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Another milestone today! The car had is first drive!
A photo earlier in the day, Derrick fitting the supercharger onto his Daihatsu, Ana was soldering up a relay delay of circuit for me and I was fitting the replacement rear drive shaft.
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On the first attempt to drive the car, smoke started filling the cabin which made me promptly pull over. There was a leak from a fitting on the power steering pump which I quickly turned around to fix up. After that, no more leaks and my repair on the oil system worked!
I got the lpg tanks filed. They took 173l of gas which I was pretty happy with. The guy at the servo couldn't believe how much gas I was buying and gave me a $6 discount and $6 worth of free chocolates!
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Starting to get a feel of how high this car ultimately is going to be! ana keeps reminding me to make a step so she can actually get in the passenger side! I think in this photo the front is probably about right, the back is too low.
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When the car was out of the workshop, we took advantage of the opportunity to do a clean. Which also included chopping up the engine stand - I had tried to give it away but there was no interest.
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And that's it!
Derrick shot a quick video which when I get my hands on I'll post up.
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You will find a little ladder also handy for servicing/adjustments now guards and front bar are on.
Did you consider shifting the steering damper to in front of the axle - defender style. Gets it out of the way of rocks etc.
Also with larger tyres you will find over time a decent Bilstien steering damper better than the return to centre/spring ones. Better dampening I recon. I have thrown all the return to centre ones out and upgraded for both my RRC utes.
Skiboy
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well done Stirling, a big leap forward!
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Derrick' quick video
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzj3hk2R0qs[/ame]
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If you look closely near the front LH wheel you can immediately see the leaking power steering fluid! Don't know how I missed it before setting off!
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Dropped off the car today to get a 2x2.5" stainless steel exhaust fitted. Wasn't able to be done in a day so I'll have to leave the car there until I get back from Oman in 8 days or so.
Stay tuned.
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