Thread: L322 to Cape York

Uteman
I don't know about the height question maybe Harlie or Bacicat would be your best bet !

As far as won't do it! BS just prepare it well; keep essential spares and you are no different to any other vehicle, EXCEPT you will do it in Comfort

Link to a UK to South Africa Trip

fullfatrr.com - View topic - **Just driven my L322 the length of Africa!**

Just remember the 6 x P's

Proper Preparation Prevents **** Poor Performance


Laurie

Hi Uteman
We have been to all the places you mention plus Cobourg Peninsula, no problems with suspension, although just about to replace all bushes on the front as we did push fairly hard across the Tanami earlier this year. Still the 02 Td6 now has 155K so I guess that's not too bad. Still on original front air springs, although I have just imported a new set to keep on hand.
Like you I will go to the Cape in the next couple of years, and I will not hesitate to take the L322. It is just so comfortable compared to anything else.
The Tanami trip mentioned above was cut short sadly, as despite full prep and check of the (original) auto, it cooked itself just out of Kunanurra with no warning at all ! I heartily recommend Total Care, not sure how far up the Cape road they will go but probably OK if you stay off the CREB track.
Like you I would love to hear of a solution to the height adjustment with the trailer hooked up.

Originally Posted by peter g

Like you I would love to hear of a solution to the height adjustment with the trailer hooked up.

Does fitting LED globes/lights to the trailer do the trick?

Hi Graeme,
No, all that does is make the lights flash ! You then have to install a shunt to make the car think you have regular globes.
Peter

A hard-wired Llams kit would allow off-road height in normal mode but even though it costs less than the plug-in kit for MY07 onwards, it still seems an overkill. I assume there is not an option to select/deselect using an appropriate diag tool.

I have a Faultmate MSV2 and can find no option to deslect the ride height lock when in off-road mode. The dealer tells me that the later models (when owned by Ford) do have a deselect option through programming.

Could you raise the car to offroad height; then use the Electronic Bypass Module (EBM) Arnott's make for their coil conversion, so the system doesn't react to speed ?

Just a thought !

Laurie

Pulling the 15A air suspension fuse (#57?) will stop it lowering but perhaps nasty messages or actions by other ecus (eg BCU) may make this intolerable.