Thread: Preperation for cape york in June

If the Rad hoses not been done recently I would do a complete replacement of them and I mean ALL!. Yes if the water is deep tarp the radiator. A full selection of fuses, including the engine 1s. Apart from that there is not a lot of spares to carry A couple of spare unis are all ways handy. a bit of electrical spares like wire and tape and ZIPTIES! Do a complete fluid change b4 you leave and thats taken care of. A spare feul filter is handy.
I daresaay others will add to this!

Cheers Scott

Might see you up there! we are leaving cairns June 8th for 3 weeks
Look out for a group with 2 or 3 defenders a disco2 and 3 other 4wd's

cheers

Tim

I don't have TD6 experience so that that side is best left to others.

You should have good shockies, and carry some spare shockie rubbers.

I'm not familiar with the unit wheel bearings used in the disco II. For a defender or disco I, I would make the following comments (but I don't know how much it would apply in your case):

If you have grease lubricated wheel bearings, check the bearings, replace the seals and re-grease. A spare kit for wheel bearings (bearings, lock nuts and washer, and seals don't take much room or add much weight.

Good tyres, preferably LT 10 ply rating, with a generous amount of tread left. Then, assuming you run sensible tyre pressures and are not overloaded, I wouldn't take 2 spares to the Cape - others may disagree. IMHO half worn tyres are not worth it for extended outback trips.

As you would know the abnormal wet season still hasn't finished on east coast of Qld, so I would expect it will be longer than normal before the Cape dries, especially around Lakefield and to the east of there (Bathurst Bay, Cape Melville, etc.

Steve, roverrescue on here is a local (Cooktown) so he would have a better idea of what to expect this season.

Originally Posted by bitdist

Might see you up there! we are leaving cairns June 8th for 3 weeks
Look out for a group with 2 or 3 defenders a disco2 and 3 other 4wd's

cheers

Tim

I am leaving cairns on the 18th/ 19th June. Cant wait. What spares are you taking?

Originally Posted by Bush65

I don't have TD6 experience so that that side is best left to others.

You should have good shockies, and carry some spare shockie rubbers.

I'm not familiar with the unit wheel bearings used in the disco II. For a defender or disco I, I would make the following comments (but I don't know how much it would apply in your case):

If you have grease lubricated wheel bearings, check the bearings, replace the seals and re-grease. A spare kit for wheel bearings (bearings, lock nuts and washer, and seals don't take much room or add much weight.

Good tyres, preferably LT 10 ply rating, with a generous amount of tread left. Then, assuming you run sensible tyre pressures and are not overloaded, I wouldn't take 2 spares to the Cape - others may disagree. IMHO half worn tyres are not worth it for extended outback trips.

As you would know the abnormal wet season still hasn't finished on east coast of Qld, so I would expect it will be longer than normal before the Cape dries, especially around Lakefield and to the east of there (Bathurst Bay, Cape Melville, etc.

Steve, roverrescue on here is a local (Cooktown) so he would have a better idea of what to expect this season.

Thanks for the reply mate, Tyres are 20,000 ks old and slightly worn, more or less new M/T tyres ( might not help when crossing the sandy creek beds lol )

As for the wheel bearings, I had one replaced (rear d/s), and at a cost of around $900 buks each, They have the ABS stuff on them, and I dont think they use grease, I will run the risk of breaking one up there, I will however grab a few seals and have the rover specialist in Mackay have a good look over it prior to leaving.

Hopefully it drys up soon !!!!

Originally Posted by schuy1

If the Rad hoses not been done recently I would do a complete replacement of them and I mean ALL!. Yes if the water is deep tarp the radiator. A full selection of fuses, including the engine 1s. Apart from that there is not a lot of spares to carry A couple of spare unis are all ways handy. a bit of electrical spares like wire and tape and ZIPTIES! Do a complete fluid change b4 you leave and thats taken care of. A spare feul filter is handy.
I daresaay others will add to this!

Cheers Scott

Thanks for the reply Scott,

This is exactly what I was thinking as well. Not sure when the rad hoses were done last so I might as well get it done, It has been in the back of my mind lately as the K's are creeping up so fast. I will get a bunch of spare fuses and for some reason my crimp set, wires and soldering iron live in the back of the car, haha. Ill take plenty of ZIP ties and tape I had the diff oils and T/F case fluids done a few months back when the clutch was done. Im thinking couple spare air filters and a fuel filter, maybe a couple l's of engine oil. Ill also chuck in some contact cleaner, and RP7, two best cans of stuff one can buy, lol.

Originally Posted by schuy1

If the Rad hoses not been done recently I would do a complete replacement of them and I mean ALL!. Yes if the water is deep tarp the radiator. A full selection of fuses, including the engine 1s. Apart from that there is not a lot of spares to carry A couple of spare unis are all ways handy. a bit of electrical spares like wire and tape and ZIPTIES! Do a complete fluid change b4 you leave and thats taken care of. A spare feul filter is handy.
I daresaay others will add to this!

Cheers Scott

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What do you think about this set, do you know if that is a complete set of hoses?

Originally Posted by e166735

I am leaving cairns on the 18th/ 19th June. Cant wait. What spares are you taking?

Depending which way you go up at that time on those dates we will be working our way down the OTL and across to Weipa, leaving weipa on the 22nd to come back down the middle and Palmer river goldfields by the 26th

I've already changed all the radiator hoses, water pump, fuel pump, wheel bearings anyway, so I probably wont take too many spares.
Probably along the lines of fuel filter, air filter oil filter etc and a few of the show stoppers that are easy to take - crank angle sensor, maybe old fuel pump which still works fine, ECU (still have the old non flash-able one that works fine)

I wont take a second spare as the tyres are new but I have a tyre removal kit and I might throw in a tube just in case

cheers

Tim