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I assume you have a bit more than a desktop 3D printer.

Love you 3 D printing work, is it a hard plastic or metal?

The handle is great, provides some extra stability when climbing into the truck.

Looks like a pretty solid door. Fibreglass and plywood is a great combination, easy to work and very strong. We had to make our door out of steel and aluminium, as it had to be "rated" with an ant-burst two stage lock like a car door because it being a passenger compartment. Getting a dust...

My first car had that, and I thought it was great as well. Now I have both the indicator stick option and the foot switch, and I find the foot switch a lot easier. This is the Mk1 version, but the switch is in the right position for me to tap it with my ankle easily

Time for another update, the 1000W subwoofer is out, and I've made a new slimline storage pod for the dash. Apart from the obligatory pair of cup holders, it also house the F/R + H/L gear change switches, and the iPad mount as well. The subwoofer and amplifiers weighed around 40kg, so...

I've got two complete refurbished portal boxes all packed and waiting to be shipped. If we were going overseas, I'd probably carry one with us. I also have a complete new set of portal gears, seals etc, but we don't have the carry capacity you have Charlie, so we can't carry as much.

Yes, we found things that we would never need, like a full gasket set and bearing set for the engine, and a spare set of injectors. If we were going on our around the world trip, then maybe I would carry them, but I have various spares all packaged up and labeled so people back home out send...

I'm unlikely to notice the difference, but I have decided to upgrade the rear sway bar, to a much stiffer one, should help with the rock and roll on high-speed tar roads. To be honest, we seldom go on roads that a Landcruiser can't go on, and those tracks are nowhere near the capacity of a...

Yes, lost over 100kgs doing the swap over, but disappointingly the aluminium wheels weighed more than the heavy duty steel wheels. They are worth it from an ease of use point of view. I should also have lost a few kgs when I got rid of the Claas overdrive swapping to the UG100 transmission...

No, Bentley is on the lift, going to replace the belts and pulleys, and it was a good place to park it when we were away, less chance of it getting stolen :)

We decided t completely unpack the truck. We have made a few changes since last time we weighed it, so time to weigh it with Trish and I, full fuel and water tank, and see how much it all is.

I have an OM352A ( turbo charged and with an intercooler) on mine, and on a pre-turbo EGT - try to stay around 580C - 620C maximum.

That looks like working gears. Should be a good truck.

That looks like quit ea nice truck. The working gears much be pneumatic on that one, as there is no working gear lever. The four little levers area all look like hydraulic block levers, so looks like it has some other accessories as well. Make sure it does have the working gears, the gearbox...

I went with a bigger power supply, just in case Australia has stronger amps. :LOL: This way it is not stressed at all, cooling fan should never come one. $35 delivered and another $10 for a case.

Getting ready for a trip up north for a week or so, so time for a few more gadgets :) I upgraded my main monitor on the home computer, so had this 32" monitor spare. I have an 19V power supply brick, so I got a step up power supply of Aliexpress, and set it to 19V. It is rated at 40A, so...

Upgrading my four core radiator to an offset 5 core radiator. I got it second hand so decided to get it cleaned and rodded. Turns out 25-30% of the tubes were blocked.

Deciding on the base truck is always a compromise, you need to decide what you want to do. Getting the biggest 6x6 truck so you have a mobile palace might be what you want, but that means getting to a lot of places will just not be possible, getting a small truck means you have a lot less...

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