blackduck
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just how many left testi's do you have alan ??? :wings:
they dont grow back you know
you cant go promising it to everyone !!!
FG84 crewcab
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just how many left testi's do you have alan ??? :wings:
they dont grow back you know
you cant go promising it to everyone !!!
few more pics..
sorry they're all phone pics, my phone seems to hate any kind of contrast so their a bit washed out...
towbar + chassis bobbed. same setup (towbar/chassis length) as last truck, which was a tipper. works well coz you get a towbar (though with my 41s the ball height is about 650...) and doesnt screw the departure angle much. cut 400 off the chassis.
body sheeted, with exhaust mount for 4" stack on front
cab painted.. wrong damn colour!
cab painted 2nd time, much more what im after!
sorry they're all phone pics, my phone seems to hate any kind of contrast so their a bit washed out...
towbar + chassis bobbed. same setup (towbar/chassis length) as last truck, which was a tipper. works well coz you get a towbar (though with my 41s the ball height is about 650...) and doesnt screw the departure angle much. cut 400 off the chassis.
body sheeted, with exhaust mount for 4" stack on front
cab painted.. wrong damn colour!
cab painted 2nd time, much more what im after!
ouch as in great price
what exactly don't you like about aircooled truck engines? no wc,less things to go wrong..water pump,etc..plus in -50 it wont freeze over.
those engines,and many others,are begging for compound turbos.
anyone doing some in fuso's?
Daarrrrr!!! Just wrote out a reply then my phone deleted it! Here goes again...
Not so much that I don't like aircooled motors, just heard varying reports on how reliable they are in hot Aust. That said, I know a few underground mines use them for pumps, apparently w/c engines just overheat coz they can't cool the water.. reckon deutz a/cooling just keeps going.. yea we don't really have such a problem with freezing over here in aus...
Yea the paint was an expensive mistake, but glad I did it then as otherwise would have had to repaint body as well (they did cab then body separately).
Atm engine is stock, got the 4" exhaust from the back of the brake, it also has 4" intake with a aftermarket filter housing. In the next few thou km hope to get better turbo (run at low 20s psi), get rid of the egr and do exhaust to turbo.
Hoping this will also solve the running hot problem these 84 trucks all seem to have.
Andrew.
Not so much that I don't like aircooled motors, just heard varying reports on how reliable they are in hot Aust. That said, I know a few underground mines use them for pumps, apparently w/c engines just overheat coz they can't cool the water.. reckon deutz a/cooling just keeps going.. yea we don't really have such a problem with freezing over here in aus...
Yea the paint was an expensive mistake, but glad I did it then as otherwise would have had to repaint body as well (they did cab then body separately).
Atm engine is stock, got the 4" exhaust from the back of the brake, it also has 4" intake with a aftermarket filter housing. In the next few thou km hope to get better turbo (run at low 20s psi), get rid of the egr and do exhaust to turbo.
Hoping this will also solve the running hot problem these 84 trucks all seem to have.
Andrew.
hi Dzltoy,
no particular updates, been really busy at work..
so the truck is still basically the same, but with 4500km on it now..
im not sure why all the pictures dont work, i certainly didnt take them down. i have emailed an admin, hopefully they can tell me why that is..
Andrew
Amesz00:
I have read through your thread here. I see pictures of your green truck and the box for the truck, etc.
I see no broken pictures at all.
I am not sure what you or others may be seeing.
Perhaps it was a temporary glitch that has corrected itself?
Sorry I could isolate anything as being problematic.
Thanks
Dendy
I have read through your thread here. I see pictures of your green truck and the box for the truck, etc.
I see no broken pictures at all.
I am not sure what you or others may be seeing.
Perhaps it was a temporary glitch that has corrected itself?
Sorry I could isolate anything as being problematic.
Thanks
Dendy
Ruderacing
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Hi all,
well any major progress on the truck has been slow (or nonexistant...) lately, but we did manage to get out for 4 days over the easter break, did 1700km (without filling up
) and a significant amount of slow bush work near norseman and esperance WA. was an awesome trip, and the truck performed very well, however it did show up a few things that need doing for future offroad excursions. such as;
Lesson 1) needs more mudguards.
Lesson 2) needs the bigger tyres.
Lesson 3) needs even more mudguards..
Lesson 4) needs a bullbar and spotties (obviously..)
i actually did manage to bog it once.. stopped in front of a watercrossing to shift to low range, as soon as i tried to move it dug to china + sat on the axles... got it out easy enough (lucky we were in a convoy, with simply digging and maxtrax the rear axle grabbed the trax and promptly pushed them into the mud underneath...) with a tow from a double locked and 35" tyred 80. however on further examination, pushing a stick into the ground (on the track mind you) revealed it to be a bottomless swamp! we picked a line around and skirted the whole area.
all other holes were conquered with ease though. well, some with not so much ease. being the first ones thru after heavy rain, i had no idea which wet patches were boggy or not. at least the 2 4wds following me could see my trenches thru the soft bits. that particular track did however justify for me why im running expensive, sometimes unobtanium, hard to balance, fast wearing XZLs. i really doubt 19.5s would have had the cleaning and low pressure bagging ability to cope with the gloop we were faced with (no offense ATW, they just aint aggresive enough for me )
but that kind of thing is very occasional.
the staked tyre is my mates 80, driving through norseman he had this massive drill bit go thru it. one passer by (from the norseman minesite) noted that it had likely come out of the I.T. loader that had just gone by with a scrap bin on it...
Andrew
well any major progress on the truck has been slow (or nonexistant...) lately, but we did manage to get out for 4 days over the easter break, did 1700km (without filling up
) and a significant amount of slow bush work near norseman and esperance WA. was an awesome trip, and the truck performed very well, however it did show up a few things that need doing for future offroad excursions. such as;Lesson 1) needs more mudguards.
Lesson 2) needs the bigger tyres.
Lesson 3) needs even more mudguards..
Lesson 4) needs a bullbar and spotties (obviously..)
i actually did manage to bog it once.. stopped in front of a watercrossing to shift to low range, as soon as i tried to move it dug to china + sat on the axles... got it out easy enough (lucky we were in a convoy, with simply digging and maxtrax the rear axle grabbed the trax and promptly pushed them into the mud underneath...) with a tow from a double locked and 35" tyred 80. however on further examination, pushing a stick into the ground (on the track mind you) revealed it to be a bottomless swamp! we picked a line around and skirted the whole area.
all other holes were conquered with ease though. well, some with not so much ease. being the first ones thru after heavy rain, i had no idea which wet patches were boggy or not. at least the 2 4wds following me could see my trenches thru the soft bits. that particular track did however justify for me why im running expensive, sometimes unobtanium, hard to balance, fast wearing XZLs. i really doubt 19.5s would have had the cleaning and low pressure bagging ability to cope with the gloop we were faced with (no offense ATW, they just aint aggresive enough for me
)but that kind of thing is very occasional.
the staked tyre is my mates 80, driving through norseman he had this massive drill bit go thru it. one passer by (from the norseman minesite) noted that it had likely come out of the I.T. loader that had just gone by with a scrap bin on it...
Andrew
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Rig looks good Andrew. I passed you going in the other direction around Raventhorpe somewhere? Wondered if it was you or not, i was in a 94 FG dual cab towing an expanda. Spent the weekend at Bremer Bay with the Fam.
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Hi all,
well any major progress on the truck has been slow (or nonexistant...) lately, but we did manage to get out for 4 days over the easter break, did 1700km (without filling up
Lesson 1) needs more mudguards.
Lesson 2) needs the bigger tyres.
Lesson 3) needs even more mudguards..
Lesson 4) needs a bullbar and spotties (obviously..)
i actually did manage to bog it once.. stopped in front of a watercrossing to shift to low range, as soon as i tried to move it dug to china + sat on the axles... got it out easy enough (lucky we were in a convoy, with simply digging and maxtrax the rear axle grabbed the trax and promptly pushed them into the mud underneath...) with a tow from a double locked and 35" tyred 80. however on further examination, pushing a stick into the ground (on the track mind you) revealed it to be a bottomless swamp! we picked a line around and skirted the whole area.
all other holes were conquered with ease though. well, some with not so much ease. being the first ones thru after heavy rain, i had no idea which wet patches were boggy or not. at least the 2 4wds following me could see my trenches thru the soft bits. that particular track did however justify for me why im running expensive, sometimes unobtanium, hard to balance, fast wearing XZLs. i really doubt 19.5s would have had the cleaning and low pressure bagging ability to cope with the gloop we were faced with (no offense ATW, they just aint aggresive enough for me
but that kind of thing is very occasional.
the staked tyre is my mates 80, driving through norseman he had this massive drill bit go thru it. one passer by (from the norseman minesite) noted that it had likely come out of the I.T. loader that had just gone by with a scrap bin on it...
Andrew
Is that your dad bending over in that pic (the pic below the walking stick)? ....don't tell me you had him out with the shovel with all those young fellas standing around? Typical. Hahaha.
Did Hans take his MAN?
Sounds like an awesome weekend.
Regards John.