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Time for another update. First off is the camper heating system. This has to have been one of the must frustrating parts of the build to date. It has taken an extraordinary amount of time, and I've done thing three or four time, and still not got it right. Finally I can say that I think it...

That sound like a clever way of reducing the fuel, let a bit bleed off. Sounds like it might take a little bit of fine tuning to get to work properly, but very simple and easy to install and operate.

I found this interesting webpage on a modification for an Eberspacher heater at high altitude, they have 4 different metering pumps for different altitudes up to 5000m. It is in German but Google does a reasonable job of translating the page...

John, a friend of mine took his GXV mog along part of the Anne Beadell, that is a really big truck 2.5m wide and 4.2m high . He had no problems from Laverton to Neale Junction, then up the Connie Sue back to the Great Central Road. He damaged a tyre on the Connie Sue though. Although looking...

That's a great size tank, any photos of it. Please can you take a few measurements, I would love to see how something like that would fit on mine. I currently have a 180lt and a 130l tank, but want to get up to 400lt in total. Initially I was going to run an LPG Dieselgas system, for extra...

Glad you enjoyed it. We can't wait to go on another trip. :)

I have a fuel tanks on both sides, it is just a matter of drilling more holes in the chassis for the supports. Are you keeping the standard tank, it seems to be a bit small in my opinion, we like a 1000km range at least and should have 1500km with our two tanks. I'm expecting around 20-25...

Hi Peter, I have no idea, I'll use our power meter to see how much it actually draws at the 1600w setting.

Bit of an update on a $60 induction cooker. 1600W setting, 7 minutes to boil a litre of water, same pot (steel base) , approx same temperatures. . Current draw 185A :Wow1:

If you want to park on the side of the road, you don't want to be walking out the camper door right into the traffic lane, especially if your steps fold out. Regulations here say you have to have the camper door on the left ( passenger side), because we drive on the right hand side of the road...

I looked a insulation, condensation etc when building my truck, like everyone has said, main cause of moisture is people ( unless you are boiling lots of water for tea constantly. The only way to reduce condensation is through ventilation. If it is very cold outside, then you need to heat up...

Scott, two spares are ideal, but carrying then comes at a price if you are trying to keep the weight down. Your U1300 ambulance is pretty heavy to start out with, so unless you get rid of the box and start again, you will be travelling at close to GVM most of the time if you want to carry extra...

HI John, we did the Anne Beadell in our Land Rover in October. It's a nice track, very peaceful. We saw one car in the five days. We went West to East, first part from Laverton to Illkurka Road house is easy, track has been graded and nice and wide. A few corrugations but nothing worse than...

Dingoes are getting a bit too friendly on Fraser. We were doing a photoshoot at the wreck of the Maheno early one morning, and I noticed two dingoes heading towards us on the beach, then I realised they were heading straight for my wife's bikini she had left further up the beach :Wow1: - I...

Thanks for all the comments, I will have to look into how I plumb it, maybe with a bypass for the 90ST. I'll have to work on how that works. Any idea where I can get a thermatic valve from, they are not so common over here in Australia, no central heating shops around. It might be a good...

Thanks John, next time you are coming down the M1, give me a ring ( still got my number?) Mog will still be there for a while :( I understand what you mean, basically creating a short circuit, but I'd be lucky to have about 3.5 litres of water in the system if I bypass the engine, even with...

Never heard of them, not sure if they are available in Australia.

I'm not sure about the DuoTop, but the 90ST is supposed to be able to survive river crossings, but it will need to dry out before starting if water gets up the exhaust for a prolonged period of time, like getting stuck in a river. I mounted mine as high up as possible, around 5ft off the...

I looked at them and was really tempted as they were cheaper than the whole kit I ended up with, and whole lot simpler to install. It is a really nice compact solution for providing hot water and warming the camper. What swayed me to the 90ST is that I wanted something that would be able to...

Hi Luke, what you are saying makes sense, however, if I had to bypass the engine, I would need to add a separate tank to provide additional water. The minimum for the 90ST is 6 litres. The 90ST does not like starting and stopping, uses a lot of 12v power and fuel and cause problems in the long...