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Oh boy...just when I thought he had learnt how to post pics...:).... On a serious note, hope you didn't get caught up in the whole nice thing....hmmm, why are you always nearby when something bad happens....what do you do for work again..?. Sounds like an alternator problem on your truck...

you have no idea how close to the truth that question is....:)... But I'm sworn to secrecy...

I've got some interesting stuff to do to the interior but nothing too outlandish as my tastes may not be the same as for someone else...the sound deadening really makes a nice difference, a lot less drumming noise from the outside and you can hold a pleasant conversation inside at Road speeds...

Is heighth the Bavarian word for height..???..bloody yank..:punk03:..:)

A bit of the history and my tour group is over...and please don't forget to tip your tour guide on the way out..:).

What am I...your Aussie bloody tour guide..??..:)... If you hadda slipped off your high heel shoes and lifted your skirt up and come along ya woulda seen it for yourself...sheez.....:).. You do know this is a build thread...not your own personal episode of national geographic don't ya.....just...

This is marshland in the centre of the island, due to its densely packed soilbase it's very slow to drain the water off, and this is from the recent rains... The pic of the GPS was taken on the ferry trip across the sound getting to the island, the pic of the "road" is in the middle of...

Heading out on the "road" to Portsmouth island village.. Miles and miles of uninhabited island beaches, the big girl did very admirably on the sometimes soft sand..

The "road" out to Portsmouth village..couple of spots 3-4 feet deep but mostly 2-3 feet.. Mostly firm bottom...No problem, no water ingress anywhere..this was all fresh water, but I probably would have done it even if it was not, as I said to someone a while ago, I built this truck for a good...

Thanks for that dougy boy.... Coming from you and knowing your background that's a serious compliment...and you tight assed scots don't usually give that up easily..:) I think Jonesy has a good video of the fat ole girl buried up to her axles in the sand though, but in her defense she did dig...

Had some lengthened braided stainless steel plastic coated brake lines laying around so installed those also.. Bought wd-40 in bulk and coated the underbody of the truck to slow down the rusting process..... Will pressure wash it all off in a couple of weeks and probably then waxoyl the...

Moved onto installing the high breather kit..this relocates all of the Trans and diff breathers high to avoid sucking in water during water crossings.. The valve block itself is located between the cab and rear box at about 4ft high and then a common breather tube is about 7 ft high...if I suck...

You don't realize how much bigger the turbo is until it's I talled...looks like a monster.. Problem is that now the oil feed line for the turbo doesn't reach..have to have a new one made..:( Ran around sat morning with no luck finding a hydraulic hose shop that does small diameter hose...

I've had these heavy duty steering components laying around for a while so I decided to install them..big difference in diameter..:)

While I had the exhaust manifold off I had it drilled for the EGT sensor and they say you are recommend to machine out the webbing between the exhaust ports to stop cracking of the manifold.. We just drilled a hole close to the edge of the webbing and them cut a slit to the hole...the hole stops...

That's not a bad idea Doug...need to fill the water tank, sure, no prob...just drive into the river and switch em on.....:). There is a total of 3 in the inside....that's 1500 gallons per hour... I hope to never need them..:)

You forgot the best reason of all....they look really cool...and tough...:Wow1:

Finished the dual under seat battery install... The 2 outer posts secure the tray to the floor and stay in place and the centre one comes out, this makes removal of the batteries easy.. Back of the perko switch gets a bit cramped..most of these are small current wires for the diesel heater...

Yes, I think it equates to about 7700 lbs.. It always a bit of a compromise to settle between something sturdy enough to last and something lightweight.. When it's all said and done I am going to weigh it twice...once fully laden (just the extra 25 gallons of diesel and 25 gallons of water can...

The main camping battery, the odyssey extreme.. Is only connected to the alternator system IF I energize the linking solenoid...usually it is kept completely topped up by the 160 watt solar panels.. The addition of the 3rd battery will be connected to a manual 4 position perko switch...I.e...