Master
So just went up to the high country for the long weekend with a mate and we drive all around the place, got lost on as many tracks as we could squeeze in, and camped on a couple of lovely rivers.
First off, Disco is a weapon off the road! It's amazing how strong the low range is even when going up some very VERY steep rocky hills...steady as she goes and doesn't skip a beat!
Now I'm back and it was great dry weather on the trip, but there is heaps of dust everywhere and all the doors squeak really loud and I've even noticed a shudder just now on the eastern freeway at 100km/h that wasn't there yesterday on the trip home.
I just want to draw on experience of good ways to make sure the dust is out of everything, and things to check or change or even remove to clean properly after a hard working dusty trip.
Next trip is Uluru over Easter and maybe a desert track or two (if I can convince the missus) so I want to make sure I keep it nice between trips and not just run it into the ground.
Wizard
Subscriberopen doors and hit with the pressure cleaner, ah crap its a disco not a defender. In all seriousness I was still trying to clean desert dust outa mine after 2 years, learn to live with it and just give it a bit of a vac out, wipe the seat belts so the better half doesn't get red marks on white skirt and top (or tell her to where more apriate clothing)
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blaze
Master
Haha yeah she'd be ****ed if that happens...bit of a vac and wd40 I think will hopefully help
Wizard
SupporterGood topic actually.
Ive been wondering what it the best way to clean out several desert trips worth of red dust ( and other dust) from all of the door latches and related mechanisms.
Do I really need to take them out? I really don't want to. But the windows are electric so I dont feel like I can safely pressure blast them in situ ( except the rear barn door I suppose)?
Any tips?
Wizard
SubscriberBlow all the door locks, etc out with compressed air, first.
I prefer to use drylube rather than WD40 on things like door latches and locks. WD40 can free things up, but then the residue left behind tends to turn dust into grinding paste, or, if it dries out, then gets damp, turns it into a really close cousin of Liquid Metal!
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Master
I actually had good success at the self car wash with the high pressure water cleaner. I used the slightly lower pressure setting and just squeezed it very gently so that it gave off a spray that wouldn't just make a mess in the car, and carefully washed out the dust from the door jambs...it worked a treat actually, then I just dried by hand any bits that got wet inside.Originally Posted by edddo
I spent a while today just hand wiping dust off the doors and inside of the car, instruments etc., so now it's clean and ready to get dirty all over again in a few weeks when we head up to Uluru but hey, at least there isn't dust making it's way into everything for now.
OldBushie
SupporterIf you keep the windows up and have the air com going full bore you will prevent most of the dust from getting inside the truck
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Master
Haha yeah we learnt the hard way a couple of times with there were people coming the other way and we had our windows down...my drivers window goes up pretty slowly too, think it's time for a new regulator!If you keep the windows up and have the air com going full bore you will prevent most of the dust from getting inside the truck
Also did the old driving on a dusty track and then stopped to figure something out with windows down...oops
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