
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Finally after (2 yrs putting off), got the rfsv licensed today, went to a rural inspection centre hoping for mercy...what a nightmare, the DOT transport mob, had this poor inspector/bloke confused as well, they emailed him a two page guide...on more law-full requirements , based on NT rules for WA... had to strip a lot of gear off....eg, tool bonnet brackets, side carry baskets, blackout switch,wanted the rear spare wheel assembly off..(couldn't get that off as it was welded..hahaha)...roller over bars needed 50mm padding, selt belts needed an engineers report..for the top mounting assembly, but let it go at the end....as this chap tried his best to talk to them(DOT)....
anyway, was thinking of putting everything back one day, but I don't know if it is ok to do this...wonder what the police will say?
a few years ago, I think it was easier to do this than today....they have really clamped down....whats the point of the army auctions then?
notice my first real drive back home, its needs better road tyres, as my back is done now....wore ear muffs as well...
I think I was getting around 15 lt/100 km's...need to verify this ....I thought perhaps it would get at least 11/100.
nice pics/work Warrick, what did you get.. litres/km's ..on your trip, does those tyres improve road handling...
thanks robbo
Great news Robbo that you got your RFSV licensed. Bad news that it such a nightmare to do it. It sounds like it was easier a couple of years ago when I did mine. I drive around with the baskets on and tools on when I am heading out of town. So far so good. I did get mine licensed with everything on except the dickie seat which was the only thing I was asked to remove before it could be licensed. I haven't put it back in as it works better for me with out it for what I do anyway.Quote:
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Yes the Wolf rims and BF Goodrich's are a great combination and improved the road handing, comfort and noise on my RFSV. Not cheap to do but if you are going to drive it a lot I think it is worth doing. I use mine a s a daily drive as well so it made sense to me to have a little more comfort. I get around 11 litres per 100kms. I only really sit on 90-95 kms an hour though.
Looking forward to seeing yours out on the road. It will be good to have another one getting around in the local area. One more image below from the Murchison trip below.
Regards Warrick.
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I finally got the funds up to replace my stolen lightbar and 4G antenna. Mashed epoxy putty into the screw heads and used nylocks in hard to reach places. Even made a custom spanner for the job.
Painted odd green to damage resale value as well.
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Also designed myself an alarm using a tiny digispark module that detects wire cutting, canvas opening, doors, battery volts, and motion. Responds by triggering my wireless doorbell 15 seconds before sounding a 130db screamer.
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Well everyone, seeing as how ive got an ffr perentie, ARN 49 209, now, i should do some posting here. Pic of vehicle affectionatly known as the "Bush Pig", some Adelaidians have seen it getting around, including me. Long story short, it came up on scumtree for sale for a very reasonable price, so i bought it along with a 109 stage one 3.9 traytop.
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I now know why it was so cheap. It runs great but dont go coz the centre diff was in a cardboard box in the back. No prob i thought. Turns out the PO changed the gbox in Feb this year and fitted an early V8 range rover gbox to it. As a result i have no PTO to drive the front winch, and no manual diff lock as he must have left them on the box he pulled out thinking he wont need them. I do need them. Gonna try find out what happened to the original box if he answers the bloody phone. Grr.
Ok so today on my perentie i refitted the master cylinder reservoir that was not fitted coz the retainer bolt and seal was missing. Parts not available seperatly so i got the bolt from an old holden master cyl. Perfect. Filled with dot3 brake fluid. Pumped the pedal...felt weird. There was air in the system but still felt strange. So i bled the brakes. All good no air now but still felt strange. So i adjusted the rear shoes. Right side good. Left side no good, the rear brake adjuster was spinning around and around and doing nothing. So off with the wheel and drum. Wow. The rear sboe wasnt located on the bottom of the backing plate and so the shoe was still holding the wheel cylinder together but was actually doing no braking at all. So i refitted the shoe correctly and proceeded to check the adjuster was doing its job. Nope. So took the shoes off and noticed a bolt holding the snail cam onto the adjuster bolt. Loose. Tightened it up. Must be some army fix i spose. Refitted the shoes and drum and adjusted. All good. Refitted the wheel and tested the brakes. Pedal feels just like it should. Now just gotta sort the centre diff out.
Bought 4 counter sunk allen head bolts to hold the two halves of the centre diff housing together coz the PO just drilled them out coz he didnt have an allen key to fit. D'OH.. So i assembled the housing just to see how it goes tohether. Ive got a couple spacers that go somewhere but im not sure where. I need a proper diagram of an early rangey lt95 lsd centre diff. Will look around tonight on the web.
Chuffed i got the brakes sorted.
Cheers Rod
Ps LRRSA Christmas doo tonight and the last meeting of the year.
If you want to sell the winch, let me know.Quote:
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