Thread: What did you do on your Perentie Today.

Looks good!
what does the 'emergency fuse bypass' do?

Originally Posted by Chris078

Looks good!
what does the 'emergency fuse bypass' do?

Nothing as yet.
it may end up being a trick switch to form part of the ignition circuit, but more likely it will become a "lucas mode" bypass.

As i have an epic dIstrust of lucas wiring, i planned to add a big relay and big fuse to override the factory ignition wiring in case of failure in a time critical or isolated situation.

that or bypass standard wiring to allow backfeed into accesories like I have on my riceburner for the radio comms.

Its a recycled switch from the local RAAF radar station consoles that was scrapped.

I also used many of the buttons and switches for a play "icbm control station" for my youngest daughter. It has a raspberry pi zero microcontroller in it now.

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Originally Posted by dranoweb

Nothing as yet.
it may end up being a trick switch to form part of the ignition circuit, but more likely it will become a "lucas mode" bypass.

As i have an epic dIstrust of lucas wiring, ...

Weren't the Perentie harnesses made by Vinwire?

Probably designed by The Prince of Darkness Joseph Lucas though!

replaced my air vent seals which were leaking-decided to use the older-type rubber seals as had some in stock - thought they'd make for a better seal but after fitting find it difficult to close the vent and leaks is worse than before-not a happy camper:-( Might have to rip them out and use the newer self adhesive ones.

Originally Posted by mattmac

replaced my air vent seals which were leaking-decided to use the older-type rubber seals as had some in stock - thought they'd make for a better seal but after fitting find it difficult to close the vent and leaks is worse than before-not a happy camper:-( Might have to rip them out and use the newer self adhesive ones.

I'm planning on doing mine soon too - and adjusting/unbending the mechanisim.
I'd be interested to know how you go.

I did notice some vinwire wrappings on the main dash loom - that may explain a few things - but it's still full of lucas parts including lucas glass on interior light and rubber push connectors.

In other news, picked up my door top parts from rover dealer today - confirmed that the door top bolts are sacrificial - hence the added diameter.

Unsurprisingly, part numbers have been superseeded a couple of times. New ones included.


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Originally Posted by mattmac

replaced my air vent seals which were leaking-decided to use the older-type rubber seals as had some in stock - thought they'd make for a better seal but after fitting find it difficult to close the vent and leaks is worse than before-not a happy camper:-( Might have to rip them out and use the newer self adhesive ones.

I remember reading a thread somewhere that those seals take a bit of 'bedding in' time.
The top part of the vent needs to dig into the new seal so that the bottom part can seal properly.

close it as tight as you can without really forcing the flap, leave it for a day, see if you can close the flap a notch or two tighter, repeat as necessary.

Mine actually has(had) a thin additional seal running around the inside of the flap, I assume to aid contact between the seal and the vent flap.
I took it off when I painted the flaps and forgot to put new stuff on. Will have to do that as it leaked like a busted dam in the rain the other day.

Originally Posted by mattmac

replaced my air vent seals which were leaking-decided to use the older-type rubber seals as had some in stock - thought they'd make for a better seal but after fitting find it difficult to close the vent and leaks is worse than before-not a happy camper:-( Might have to rip them out and use the newer self adhesive ones.

Hi Matt

When you say older-type rubber seals, are you talking about the Series Landy type that stuck to the firewall or the 110/Defender type that stick to the back of the flap?

If you used the series type and didn't first remove the Defender ones, you will have a lot of trouble getting it to close and or seal.

With both types, you often find that the flap itself is warped and removing that warping will often reduce the leaking.

The CampeRover was created!

Under increasing pressure from the gf to go away camping for a night and make use of the Perentie as intended, a few weeks ago I did up some plans, bought the materials and put them in the garage until the day before the camping trip when, with mild hangover and no desire to use power tools, I decided to spend several hours sitting in the bath doing silicone sealing.

When the 11am departure time rolled around the next day, I had knocked up a timber frame, screwed some brace pieces to a couple of sheets of ply, and rigged it all up. In my head. It all got finished around half one, then I got to be reminded that the battery is under the passenger seat and parking next to a tree isn't clever.

But the mods internally were a roaring success. Plenty of accessible storage space and enough room for two 600mm wide self-inflating mattresses). The missus was a bit apprehensive at first (she gets a bit claustrophobic, but the red blackout light seemed to help) but we woke on Monday morning comfortable and warm. And having driven 70km, the battery had had a good charge.

Next mods will be a table that attaches to the rear end using the hollow slots above the rear wheel, and a hinged section at the back for easier access to the storage section.

Just need to find out what the whining noise, can't work out if it's transmission or wheel hub. Any suggestions for easier source identification? I tried coasting down a few hills, but i'm a bit deaf and this didn't help...


TL;DR

Nothing mechanical. Went camping, turned heads, see pictures!