Off road equipment.

**Dirty3** · 17th January 2012, 04:43 PM

Well,

Here's a shot of mine fitted. Looks much better now I have had the car detailed today, got rid of the multitude of scratches (The guy doing the detailing was surprised that I would take such a vehicle off road and subject it to harsh treatment).

Anyway, I digress. Thanks to Brad for the sliders and George for sorting the mix up. I like Rich's idea of the extra rubber seal as they do let a small amount of dust in but only to the lower inside panels, so that looks a good modification I think.
Cheers to Craig for his words of advice. I used a pair of small electrical cutters to remove the yellow plastic nipples. A quick leverage with screwdriver against them popped them out in seconds.

Cheers Neil.

**oldsalt** · 6th February 2012, 08:26 PM

Today I pulled the centre dash apart and installed an AUX plug so I can use my i-pod nano .......

thought I might install the "plug" in the blank section on the air-con control....

opened it up ... no way to get inside this ....

so I put it on the side "H" piece ....

finished result ...

all put back together ....

**sniegy** · 6th February 2012, 08:45 PM

Very Neat Oldsalt!
Something a little different, good to see.

**oldsalt** · 9th February 2012, 10:16 AM

Yesterday I removed the compressor cover ...

the compressor needed a clean ...

here's the plastic cover after a good wash ...

then I put it all back together and fitted my new compressor cover (thanks Gordon)

**oldsalt** · 9th February 2012, 10:27 AM

Here's a pic of some of the dirt and crap that came out from just the "cover" and a gentle poke around the compressor with a screwdriver .... the D3 will probably go faster now !!!

now I think I'll look into a cover for the transmission area - it looks a bit "vulnerable" to me ... some "dinkey" little wires just waiting for a stick or a rock to rip them off from their connections ...

**101RRS** · 9th February 2012, 11:34 AM

Did you take the top cover out as well and clean it - I have both of mine out at the moment and the top one was as bad as the bottom one.

**Graeme** · 9th February 2012, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by oldsalt

now I think I'll look into a cover for the transmission area - it looks a bit "vulnerable" to me ... some "dinkey" little wires just waiting for a stick or a rock to rip them off from their connections ..

Just another cover to collect dirt and gravel and grass that will then catch fire.

**oldsalt** · 10th February 2012, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by garrycol

Did you take the top cover out as well and clean it - I have both of mine out at the moment and the top one was as bad as the bottom one.

Nope - the top cover wasn't too bad - did give it a bit of a squirt though, maybe I'll do the full disassembly one day when I have more time - probably refurbish the compressor at the same time.
cheers

**oldsalt** · 10th February 2012, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by Graeme

Just another cover to collect dirt and gravel and grass that will then catch fire.

I don't drive much in long grass (hardly ever actually) so I'll just be diligent in checking for any fire hazards (something I do just about every time I pull up anyway) - I'd rather do that than drive over a large stick one day and have it flick up and tear off one of the wires leading to my transmission and have a LONG walk home ... horses for courses as they say.
cheers

**Steve223** · 21st February 2012, 02:24 PM

great, may I ask what the water tank system is and where you purchased it?

Also could you give me some info about the secondary battery as I like to replicate this.

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