What did you do on your Perentie Today.

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Originally Posted by robbo247

hi warrick, great idea for music in the perentie rfsv, I must get the same setup..
where do you get these speakers with usb bluetooth..- jbhi?
Im a bit behind with the times here- but how do you get radio thru an iphone or ipad..
it is a free service with apple, or do you need an internet connection?

thanks robbo

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Really easy Robbo. I will come by and show you. As long as you have an iPhone or a similar device that has bluetooth you can do it. I picked up the speaker from JBHiFi for about $160 and all the music comes from my iPhone or iPad. I downloaded a few podcasts as well and listened to some interesting stories along the way.
Tristan on the forum put me onto a great lecture from Len Beadell that was fantastic. Well worth a listen. Click on the link below and it should play. It is hilarious as Len talks about his life and building the Gunbarrel Highway and Woomera Rocket Range.

https://vid.me/qe3E

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Originally Posted by wpalmo

Just got back from putting around 2000kms on ARN51-745, camping out in the West Oz Goldfields for the last 6 days. ARN51-745 didn't miss a beat and I was surprised how comfortable she was. Certainly a massive improvement on my Series 111. Didn't find any gold but met a lot of people and had a great time. Thinking about doing the Holland Track as a practice run for the Gunbarrel next year. Love to hear from anyone else in WA who would be keen on a few days out on the Holland Track. It would be good to have some company.
Image below from the Sandstone-Menzies Road. The RFSV loved the red dust and soaked up the corrugations. Beautiful part of the world and great camping.
Regards Warrick.

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Hi Warwick, can't wait to get around the open spaces of WA.

I'm looking forward to a REMLR trip in 2017 over your way in August 2017. You are welcome to join in. In fact any Perentie is welcome. :)

Its an event to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the production of the Perentie (Aug 1987):
Perentie 30th Ann. Aug 2017 -ideas

Lets hope diesel is not expensive 2 years from now!

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Originally Posted by wpalmo

Thinking about doing the Holland Track as a practice run for the Gunbarrel next year. Love to hear from anyone else in WA who would be keen on a few days out on the Holland Track. It would be good to have some company.

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You can count me in :) when r u thinking of going ?

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Originally Posted by TK_Co

You can count me in :) when r u thinking of going ?

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Probably early in 2016. I am thinking January if you are keen. I am also keen to get away for a couple of days over a weekend in the next few weeks if you are free. Maybe an overnight trip north or east of Perth? Any ideas???
Regards Warrick.

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Originally Posted by Carzee

Hi Warwick, can't wait to get around the open spaces of WA.

I'm looking forward to a REMLR trip in 2017 over your way in August 2017. You are welcome to join in. In fact any Perentie is welcome. :)

Its an event to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the production of the Perentie (Aug 1987):
Perentie 30th Ann. Aug 2017 -ideas

Lets hope diesel is not expensive 2 years from now!

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I will be there. Keep us all posted. Looking forward to it!!!
Regards Warrick.

I tried out my $50 Gumtree tow bar today - it fits perfectly. Not exactly heavy duty but it will do any job I need a tow bar for at the moment and without the ball and shank bolted on it is very compact and light.

I did need to replace the old pintle bolts with ones with 10mm more thread ($8 inc new nylocs) and a new ball ($20) as the one on it when i picked it up was pretty shabby. I think it's a winner :cool:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...2016/07/59.jpg

More details please Dervish!

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Originally Posted by Dervish

I tried out my $50 Gumtree tow bar today - it fits perfectly. Not exactly heavy duty but it will do any job I need a tow bar for at the moment and without the ball and shank bolted on it is very compact and light.

I did need to replace the old pintle bolts with ones with 10mm more thread ($8 inc new nylocs) and a new ball ($20) as the one on it when i picked it up was pretty shabby. I think it's a winner :cool:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...2016/07/59.jpg

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I want one or four.
Where did you get it?

Installed 2 air tanks and the hosework today for the onboard air system. They are mounted just above the battery box under the tray on the LH side.The compressor won't be fitted though until I have the aircon system fitted and work out where I am going to mount the York compressor, hopefully just above the a/c compressor where the Magnum air compressors were located - have a Red Dot 6100 roof top unit on the way, it should keep it really cool without increasing the radiator temps as the condensor is in the roof top unit. Also fitted a Redarc low water level kit into the radiator - pics to follow tomorrow.

I wasted some time.

My footwells are nicely rotted, So I bought some front mudflap brackets to try and protect them a bit until they can be replaced.
no dice, the necessary holes to fit them don't exist in the front outrigger of my perentie and I'm certainly not going to drill some!

Also found this thread a while back a thought it would be nice to do (replacement clutch pedal spring - apparently makes for a much lighter clutch pedal).
Waited ages for the parts to come from UK, go to do the job and no dice.
Perentie clutch pedal doesn't have the fitting for the spring, and the box doesn't have holes for the pivet bushes. I thought I'd be
safe as mine is an 89 and the thread says from 87 onwards.

sigh.
interesting to note that apart from a lot of rust in the master cylinder mount I found that the pedal was just as hard to depress as always, even with the big return spring disconnected (all that does is hold the pedal up so it doesn't rattle around in the free play) so all that resistance is actually coming from the clutch system itself :o.

If anyone has a later model that wants the clutch spring parts, $50 and they are yours!