Chops, The Permagrin

We'll see how it stacks up against the mighty Hilux this weekend.... :D
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Hmmm, maybe I'll bring my recovery gear so you can extract me...:D

Hehe,, I'll show you how to self recover ;)

Can't wait to find some sand and cruise around, might have to call in to where we were yesterday and have another crack,,, you'll be suitably impressed I'm sure.

Hey CHOPS, can we have an up date on the goodies fitted so far please :)

I'll get onto that tonight 😏

Well, its been a fairly busy weekend for me. We had a long 4 day weekend, RDO and the Melb Cup holiday, so made the most of it doing a couple of jobs on the D4.
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Gordons Alloy sliders have been waiting, so the went on along with the compressor plate.
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Got a bit hungry along the way,,, Leeanne's home made sausage rolls went down well :D The boss was supposed to working on Monday too,,, he decided he didn't want to play,, so he missed out on a feed :cool:
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Also fitted the Tablet stand, which seems like it'll work well. Its part of the Rams systems.
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Also fitted up Tim's (Traxide) Dual Battery System.
Due to me being slowed with a back problem, the job took pretty much a full 8 hours with a few breaks along the way.
The battery tray was easy,, didn't need to remove the grill as advised. I have a good selection of tools, so that helps.
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Pulling the car apart,,, just as well Leeanne couldn't see any of this,,, I'm sure she'd have freaked out.
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I was at Gordons workshop last week,he had a set of deluxe sliders he was about to deliver,the voids were filled with checkerplate,NICE!!!!
I was surprised by the weight,susbstantialy lighter than steel.
Pitty I haven't got the gear to play with aluminium.
Andrew

Had a problem with fitting some of the wiring through various sections. Wires are supposed to go through the B Pillar cavity, not over as seen here. I hate having to fix other peoples stuff ups.
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So I managed to place all the wiring where and how it was supposed to go, although my pinkies hurt a bit now.
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One of the issues I faced was trying to get the main power through the firewall, as there was three other wire already going through. This probably gave me the hardest time,,, crouching down twisting to get up inside the dash,,,, hard work :(
So, now to get another battery, and just slot it in and connect it up, which will give me all I need electrically I hope. :D
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Coming along very nicely Marcus.

I suggest adding some additional protection to the skinny wiring loom that is running under the battery tray. Or relocating it from under there, which is what I did.

The tray abraded mine enough to cause a short to the chassis and there is a canbus wire in that loom. It caused total vehicle shutdown.

Cheers,
Scott

Thanks for the heads-up Scott.
Its funny, I was looking at that when I did it and wondered about that. I did make sure it was nice and loose, and I've also de-burred the underside of the tray.
An easy job though to lift it again and give it some more protection which I'll do now ;) .
Thanks again Scott.