A feed of rofosixone's images and videos for this album Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:47:29 MST http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?sort=ascending Tue, 8 Dec 2009 11:57:24 MST Photobucket feed generator en-us 60 http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=PhonePIC069.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=PhonePIC069.jpg&sort=ascending" title="PhonePIC069.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_PhonePIC069.jpg" alt="PhonePIC069.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - PhonePIC069.jpg</p><p>since vt off the road geting new rear end after been hit by a 10 ton truck, been useing rangie past week. this pic shows me parked in 1 york st sydney with back full of boxs. as you know i am always trying to make my p38a more robust (stronger and fix design faults) .this weeks task why does my air con cut out once it hits 31c on my lcd display near gear shift.early in week was cool but later on got warmer and results of my product testing is as follows .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/PhonePIC069.jpg p38a since vt off the road geting new rear end after been hit by a 10 ton truck, been useing rangie past week. this pic shows me parked in 1 york st sydney with back full of boxs. as you know i am always trying to make my p38a more robust (stronger and fix design faults) .this weeks task why does my air con cut out once it hits 31c on my lcd display near gear shift.early in week was cool but later on got warmer and results of my product testing is as follows . Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:47:29 MST http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=PhonePIC068.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=PhonePIC068.jpg&sort=ascending" title="PhonePIC068.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_PhonePIC068.jpg" alt="PhonePIC068.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - PhonePIC068.jpg</p><p>first fault,why do i have water on passenger side carpet in cabin and why do i have a pool of water under rear pass side door / answer - found drain plugs under floor above gearbox were blocked with mud ( must be something to do with water bog fun i had last major computor drowning ).in cabin noticed water was clear and cold so knew was air con problem ,if water was green colour and warm than it would be 0 ring from radiator water heater pipe in cabin (expensive job).originaly poked hole with wire but made no difference ,than got my air compressor hose screwed on that plastic air bed plug (above pic) than poked that rubber gromet with nozzel and ran pump pumping air in the rubber boot ,water was gushing out .as you can see above almost stoped but still dribleing ,fixed for now .noticed few days later water slowed down and started leaking again under rear pass side door ( water follows floor level inside cabin ),you might have to do this few times to disloge the blockage in the drain hose or inside air con blower ,but will fix it soon as more gets disloged out unblocking it .in VT has a long rubber hose sticking out above exhast pipe near gearbox ,on that one when under car ,just blow into hose to unblock drain hose ,its easyone on that car .///////// footnote in p38a drivers side drain hole have to hold that plastic nozzel on a angle .if it breaks off / with pliers unscrew plastic of the thread , next get $2.50 superglue and glue both back together ,let dry few hrs ,than rescrew plastic nozzel back on brass compressor hose end . then ready to use again ,found out today this might be a problem but fixed now.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/PhonePIC068.jpg p38a first fault,why do i have water on passenger side carpet in cabin and why do i have a pool of water under rear pass side door / answer - found drain plugs under floor above gearbox were blocked with mud ( must be something to do with water bog fun i had last major computor drowning ).in cabin noticed water was clear and cold so knew was air con problem ,if water was green colour and warm than it would be 0 ring from radiator water heater pipe in cabin (expensive job).originaly poked hole with wire but made no difference ,than got my air compressor hose screwed on that plastic air bed plug (above pic) than poked that rubber gromet with nozzel and ran pump pumping air in the rubber boot ,water was gushing out .as you can see above almost stoped but still dribleing ,fixed for now .noticed few days later water slowed down and started leaking again under rear pass side door ( water follows floor level inside cabin ),you might have to do this few times to disloge the blockage in the drain hose or inside air con blower ,but will fix it soon as more gets disloged out unblocking it .in VT has a long rubber hose sticking out above exhast pipe near gearbox ,on that one when under car ,just blow into hose to unblock drain hose ,its easyone on that car .///////// footnote in p38a drivers side drain hole have to hold that plastic nozzel on a angle .if it breaks off / with pliers unscrew plastic of the thread , next get $2.50 superglue and glue both back together ,let dry few hrs ,than rescrew plastic nozzel back on brass compressor hose end . then ready to use again ,found out today this might be a problem but fixed now. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:46:21 MST http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=PhonePIC072.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=PhonePIC072.jpg&sort=ascending" title="PhonePIC072.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_PhonePIC072.jpg" alt="PhonePIC072.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - PhonePIC072.jpg</p><p>next,found out why not geting cold air.at mascot after dropping last job off i ran air fan for 10 mins while motor off and parked,than than went to start motor,turned key saw on speedo display alternator fault.ok drove off to next job but no cold air.later on opened bonnet looked at air con compressor as motor was running but compressor wasent spinning,hit compressor cluch with screwdriver handle and it engaged.last time did that was because of lack of volts.i think computor senced volts low and cut out power to save battery,then once driveing,charged it up.next day when was warmer air copressor cut out at around 31c on lcd display and then i dont have cold air any more.noticed when running 4 dots on fan speed once hits av 31c cold air stopped than i put 3 dots(lower fan speed)and cold air came back on later on but now cut out around 34c alltogether and noticed ac lcd display dimmed when put brakes on(again low votage suspect but fixed it last time with new extra neg earth cable,this is something new)when came home took out that near new STD N70ZZ CCA660 super charge battery and fitted that blue marine M27SMF730 CCA 730 ac delco dual start and deep cycle battery ,as when i was at snowy camping for week didnt have power problems with that battery with starting or running cooler, and next day had constant cold air due to high volts supply to compressor even as high as 41 c,also same problem as vt,put std battery kept geting flat battery on full no 4 air con fan speed ,had to run fan speed on no 3(lower)than puting back that red high powered optima battery had no more need for jump starting flat battery useing air con with that.moral of story use high reserve power holding batterys for constant air con use is a must(and dont forget add extra neg earth cable, starts and charges faster,see pics elsewere here)and running frount fans for a p38a is a must,did not boil all week in sydney trafic but noticed fans chew power like compressor,also my fan connection does cool(no pauseing)starter and(no burning relays)fuse box</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/PhonePIC072.jpg p38a next,found out why not geting cold air.at mascot after dropping last job off i ran air fan for 10 mins while motor off and parked,than than went to start motor,turned key saw on speedo display alternator fault.ok drove off to next job but no cold air.later on opened bonnet looked at air con compressor as motor was running but compressor wasent spinning,hit compressor cluch with screwdriver handle and it engaged.last time did that was because of lack of volts.i think computor senced volts low and cut out power to save battery,then once driveing,charged it up.next day when was warmer air copressor cut out at around 31c on lcd display and then i dont have cold air any more.noticed when running 4 dots on fan speed once hits av 31c cold air stopped than i put 3 dots(lower fan speed)and cold air came back on later on but now cut out around 34c alltogether and noticed ac lcd display dimmed when put brakes on(again low votage suspect but fixed it last time with new extra neg earth cable,this is something new)when came home took out that near new STD N70ZZ CCA660 super charge battery and fitted that blue marine M27SMF730 CCA 730 ac delco dual start and deep cycle battery ,as when i was at snowy camping for week didnt have power problems with that battery with starting or running cooler, and next day had constant cold air due to high volts supply to compressor even as high as 41 c,also same problem as vt,put std battery kept geting flat battery on full no 4 air con fan speed ,had to run fan speed on no 3(lower)than puting back that red high powered optima battery had no more need for jump starting flat battery useing air con with that.moral of story use high reserve power holding batterys for constant air con use is a must(and dont forget add extra neg earth cable, starts and charges faster,see pics elsewere here)and running frount fans for a p38a is a must,did not boil all week in sydney trafic but noticed fans chew power like compressor,also my fan connection does cool(no pauseing)starter and(no burning relays)fuse box Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:45:07 MST http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=PhonePIC070.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=PhonePIC070.jpg&sort=ascending" title="PhonePIC070.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_PhonePIC070.jpg" alt="PhonePIC070.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - PhonePIC070.jpg</p><p>next headache,with different battery had unlimited cold air galore and unlimited power to run compressor and frount fans . i was laughting but stuck in city trafic was geting hot in engine bay more than usual/ next when leaveing surry hills going south i notice no more cold air .next i pulled over and opened the bonnet and noticed 2 of the 3 blue plastic ties broke (see pic above).reason why packed the cluch is because as cluch wears gap gets bigger and cluch doesent grab (engage) hence doesent pump gas /no cold air. to fix last time quoted $350 to put new shims (washers) and regas ect .found wraping plastic ties does the same (closes gap ) and $345 cheaper . moral of the story while its been on a very long time around a year or so ,do carry spare plastic ties in glove box,if snaps due to heat ,quick n easy repair.footnote was useing those thin blue ones ,but now later on put thick black ones ,should last 2 years now ,twice the thickness /////// but at the time this happened on the road now next, what i did to fix instantly with no spare plastic ties in car /see next pic .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/PhonePIC070.jpg p38a next headache,with different battery had unlimited cold air galore and unlimited power to run compressor and frount fans . i was laughting but stuck in city trafic was geting hot in engine bay more than usual/ next when leaveing surry hills going south i notice no more cold air .next i pulled over and opened the bonnet and noticed 2 of the 3 blue plastic ties broke (see pic above).reason why packed the cluch is because as cluch wears gap gets bigger and cluch doesent grab (engage) hence doesent pump gas /no cold air. to fix last time quoted $350 to put new shims (washers) and regas ect .found wraping plastic ties does the same (closes gap ) and $345 cheaper . moral of the story while its been on a very long time around a year or so ,do carry spare plastic ties in glove box,if snaps due to heat ,quick n easy repair.footnote was useing those thin blue ones ,but now later on put thick black ones ,should last 2 years now ,twice the thickness /////// but at the time this happened on the road now next, what i did to fix instantly with no spare plastic ties in car /see next pic . Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:43:50 MST http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=PhonePIC071.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=PhonePIC071.jpg&sort=ascending" title="PhonePIC071.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_PhonePIC071.jpg" alt="PhonePIC071.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - PhonePIC071.jpg</p><p>pic above shows one holding/one undone damaged plastic tie and one missing,frount on.what i did is use rubber band (from my buddies at australia post)as a temp measure.i just wound rubber band around inside the grove pushing disc closer and instantly got cold air again once got back in cabin.rubber bands dont last long due to rubber melting from heat,only few days.so when i get home i will just rip off the band and put back 3 plastic ties again but this time will use the thicker black ones instead ,should last min year easy and do it when cold if you dont want to burn your fingers.footnote - can not do this to VT compressor as disc doesent have holes/p38a rangie as you can see above does.2 long/1 short tie up.overview for week driveing/the climate tempreture readout on lcd is just a guide.i found friday when they said sydney currently is 28c but lcd display showed 36c,reason is i am in trafic que with bus/cars around me,of coarse your going to get heat haze from hot exhasts giveing u a extra 8c on display so its just a guide i learnt.as for temp read out,when motor cold and shows 20c gauge will be on last blue line ,when driveing at 20c ave gauge shows 1/4.when 26c gauge av 1/2 /when 34c gauge starts to go past 1/2 and depending what doing ,can go as highest i had last friday was between last white line and red line (in middle of that ) red warning light come on then.i stopped opened bonnet ,found radiator hoses were hot but soild and overflow bottle was not boiling .thats 4pm standstill traffic in sydney.found once moveing tempureture goes down quickly,luckly frount fans on constantly and even noticed a wirling noise later and car felt gutless off lights felt like undid one spark plug lead ,i worked out part time viscos rear fan came on ,very rare must have been hot so p38a does not like heavy stand still traffic .also found if voltage low,computor cuts out compressor to save elect ,very smart/were in commodore battery goes flat.in my case found compressor worked 24/7 after replaceing 660cca battery to 730cca .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/PhonePIC071.jpg p38a pic above shows one holding/one undone damaged plastic tie and one missing,frount on.what i did is use rubber band (from my buddies at australia post)as a temp measure.i just wound rubber band around inside the grove pushing disc closer and instantly got cold air again once got back in cabin.rubber bands dont last long due to rubber melting from heat,only few days.so when i get home i will just rip off the band and put back 3 plastic ties again but this time will use the thicker black ones instead ,should last min year easy and do it when cold if you dont want to burn your fingers.footnote - can not do this to VT compressor as disc doesent have holes/p38a rangie as you can see above does.2 long/1 short tie up.overview for week driveing/the climate tempreture readout on lcd is just a guide.i found friday when they said sydney currently is 28c but lcd display showed 36c,reason is i am in trafic que with bus/cars around me,of coarse your going to get heat haze from hot exhasts giveing u a extra 8c on display so its just a guide i learnt.as for temp read out,when motor cold and shows 20c gauge will be on last blue line ,when driveing at 20c ave gauge shows 1/4.when 26c gauge av 1/2 /when 34c gauge starts to go past 1/2 and depending what doing ,can go as highest i had last friday was between last white line and red line (in middle of that ) red warning light come on then.i stopped opened bonnet ,found radiator hoses were hot but soild and overflow bottle was not boiling .thats 4pm standstill traffic in sydney.found once moveing tempureture goes down quickly,luckly frount fans on constantly and even noticed a wirling noise later and car felt gutless off lights felt like undid one spark plug lead ,i worked out part time viscos rear fan came on ,very rare must have been hot so p38a does not like heavy stand still traffic .also found if voltage low,computor cuts out compressor to save elect ,very smart/were in commodore battery goes flat.in my case found compressor worked 24/7 after replaceing 660cca battery to 730cca . Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:42:20 MST http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image109-1.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image109-1.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image109-1.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image109-1.jpg" alt="Image109-1.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image109-1.jpg</p><p>warp factor 9 damage to nissan below motor ,bits and pieces twisted and torn/up the top motor was filled with brown slop via air cleaner .no great loss - just a diesel motor and tow to sydney .as for my p38/see pics.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image109-1.jpg p38a warp factor 9 damage to nissan below motor ,bits and pieces twisted and torn/up the top motor was filled with brown slop via air cleaner .no great loss - just a diesel motor and tow to sydney .as for my p38/see pics. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:05:42 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image076-1.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image076-1.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image076-1.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image076-1.jpg" alt="Image076-1.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image076-1.jpg</p><p>this is what happens when you go to slow to avoid drowning motor,you get hung up on chasis .next pics on right is what happens when you spend 10 mins in water ,water slowly got in cabin and drowned computor .moral of the story as soon as you stop do not open door or you will instantly swamp cabin with water ,in my case found later doors locked them selfs anyway so climbed out of window ,and 2nd most important leson i learnt , get snach out asap before hits computor.if did that wouldnt have lost 2hrs 30 mins drying it out and stuffing other lroc members trip time ///luckly they had lunch and they continued lost city trip and we meet up later but still stuffed jerrys and mervs afternoon ,but they also went to the aid of drowned nissan patrol drowned same bog hole were i was caught as well, amazeing people .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image076-1.jpg p38a this is what happens when you go to slow to avoid drowning motor,you get hung up on chasis .next pics on right is what happens when you spend 10 mins in water ,water slowly got in cabin and drowned computor .moral of the story as soon as you stop do not open door or you will instantly swamp cabin with water ,in my case found later doors locked them selfs anyway so climbed out of window ,and 2nd most important leson i learnt , get snach out asap before hits computor.if did that wouldnt have lost 2hrs 30 mins drying it out and stuffing other lroc members trip time ///luckly they had lunch and they continued lost city trip and we meet up later but still stuffed jerrys and mervs afternoon ,but they also went to the aid of drowned nissan patrol drowned same bog hole were i was caught as well, amazeing people . Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:15:46 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image079-1.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image079-1.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image079-1.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image079-1.jpg" alt="Image079-1.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image079-1.jpg</p><p>haveing taken the drivers seat out ,next start unpluging the wires and undoing screws geting ready to undo the cover .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image079-1.jpg p38a haveing taken the drivers seat out ,next start unpluging the wires and undoing screws geting ready to undo the cover . Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:07:56 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image081.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image081.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image081.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image081.jpg" alt="Image081.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image081.jpg</p><p>haveing pulled the cover apart ,this is view of top circuit board ,not looking good.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image081.jpg p38a haveing pulled the cover apart ,this is view of top circuit board ,not looking good. Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:01:17 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image083-1.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image083-1.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image083-1.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image083-1.jpg" alt="Image083-1.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image083-1.jpg</p><p>there are 2 circuit boards in the computor ,haveing now undone them as you can see this is why electronics went hay wire ,watery clay gunk top and bottom.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image083-1.jpg p38a there are 2 circuit boards in the computor ,haveing now undone them as you can see this is why electronics went hay wire ,watery clay gunk top and bottom. Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:52:31 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image102.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image102.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image102.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image102.jpg" alt="Image102.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image102.jpg</p><p>haveing taken the seat out and uncliped the computor ,waited till most of the gunk drained out now ready to clean up the clay mud residue.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image102.jpg p38a haveing taken the seat out and uncliped the computor ,waited till most of the gunk drained out now ready to clean up the clay mud residue. Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:43:28 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image085-1.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image085-1.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image085-1.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image085-1.jpg" alt="Image085-1.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image085-1.jpg</p><p>one of the waterlogged circuit boards found under drivers seat , jerry said it has a protective membrain coating on the board ,may be to be water resistant ,well we will find out later if water has gone inside the electronics or not ,to short circuit than smoke or not to ,which will it be .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image085-1.jpg p38a one of the waterlogged circuit boards found under drivers seat , jerry said it has a protective membrain coating on the board ,may be to be water resistant ,well we will find out later if water has gone inside the electronics or not ,to short circuit than smoke or not to ,which will it be . Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:04:16 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image086.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image086.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image086.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image086.jpg" alt="Image086.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image086.jpg</p><p>merv cleaning other big circuit board by dribblerling water slowly from his water tank on too it ,so not to put pressure if openings in circuit board .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image086.jpg p38a merv cleaning other big circuit board by dribblerling water slowly from his water tank on too it ,so not to put pressure if openings in circuit board . Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:58:26 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image103-1.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image103-1.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image103-1.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image103-1.jpg" alt="Image103-1.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image103-1.jpg</p><p>gery brushing away stuck mud from one board in back ground while merv"s about to blow dry other board with his compressor nozzle</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image103-1.jpg p38a gery brushing away stuck mud from one board in back ground while merv"s about to blow dry other board with his compressor nozzle Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:45:50 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image105.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image105.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image105.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image105.jpg" alt="Image105.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image105.jpg</p><p>gery brushing away clay muddy bits caught in circuit board which washing didnt dislodge ,he used a paint brush for easy bits and merv had toothbrush for harder bits of mud stuck or dryed more in the circuit boards.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image105.jpg p38a gery brushing away clay muddy bits caught in circuit board which washing didnt dislodge ,he used a paint brush for easy bits and merv had toothbrush for harder bits of mud stuck or dryed more in the circuit boards. Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:34:43 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image121-1.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image121-1.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image121-1.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image121-1.jpg" alt="Image121-1.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image121-1.jpg</p><p>now all conected back up and seat put back on ,it is ready to restart motor.what you see in this picture is a electronic air suspension (eas)override module from atlantic british p38a coil conversion kit.what that little black box does is tell the computor all is normal with air suspension and there is nothing wrong with the system,in other words tricks the computor so doesnt have spasam and give you beeps and warnings on your speedo message bank and drive you nuts because now there is no sensors ,and now this box takes over the sensors role giveing false but normal readings from non exsisting sensors to motor ,cool ah .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image121-1.jpg p38a now all conected back up and seat put back on ,it is ready to restart motor.what you see in this picture is a electronic air suspension (eas)override module from atlantic british p38a coil conversion kit.what that little black box does is tell the computor all is normal with air suspension and there is nothing wrong with the system,in other words tricks the computor so doesnt have spasam and give you beeps and warnings on your speedo message bank and drive you nuts because now there is no sensors ,and now this box takes over the sensors role giveing false but normal readings from non exsisting sensors to motor ,cool ah . Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:11:27 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image125.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image125.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image125.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image125.jpg" alt="Image125.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image125.jpg</p><p>haveing conected computor back under the seat all washed clean and all stuborn clay brushed off with tooth brush and paint brush than cleaned or blown off with mervs air conpresor .than conected neg earth back on ,than wipers and washers turned on ,we quickly turned off the switch flicking it few times /abs pump was buzzing for 40 seconds (normal)than window set was beeping on speedo mesage bank ,adjusted /lost radio ,put pin in when get home to see nos,forgot them /lost trip meter reading ,back to zero and added 2hrs 20 mins to clock in dash . but most important started first go (even if starter sounded funny first kick over ,ok now - its quieter must have pushed rest of water out of it .as you can see from my pic above ,looking at exhaust pipe, i love that smell of premium 98 ,it runs .foot note all fixed but carpet on floor full of clay .did you know disco computor sealed unit well i can tell you my p38 wasent , i am very lucky boy /i will make up to merv and gery at next meeting .just a foot note if had air suspension ,and if electrics went hay wire in water which it did here ,it would have lowered its self to the bump stops ,which it did another time after leaveing cooma near mittagong (see cooma 60th dvd ,see bumpy choppy ride in cabin before geting home on bump stops ,thats when gave up and ward put coils almost next day ).the cabin would have been flooded with water and easily up to just under door handles and water would have gone over the air cleaner intake ,good thing got coils and didnt sink ,it would have swollowed water in the motor like nissan patrol did ,but my rangie didnt ,the water just lapped bottom of air box as gery showed me later on, takeing it to all british day LROC display like this ,unwashed something to talk about , but did get inside carpets washed and spotless again , lucky me one less expense /after reseting computor ,noticed had hot air from both frount face vents, were before only had on drivers side ,thought it was blend motor not working pass side but now reset fixed it up.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image125.jpg p38a haveing conected computor back under the seat all washed clean and all stuborn clay brushed off with tooth brush and paint brush than cleaned or blown off with mervs air conpresor .than conected neg earth back on ,than wipers and washers turned on ,we quickly turned off the switch flicking it few times /abs pump was buzzing for 40 seconds (normal)than window set was beeping on speedo mesage bank ,adjusted /lost radio ,put pin in when get home to see nos,forgot them /lost trip meter reading ,back to zero and added 2hrs 20 mins to clock in dash . but most important started first go (even if starter sounded funny first kick over ,ok now - its quieter must have pushed rest of water out of it .as you can see from my pic above ,looking at exhaust pipe, i love that smell of premium 98 ,it runs .foot note all fixed but carpet on floor full of clay .did you know disco computor sealed unit well i can tell you my p38 wasent , i am very lucky boy /i will make up to merv and gery at next meeting .just a foot note if had air suspension ,and if electrics went hay wire in water which it did here ,it would have lowered its self to the bump stops ,which it did another time after leaveing cooma near mittagong (see cooma 60th dvd ,see bumpy choppy ride in cabin before geting home on bump stops ,thats when gave up and ward put coils almost next day ).the cabin would have been flooded with water and easily up to just under door handles and water would have gone over the air cleaner intake ,good thing got coils and didnt sink ,it would have swollowed water in the motor like nissan patrol did ,but my rangie didnt ,the water just lapped bottom of air box as gery showed me later on, takeing it to all british day LROC display like this ,unwashed something to talk about , but did get inside carpets washed and spotless again , lucky me one less expense /after reseting computor ,noticed had hot air from both frount face vents, were before only had on drivers side ,thought it was blend motor not working pass side but now reset fixed it up. Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:52:02 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image051.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image051.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image051.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image051.jpg" alt="Image051.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image051.jpg</p><p>this is what i use in my p38a ,diff i use castrol EPX 80w/90 4LT ,av sydney prices i see are peps $38 or supercheap $35 , repco $36 ,also at autobarn $40) / armor-all tyre shine for plastic bumpers ,chasis or tyres spray than rub on av $8.39 a can av,at bunnings its $7.40. aftermarket VT paper aircleaner,peps sell for $12.00 ,thats min $8.00 av less than ryco brand ones .valvoline oil filter Z9 or V01(used it in my ex 3.5 v8 110 county as well,old ford filter design/fits p38a V8,can buy for av $8.50 at super cheap or $8.95 pepes,instead of $15 /$17 for other genuine smaller lr filter)penrite aft dextron 2 (can handle heat)for transfer/auto box /power ster in p38a rangie,in VT use dextron 3.as for motor oil i use valvoline xld premium 20w50 on p38a and VT/4LT V8 takes 5.6 LTs depending on filter size and VT uses 3.8L av oil +filter .at supercheap ,5L xld premium oil selling $25.95/at repco 5L is $28 / but big W usually cheapest for oil,unless others have specials /VT- lsd diff oil castrol LSX90,4LTs (need av 1.9 litres to change)at supercheap ? /repco at $40 and pepes is $43,p38 plugs which are ngk BPR5ES seen them for $4.50 each at super cheap ,( p38a i change at 15,000km)on VT change at 20,000km,LPG runs cleaner/ all above for syd metro area (liverpool).foot note have used castrol found gunks up like mobil (non detergent)and if have straight lpg ,useing mobil one shines up bore and it destroyed my holden 202 motor ,petrol may be ok but lpg a no no .i use valvoline oil because did experiment with magna filter in old days ,tryed all sorts of oils and the oil with the lowest amount of shaveings or grey paste (meaning bearings ,piston rings ect ect) caught on magnet inside oil filter was the above XLD 20w50 ,thats why i use and recomend for lpg or petrol,and handles heat i found very good , all so its a high detergent oil meaning it doesent gunk up motor inside .in rangie i change oil at 3,300km (off road,low range work makes oil weaker earlier) VT 5,000km (because LPG doesent degrade the oil,stays cleaner longer.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image051.jpg p38a this is what i use in my p38a ,diff i use castrol EPX 80w/90 4LT ,av sydney prices i see are peps $38 or supercheap $35 , repco $36 ,also at autobarn $40) / armor-all tyre shine for plastic bumpers ,chasis or tyres spray than rub on av $8.39 a can av,at bunnings its $7.40. aftermarket VT paper aircleaner,peps sell for $12.00 ,thats min $8.00 av less than ryco brand ones .valvoline oil filter Z9 or V01(used it in my ex 3.5 v8 110 county as well,old ford filter design/fits p38a V8,can buy for av $8.50 at super cheap or $8.95 pepes,instead of $15 /$17 for other genuine smaller lr filter)penrite aft dextron 2 (can handle heat)for transfer/auto box /power ster in p38a rangie,in VT use dextron 3.as for motor oil i use valvoline xld premium 20w50 on p38a and VT/4LT V8 takes 5.6 LTs depending on filter size and VT uses 3.8L av oil +filter .at supercheap ,5L xld premium oil selling $25.95/at repco 5L is $28 / but big W usually cheapest for oil,unless others have specials /VT- lsd diff oil castrol LSX90,4LTs (need av 1.9 litres to change)at supercheap ? /repco at $40 and pepes is $43,p38 plugs which are ngk BPR5ES seen them for $4.50 each at super cheap ,( p38a i change at 15,000km)on VT change at 20,000km,LPG runs cleaner/ all above for syd metro area (liverpool).foot note have used castrol found gunks up like mobil (non detergent)and if have straight lpg ,useing mobil one shines up bore and it destroyed my holden 202 motor ,petrol may be ok but lpg a no no .i use valvoline oil because did experiment with magna filter in old days ,tryed all sorts of oils and the oil with the lowest amount of shaveings or grey paste (meaning bearings ,piston rings ect ect) caught on magnet inside oil filter was the above XLD 20w50 ,thats why i use and recomend for lpg or petrol,and handles heat i found very good , all so its a high detergent oil meaning it doesent gunk up motor inside .in rangie i change oil at 3,300km (off road,low range work makes oil weaker earlier) VT 5,000km (because LPG doesent degrade the oil,stays cleaner longer. Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:55:10 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image054-1.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image054-1.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image054-1.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image054-1.jpg" alt="Image054-1.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image054-1.jpg</p><p>my waeco 18 L /goes -30 outside air or i found av runs 2c cooling wise ( most foods say keep below 4c ), cost me few years ago around $160 at rays .repco have thermo engel 15L /goes -20 at $129 (ends 6/9th).autobarn has 15 L /goes -32 at $219 with 240 adaptor included (ends 6/9th).super cheap has 14L waeco /goes -30 at $179 with 240 adaptor included and bonus waeco can cooler included as well (ends 1/9th) just a few in the 14 to 18 LT size bracket if wondering whats on offer in syd metro area .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image054-1.jpg p38a my waeco 18 L /goes -30 outside air or i found av runs 2c cooling wise ( most foods say keep below 4c ), cost me few years ago around $160 at rays .repco have thermo engel 15L /goes -20 at $129 (ends 6/9th).autobarn has 15 L /goes -32 at $219 with 240 adaptor included (ends 6/9th).super cheap has 14L waeco /goes -30 at $179 with 240 adaptor included and bonus waeco can cooler included as well (ends 1/9th) just a few in the 14 to 18 LT size bracket if wondering whats on offer in syd metro area . Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:12:07 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image003.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image003.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image003.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image003.jpg" alt="Image003.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image003.jpg</p><p>if you are camping and need to run items that run on 240v mains power ,well there is a item called a inverter that you can plug in to 12v and it converts power to 240 v .the lowest i have seen is 100 watts ,but after useing it (see next pic in row ) really dont buy it .at a min get a 300 watt one (av price now $75-$88 on left of pic ,few years ago payed $130 for the 100watt one on right of pic) ,at least with a 300 watt one you can use it to power most items like video camera chargeing ,chargeing normal penlight batteries on 240v battery charger ect ect and dont need to do weird cable work on car .i have seen mostly av 600 watt ones on lroc members landies but it involves puting thick cableing ect to take advantage of power,but have seen up to 1,500 watt ones as well .reminds me of geehi trip ,ewan was running a drill while repairing the huts ,had big inverter or converta i call it ,had all the power from batterys and converta and was big enoth to handle it, but drill stopped working ,why you say. his plastic toyota fuse holder melted ,moral of story apart from driveing toyo , make certain your cables ect can handle power used ,apart from that it drilled throught timber no problem and it works .footnote , dont waste your time and money on 150 watt inverter ,not enough power ,100 also is a waste of time ,also another tip get a 12 volt cut out switch /av cooler model will go under 12 volts in 2/3 hours in cabin in hot weather or 7/8 hours in colder weather night time (depending on how many times thermostat cuts in or out which i found out on mine)connected to a normal starting battery ,on deep cyl battery ,cooler works longer than above hrs quoted extra hr or two .on a proper fridge like engel uses nothing power wise, but el cheapo coolers chew power unless car motor is running ,or if still worryed a 12 volt cut out switch installed as a safe guard ,it does start car when volts low because cuts out on av 12.1 volts but few mins later volts go up because only shows surface charge not bottom were there is more.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image003.jpg p38a if you are camping and need to run items that run on 240v mains power ,well there is a item called a inverter that you can plug in to 12v and it converts power to 240 v .the lowest i have seen is 100 watts ,but after useing it (see next pic in row ) really dont buy it .at a min get a 300 watt one (av price now $75-$88 on left of pic ,few years ago payed $130 for the 100watt one on right of pic) ,at least with a 300 watt one you can use it to power most items like video camera chargeing ,chargeing normal penlight batteries on 240v battery charger ect ect and dont need to do weird cable work on car .i have seen mostly av 600 watt ones on lroc members landies but it involves puting thick cableing ect to take advantage of power,but have seen up to 1,500 watt ones as well .reminds me of geehi trip ,ewan was running a drill while repairing the huts ,had big inverter or converta i call it ,had all the power from batterys and converta and was big enoth to handle it, but drill stopped working ,why you say. his plastic toyota fuse holder melted ,moral of story apart from driveing toyo , make certain your cables ect can handle power used ,apart from that it drilled throught timber no problem and it works .footnote , dont waste your time and money on 150 watt inverter ,not enough power ,100 also is a waste of time ,also another tip get a 12 volt cut out switch /av cooler model will go under 12 volts in 2/3 hours in cabin in hot weather or 7/8 hours in colder weather night time (depending on how many times thermostat cuts in or out which i found out on mine)connected to a normal starting battery ,on deep cyl battery ,cooler works longer than above hrs quoted extra hr or two .on a proper fridge like engel uses nothing power wise, but el cheapo coolers chew power unless car motor is running ,or if still worryed a 12 volt cut out switch installed as a safe guard ,it does start car when volts low because cuts out on av 12.1 volts but few mins later volts go up because only shows surface charge not bottom were there is more. Sat, 8 Aug 2009 19:53:03 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image004.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image004.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image004.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image004.jpg" alt="Image004.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image004.jpg</p><p>on left shows bigger (rear faceing ,fan useing )300 watt coverta and on right shows smaller frount 100 watt converta,only thing i found 100 watt converta good for apart from rubbish bin is running that mech"s workshop 240 v floro tubed light that is plugged in and working right now, on bottom of pic . it is great for a camping light ,but dont forget voltage cut off switch .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image004.jpg p38a on left shows bigger (rear faceing ,fan useing )300 watt coverta and on right shows smaller frount 100 watt converta,only thing i found 100 watt converta good for apart from rubbish bin is running that mech"s workshop 240 v floro tubed light that is plugged in and working right now, on bottom of pic . it is great for a camping light ,but dont forget voltage cut off switch . Sat, 8 Aug 2009 19:37:31 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image008-1.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image008-1.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image008-1.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image008-1.jpg" alt="Image008-1.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image008-1.jpg</p><p>pic shows low voltage cut out switch or battery protector i got from jay car (the other dick smith) one end (male) goes to power side like cig lighter in car or portable battery pack (as this pic displays )and the other end (female) to again cig lighter adaptored item you need to use.cost me at that time around in 2007 ,$19.95 au ,part no is MS6120 .says on package that cuts out voltage at 11.2 ,i found depends on battery ,if blue marine sealed starting/deep cyl it cuts out at av 11.8 on mine than later battery jumps back up to 12.1 on rest but on a normal p38a unsealed starting battery cuts out at 12.0 but later jumps back up to 12.2 at rest ( didnt try on black sealed deep cyl as dont want to risk damage on start up ,with marine deep cyl can do it )but as it says does leave enought votage to start rangie on both batterys i tryed after when cuts out ,looking at above pic the green led light turns into red led light to tell its cut the voltage ,if you havent noticed or heard item stop ,as tested at one week geehi morning start ups and other trips ,cheap battery protection insurance .footnote took vt to treeplanting instead of p38 (nethew on L plate wanted to come along and drive as well ) tryed the above on vt's STD battery with waeco TC 18 cooler which is rated at -30 below outside temp .i had it running at the back of station wagon exposed to light and heat ,had car parked for 2 hours than started instantly than we moved to next location than later in warm cabin cooler lasted 4hrs on ,untill power got cut off by above switch .when went to restart, car starter motor turned over 4 times slowly while dash warning lights were dim ,than turned fast all at once to start than noticed it defaulted to petrol setting instead of lpg once turned on and cars radio went off ,had to punch in pin no to reset it too work .but it did its job still started car and even though cooler didnt work for 30 mins the whole day (other times driveing/chargeing or came back to car before 4 hr cut off )it still kept items cool inside it.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image008-1.jpg p38a pic shows low voltage cut out switch or battery protector i got from jay car (the other dick smith) one end (male) goes to power side like cig lighter in car or portable battery pack (as this pic displays )and the other end (female) to again cig lighter adaptored item you need to use.cost me at that time around in 2007 ,$19.95 au ,part no is MS6120 .says on package that cuts out voltage at 11.2 ,i found depends on battery ,if blue marine sealed starting/deep cyl it cuts out at av 11.8 on mine than later battery jumps back up to 12.1 on rest but on a normal p38a unsealed starting battery cuts out at 12.0 but later jumps back up to 12.2 at rest ( didnt try on black sealed deep cyl as dont want to risk damage on start up ,with marine deep cyl can do it )but as it says does leave enought votage to start rangie on both batterys i tryed after when cuts out ,looking at above pic the green led light turns into red led light to tell its cut the voltage ,if you havent noticed or heard item stop ,as tested at one week geehi morning start ups and other trips ,cheap battery protection insurance .footnote took vt to treeplanting instead of p38 (nethew on L plate wanted to come along and drive as well ) tryed the above on vt's STD battery with waeco TC 18 cooler which is rated at -30 below outside temp .i had it running at the back of station wagon exposed to light and heat ,had car parked for 2 hours than started instantly than we moved to next location than later in warm cabin cooler lasted 4hrs on ,untill power got cut off by above switch .when went to restart, car starter motor turned over 4 times slowly while dash warning lights were dim ,than turned fast all at once to start than noticed it defaulted to petrol setting instead of lpg once turned on and cars radio went off ,had to punch in pin no to reset it too work .but it did its job still started car and even though cooler didnt work for 30 mins the whole day (other times driveing/chargeing or came back to car before 4 hr cut off )it still kept items cool inside it. Sat, 8 Aug 2009 18:48:12 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image001.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image001.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image001.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image001.jpg" alt="Image001.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image001.jpg</p><p>when i go camping on lroc trips ,this is my set up for running my gear /portable case with 12v 100 amp sealed deep cycle battery ,in or out of p38a rear cradle , (pic shows on table)300 watt converta (12v to 240v),cut out- low volt switch ,easy simple portable .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image001.jpg p38a when i go camping on lroc trips ,this is my set up for running my gear /portable case with 12v 100 amp sealed deep cycle battery ,in or out of p38a rear cradle , (pic shows on table)300 watt converta (12v to 240v),cut out- low volt switch ,easy simple portable . Sat, 8 Aug 2009 18:33:59 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image011-1.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image011-1.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image011-1.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image011-1.jpg" alt="Image011-1.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image011-1.jpg</p><p>pic showing frount side of rear pass side coil conversion to p38a what looks like ,no air bag here and no need for soap n water here unless your washing it ? note now run yellow arb nitro shockies,see other pics .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image011-1.jpg p38a pic showing frount side of rear pass side coil conversion to p38a what looks like ,no air bag here and no need for soap n water here unless your washing it ? note now run yellow arb nitro shockies,see other pics . Sat, 8 Aug 2009 18:18:09 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image055.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image055.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image055.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image055.jpg" alt="Image055.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image055.jpg</p><p>as you can see from the above pic / this is my way of protecting my self fom radiation sickness .u sheild neting over my pc at back , pager on left always left on , nil efect on me. mobile on right is always off unless i use , again nil efect unless switched on due to notifcation by pager message and again phone covered inside the plastic case by u sheild netting ,and have bluetooth on my visor . another way is going to web sites (like eg SAR SHIELD) than clicking there (cell phone radiation chart ) looking up lowest sar rating phone you like or can afford. for example pick up vodafone june mag from there shops, on page 13 there are the cheapest phs showing there with a av sar rating of 1.10 /1.39 ,most are under $100 to buy. next turn to page 12 , bit higher in price from $129 to $299 but there av sar rateing is 0.57 /1.17. so the lowest pick of the bunch is nokia 6300 with sar rateing of 0.57 and its price is $159 ,and can use bluetooth on it as well. remember 1.60 is max safety level ,any higher your microwaveing your brain and may be risking cancer to form . noticed also on newest 3 phones mag ,the cheaper $19 cap phones most av 1.20 , my above pictured 3 sony ericsson k800i bit more expensive to buy , but has a 0.58 rateing .as i always say you get what you pay for , next time you update heath wise do your sums, better for you in long run.footnote see pc under netting /mobil with a plastic case cover on the right of this for more details of the above .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image055.jpg p38a as you can see from the above pic / this is my way of protecting my self fom radiation sickness .u sheild neting over my pc at back , pager on left always left on , nil efect on me. mobile on right is always off unless i use , again nil efect unless switched on due to notifcation by pager message and again phone covered inside the plastic case by u sheild netting ,and have bluetooth on my visor . another way is going to web sites (like eg SAR SHIELD) than clicking there (cell phone radiation chart ) looking up lowest sar rating phone you like or can afford. for example pick up vodafone june mag from there shops, on page 13 there are the cheapest phs showing there with a av sar rating of 1.10 /1.39 ,most are under $100 to buy. next turn to page 12 , bit higher in price from $129 to $299 but there av sar rateing is 0.57 /1.17. so the lowest pick of the bunch is nokia 6300 with sar rateing of 0.57 and its price is $159 ,and can use bluetooth on it as well. remember 1.60 is max safety level ,any higher your microwaveing your brain and may be risking cancer to form . noticed also on newest 3 phones mag ,the cheaper $19 cap phones most av 1.20 , my above pictured 3 sony ericsson k800i bit more expensive to buy , but has a 0.58 rateing .as i always say you get what you pay for , next time you update heath wise do your sums, better for you in long run.footnote see pc under netting /mobil with a plastic case cover on the right of this for more details of the above . Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:08:30 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image008.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image008.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image008.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image008.jpg" alt="Image008.jpg" /></a><br>holden vt - Image008.jpg</p><p>the above pic is what happens when you wash (drown) your motor for rego time.on your left you can see a old 200,000km +LPG computor .water got in and started to play up.starting was hard and ran rough on lpg ,also found wasent switching to lpg just stayed on petrol.drove to lpg place at mascot saw peter first thing he did is pull out switch ( what i am holding with my fingers )found nozzel was not returning so it was blocking lpg .next what he did is undo that switch inbetween the rubber hoses and put a manual valve ( see next pic to the right of this) told me to go for drive / found it work but gutless as that switch i am holding ( the faulty one ) is usually conected to oxgen sensor in exhast pipe which in turn is conected to computor , which in turn adjusts mixtures ,which in turn gives you grunt .so had 2 things wrong needed new computor ( see above to right ) which got and got new switch as well .after fitting these 2 new items , now the updated software in the new computor doesent make car go faster of the mark but found once you hit 3,000 rpm it flys , were before it stops at 5,400 rpm now goes 5,500 rpm. doesent sound much but top end wise , wow .also found my 66L tank was giveing me av 285km ,since new computor and a proper gas computor tune (adjust mixtures and new air filter) now av 315km on tank city driveing . moral of the story , be very carefull when washing motor were computors are concerned it might cost u big money later on to repair if short circuit it.footnote when drove to singleton and back to liverpool made it on 65L or av 14L /100KM , but CITY STOP DRIVEING lowers it to around give or take av 20L /100km or with air con on uses av 22L per 100km on a v6 /auto VT holden wagon if wondering .it just depends on how u drive it and were you drive it but costs me av $10 per 100kms to drive in city,cheap motoring.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image008.jpg holden vt the above pic is what happens when you wash (drown) your motor for rego time.on your left you can see a old 200,000km +LPG computor .water got in and started to play up.starting was hard and ran rough on lpg ,also found wasent switching to lpg just stayed on petrol.drove to lpg place at mascot saw peter first thing he did is pull out switch ( what i am holding with my fingers )found nozzel was not returning so it was blocking lpg .next what he did is undo that switch inbetween the rubber hoses and put a manual valve ( see next pic to the right of this) told me to go for drive / found it work but gutless as that switch i am holding ( the faulty one ) is usually conected to oxgen sensor in exhast pipe which in turn is conected to computor , which in turn adjusts mixtures ,which in turn gives you grunt .so had 2 things wrong needed new computor ( see above to right ) which got and got new switch as well .after fitting these 2 new items , now the updated software in the new computor doesent make car go faster of the mark but found once you hit 3,000 rpm it flys , were before it stops at 5,400 rpm now goes 5,500 rpm. doesent sound much but top end wise , wow .also found my 66L tank was giveing me av 285km ,since new computor and a proper gas computor tune (adjust mixtures and new air filter) now av 315km on tank city driveing . moral of the story , be very carefull when washing motor were computors are concerned it might cost u big money later on to repair if short circuit it.footnote when drove to singleton and back to liverpool made it on 65L or av 14L /100KM , but CITY STOP DRIVEING lowers it to around give or take av 20L /100km or with air con on uses av 22L per 100km on a v6 /auto VT holden wagon if wondering .it just depends on how u drive it and were you drive it but costs me av $10 per 100kms to drive in city,cheap motoring. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:36:50 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image261.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image261.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image261.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image261.jpg" alt="Image261.jpg" /></a><br>holden vt - Image261.jpg</p><p>what you see above is a manual valve temp fitting (usually there is a switch with wires that go to exhast pipe oxygen sensor)when your lpg switch dies the above is a stopgap so you can drive to spare parts place to pick up new switch,it is realy gutless with out computor help .this is first time i have had problem with lpg system and was due to water shortcircuiting 2 electronic items ,my fault not car. cleaning motor for rego i drowned it .just in case you ask driveing all week doing courier deliverys around sydney cost vt in lpg av $90.00 /in p38a v8 useing 98 petrol cost me $230.00 .you may ask why not convert p38a to lpg ,my answer after doing recent research and ringing around is ,for a start they want to fit 60L tank behind back seats ,cheaper than fitting in spare tyre well /no. not loseing camping sleeping room and then fork out tyre carrier at rear so someone can pinch my tyre and 60L too small,my std petrol tank holds 108L (I HATE STOPPING AND FILLING AT COUNTRY PRICES).2nd they want me to put cheaper air system which leaves unburnt fuel in chamber which can backfire /no .to fix that can put injection system ,instead of air but extra cost is major factor(its a old car).3rd with extra weight of tank to fill it with lpg the fittings pipes convertas,will be slower and feel like driveing a diesel /no dont want that .4th ya great,get $1750.00 rebate but have to pay upfrount first,ya right than have to wait av 10 days to get back from medicare office ,can i trust this goverment/no .with all this extra electrical wireing can i trust it in deep water/no ,merve and gerry want be around next time. 5th will the hotter lpg running wear p38 motor quicker/no; i got manualy operating frount fans (something works here)that will fix heat ishue ,but if they connect converta straight to heater hoses which water will be cold in freezeing days or cold am mornings it will cause iceing up ,and might cause backfireing or hard to start (unless starts on petrol)no.keep 2nd car std light roomly reliable and fast,VT yes p38 no.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image261.jpg holden vt what you see above is a manual valve temp fitting (usually there is a switch with wires that go to exhast pipe oxygen sensor)when your lpg switch dies the above is a stopgap so you can drive to spare parts place to pick up new switch,it is realy gutless with out computor help .this is first time i have had problem with lpg system and was due to water shortcircuiting 2 electronic items ,my fault not car. cleaning motor for rego i drowned it .just in case you ask driveing all week doing courier deliverys around sydney cost vt in lpg av $90.00 /in p38a v8 useing 98 petrol cost me $230.00 .you may ask why not convert p38a to lpg ,my answer after doing recent research and ringing around is ,for a start they want to fit 60L tank behind back seats ,cheaper than fitting in spare tyre well /no. not loseing camping sleeping room and then fork out tyre carrier at rear so someone can pinch my tyre and 60L too small,my std petrol tank holds 108L (I HATE STOPPING AND FILLING AT COUNTRY PRICES).2nd they want me to put cheaper air system which leaves unburnt fuel in chamber which can backfire /no .to fix that can put injection system ,instead of air but extra cost is major factor(its a old car).3rd with extra weight of tank to fill it with lpg the fittings pipes convertas,will be slower and feel like driveing a diesel /no dont want that .4th ya great,get $1750.00 rebate but have to pay upfrount first,ya right than have to wait av 10 days to get back from medicare office ,can i trust this goverment/no .with all this extra electrical wireing can i trust it in deep water/no ,merve and gerry want be around next time. 5th will the hotter lpg running wear p38 motor quicker/no; i got manualy operating frount fans (something works here)that will fix heat ishue ,but if they connect converta straight to heater hoses which water will be cold in freezeing days or cold am mornings it will cause iceing up ,and might cause backfireing or hard to start (unless starts on petrol)no.keep 2nd car std light roomly reliable and fast,VT yes p38 no. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:33:02 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image054.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image054.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image054.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image054.jpg" alt="Image054.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image054.jpg</p><p>do you get radiation sickness like me .it started back with cb radios in 1978 in the old days ,than 1984 on with courier 2 ways now in modern times the above pc is what i use to get my work from .2 way radios are now old news /data is the in thing now .if your a courier doing deliverys and as i am sensitive to radiation from eg the above pc device / mobil phs /or gps ,(see next 2 pics to the right of this one ).well how does it affect me from time to time i will give the following things i notice on me eg / i get head aches , glazed red itchie eyes ,eyes not focusing properly , red face, nausea ,blistering lips ,numb ear ,red ear . and when holding them on my hand i get tightening of the top of my hand , hand that feels like got arthritis , numb hand .and when put in pocket get numbing thigh or side of leg.to minimize radiation i have taken some steps which i will explain. the above pc is now when in car put as far away from me as can ,eg pass side above glovebox attached behind by vellco strips so stays there.the net siting above it is called u shield /it blocks 95 to 99 % of radiation from 200 mhz to 10 ghz ,i have cut it to size and sticky taped it to window so when i need to use pc i lift netting and slide out/to put back do opposite .does it work ,yes you notice it instantly blocking magnatic radiation, and funny thing is when pc picks up signal you hear the netting restricting the buzzing clicking sound made by the pc via its speaker doing its job to lower radiation .lately not sick ( as stated above) like use to be as long as it is covered,if interested type (livspace.com.au) for more details or phone joachim on 02 4784 3734 ,not cheap but made in sweden and works. if you want it for your mobil ,the specialy made knited netting inside the leather case can cost around $100 or like me buy plastic case for around $10/$15 and just ask for netting piece enoth to cover back to frount (cost me $22 for my k800i) postage is extra , next pic is mob ph fitting and cover ,what netting looks like and more details.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image054.jpg p38a do you get radiation sickness like me .it started back with cb radios in 1978 in the old days ,than 1984 on with courier 2 ways now in modern times the above pc is what i use to get my work from .2 way radios are now old news /data is the in thing now .if your a courier doing deliverys and as i am sensitive to radiation from eg the above pc device / mobil phs /or gps ,(see next 2 pics to the right of this one ).well how does it affect me from time to time i will give the following things i notice on me eg / i get head aches , glazed red itchie eyes ,eyes not focusing properly , red face, nausea ,blistering lips ,numb ear ,red ear . and when holding them on my hand i get tightening of the top of my hand , hand that feels like got arthritis , numb hand .and when put in pocket get numbing thigh or side of leg.to minimize radiation i have taken some steps which i will explain. the above pc is now when in car put as far away from me as can ,eg pass side above glovebox attached behind by vellco strips so stays there.the net siting above it is called u shield /it blocks 95 to 99 % of radiation from 200 mhz to 10 ghz ,i have cut it to size and sticky taped it to window so when i need to use pc i lift netting and slide out/to put back do opposite .does it work ,yes you notice it instantly blocking magnatic radiation, and funny thing is when pc picks up signal you hear the netting restricting the buzzing clicking sound made by the pc via its speaker doing its job to lower radiation .lately not sick ( as stated above) like use to be as long as it is covered,if interested type (livspace.com.au) for more details or phone joachim on 02 4784 3734 ,not cheap but made in sweden and works. if you want it for your mobil ,the specialy made knited netting inside the leather case can cost around $100 or like me buy plastic case for around $10/$15 and just ask for netting piece enoth to cover back to frount (cost me $22 for my k800i) postage is extra , next pic is mob ph fitting and cover ,what netting looks like and more details. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:29:26 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image042.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image042.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image042.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image042.jpg" alt="Image042.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image042.jpg</p><p>if you want to protect yourself from radiation mobil ph wise this is what i did. first go to a few web sites ( type in your search box / sar ratings cell phones or sar shield as eg )they give you info on lowest sar rateing phones on the market which you can get or afford . the rule of thumb is the cheaper the plan/ ph or older the ph ,the more sar radiation it gives off.i have chosen samsung SGH J600V with 0.56 rating and sony ericsson k800i with 0.58 rateing and they are great to use ,also got a clear plastic case to suit the k800i costing me $10 (or $14 at dick smith at that time if you want to be ripped off) cut that u shield neting to size (cost $22 for that much netting i needed )and enclosed it in the plastic case for added protection . also when driveing use bluetooth cliped on my sun visor to talk while ph sits on top of dash far away from me ,works and doesent make me sick. that other plastic case on the right you see is from my older nokia 6280 ,the sar rateing on that is 0.80 ( very dirty signal but i notice anything above 0.70 knocks me around thats my min tolarence limit ),also while takeing the above photos in the cabin with nokia ph not covered in u shield netting ,my face turned red and eyes looked like i came from redfern ,i rest my case.the safe rating they say is any thing below 1.60 w/kg ,but my worst phs were ericsson gh218 ? /and alcatel veiw which was 0.96 they both realy knocked me around ,so much for 1.60 .just a footnote my mob ph is off 99% of the time as when i get calls they devert to my pager /pager does not affect me at all.as for the battery pager uses its called varta rechargeable 2500 mah penlight battery. have tryed grandcell ,lasted 2 weeks / eveready lasted 3 / but varta lasts 4 weeks before needs recharge ,its the best . choice magazine tested the above ect and they found also varta the best so now you know what to use in your cammeras /radios ect ,rechargeable wise. but yes eveready litihum is the best but do you want to pay big money than throw away when used up,not me .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image042.jpg p38a if you want to protect yourself from radiation mobil ph wise this is what i did. first go to a few web sites ( type in your search box / sar ratings cell phones or sar shield as eg )they give you info on lowest sar rateing phones on the market which you can get or afford . the rule of thumb is the cheaper the plan/ ph or older the ph ,the more sar radiation it gives off.i have chosen samsung SGH J600V with 0.56 rating and sony ericsson k800i with 0.58 rateing and they are great to use ,also got a clear plastic case to suit the k800i costing me $10 (or $14 at dick smith at that time if you want to be ripped off) cut that u shield neting to size (cost $22 for that much netting i needed )and enclosed it in the plastic case for added protection . also when driveing use bluetooth cliped on my sun visor to talk while ph sits on top of dash far away from me ,works and doesent make me sick. that other plastic case on the right you see is from my older nokia 6280 ,the sar rateing on that is 0.80 ( very dirty signal but i notice anything above 0.70 knocks me around thats my min tolarence limit ),also while takeing the above photos in the cabin with nokia ph not covered in u shield netting ,my face turned red and eyes looked like i came from redfern ,i rest my case.the safe rating they say is any thing below 1.60 w/kg ,but my worst phs were ericsson gh218 ? /and alcatel veiw which was 0.96 they both realy knocked me around ,so much for 1.60 .just a footnote my mob ph is off 99% of the time as when i get calls they devert to my pager /pager does not affect me at all.as for the battery pager uses its called varta rechargeable 2500 mah penlight battery. have tryed grandcell ,lasted 2 weeks / eveready lasted 3 / but varta lasts 4 weeks before needs recharge ,its the best . choice magazine tested the above ect and they found also varta the best so now you know what to use in your cammeras /radios ect ,rechargeable wise. but yes eveready litihum is the best but do you want to pay big money than throw away when used up,not me . Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:26:18 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image049-1.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image049-1.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image049-1.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image049-1.jpg" alt="Image049-1.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image049-1.jpg</p><p>next gps, as i have not owned any other gps my story is only about this one.again i noticed geting radiation sickness(nothing like my pc or mobil)when haveing it face on.i tryed various positions and found in p38 middle of windscreen so so.this pic above shows were i put in vt(in between pass seat and middle console)now i wasent copping it in the face but noticed my left hand was feeling numb or tight due to radiation.again what i did is get outside antenna and connected it up( sorta helped)but when i wrapped it in u shield netting than slipped it in the clip holder(so netting fasterned in)than slide holder into bracket,after that hand now does not get affected by radiation .did same to p38,outside antenna and u shield netting wraped around it.if you look at pic above you can make out netting on the screen which is tucked under the sides by clip holder,you still can see map but in direct sun light it is harder but you just cover it with your hand for a sec ,it still talks to you , but hey my hand is not affected and does not make me sick .and you only use gps when have to ,its not like you need it on all the time ,but tell you what its like haveing a personal driver telling you were to go ,just makes you totaly lazy and carefree driveing wise. curently the good guys (casula,nsw ) mailbox leaflet ,gps g35 new model now $146 ,pay less pay cash /$10 less than what i payed for my old one (pic above). another feaure tells you the speed your going ,look bottom middle of gps above pic shows 0 kmh because standing still parked on side of the road at chatswood ,110 km on my speedo is 105km and 60 km on speedo is 57 km on gps which was checked by radar on side of the road ,those billboard ones on construction zone and also other members told me going slower as well on trips.only reason what i can think off is my non std 65 low profile tyres (smaller)on this SE,that come originaly with std bigger 70 profile tyres ,must be throwing the speedo carabration out.this above product test full details, maybe in jan/10 lroc mag.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image049-1.jpg p38a next gps, as i have not owned any other gps my story is only about this one.again i noticed geting radiation sickness(nothing like my pc or mobil)when haveing it face on.i tryed various positions and found in p38 middle of windscreen so so.this pic above shows were i put in vt(in between pass seat and middle console)now i wasent copping it in the face but noticed my left hand was feeling numb or tight due to radiation.again what i did is get outside antenna and connected it up( sorta helped)but when i wrapped it in u shield netting than slipped it in the clip holder(so netting fasterned in)than slide holder into bracket,after that hand now does not get affected by radiation .did same to p38,outside antenna and u shield netting wraped around it.if you look at pic above you can make out netting on the screen which is tucked under the sides by clip holder,you still can see map but in direct sun light it is harder but you just cover it with your hand for a sec ,it still talks to you , but hey my hand is not affected and does not make me sick .and you only use gps when have to ,its not like you need it on all the time ,but tell you what its like haveing a personal driver telling you were to go ,just makes you totaly lazy and carefree driveing wise. curently the good guys (casula,nsw ) mailbox leaflet ,gps g35 new model now $146 ,pay less pay cash /$10 less than what i payed for my old one (pic above). another feaure tells you the speed your going ,look bottom middle of gps above pic shows 0 kmh because standing still parked on side of the road at chatswood ,110 km on my speedo is 105km and 60 km on speedo is 57 km on gps which was checked by radar on side of the road ,those billboard ones on construction zone and also other members told me going slower as well on trips.only reason what i can think off is my non std 65 low profile tyres (smaller)on this SE,that come originaly with std bigger 70 profile tyres ,must be throwing the speedo carabration out.this above product test full details, maybe in jan/10 lroc mag. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:13:37 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image211.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image211.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image211.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image211.jpg" alt="Image211.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image211.jpg</p><p>if buying a gps ,try to get one which can fit a external anntena ,it gives you min av 3 extra sat pick ups or 28 dbi gain .cost i payed was around $56 from dick smith (cat no D-3855) made from RFI industries to suit my navig8r m35 (see there web site to suit yours if can not find as dick smith not stocking anymore,geting rare ,they checked and ph around there stores for me ,i was lucky to find the 2 i needed .other wise ringing/emailing RFI in northrocks 2151 was my next option ).see next pic for details ,the above uses power from gps"but minable and when fully charged i get 3hrs battery life out of gps.if goes flat or is flat ,just plug in cig lighter socket and can use insatantly while it charges its self back up .if wondering why took off cb antenna, the tip of antenna was scraching/marking my rolla door paint as too high up ,so when not in use ,antenna hides in cabin and fits in door pocket untill need for next LROC trip ,easy.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image211.jpg p38a if buying a gps ,try to get one which can fit a external anntena ,it gives you min av 3 extra sat pick ups or 28 dbi gain .cost i payed was around $56 from dick smith (cat no D-3855) made from RFI industries to suit my navig8r m35 (see there web site to suit yours if can not find as dick smith not stocking anymore,geting rare ,they checked and ph around there stores for me ,i was lucky to find the 2 i needed .other wise ringing/emailing RFI in northrocks 2151 was my next option ).see next pic for details ,the above uses power from gps"but minable and when fully charged i get 3hrs battery life out of gps.if goes flat or is flat ,just plug in cig lighter socket and can use insatantly while it charges its self back up .if wondering why took off cb antenna, the tip of antenna was scraching/marking my rolla door paint as too high up ,so when not in use ,antenna hides in cabin and fits in door pocket untill need for next LROC trip ,easy. Wed, 3 Jun 2009 07:05:16 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image220.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image220.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image220.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image220.jpg" alt="Image220.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image220.jpg</p><p>if you are geting a new gps ,they all have built in antenna , but make certain you can buy one with a external antenna fitting socket ( but realy more so if you are a courier ect working in the city with high rise in your way )as not every one has this feature now . most newer ones would you believe are not carrying on this feature, its called cost cutting .as to why you need it ,well when driveing in sydney in between high rise buildings signal from satellites gets bounced around ,giveing you false or wrong directions or a frozen screen(just press reset button on side to fix).this model above (see pic) needs min 5/6 sats to work min ok most of the time but in the city need 8 to be hassel free or else in certain weak spot areas has spasams /// but out in the open country shows av 8/9 which is still ok there , but then with outside roof antenna fitted now the city signal increases and shows av9 and in the country increase there shows av 12 , the most i have seen is 16 .the more satellites it picks up the more quicker and acurate it is, remember that .and how can you pick the gps's with no outside antennas ,easy .there the ones which make drivers pull over to the side of the road leaning forward typeing and curseing (and no roof gps antenna showing ,daaaaaah ).also got another one for vt ,see above pic and note cable for external antenna above it to suit this 2nd unit, now off to fit in vt.just a foot note its always good to have back up ubd because gps does not show diagrams at uni"s or fox showground moore park (blank) or darling harbour buildings ect .right now in syd area ,BIG W carnes hill store (near liverpool) i visited today have brand new sydney 09 ubd 40% off ,pay now $17.37 ,even though catalogue on internet says its sale has finished ,i asked and the store person told me thats there every day reg price here ,and still is / ( footnote peps now sells $29.95 for normal ubd or $34.95 for truckies ed) ,now thats a bargin at big W .i payed twice that few years ago ,time to update backup and did.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image220.jpg p38a if you are geting a new gps ,they all have built in antenna , but make certain you can buy one with a external antenna fitting socket ( but realy more so if you are a courier ect working in the city with high rise in your way )as not every one has this feature now . most newer ones would you believe are not carrying on this feature, its called cost cutting .as to why you need it ,well when driveing in sydney in between high rise buildings signal from satellites gets bounced around ,giveing you false or wrong directions or a frozen screen(just press reset button on side to fix).this model above (see pic) needs min 5/6 sats to work min ok most of the time but in the city need 8 to be hassel free or else in certain weak spot areas has spasams /// but out in the open country shows av 8/9 which is still ok there , but then with outside roof antenna fitted now the city signal increases and shows av9 and in the country increase there shows av 12 , the most i have seen is 16 .the more satellites it picks up the more quicker and acurate it is, remember that .and how can you pick the gps's with no outside antennas ,easy .there the ones which make drivers pull over to the side of the road leaning forward typeing and curseing (and no roof gps antenna showing ,daaaaaah ).also got another one for vt ,see above pic and note cable for external antenna above it to suit this 2nd unit, now off to fit in vt.just a foot note its always good to have back up ubd because gps does not show diagrams at uni"s or fox showground moore park (blank) or darling harbour buildings ect .right now in syd area ,BIG W carnes hill store (near liverpool) i visited today have brand new sydney 09 ubd 40% off ,pay now $17.37 ,even though catalogue on internet says its sale has finished ,i asked and the store person told me thats there every day reg price here ,and still is / ( footnote peps now sells $29.95 for normal ubd or $34.95 for truckies ed) ,now thats a bargin at big W .i payed twice that few years ago ,time to update backup and did. Wed, 3 Jun 2009 06:43:41 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image213.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image213.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image213.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image213.jpg" alt="Image213.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image213.jpg</p><p>were else would you put your gps ,mine is navig8r m35/i brought because only one in aus market to date that shows ubd type maping not cartoons also has council maping (nos by block of land)/ speaks to u in aus womans hot sexly voice not mans or other(ethnic) nationality /it is the smaller size 3.5 /is $156 at harvey norman alex ,beats paying 2/4 hundred /only bad thing gives off radiation like nokia ph but brought u sheild mat ,so its coverered now less radiation like my sony erickson ph .see livspace site for radiation protection.as for does it work well 98% of the time dont need to check ubd /great at night when doing deliverys,in pitch black finds destination at the most 1 driveway out/also i have gained weight due to less stress would you believe, because makes you totaly lazy by showing map and spoken directions / when you use it first time ,its bewildering typeing ect but later on you get to know short cuts on the menue,than becomes ok /also does not reconise concrete blocking mediam strips ,some blocked off and one way streets ,but shows some amazeing shortcuts/ saves me av 2 dollars day in lpg and saves me up to 10/15 mins going home from sydney due to those shortcuts /i do less kms as well a day than i use too /the maps on it go out around australia not just sydney metro area/ as it is one of the cheapest gps"s on the market is there any design faults you ask /yes i found 3 ,on hand book says have to disconect cig lighter adaptor on starting up your car due to posible damage of a power surge. i can live with that, still forget to disconect sometimes ( but still works) 2 ,cig adapter at tip can come lose pulling it out and in causeing 2amp fuse to fall out due to that , well just ocasionally tighten end with your fingers ,no worries .3, made in china but has 1 year guarantee and for the price can get 2 (i did), so if one dies your still in frount /has menu showing speed/red light cameras ,the nearest petrol ,supermarkets ect ,and you wonder why they are selling less street directorys now /worth getting .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image213.jpg p38a were else would you put your gps ,mine is navig8r m35/i brought because only one in aus market to date that shows ubd type maping not cartoons also has council maping (nos by block of land)/ speaks to u in aus womans hot sexly voice not mans or other(ethnic) nationality /it is the smaller size 3.5 /is $156 at harvey norman alex ,beats paying 2/4 hundred /only bad thing gives off radiation like nokia ph but brought u sheild mat ,so its coverered now less radiation like my sony erickson ph .see livspace site for radiation protection.as for does it work well 98% of the time dont need to check ubd /great at night when doing deliverys,in pitch black finds destination at the most 1 driveway out/also i have gained weight due to less stress would you believe, because makes you totaly lazy by showing map and spoken directions / when you use it first time ,its bewildering typeing ect but later on you get to know short cuts on the menue,than becomes ok /also does not reconise concrete blocking mediam strips ,some blocked off and one way streets ,but shows some amazeing shortcuts/ saves me av 2 dollars day in lpg and saves me up to 10/15 mins going home from sydney due to those shortcuts /i do less kms as well a day than i use too /the maps on it go out around australia not just sydney metro area/ as it is one of the cheapest gps"s on the market is there any design faults you ask /yes i found 3 ,on hand book says have to disconect cig lighter adaptor on starting up your car due to posible damage of a power surge. i can live with that, still forget to disconect sometimes ( but still works) 2 ,cig adapter at tip can come lose pulling it out and in causeing 2amp fuse to fall out due to that , well just ocasionally tighten end with your fingers ,no worries .3, made in china but has 1 year guarantee and for the price can get 2 (i did), so if one dies your still in frount /has menu showing speed/red light cameras ,the nearest petrol ,supermarkets ect ,and you wonder why they are selling less street directorys now /worth getting . Wed, 3 Jun 2009 06:25:30 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image145.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image145.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image145.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image145.jpg" alt="Image145.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image145.jpg</p><p>my rear dual battery case lid , with all the electronics fitted under lid cover . battery sits under lid wires /all sealed wireing so doesent touch battery posts. this was done by auto electrician who does marine boat fit outs which they use this system in boats as well. in 6 years no problems ,only when frount neg cable wasent earthing properly /than all charge went to frount -rear got no charge ,added extra neg cable to engine (left chasis cable as is )solved instantly .see pics elsewere here on p38a page on neg cable conections .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image145.jpg p38a my rear dual battery case lid , with all the electronics fitted under lid cover . battery sits under lid wires /all sealed wireing so doesent touch battery posts. this was done by auto electrician who does marine boat fit outs which they use this system in boats as well. in 6 years no problems ,only when frount neg cable wasent earthing properly /than all charge went to frount -rear got no charge ,added extra neg cable to engine (left chasis cable as is )solved instantly .see pics elsewere here on p38a page on neg cable conections . Sat, 30 May 2009 09:13:12 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image109.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image109.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image109.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image109.jpg" alt="Image109.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image109.jpg</p><p>pic shot of my dual battery setup /this pic shows 2nd rear fitted sealed battery in my plastic case which has cig adapters ,solar charger conection ,reset buttons and anolog volt meter above main plug conection which runs along cabin to main battery for charge (its a automatic piggy back conection) .when not in use battery gets taken out /see next pic of empty cradle .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image109.jpg p38a pic shot of my dual battery setup /this pic shows 2nd rear fitted sealed battery in my plastic case which has cig adapters ,solar charger conection ,reset buttons and anolog volt meter above main plug conection which runs along cabin to main battery for charge (its a automatic piggy back conection) .when not in use battery gets taken out /see next pic of empty cradle . Sat, 30 May 2009 08:58:25 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image122.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image122.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image122.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image122.jpg" alt="Image122.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image122.jpg</p><p>best place to put 2nd battery in p38a, not in crowdered hot motor bay, not were spare tyre is to take up room,not under floor outside in elements .just rear right of tailgate . container made by tjm,cost me 2 hundred and atached by 4 bolts and the nuts u tighten outside under floor but put strap on floor first than cover it with box than tighten outside above exhast pipe .battery has to be sealed type for in cabin use.when not in use take heavy battery out .(as pic shows)ps didnt have straps at first but off roading battery came out of cradle lucky it was sealed so acid didnt burn carpet .now with strap battery has never jumped out since.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image122.jpg p38a best place to put 2nd battery in p38a, not in crowdered hot motor bay, not were spare tyre is to take up room,not under floor outside in elements .just rear right of tailgate . container made by tjm,cost me 2 hundred and atached by 4 bolts and the nuts u tighten outside under floor but put strap on floor first than cover it with box than tighten outside above exhast pipe .battery has to be sealed type for in cabin use.when not in use take heavy battery out .(as pic shows)ps didnt have straps at first but off roading battery came out of cradle lucky it was sealed so acid didnt burn carpet .now with strap battery has never jumped out since. Sat, 30 May 2009 08:45:06 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image172.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image172.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image172.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image172.jpg" alt="Image172.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image172.jpg</p><p>recent 1 week trip to snowy huts (feb lroc frount mag cover ), must have crossed rivers min 20 / 30 times , even almost up to my door handles (see dvd no 42 in lroc library)come home to check if have water in diff oil after doing 1,700 kms . found frount diff clear as breather goes up to frount drivers side top shock tower .but rear (see picture) breather which is on top near drivers side shock when drained didnt have water but had table spoon of dust /dirt /clay / call it what you like .must have been from all those off road dusty tracks which it came inside the diff via breather .so heres my tip , on extened (1 week min) dusty trips . leave overnite the diff oil first to settle the rubbish floating around inside down, than you next morning or so just drain your rear diff only a quick cup full of diff oil is enoth than quickly screw drain plug back on ,than top it up instantly / what you see is the fine particals (what i found above)that can ,unless you want to leave it inside sandpaper your diff parts bearings ect .what i do, well normaly i change diff oil every 10,000km and yes i still run original diffs at 275,000km ,and also i have no taxi diff noise as yet (howling noise which is called worn bearings or can be lack of oil due to leaking old hard rubber seal ) .on my ex series 3 and dads series 3 before had no high mounted remote breather hoses and when ever either of us went in deep water ,there would be milky colour in oil at next service always (its called water) so remote diff breathers do work by keeping out water but not fine dust on long dusty drives ,remember that .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image172.jpg p38a recent 1 week trip to snowy huts (feb lroc frount mag cover ), must have crossed rivers min 20 / 30 times , even almost up to my door handles (see dvd no 42 in lroc library)come home to check if have water in diff oil after doing 1,700 kms . found frount diff clear as breather goes up to frount drivers side top shock tower .but rear (see picture) breather which is on top near drivers side shock when drained didnt have water but had table spoon of dust /dirt /clay / call it what you like .must have been from all those off road dusty tracks which it came inside the diff via breather .so heres my tip , on extened (1 week min) dusty trips . leave overnite the diff oil first to settle the rubbish floating around inside down, than you next morning or so just drain your rear diff only a quick cup full of diff oil is enoth than quickly screw drain plug back on ,than top it up instantly / what you see is the fine particals (what i found above)that can ,unless you want to leave it inside sandpaper your diff parts bearings ect .what i do, well normaly i change diff oil every 10,000km and yes i still run original diffs at 275,000km ,and also i have no taxi diff noise as yet (howling noise which is called worn bearings or can be lack of oil due to leaking old hard rubber seal ) .on my ex series 3 and dads series 3 before had no high mounted remote breather hoses and when ever either of us went in deep water ,there would be milky colour in oil at next service always (its called water) so remote diff breathers do work by keeping out water but not fine dust on long dusty drives ,remember that . Sat, 9 May 2009 08:14:05 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image185.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image185.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image185.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image185.jpg" alt="Image185.jpg" /></a><br>holden vt - Image185.jpg</p><p>when your rubber boot gets damaged (see pic ) what happens you get dust and rocks flung up inside the boot than it damages your rubber seal on power steering rack .now whats happened here,i have a slow leak due to damage (see oil slick under rubber),were other side nothing damaged because rubber still in one piece ,nothing leaks .moral of story dont wait ,as later costs more to replace .was quoted $450.00 dollars to change over steering rack ,fitted .just to stop that measly leak .apart from small leak steering rack works great .see next pic - may be get away with it .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image185.jpg holden vt when your rubber boot gets damaged (see pic ) what happens you get dust and rocks flung up inside the boot than it damages your rubber seal on power steering rack .now whats happened here,i have a slow leak due to damage (see oil slick under rubber),were other side nothing damaged because rubber still in one piece ,nothing leaks .moral of story dont wait ,as later costs more to replace .was quoted $450.00 dollars to change over steering rack ,fitted .just to stop that measly leak .apart from small leak steering rack works great .see next pic - may be get away with it . Sat, 9 May 2009 07:58:47 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image186.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image186.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image186.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image186.jpg" alt="Image186.jpg" /></a><br>holden vt - Image186.jpg</p><p>now fitted new boot and added nuelon power steering stop leak ( which makes rubbers soft to expand out to slow or stop leaks )no leaks yet ,rego here i come.footnote now 5 months later just used between hot and cold mark on power steering bottle ,nulon does slow down leak but will need to buy another bottle to top up / still cheaper than $450.00 change over.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image186.jpg holden vt now fitted new boot and added nuelon power steering stop leak ( which makes rubbers soft to expand out to slow or stop leaks )no leaks yet ,rego here i come.footnote now 5 months later just used between hot and cold mark on power steering bottle ,nulon does slow down leak but will need to buy another bottle to top up / still cheaper than $450.00 change over. Sat, 9 May 2009 07:51:19 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image049.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image049.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image049.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image049.jpg" alt="Image049.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image049.jpg</p><p>the following was done by ken on my p38a and vt (didnt know he does and supplies parts for holdens ect would have saved me a trip to pedders) after lroc had a trip there / click range rover on left of this page for view of members who came with there landies.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image049.jpg p38a the following was done by ken on my p38a and vt (didnt know he does and supplies parts for holdens ect would have saved me a trip to pedders) after lroc had a trip there / click range rover on left of this page for view of members who came with there landies. Sat, 9 May 2009 07:04:48 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image184.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image184.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image184.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image184.jpg" alt="Image184.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image184.jpg</p><p>as pic shows- inspection shows rubber bush old and oil leaking out of damper (thats one way of how you can tell if worn ).later when undone , pressed rod up and down and had nothing presure wise , straight through goneeeeeeeeee at 275,000 km.footnote when got new one put in ,steering felt sameish on the road feels like neutral or no diference because road level ,its not untill you go off road like i did at bathurst, going up a steep ruted hill giveing it, steering felt still neutral or no jerking from rough ground through steering wheel .now i know why its called a steering damper ,thhhhhuuuuuuuuuuua.thats when you realy feel it working then ,no thuding feel or jerking through steering wheel at speed .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image184.jpg p38a as pic shows- inspection shows rubber bush old and oil leaking out of damper (thats one way of how you can tell if worn ).later when undone , pressed rod up and down and had nothing presure wise , straight through goneeeeeeeeee at 275,000 km.footnote when got new one put in ,steering felt sameish on the road feels like neutral or no diference because road level ,its not untill you go off road like i did at bathurst, going up a steep ruted hill giveing it, steering felt still neutral or no jerking from rough ground through steering wheel .now i know why its called a steering damper ,thhhhhuuuuuuuuuuua.thats when you realy feel it working then ,no thuding feel or jerking through steering wheel at speed . Sat, 9 May 2009 06:52:43 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image178.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image178.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image178.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image178.jpg" alt="Image178.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image178.jpg</p><p>before ordering dampers or shocks ,springs ect ,they have a look ,tell you your options than measure it up if geting made up one by them ,its called perfect fit.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image178.jpg p38a before ordering dampers or shocks ,springs ect ,they have a look ,tell you your options than measure it up if geting made up one by them ,its called perfect fit. Sat, 9 May 2009 06:43:30 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image193.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image193.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image193.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image193.jpg" alt="Image193.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image193.jpg</p><p>pic shows new fitted steering damper to my p38a ,you have a choice from std (pictured) budget damper for those like me who are not hard core or if you are hard core ken sells, fits and reconditions his own brand there at the ultimate suspension at ingleburn (02 9603 7677 )to suit your 4wd needs /footnote does any type and brand ,even has holden struts for vt ,which ken can reconditioned as well .if i only knew earlier.footnote on AULRO forum some members wrote ,puting a certain expensive brand damper on there landie makes steering pull to the right /this one on mine goes straight .also as ken said if puting new rubbers on (vt) or i found on coil conversion (p38a) will change setings on weel alignment / vt had sloppy handelling and banging noise over bumps ,now great and solid , p38 had steering weel shudder doing over 100 km speed due to coil fit , found alignment was out by 1/4 or weels pointed in ,like arrow ,causeing drag and wear on edges of tyre . now steering doesent shudder at high speed and feels faster excelaration wise ( no drag i presume - both weels now pointing straight )footnote they will have a stand at landrover show at castle hill on 27/9th ,if need parts or advice ring ahead so can bring at show,just a thought gary at clr 4wd parts will be there as well ,might ring him for p38 air n petrol filters , to bring to show while there, saves me going else were hunting around /ya.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image193.jpg p38a pic shows new fitted steering damper to my p38a ,you have a choice from std (pictured) budget damper for those like me who are not hard core or if you are hard core ken sells, fits and reconditions his own brand there at the ultimate suspension at ingleburn (02 9603 7677 )to suit your 4wd needs /footnote does any type and brand ,even has holden struts for vt ,which ken can reconditioned as well .if i only knew earlier.footnote on AULRO forum some members wrote ,puting a certain expensive brand damper on there landie makes steering pull to the right /this one on mine goes straight .also as ken said if puting new rubbers on (vt) or i found on coil conversion (p38a) will change setings on weel alignment / vt had sloppy handelling and banging noise over bumps ,now great and solid , p38 had steering weel shudder doing over 100 km speed due to coil fit , found alignment was out by 1/4 or weels pointed in ,like arrow ,causeing drag and wear on edges of tyre . now steering doesent shudder at high speed and feels faster excelaration wise ( no drag i presume - both weels now pointing straight )footnote they will have a stand at landrover show at castle hill on 27/9th ,if need parts or advice ring ahead so can bring at show,just a thought gary at clr 4wd parts will be there as well ,might ring him for p38 air n petrol filters , to bring to show while there, saves me going else were hunting around /ya. Sat, 9 May 2009 06:23:54 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Pictures069.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Pictures069.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Pictures069.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Pictures069.jpg" alt="Pictures069.jpg" /></a><br>holden vt - Pictures069.jpg</p><p>frount rubber kit ,cost from pedders 430.told with nrma got 30 dollar discount .this kit 4251 is a heavy duty kit suits vt /vz .note this when fitted adds 1/4 degree positive castor .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Pictures069.jpg holden vt frount rubber kit ,cost from pedders 430.told with nrma got 30 dollar discount .this kit 4251 is a heavy duty kit suits vt /vz .note this when fitted adds 1/4 degree positive castor . Sat, 2 May 2009 08:15:48 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Pictures040.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Pictures040.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Pictures040.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Pictures040.jpg" alt="Pictures040.jpg" /></a><br>holden vt - Pictures040.jpg</p><p>asked why rust in bolt ,told wasent tighteen properly when fitted,was movement.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Pictures040.jpg holden vt asked why rust in bolt ,told wasent tighteen properly when fitted,was movement. Sat, 2 May 2009 08:06:14 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Pictures041.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Pictures041.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Pictures041.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Pictures041.jpg" alt="Pictures041.jpg" /></a><br>holden vt - Pictures041.jpg</p><p>never get holden factory rubbers again ,never wore out this quick before.see the cracking and spliting ,joke.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Pictures041.jpg holden vt never get holden factory rubbers again ,never wore out this quick before.see the cracking and spliting ,joke. Sat, 2 May 2009 08:01:59 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Pictures055.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Pictures055.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Pictures055.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Pictures055.jpg" alt="Pictures055.jpg" /></a><br>holden vt - Pictures055.jpg</p><p>pedders v factory rubbish rubber</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Pictures055.jpg holden vt pedders v factory rubbish rubber Sat, 2 May 2009 07:58:35 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Pictures056.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Pictures056.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Pictures056.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Pictures056.jpg" alt="Pictures056.jpg" /></a><br>holden vt - Pictures056.jpg</p><p>all new pedders poly rubbers fitted at kens workshop ,now when driveing not noisely from frount and doesent bang over bumps ,feels solid,driveing around courners now you feel gggggg forces as ur body feels sway at a quicker speed ,steering weel moved to 11 oclock position as rubbers moved weel aligment back to std settings, but think these poly rubbers will last more than 7 months city courier driveing , std factory holden rubbers now rubbish ,must be made in china .foot note payed $40 at holden crows nest opp sbs ,for 8 rubber boots that go on brake caliper rod ends (2 boots per caliper )were you put rubber grease and looking at package said made in china .lately noticed gen parts not lasting like use too ,now know why .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Pictures056.jpg holden vt all new pedders poly rubbers fitted at kens workshop ,now when driveing not noisely from frount and doesent bang over bumps ,feels solid,driveing around courners now you feel gggggg forces as ur body feels sway at a quicker speed ,steering weel moved to 11 oclock position as rubbers moved weel aligment back to std settings, but think these poly rubbers will last more than 7 months city courier driveing , std factory holden rubbers now rubbish ,must be made in china .foot note payed $40 at holden crows nest opp sbs ,for 8 rubber boots that go on brake caliper rod ends (2 boots per caliper )were you put rubber grease and looking at package said made in china .lately noticed gen parts not lasting like use too ,now know why . Sat, 2 May 2009 07:45:37 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Pictures051.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Pictures051.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Pictures051.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Pictures051.jpg" alt="Pictures051.jpg" /></a><br>holden vt - Pictures051.jpg</p><p>check out my monaro lights,make me go 5kms faster.brighter than factory ,love puting in reverse at night lights up like xmas tree.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Pictures051.jpg holden vt check out my monaro lights,make me go 5kms faster.brighter than factory ,love puting in reverse at night lights up like xmas tree. Sat, 2 May 2009 07:34:01 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image146.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image146.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image146.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image146.jpg" alt="Image146.jpg" /></a><br>holden vt - Image146.jpg</p><p>rear vt brake pads ,top row are new with left side pads made in asia right hand side australian made / both bottom pads after 16,000kms useage .can you spot the difference,see next photo for another view ,you pay for what you get.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image146.jpg holden vt rear vt brake pads ,top row are new with left side pads made in asia right hand side australian made / both bottom pads after 16,000kms useage .can you spot the difference,see next photo for another view ,you pay for what you get. Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:21:46 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image144.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image144.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image144.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image144.jpg" alt="Image144.jpg" /></a><br>holden vt - Image144.jpg</p><p>rear vt brake pads, left side shows new thick pads while right side shows wear after 16,000km on both top and bottom pads doing city stop /start driveing.top right 16,000km cheap $38 dollar asian made pad (worn out)bottom right at same 16,oookm distance shows the more expensive $70 dollar australian made bendix pad only 1/4 worn out. need to buy 2/3 top right asian made pads to last as long as bottom right 1 australian made pad (depending were, how driven ), you pay for what you get ,need i say more.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image144.jpg holden vt rear vt brake pads, left side shows new thick pads while right side shows wear after 16,000km on both top and bottom pads doing city stop /start driveing.top right 16,000km cheap $38 dollar asian made pad (worn out)bottom right at same 16,oookm distance shows the more expensive $70 dollar australian made bendix pad only 1/4 worn out. need to buy 2/3 top right asian made pads to last as long as bottom right 1 australian made pad (depending were, how driven ), you pay for what you get ,need i say more. Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:46:09 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image142.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image142.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image142.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image142.jpg" alt="Image142.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image142.jpg</p><p>above pic shows oil filter cut away if wondering whats in side .pic shows filterMAG which has done over 200,000km only silver peeled off ,but magnet strong as ever.see lroc news feb 2004 for ad.our editor at that time ron (ronald to me )tested in oct 1999 lroc news another brand called super magnaforce ,it attaches on the end ,filterMAG attaches on side. it cost me $110 dollars from peps at liverpool way nsw few years ago but they still can order if need ,costs few $ more now ,good thing is if i buy cheap $8 dollar Z9 or VO1 valvoline oil filter for 4L p38a rangie motor ,with the magnet i know with conferdence it will out preform std filter catching metal any test, any time .did do oil check test from lab at sefton ,nsw to prove it.will publish lab test in novembers lroc news (this months)in my product test page .footnote ,in the above pic i use xld premium 20 W /50 in both lpg and petrol cars ,currently at repco 5 litres is $19.99 , limit of 3 x 5 litre packs per customer ,untill i go again next day he he he like i did at autobarn for the $1.99 valvoline oil filters sale ,stocked up for VT n p38a. anyhow thats a good price for the oil and sale goes till 15 nov ,hurry. remember p38a V8 needs 5.5 litres of oil with new filter av and VT depending on new filter AV 3.6-8 LITRES fill .note above pic shows cheap made in china VT oil filter /did 5,000 km without magnet so all those metal particals sliped through the joke of a thing called paper and sandpapered your cam rings and bore ,than added magnet did 500 kms and caught and held those metal bits against the filter wall not relying on paper,whats the saying you get what you pay for ,cheap filter let that all circulate around the motor not now though ,ps not game to do test on rangie, rather damage vt if i have too to test it.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image142.jpg p38a above pic shows oil filter cut away if wondering whats in side .pic shows filterMAG which has done over 200,000km only silver peeled off ,but magnet strong as ever.see lroc news feb 2004 for ad.our editor at that time ron (ronald to me )tested in oct 1999 lroc news another brand called super magnaforce ,it attaches on the end ,filterMAG attaches on side. it cost me $110 dollars from peps at liverpool way nsw few years ago but they still can order if need ,costs few $ more now ,good thing is if i buy cheap $8 dollar Z9 or VO1 valvoline oil filter for 4L p38a rangie motor ,with the magnet i know with conferdence it will out preform std filter catching metal any test, any time .did do oil check test from lab at sefton ,nsw to prove it.will publish lab test in novembers lroc news (this months)in my product test page .footnote ,in the above pic i use xld premium 20 W /50 in both lpg and petrol cars ,currently at repco 5 litres is $19.99 , limit of 3 x 5 litre packs per customer ,untill i go again next day he he he like i did at autobarn for the $1.99 valvoline oil filters sale ,stocked up for VT n p38a. anyhow thats a good price for the oil and sale goes till 15 nov ,hurry. remember p38a V8 needs 5.5 litres of oil with new filter av and VT depending on new filter AV 3.6-8 LITRES fill .note above pic shows cheap made in china VT oil filter /did 5,000 km without magnet so all those metal particals sliped through the joke of a thing called paper and sandpapered your cam rings and bore ,than added magnet did 500 kms and caught and held those metal bits against the filter wall not relying on paper,whats the saying you get what you pay for ,cheap filter let that all circulate around the motor not now though ,ps not game to do test on rangie, rather damage vt if i have too to test it. Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:58:23 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image133.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image133.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image133.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image133.jpg" alt="Image133.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image133.jpg</p><p>pictured clamped on a big z9 or v01 oil filter for my 4L p38a rangie is a adjustable tool made by superworks ,to undo filters even the smaller vt size holden z154 filter which now costs as little as $6.95 for copper brand filter at pepes or max price of $11.00 at repco for ryco brand filter.( sitting above z9) bought it from super cheap cost av $8.00 (corection now $11.00) , brand name is called superworks.the best thing is one size fits all ,now can throw away the other 3 on bonnet as makes them obsolete ,and fits in tinyest of gaps and spaces like under vt and only $11.00 dollars / still great buy.footnote z9 filter was av $6.00 before to buy now av $7.50 at super cheap/ or $8.50 at pepes ,every things gone up since last went to buy ,as shop keepers can no longer give me firm prices as every time they say get new stock ,prices might change but more so with oils (automatic and diff the worst ones ).just a foot note on increases in price ,got my green slip for rangie today 9/09 from gio and they want to charge me $669.00 ,so had quotes highest was aami at $775.00 and lowest was qbe at $482.00 ,so rang 1300 791 874 and the rest you can guess saved $187.00,but remember these above prices are for me /my model/my location/my driveing history its only a guide also if you had a smash last two years its different( its more) and if you bundel all polices with one company (its less ) . also got my comprehensive of gio today ,they want $961.00 .next went to bingle.com.au for online quote ,they want $1,557.00 (underwriten by aami ,figures see above green slip most expensive quote ,same company ).think stick with gio for now but these again prices for me ,just a guide yours can be more or less .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image133.jpg p38a pictured clamped on a big z9 or v01 oil filter for my 4L p38a rangie is a adjustable tool made by superworks ,to undo filters even the smaller vt size holden z154 filter which now costs as little as $6.95 for copper brand filter at pepes or max price of $11.00 at repco for ryco brand filter.( sitting above z9) bought it from super cheap cost av $8.00 (corection now $11.00) , brand name is called superworks.the best thing is one size fits all ,now can throw away the other 3 on bonnet as makes them obsolete ,and fits in tinyest of gaps and spaces like under vt and only $11.00 dollars / still great buy.footnote z9 filter was av $6.00 before to buy now av $7.50 at super cheap/ or $8.50 at pepes ,every things gone up since last went to buy ,as shop keepers can no longer give me firm prices as every time they say get new stock ,prices might change but more so with oils (automatic and diff the worst ones ).just a foot note on increases in price ,got my green slip for rangie today 9/09 from gio and they want to charge me $669.00 ,so had quotes highest was aami at $775.00 and lowest was qbe at $482.00 ,so rang 1300 791 874 and the rest you can guess saved $187.00,but remember these above prices are for me /my model/my location/my driveing history its only a guide also if you had a smash last two years its different( its more) and if you bundel all polices with one company (its less ) . also got my comprehensive of gio today ,they want $961.00 .next went to bingle.com.au for online quote ,they want $1,557.00 (underwriten by aami ,figures see above green slip most expensive quote ,same company ).think stick with gio for now but these again prices for me ,just a guide yours can be more or less . Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:55:17 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image073.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image073.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image073.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image073.jpg" alt="Image073.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image073.jpg</p><p>this first pic is a close up of were and what to do to make your p38a frount fans to come on .they are programed at factory to only work when your radiator busts ,to late ,how dumb are these people ,were in australia not europe . as a example in my holden fans come on and off by them selfs constantly in trafic /p38 never, only heard them once in all my years owning it .when radiator burst. in vt holden as soon you put air con on fans come on ,in p38 rangie never with air con on ,read on ,my tip how to make them come on ,and it only costs you that blue conector in pic were my finger is pointing it it .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image073.jpg p38a this first pic is a close up of were and what to do to make your p38a frount fans to come on .they are programed at factory to only work when your radiator busts ,to late ,how dumb are these people ,were in australia not europe . as a example in my holden fans come on and off by them selfs constantly in trafic /p38 never, only heard them once in all my years owning it .when radiator burst. in vt holden as soon you put air con on fans come on ,in p38 rangie never with air con on ,read on ,my tip how to make them come on ,and it only costs you that blue conector in pic were my finger is pointing it it . Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:07:52 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image075.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image075.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image075.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image075.jpg" alt="Image075.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image075.jpg</p><p>pic says it all /what every one is hanging for(yes you too ronald i know you) a wider pic of more detail were located .looking under frount pass side bumper you can see yellow power wires heading for that air con presure switch which is attached to side of u shape pipe /were you see that blue plastic connector crimped on to the yellow wires thats all you got to do .your by passing that switch makeing it a open circuit .as soon as you switch on fan for air con in cabin ,power from there runs to frount fans makeing them work untill you switch off manualy/your in control not a dumb 4.6L thermostat that opens at 96c and half cooks your motor (4L excluded)/and you wonder why liners slip or blocks crack ///////dumb design .this way you over ride presure switch makeing it come on instantly ,constantly ,did you know the fans are computor programed by factory to come on only if head at critical tempreture in other words when you burst the top of the radiator and you lose water at a alarming rate ,thats what happened to me at 250,000km ,when read on internet about it made sence to me ,thats why you never see them work ,my way above makes them work . tested and proven by me during my courier job this does work,unless your radiator is blocked with rust ,that you need new radiator if bad,this above will help but with that blockage not 100% .also remember does use av 0.20 volts on 3 dots or 1/4 speed fan / or when fan in cabin on full uses 1.20 volts extra ,you need new engine neg earth cable (see my pics at start) to take full advantage of power as after 10 years cable gos hard and you lose chargeing to battery .my case down to 12.27 volts when changed cable back up to 14.15 volts when changed .as from now on enjoy.next pic how to switch on .ps do not unplug or booksign will come up on lcd air con screen,and wont work properly ,leave plug conected the name of the game is to trick the computor ,which this does .footnote see next lroc (syd) july mag product test report for more detailed story on above thermo fan experiences .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image075.jpg p38a pic says it all /what every one is hanging for(yes you too ronald i know you) a wider pic of more detail were located .looking under frount pass side bumper you can see yellow power wires heading for that air con presure switch which is attached to side of u shape pipe /were you see that blue plastic connector crimped on to the yellow wires thats all you got to do .your by passing that switch makeing it a open circuit .as soon as you switch on fan for air con in cabin ,power from there runs to frount fans makeing them work untill you switch off manualy/your in control not a dumb 4.6L thermostat that opens at 96c and half cooks your motor (4L excluded)/and you wonder why liners slip or blocks crack ///////dumb design .this way you over ride presure switch makeing it come on instantly ,constantly ,did you know the fans are computor programed by factory to come on only if head at critical tempreture in other words when you burst the top of the radiator and you lose water at a alarming rate ,thats what happened to me at 250,000km ,when read on internet about it made sence to me ,thats why you never see them work ,my way above makes them work . tested and proven by me during my courier job this does work,unless your radiator is blocked with rust ,that you need new radiator if bad,this above will help but with that blockage not 100% .also remember does use av 0.20 volts on 3 dots or 1/4 speed fan / or when fan in cabin on full uses 1.20 volts extra ,you need new engine neg earth cable (see my pics at start) to take full advantage of power as after 10 years cable gos hard and you lose chargeing to battery .my case down to 12.27 volts when changed cable back up to 14.15 volts when changed .as from now on enjoy.next pic how to switch on .ps do not unplug or booksign will come up on lcd air con screen,and wont work properly ,leave plug conected the name of the game is to trick the computor ,which this does .footnote see next lroc (syd) july mag product test report for more detailed story on above thermo fan experiences . Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:34:34 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image118.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image118.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image118.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image118.jpg" alt="Image118.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image118.jpg</p><p>as fans are conected to same wireing as air con this pic shows orange light meaning air con and fans are off.great when crossing deep rivers can switch fans off and not splash motor /cool trick . i have tryed it all ready ,up to allmost my door handles video doesent lie ,see my dvd lroc library crossing murray river ,snowy trip.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image118.jpg p38a as fans are conected to same wireing as air con this pic shows orange light meaning air con and fans are off.great when crossing deep rivers can switch fans off and not splash motor /cool trick . i have tryed it all ready ,up to allmost my door handles video doesent lie ,see my dvd lroc library crossing murray river ,snowy trip. Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:24:43 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image110.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image110.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image110.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image110.jpg" alt="Image110.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image110.jpg</p><p>to swich frount fans on ,its just like puting air con on as its on the same conection,so when ever air con on fans are on automatically on same time.(looking at pic no orange light on ,that means air n fans are on.)</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image110.jpg p38a to swich frount fans on ,its just like puting air con on as its on the same conection,so when ever air con on fans are on automatically on same time.(looking at pic no orange light on ,that means air n fans are on.) Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:17:32 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image124.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image124.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image124.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image124.jpg" alt="Image124.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image124.jpg</p><p>not 1 but 2 fans are in frount of P38A range rover radiator,and as you can see through the grile its on,as blades are spining and you can not see them ,too fast for my nokia mobil phone cammera.footnote todays outside temp was 41c and was very hot,as shown on my temp display in cabin.with both frount fans working ,the water temp gauge was showing just a bit over half( normaly between 1/4 and 1/2 )at supercheaps car park.i was ideling av 15 mins reading my new gregorys no 273 VT - VZ 97-06 workshop manual page 1-25 how to renewal belt tensioner(last time was charged $220 labour(ya right -do it myself next time just need 2 o rings for water pipe conection) anyhow just brought it for $43 at supercheap ,at peps was $48 but if you get a haynes VT workshop manual from peps its $58 .anyhow then noticed temp almost touching last white line before red.was running air con at the time thats why didnt drive away was cool while i was quickly reading , but watched it for few mins it just hung there/after that drove 5kms and then dail lowered itself back to almost half.moral of story if frount fans wernt working would have boiled at car park and once moveing ,did cool water temp quickly ,noticed p38a does not like standing still in hot weather but twin fans worked for me.next day was 21c ,showers and windy in crows nest at 1pm.so much for climate change ,instant drop in temperatures next day ,its just a new tax dont be fooled by lies and spin.if you want to hear the real truth listen to 2GB 873 AM DIAL/OR INTERNET 24/7.allen,ray,brian or david,love listening to them rip lieing pollies apart.(2GB quote of the day)in both by elections last sat in sydneys north shore and victorias higgins labour voters increased libral party vote av 7% instead of voteing for greens .and in senate labour needed 7 to cross to make climate tax pass /only 2 librals crossed but there were 5 greens which could have but did"nt cross,greens know its a labour tax con,also my last elec bill i payed $110.00 extra(50%),imagine with climate tax, add 30% more.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image124.jpg p38a not 1 but 2 fans are in frount of P38A range rover radiator,and as you can see through the grile its on,as blades are spining and you can not see them ,too fast for my nokia mobil phone cammera.footnote todays outside temp was 41c and was very hot,as shown on my temp display in cabin.with both frount fans working ,the water temp gauge was showing just a bit over half( normaly between 1/4 and 1/2 )at supercheaps car park.i was ideling av 15 mins reading my new gregorys no 273 VT - VZ 97-06 workshop manual page 1-25 how to renewal belt tensioner(last time was charged $220 labour(ya right -do it myself next time just need 2 o rings for water pipe conection) anyhow just brought it for $43 at supercheap ,at peps was $48 but if you get a haynes VT workshop manual from peps its $58 .anyhow then noticed temp almost touching last white line before red.was running air con at the time thats why didnt drive away was cool while i was quickly reading , but watched it for few mins it just hung there/after that drove 5kms and then dail lowered itself back to almost half.moral of story if frount fans wernt working would have boiled at car park and once moveing ,did cool water temp quickly ,noticed p38a does not like standing still in hot weather but twin fans worked for me.next day was 21c ,showers and windy in crows nest at 1pm.so much for climate change ,instant drop in temperatures next day ,its just a new tax dont be fooled by lies and spin.if you want to hear the real truth listen to 2GB 873 AM DIAL/OR INTERNET 24/7.allen,ray,brian or david,love listening to them rip lieing pollies apart.(2GB quote of the day)in both by elections last sat in sydneys north shore and victorias higgins labour voters increased libral party vote av 7% instead of voteing for greens .and in senate labour needed 7 to cross to make climate tax pass /only 2 librals crossed but there were 5 greens which could have but did"nt cross,greens know its a labour tax con,also my last elec bill i payed $110.00 extra(50%),imagine with climate tax, add 30% more. Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:14:05 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image126.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image126.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image126.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image126.jpg" alt="Image126.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image126.jpg</p><p>it spins ,so much so cannot see blades,think one day might have to spray this dirty radiator from engine bay out with water ,looks dirty but still gauge shows 1/4 to 1/2 av. speaking of water temp gauge if it"s constantly high but water not hot ,found its a neg earth problem.my gauge was constantly over 1/2 to almost 4/4 and sometimes would swing wildly to red and back or have a spasam .when put extra neg earth cable instantly water gauge was were it was supose to be ,correct .no more swinging and you can see it slowly move to were it has to go not instantly.yes only once did it go more than normal ,it was friday 4 pm /sydneys stand still traffic it went as high as inbetween last white line and red line in gauge.thats when red light come on and i pulled over to open bonnet and have a look. hoses were hard,overflow bottle was full but not boiling and you could smell slight radiator additive smell but i recond gauge was dead acurate.what saved me was constant frount fans on and for once rear viscous fan engaged,could hear it (a twerling beating sound) and felt like lose lead or slipping than engageing cluch (even though its a auto) as i was driveing it forward .the fan acually worked ,so as i said my gauge is correct and accurate is your p38a one like mine acurate .footnote once moveing out of stand still traffic ,dial went back down and viscous rear of radiator fan(part no ERR4996)unit unlocked itself and had power back, not a vibrating gutless draging feeling frount motor.god i love it when every thing works ,and computor doesnt spin me out any more.footnote, also found if you over add radiator additive it foams up inside the motor and can cause motor to get hot due to air lock and boil.to fix just add water to overflow toping it up constantly or if turned motor off and cool put in radiator instead,better if warm water from tap than to bucket added to radiator dieluteing that rich concentrated mixture,start and drive watching untill it stops gushing out than you know it will be correct amount to stop it boiling.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image126.jpg p38a it spins ,so much so cannot see blades,think one day might have to spray this dirty radiator from engine bay out with water ,looks dirty but still gauge shows 1/4 to 1/2 av. speaking of water temp gauge if it"s constantly high but water not hot ,found its a neg earth problem.my gauge was constantly over 1/2 to almost 4/4 and sometimes would swing wildly to red and back or have a spasam .when put extra neg earth cable instantly water gauge was were it was supose to be ,correct .no more swinging and you can see it slowly move to were it has to go not instantly.yes only once did it go more than normal ,it was friday 4 pm /sydneys stand still traffic it went as high as inbetween last white line and red line in gauge.thats when red light come on and i pulled over to open bonnet and have a look. hoses were hard,overflow bottle was full but not boiling and you could smell slight radiator additive smell but i recond gauge was dead acurate.what saved me was constant frount fans on and for once rear viscous fan engaged,could hear it (a twerling beating sound) and felt like lose lead or slipping than engageing cluch (even though its a auto) as i was driveing it forward .the fan acually worked ,so as i said my gauge is correct and accurate is your p38a one like mine acurate .footnote once moveing out of stand still traffic ,dial went back down and viscous rear of radiator fan(part no ERR4996)unit unlocked itself and had power back, not a vibrating gutless draging feeling frount motor.god i love it when every thing works ,and computor doesnt spin me out any more.footnote, also found if you over add radiator additive it foams up inside the motor and can cause motor to get hot due to air lock and boil.to fix just add water to overflow toping it up constantly or if turned motor off and cool put in radiator instead,better if warm water from tap than to bucket added to radiator dieluteing that rich concentrated mixture,start and drive watching untill it stops gushing out than you know it will be correct amount to stop it boiling. Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:09:54 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image068.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image068.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image068.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image068.jpg" alt="Image068.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image068.jpg</p><p>starting from the top ,useing a good quality magnet mount so dont have to drill (all install can be almost no drill,only 2 screws at dash needed ) the magnet has stayed on even up too 170 km ,(dont ask) but only 2 times has come off due to very low tree branches .as for going in garage or shopping car parks just unscrew /easy .i leave anntena off unless go on lroc trips anyway ,it fits in drivers door pocket (just) when not in use.and when it did get knocked of by tree branch didnt lose it as cable jammed in door channel ,it just hung on side of drivers door can not miss it.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image068.jpg p38a starting from the top ,useing a good quality magnet mount so dont have to drill (all install can be almost no drill,only 2 screws at dash needed ) the magnet has stayed on even up too 170 km ,(dont ask) but only 2 times has come off due to very low tree branches .as for going in garage or shopping car parks just unscrew /easy .i leave anntena off unless go on lroc trips anyway ,it fits in drivers door pocket (just) when not in use.and when it did get knocked of by tree branch didnt lose it as cable jammed in door channel ,it just hung on side of drivers door can not miss it. Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:37:18 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image069.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image069.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image069.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image069.jpg" alt="Image069.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image069.jpg</p><p>as you can see power comes from battery direct , tryed cig lighter made electrical noises and power was low.cable from battery runs along engine bay inside mudguard , than between door hinges, through weatherstriping (see pic), up through top of dash ,hidden under rubber flap bottom of windscreen to middle .as for anntenna cable from middle windscreen same but at door frame runs up roof channel tucked under rubber to middle of driv /pass door as other pic shows .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image069.jpg p38a as you can see power comes from battery direct , tryed cig lighter made electrical noises and power was low.cable from battery runs along engine bay inside mudguard , than between door hinges, through weatherstriping (see pic), up through top of dash ,hidden under rubber flap bottom of windscreen to middle .as for anntenna cable from middle windscreen same but at door frame runs up roof channel tucked under rubber to middle of driv /pass door as other pic shows . Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:24:31 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image065.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image065.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image065.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image065.jpg" alt="Image065.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image065.jpg</p><p>were does mic stay ,pic says it all .no drilling ,secure doesent pop out ,can grab instantly ,perfect out of the way place.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image065.jpg p38a were does mic stay ,pic says it all .no drilling ,secure doesent pop out ,can grab instantly ,perfect out of the way place. Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:15:21 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image064.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image064.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image064.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image064.jpg" alt="Image064.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image064.jpg</p><p>i found best place for me to fit was on top of dash in the middle .as you can see there is a rubber mat which moves around dash when i drive like bond around corners,realy agravates me so placed cb bracket on one end of mat ,put two 2 inch screws through the foam dash and hey presto fixed 2 problems at once,does not move very solid base. as you can see power and antena cable is at the rear of cb but can be tucked under rubber flap once it runs along windscreen from middle to drivers door ,all hidden. you only see conection and fuse behind cb ,no were else.and to take out of car just unscrew antena cable /unplug power plug /undo 4 knobs on side of cb /than gone.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image064.jpg p38a i found best place for me to fit was on top of dash in the middle .as you can see there is a rubber mat which moves around dash when i drive like bond around corners,realy agravates me so placed cb bracket on one end of mat ,put two 2 inch screws through the foam dash and hey presto fixed 2 problems at once,does not move very solid base. as you can see power and antena cable is at the rear of cb but can be tucked under rubber flap once it runs along windscreen from middle to drivers door ,all hidden. you only see conection and fuse behind cb ,no were else.and to take out of car just unscrew antena cable /unplug power plug /undo 4 knobs on side of cb /than gone. Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:55:47 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image063.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image063.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image063.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image063.jpg" alt="Image063.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image063.jpg</p><p>as pic shows ,just normal el cheapo ($260) uniden 40ch uhf ,but put extension speaker on top by pop riverting bracket on cb"s top panel (dont have to worry about lose nuts that way)and wraping cord around the base(as to long).reason why fitted it is because normal speaker is on bottom and sounds muffled to me ,with extra speaker on top sounds like stereo and loudddddddddddddd.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image063.jpg p38a as pic shows ,just normal el cheapo ($260) uniden 40ch uhf ,but put extension speaker on top by pop riverting bracket on cb"s top panel (dont have to worry about lose nuts that way)and wraping cord around the base(as to long).reason why fitted it is because normal speaker is on bottom and sounds muffled to me ,with extra speaker on top sounds like stereo and loudddddddddddddd. Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:43:50 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image103.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image103.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image103.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image103.jpg" alt="Image103.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image103.jpg</p><p>finished fit</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image103.jpg p38a finished fit Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:38:19 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image083.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image083.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image083.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image083.jpg" alt="Image083.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image083.jpg</p><p>want your wiper blade to stay level and not damage it self like in pic ,see next pic for details</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image083.jpg p38a want your wiper blade to stay level and not damage it self like in pic ,see next pic for details Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:31:48 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image079.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image079.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image079.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image079.jpg" alt="Image079.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image079.jpg</p><p>go to hardwear shop buy the clips as showen on pic .peel off sticky backing .mix araldite glue put on back of clip attach to headlight almost to end, place sticky tape as item needs holding to help stick better as drying .than just cut rubber across ways inline with stell clip so rubber doesent touch clip at all ,let glue dry than peel off sticky tape later.there you go ,simple and easy no going under glass and damageing it self fix.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image079.jpg p38a go to hardwear shop buy the clips as showen on pic .peel off sticky backing .mix araldite glue put on back of clip attach to headlight almost to end, place sticky tape as item needs holding to help stick better as drying .than just cut rubber across ways inline with stell clip so rubber doesent touch clip at all ,let glue dry than peel off sticky tape later.there you go ,simple and easy no going under glass and damageing it self fix. Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:16:32 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image108.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image108.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image108.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image108.jpg" alt="Image108.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image108.jpg</p><p>when your 4L SE p38 alternator dies,when you go and get a replacement ,make certain they dont try and sell you a 120 amp HSE one,what happens your SE uses a 100 amp one and all of a sudden gets 120 amps in the system,it starts mucking electrics around .even when idieing you can hear the motor (or computor) makeing a whinnimg noise to slow motor down ,like its trying to lower the revs from 700 to 500 up n down .at paxina ,patrick even noticed it whinning and asked me whats wrong with motor ,he doesent miss a trick .short term can put up with it but not designed for se system /how can you tell is by looking at the white sticker with green writeing and says bottom right crn of sticker 120 amps (were my finger is),as you can see ,i have 4.0 not 4.6 on my cover/so if you are in sydney and you got original 100 amp that works and you have a HSE,i will swap you or you can buy of me for $150 (i payed more if wondering).next time i will look more closely.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image108.jpg p38a when your 4L SE p38 alternator dies,when you go and get a replacement ,make certain they dont try and sell you a 120 amp HSE one,what happens your SE uses a 100 amp one and all of a sudden gets 120 amps in the system,it starts mucking electrics around .even when idieing you can hear the motor (or computor) makeing a whinnimg noise to slow motor down ,like its trying to lower the revs from 700 to 500 up n down .at paxina ,patrick even noticed it whinning and asked me whats wrong with motor ,he doesent miss a trick .short term can put up with it but not designed for se system /how can you tell is by looking at the white sticker with green writeing and says bottom right crn of sticker 120 amps (were my finger is),as you can see ,i have 4.0 not 4.6 on my cover/so if you are in sydney and you got original 100 amp that works and you have a HSE,i will swap you or you can buy of me for $150 (i payed more if wondering).next time i will look more closely. Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:47:03 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image107.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image107.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image107.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image107.jpg" alt="Image107.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image107.jpg</p><p>when your original made in italy p38a alternator dies at around 250,000km (mine did and my holden vt original lasted 210,000km if wondering )what you will be forced to buy will be a cheaper 3.9 L rangie or disco copy.how you can tell is by looking at pic . first the eyelet or end of power cable is to big for narrow plastic grove were nut is to attach cable .what you do is get a pair of plyes and snap off or cut with hacksaw to leave opening (were my finger is pointing in pic )on right hand side you can see original p38a one showing plastic grove either side of big nut .also the original nut is too big ,will need to put smaller one to fit as other side grove is still in the way ,this way saves cutting plastic again. remember you get what you pay for.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image107.jpg p38a when your original made in italy p38a alternator dies at around 250,000km (mine did and my holden vt original lasted 210,000km if wondering )what you will be forced to buy will be a cheaper 3.9 L rangie or disco copy.how you can tell is by looking at pic . first the eyelet or end of power cable is to big for narrow plastic grove were nut is to attach cable .what you do is get a pair of plyes and snap off or cut with hacksaw to leave opening (were my finger is pointing in pic )on right hand side you can see original p38a one showing plastic grove either side of big nut .also the original nut is too big ,will need to put smaller one to fit as other side grove is still in the way ,this way saves cutting plastic again. remember you get what you pay for. Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:21:29 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image076.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image076.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image076.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image076.jpg" alt="Image076.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image076.jpg</p><p>if clutch not engageing try closeing gap by first wraping rubber band around first grove from frount /see other pic for details</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image076.jpg p38a if clutch not engageing try closeing gap by first wraping rubber band around first grove from frount /see other pic for details Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:59:22 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image077.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image077.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image077.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image077.jpg" alt="Image077.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image077.jpg</p><p>low on voltage , neg earth cable gone ,air con clutch not engageing.first tap with spanner frount of compressor with air con on and motor running if clutch engages means low on volts as there is a gap which is too much for magnet to engage,not enough power. but remember after a while clutch will disengage again (cycle)so to keep working instead of taping with spanner stick rubber bands at the frount grove to push disc more to back to close up gap .as pic above shows ,great temp repair will have cold air in cabin again but due to heat rubber will only last day or so untill snaps ,for more permanent fix put plastic ties (see other pic here earlier)but to fix properly put new earth cable ,(workshop will charge you around $350 au to take shim washers out n regas ) try this first ,worked for me.once new earth cable fitted just cut off rubber or plastic ties as will no longer need and if puting relay you can try but wasteing your time, computor will stop power going to that wire ,amazeing.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image077.jpg p38a low on voltage , neg earth cable gone ,air con clutch not engageing.first tap with spanner frount of compressor with air con on and motor running if clutch engages means low on volts as there is a gap which is too much for magnet to engage,not enough power. but remember after a while clutch will disengage again (cycle)so to keep working instead of taping with spanner stick rubber bands at the frount grove to push disc more to back to close up gap .as pic above shows ,great temp repair will have cold air in cabin again but due to heat rubber will only last day or so untill snaps ,for more permanent fix put plastic ties (see other pic here earlier)but to fix properly put new earth cable ,(workshop will charge you around $350 au to take shim washers out n regas ) try this first ,worked for me.once new earth cable fitted just cut off rubber or plastic ties as will no longer need and if puting relay you can try but wasteing your time, computor will stop power going to that wire ,amazeing. Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:32:43 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image087.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image087.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image087.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image087.jpg" alt="Image087.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image087.jpg</p><p>i use this for draining brake /power steer fluid to change /battery fluid to adjust levels if put to much and overflow or radiator to drain for readjusting levels for adding additives/just put it in, suck it and let gravity drain it in a bottle for you.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image087.jpg p38a i use this for draining brake /power steer fluid to change /battery fluid to adjust levels if put to much and overflow or radiator to drain for readjusting levels for adding additives/just put it in, suck it and let gravity drain it in a bottle for you. Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:15:58 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image084.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image084.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image084.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image084.jpg" alt="Image084.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image084.jpg</p><p>as with brake fluid i change power steering fluid every 10,000km by sticking tube in /suck it out /than it dribles to a empty container by gravity.did buy cheap suction pump but fluid was hot and stuffed the rubbers ,vacum hose slower but works.doesent hurt to refill with fresh fluid better for rubbers ,make them last longer.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image084.jpg p38a as with brake fluid i change power steering fluid every 10,000km by sticking tube in /suck it out /than it dribles to a empty container by gravity.did buy cheap suction pump but fluid was hot and stuffed the rubbers ,vacum hose slower but works.doesent hurt to refill with fresh fluid better for rubbers ,make them last longer. Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:04:13 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image085.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image085.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image085.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image085.jpg" alt="Image085.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image085.jpg</p><p>every 10,000km i drain brake fluid ( punched hole in gaz so tube goes to bottom) so its still fresher than normal and yet to bleed system . good for rubbers make them last longer and makes your brake pedal feel hard not soft</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image085.jpg p38a every 10,000km i drain brake fluid ( punched hole in gaz so tube goes to bottom) so its still fresher than normal and yet to bleed system . good for rubbers make them last longer and makes your brake pedal feel hard not soft Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:42:58 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image089.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image089.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image089.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image089.jpg" alt="Image089.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image089.jpg</p><p>fitted new arb shockies after coil conversion , ride is very soft as not stiff shockies a little bit wavey on road but stable ,off road doesent bounce and gives on bumps doesent jar ,very happy.very good budget shock and dont have to wear kidney belt ,</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image089.jpg p38a fitted new arb shockies after coil conversion , ride is very soft as not stiff shockies a little bit wavey on road but stable ,off road doesent bounce and gives on bumps doesent jar ,very happy.very good budget shock and dont have to wear kidney belt , Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:29:30 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image091.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image091.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image091.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image091.jpg" alt="Image091.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image091.jpg</p><p>did coil conversion ,now put new arb shock ,makes masive difference in ride,doesent bounce any more.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image091.jpg p38a did coil conversion ,now put new arb shock ,makes masive difference in ride,doesent bounce any more. Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:19:34 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image097.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image097.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image097.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image097.jpg" alt="Image097.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image097.jpg</p><p>want to drain auto box /transfer case fluid quickly ,use your spark plug adaptor on the end of your wrench , reverse or forward in this tight spot with saying rude words .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image097.jpg p38a want to drain auto box /transfer case fluid quickly ,use your spark plug adaptor on the end of your wrench , reverse or forward in this tight spot with saying rude words . Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:02:38 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image095.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image095.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image095.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image095.jpg" alt="Image095.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image095.jpg</p><p>gems has paper filter on outside in frount of tank (as pictured) easy to change . than 1999 on ,thor motors have only strainer gorz inside the tank , no paper filter /good luck,thank BMW for that silly design fault .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image095.jpg p38a gems has paper filter on outside in frount of tank (as pictured) easy to change . than 1999 on ,thor motors have only strainer gorz inside the tank , no paper filter /good luck,thank BMW for that silly design fault . Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:47:59 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image127.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image127.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image127.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image127.jpg" alt="Image127.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image127.jpg</p><p>want to cover cables / wires/ pipes or leeds,packet contains 10 feet long cost $6 au .smaller shorter even cheaper.i used in engine bay and covered rear duel battery cables (red n black )to make tidy.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image127.jpg p38a want to cover cables / wires/ pipes or leeds,packet contains 10 feet long cost $6 au .smaller shorter even cheaper.i used in engine bay and covered rear duel battery cables (red n black )to make tidy. Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:27:51 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image101.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image101.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image101.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image101.jpg" alt="Image101.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image101.jpg</p><p>do you have a se model with no cup holder ,go to the wreckers and ask for a HSE console cup holder ,can fit it yourself.i had to cut the plastic cover at the back to make fit but for $30 au ,solves this problem of were to put cup or coins and if you dont want cup holder just flip it over than you have std flat surface again /very happy with this conversion and cheap, thanks LVS .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image101.jpg p38a do you have a se model with no cup holder ,go to the wreckers and ask for a HSE console cup holder ,can fit it yourself.i had to cut the plastic cover at the back to make fit but for $30 au ,solves this problem of were to put cup or coins and if you dont want cup holder just flip it over than you have std flat surface again /very happy with this conversion and cheap, thanks LVS . Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:15:38 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image022.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image022.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image022.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image022.jpg" alt="Image022.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image022.jpg</p><p>when u have your coil conversion finished check that car looks level as my drivers frount side looked low because of extra weight to that courner like battery, steering box ,ect ect. to fix it put a spacer under coil (see pic)depending on size needed and this will even out the wonkie look , with air it self leveled itself, not now .coils are static (no moveing parts like compressor ,height sensors electical fuses , rubber bags ,valves pipe connections ect ect ), with coils its now called reliability.the kit is called atlantic british ,at the time cost parts n fitted all up was $1,900 dollars and was fitted by ward at graeme cooper automotive ,st peters ,sydney ,nsw ,australia.ps if you have bounce when going over bumps ,do not blame coils what it means is shocks worn out.i got arb ,old man emu nitrocharge (oil/gas)shocks ,excellent budget shocks ////// part no frount n176 ,rear n177 .not stiff very soft comfieeeeeee shocks , no jarring off road ,love them .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image022.jpg p38a when u have your coil conversion finished check that car looks level as my drivers frount side looked low because of extra weight to that courner like battery, steering box ,ect ect. to fix it put a spacer under coil (see pic)depending on size needed and this will even out the wonkie look , with air it self leveled itself, not now .coils are static (no moveing parts like compressor ,height sensors electical fuses , rubber bags ,valves pipe connections ect ect ), with coils its now called reliability.the kit is called atlantic british ,at the time cost parts n fitted all up was $1,900 dollars and was fitted by ward at graeme cooper automotive ,st peters ,sydney ,nsw ,australia.ps if you have bounce when going over bumps ,do not blame coils what it means is shocks worn out.i got arb ,old man emu nitrocharge (oil/gas)shocks ,excellent budget shocks ////// part no frount n176 ,rear n177 .not stiff very soft comfieeeeeee shocks , no jarring off road ,love them . Sat, 4 Apr 2009 21:34:04 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image024.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image024.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image024.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image024.jpg" alt="Image024.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image024.jpg</p><p>attaches outside of oil filter and collects metal bits sticking them to the wall of filter not in motor (see pic of std filter here and elsewere )cost from peps 110 dollars at that time for this size which fits rangie v8 and vt v6 as well,so got another one for vt / reason now i use Z9 oil filter in my p38a rangie 4LITRE v8 motor as av 10 dollars cheaper than other std factory no ERR3340 or coppers Z1159 //and every 3,300km oil change can buy z9 anywere without hassels (even z9 fited 110 county 3.5 v8 which had before),and has bigger body area for cooling and again cheapppppppppppp.ps does stick out but have had coil conversion and banged it to bump stops did not touch,its safe for use offroad.this above pic is old ,will up date showing z9 soon.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image024.jpg p38a attaches outside of oil filter and collects metal bits sticking them to the wall of filter not in motor (see pic of std filter here and elsewere )cost from peps 110 dollars at that time for this size which fits rangie v8 and vt v6 as well,so got another one for vt / reason now i use Z9 oil filter in my p38a rangie 4LITRE v8 motor as av 10 dollars cheaper than other std factory no ERR3340 or coppers Z1159 //and every 3,300km oil change can buy z9 anywere without hassels (even z9 fited 110 county 3.5 v8 which had before),and has bigger body area for cooling and again cheapppppppppppp.ps does stick out but have had coil conversion and banged it to bump stops did not touch,its safe for use offroad.this above pic is old ,will up date showing z9 soon. Sat, 4 Apr 2009 20:53:15 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image058-1.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image058-1.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image058-1.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image058-1.jpg" alt="Image058-1.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image058-1.jpg</p><p>every time u start your p38 rangie u hear a buzzing sound thats ur abs pump pumping up your brake supply,what happened to me didnt stop buzzing even turning ignition off didnt work due to relay dieing (see pic my finger on it, its the black one ) and if left on can dammage abs pump (big money),so quickly you undo relay once you think not stopping at all ,go to lr suppliers or lr parts place ask for abs pump relay part no PRC9566 cost me 2 years ago 132 dollars and when get home replace .can drive to parts place without relay but i found after 20 kms driveing will notice brakes not working properly(harder n lower pedal) can put dud relay back in, let it pump up abs again few mins than take out till reach parts place than replace .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image058-1.jpg p38a every time u start your p38 rangie u hear a buzzing sound thats ur abs pump pumping up your brake supply,what happened to me didnt stop buzzing even turning ignition off didnt work due to relay dieing (see pic my finger on it, its the black one ) and if left on can dammage abs pump (big money),so quickly you undo relay once you think not stopping at all ,go to lr suppliers or lr parts place ask for abs pump relay part no PRC9566 cost me 2 years ago 132 dollars and when get home replace .can drive to parts place without relay but i found after 20 kms driveing will notice brakes not working properly(harder n lower pedal) can put dud relay back in, let it pump up abs again few mins than take out till reach parts place than replace . Sat, 4 Apr 2009 19:54:43 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image058.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image058.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image058.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image058.jpg" alt="Image058.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image058.jpg</p><p>when your air con blower fans which supply cold air in the cabin stop working ,first before any thing else check relays in motor bay fuse box .theres 2 yellow ones rovacraft mascot part no YWB10012L or book no AMR2547 ,relay ac fan RL13 and RL14 (theres 2 fans hence 2 relays)or non tecnical way undo fuse box lid ,turn it over and paper diagram stuck under lid will show relays RL6 AND RL7, bottom 2 on right on above pic . if u think your fan not working just swap those 40 amp relays around than u will find which one dud by fan clicking on. 2 years ago av 23 dollars each /i changed them but got from repco ,narvas at 10 dollars each (those grey coloured ones above pic )for that price changed 4 . footnote the reason i changed them is because they were brown burn marks on yellow plastic relays due to extream heat in engine bay ,thats why relay expired .since i changed to the grey ones i also at that time connected thermo fans to work only when it is hot (when i use air con ).since then the motor ( engine bay )runs cooler as has a cool air flow now / the overflow bottle is cooler not hot /which in turn makes the fuse box cooler as they are side by side .another design fault (now you can touch fuse box with your finger and not burn it)as said since done that have never burnt another relay to date .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image058.jpg p38a when your air con blower fans which supply cold air in the cabin stop working ,first before any thing else check relays in motor bay fuse box .theres 2 yellow ones rovacraft mascot part no YWB10012L or book no AMR2547 ,relay ac fan RL13 and RL14 (theres 2 fans hence 2 relays)or non tecnical way undo fuse box lid ,turn it over and paper diagram stuck under lid will show relays RL6 AND RL7, bottom 2 on right on above pic . if u think your fan not working just swap those 40 amp relays around than u will find which one dud by fan clicking on. 2 years ago av 23 dollars each /i changed them but got from repco ,narvas at 10 dollars each (those grey coloured ones above pic )for that price changed 4 . footnote the reason i changed them is because they were brown burn marks on yellow plastic relays due to extream heat in engine bay ,thats why relay expired .since i changed to the grey ones i also at that time connected thermo fans to work only when it is hot (when i use air con ).since then the motor ( engine bay )runs cooler as has a cool air flow now / the overflow bottle is cooler not hot /which in turn makes the fuse box cooler as they are side by side .another design fault (now you can touch fuse box with your finger and not burn it)as said since done that have never burnt another relay to date . Sat, 4 Apr 2009 19:36:56 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image121.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image121.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image121.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image121.jpg" alt="Image121.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image121.jpg</p><p>on p38 rangie when it is very hot weather out side and your voltage is low due to earth bad or battery old and not holding charge , then what will happen is your air con compresor stops working due to magnet in clutch geting not enough volts or gap to big for it to engage cluch .quick temp fix attach plastic ties as the above pic shows those blue ones (or can put rubber bands , but realy temp as heat breaks them up )which then moves the disc inwards closeing the gap and now will make cluch engage easier again makeing compressor pump gas again untill you change or add extra neg earth cable or put in a new battery to fix problem. unless you want to pay 350 dollars for them to remove or add shim washers n regas,no need once put extra neg cable problem gone than can cut off plastic ties as no longer need ,worked for me .or can just leave them blue plastic ties on , choice is yours from experimenting , if either works ,than dont have to spend big money or touch again .(my chargeing volts were 12.30 av than jumped to 14.19v at battery when added extra 2nd neg earth cable from battery to alternator bottom bracket bolt )see page one here for how too fit extra neg cable.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image121.jpg p38a on p38 rangie when it is very hot weather out side and your voltage is low due to earth bad or battery old and not holding charge , then what will happen is your air con compresor stops working due to magnet in clutch geting not enough volts or gap to big for it to engage cluch .quick temp fix attach plastic ties as the above pic shows those blue ones (or can put rubber bands , but realy temp as heat breaks them up )which then moves the disc inwards closeing the gap and now will make cluch engage easier again makeing compressor pump gas again untill you change or add extra neg earth cable or put in a new battery to fix problem. unless you want to pay 350 dollars for them to remove or add shim washers n regas,no need once put extra neg cable problem gone than can cut off plastic ties as no longer need ,worked for me .or can just leave them blue plastic ties on , choice is yours from experimenting , if either works ,than dont have to spend big money or touch again .(my chargeing volts were 12.30 av than jumped to 14.19v at battery when added extra 2nd neg earth cable from battery to alternator bottom bracket bolt )see page one here for how too fit extra neg cable. Sat, 4 Apr 2009 19:14:56 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image010.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image010.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image010.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image010.jpg" alt="Image010.jpg" /></a><br>holden vt - Image010.jpg</p><p>quick n easy way to incease your volts from a 11 year old car is fit extra neg cable to engine .with motor running but every thing swiched off was max 13.86v now 14.15v checked by voltmeter probes put one on red post one on black battery post while motor running .after that things work better /even washer motor sprayed more water on window ,cool.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image010.jpg holden vt quick n easy way to incease your volts from a 11 year old car is fit extra neg cable to engine .with motor running but every thing swiched off was max 13.86v now 14.15v checked by voltmeter probes put one on red post one on black battery post while motor running .after that things work better /even washer motor sprayed more water on window ,cool. Sat, 4 Apr 2009 19:00:18 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image009.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image009.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image009.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image009.jpg" alt="Image009.jpg" /></a><br>holden vt - Image009.jpg</p><p>as my car has no earth for engine i brought neg cable that has eyelets both ends (24 inchs or 61 cm long)for around 20 dollars ,buy at peps auto one ect.now results by puting extra neg cable to engine as above (not touching or changeing original neg cable to chasis )first is radio and air con/frount fans switched off result one was 13.86 v now 14.15 second radio on with air con fan set on 1/4 speed inside cabin and thermo fans on result old was 13.72v now 14.06v .third result same as above but cabin air con fan on full speed old was 12.65 v now 12.87 v .worth the change ,now even washer sprays more water on windscreen as well ,what a surprise.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image009.jpg holden vt as my car has no earth for engine i brought neg cable that has eyelets both ends (24 inchs or 61 cm long)for around 20 dollars ,buy at peps auto one ect.now results by puting extra neg cable to engine as above (not touching or changeing original neg cable to chasis )first is radio and air con/frount fans switched off result one was 13.86 v now 14.15 second radio on with air con fan set on 1/4 speed inside cabin and thermo fans on result old was 13.72v now 14.06v .third result same as above but cabin air con fan on full speed old was 12.65 v now 12.87 v .worth the change ,now even washer sprays more water on windscreen as well ,what a surprise. Sat, 4 Apr 2009 18:53:47 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image011.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image011.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image011.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image011.jpg" alt="Image011.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image011.jpg</p><p>from frount battery run cable along drivers side mudguard inside engine bay ,protected that way than comes out through middle of door between hinges ,no need to drill.note the radiator overflow next to the fuse box /ideal place to cook fuse box when hot /silly design fault .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image011.jpg p38a from frount battery run cable along drivers side mudguard inside engine bay ,protected that way than comes out through middle of door between hinges ,no need to drill.note the radiator overflow next to the fuse box /ideal place to cook fuse box when hot /silly design fault . Sat, 4 Apr 2009 18:49:00 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image014.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image014.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image014.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image014.jpg" alt="Image014.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image014.jpg</p><p>run your cb or rear dual battery cables through weaterstripping inbetween frount door hinges and down under carpet.saves you drilling firewall and leting water or dust in .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image014.jpg p38a run your cb or rear dual battery cables through weaterstripping inbetween frount door hinges and down under carpet.saves you drilling firewall and leting water or dust in . Sat, 4 Apr 2009 18:43:04 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image149.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image149.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image149.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image149.jpg" alt="Image149.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image149.jpg</p><p>there is 2 deep cycle battery choices for running your fridge /one is normal deep cycle black 100 amp ,(in that black box hidden )or a 90 amp marine above pictured blue battery .what is meant by marine is they are used in boats for starting and as a deep cycle for running electrics such as instruments , fridges ect as well.note marine deep cycle batterys are designed not to get damaged by starting but normal deep cycle black batterys are not rec for starting as it can damage them hence thats why they are different .the above batteries are sealed type (so you dont breath gas fumes in cabin or if roll acid doesent spill on carpet or you )which are more expensive but as i use them in the cabin (see my other pic"s , my rear fitting on p38a in cabin is at back tailgate end ,right hand side opposite cd player )i have no choice , but if you fit spare battery in engine bay you have a choice and can buy cheaper non sealed model (add water type)as well . i did use marine battery for 1 week ,starting rangie min 50/60 times a day doing deliverys while vt geting repaired (waited till saturday ,not going to lose days pay ) and had no troble at all.all so a good sneaky tip ,on extended trips like 1 week down snowy at xmas /new years ,i ran blue as starting battery in engine bay and black at rear in cabin and ran fridge on both batterys while stationary parked in camp site for extendered periods in turns /beats starting up and wasteing petrol .had voltage cut out switch ,once it reached 11.78 volts (surface level ,below deeper its still over 12.10 volts min power to start v8,as long as your neg cable up to it )it cut power off ,than i just swapped wire to other deep cycle battery conection , no need to panic or go for a drive to recharge,did later when i was ready not before,at end of trip back home put back std starting N70ZZ ,660 cca battery on as normal . ps got low voltage battery protector cut out switch part no (MS-6120) of jay car electronics if wondering, which you connect inbetween battery and fridge or any other item.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image149.jpg p38a there is 2 deep cycle battery choices for running your fridge /one is normal deep cycle black 100 amp ,(in that black box hidden )or a 90 amp marine above pictured blue battery .what is meant by marine is they are used in boats for starting and as a deep cycle for running electrics such as instruments , fridges ect as well.note marine deep cycle batterys are designed not to get damaged by starting but normal deep cycle black batterys are not rec for starting as it can damage them hence thats why they are different .the above batteries are sealed type (so you dont breath gas fumes in cabin or if roll acid doesent spill on carpet or you )which are more expensive but as i use them in the cabin (see my other pic"s , my rear fitting on p38a in cabin is at back tailgate end ,right hand side opposite cd player )i have no choice , but if you fit spare battery in engine bay you have a choice and can buy cheaper non sealed model (add water type)as well . i did use marine battery for 1 week ,starting rangie min 50/60 times a day doing deliverys while vt geting repaired (waited till saturday ,not going to lose days pay ) and had no troble at all.all so a good sneaky tip ,on extended trips like 1 week down snowy at xmas /new years ,i ran blue as starting battery in engine bay and black at rear in cabin and ran fridge on both batterys while stationary parked in camp site for extendered periods in turns /beats starting up and wasteing petrol .had voltage cut out switch ,once it reached 11.78 volts (surface level ,below deeper its still over 12.10 volts min power to start v8,as long as your neg cable up to it )it cut power off ,than i just swapped wire to other deep cycle battery conection , no need to panic or go for a drive to recharge,did later when i was ready not before,at end of trip back home put back std starting N70ZZ ,660 cca battery on as normal . ps got low voltage battery protector cut out switch part no (MS-6120) of jay car electronics if wondering, which you connect inbetween battery and fridge or any other item. Sat, 4 Apr 2009 18:34:26 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image030.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image030.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image030.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image030.jpg" alt="Image030.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image030.jpg</p><p>this is what found / rubbish from blowing it out of p38 rangie petrol filter at 5,oookm ,refited blown cleaned filter back (why buy new ,not total stuffed yet ) but will change at 10,000km as normal.it is either dust ,sand ,clay that comes through fuel tank breather when 4wding on lroc trips or dirt or rust from servos tanks .as to which 98 petrol is best ,fill tank with wollies 98 vortex.than with 1/2 tank left fill with shell 98 optimax (best on tuesdays,cheapest day).now if your motor has a computor you will notice with shell 98 instantly it will rev harder as you foor it out of servos driveway ,and theres your answer.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image030.jpg p38a this is what found / rubbish from blowing it out of p38 rangie petrol filter at 5,oookm ,refited blown cleaned filter back (why buy new ,not total stuffed yet ) but will change at 10,000km as normal.it is either dust ,sand ,clay that comes through fuel tank breather when 4wding on lroc trips or dirt or rust from servos tanks .as to which 98 petrol is best ,fill tank with wollies 98 vortex.than with 1/2 tank left fill with shell 98 optimax (best on tuesdays,cheapest day).now if your motor has a computor you will notice with shell 98 instantly it will rev harder as you foor it out of servos driveway ,and theres your answer. Sat, 4 Apr 2009 18:28:50 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image002.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image002.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image002.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image002.jpg" alt="Image002.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image002.jpg</p><p>this is fuel blowen out from p38 range rover gems paper filter at 10,000km /filter blown out twice now (other time 5,oookm) now time to throw away at 10,000km .note rubish still dribiling on my hand ,in thor v8s that goes direct to motor as landrover (then bmw) decided to deleate outside paper filters /10 out of 10 bmw.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image002.jpg p38a this is fuel blowen out from p38 range rover gems paper filter at 10,000km /filter blown out twice now (other time 5,oookm) now time to throw away at 10,000km .note rubish still dribiling on my hand ,in thor v8s that goes direct to motor as landrover (then bmw) decided to deleate outside paper filters /10 out of 10 bmw. Sat, 4 Apr 2009 18:24:37 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image060.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image060.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image060.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image060.jpg" alt="Image060.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image060.jpg</p><p>this is blowen out of petrol filter that has done 20,000km ,no wonder car gutless, starved of fuel.looks like thickened black soup.and all 1999 on v8 rover petrol engines (p38 n disco 2 thor v8s)do not have paper filters any more ,they have gaze netting in petrol tank ,stupid design fault.should have paper on outside like gems p38 n disco 1's when gunked up blow or change ,not undo tank if major .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image060.jpg p38a this is blowen out of petrol filter that has done 20,000km ,no wonder car gutless, starved of fuel.looks like thickened black soup.and all 1999 on v8 rover petrol engines (p38 n disco 2 thor v8s)do not have paper filters any more ,they have gaze netting in petrol tank ,stupid design fault.should have paper on outside like gems p38 n disco 1's when gunked up blow or change ,not undo tank if major . Sat, 4 Apr 2009 18:21:49 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image061.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image061.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image061.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image061.jpg" alt="Image061.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image061.jpg</p><p>dipped magnet in blown out 20,000km petrol from filter in cup ,shows min rust caught on magnet the rest is dirt n rubbish in cup which magnet doesnt pick up .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image061.jpg p38a dipped magnet in blown out 20,000km petrol from filter in cup ,shows min rust caught on magnet the rest is dirt n rubbish in cup which magnet doesnt pick up . Sat, 4 Apr 2009 18:17:53 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image020.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image020.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image020.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image020.jpg" alt="Image020.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image020.jpg</p><p>after running oil 5,000km with no magnet,just changed filter left old oil in and put filtermag on outside of new filter ran 500km so it grabs the above which paper missed ,than i opened it . this is what looks like, that grit is sandpapering your bore n bearings every time motor runs.with filtermag no need to buy high priced filters as it grabs what is missed (metal wise).the above photo is without magnet from begining //when fitted instantly with new filter after 5,000km it will not be as thick as above as grit will not be sandpapering motor will be caught instead.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image020.jpg p38a after running oil 5,000km with no magnet,just changed filter left old oil in and put filtermag on outside of new filter ran 500km so it grabs the above which paper missed ,than i opened it . this is what looks like, that grit is sandpapering your bore n bearings every time motor runs.with filtermag no need to buy high priced filters as it grabs what is missed (metal wise).the above photo is without magnet from begining //when fitted instantly with new filter after 5,000km it will not be as thick as above as grit will not be sandpapering motor will be caught instead. Sat, 4 Apr 2009 18:07:45 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image036.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Image036.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Image036.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Image036.jpg" alt="Image036.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Image036.jpg</p><p>pic above shows water filter (black bottle) pumped dirty creek water from that brown jug on left through that black filter canister on right /and walla thats the clear water in the glass in the middle of pic . yes i swollowed that filtered water in frount of onlookers and was ok ,it realy works only just slight smell but minimal,amazzzzzzzzzzzeing and only costs 99 dollars au/replacement filter is 55 dollars au, which lasts up to 5,000 liters depending on water quality and inclueds scraper to clean the filter of heavy grit as well from inside. /great for long 4wd trips when run out of fresh water and when you run in to a river or creek ,no crypto/bacteria/algae/worms/ions/silt warning here,just pump away.i think will buy when he comes to lroc meeting soon as had no units to buy at display .currently pay $6.30 for nobles 10 litre pack of filtered water at supermarket.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Image036.jpg p38a pic above shows water filter (black bottle) pumped dirty creek water from that brown jug on left through that black filter canister on right /and walla thats the clear water in the glass in the middle of pic . yes i swollowed that filtered water in frount of onlookers and was ok ,it realy works only just slight smell but minimal,amazzzzzzzzzzzeing and only costs 99 dollars au/replacement filter is 55 dollars au, which lasts up to 5,000 liters depending on water quality and inclueds scraper to clean the filter of heavy grit as well from inside. /great for long 4wd trips when run out of fresh water and when you run in to a river or creek ,no crypto/bacteria/algae/worms/ions/silt warning here,just pump away.i think will buy when he comes to lroc meeting soon as had no units to buy at display .currently pay $6.30 for nobles 10 litre pack of filtered water at supermarket. Sat, 4 Apr 2009 17:59:02 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Pictures034.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Pictures034.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Pictures034.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Pictures034.jpg" alt="Pictures034.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Pictures034.jpg</p><p>the above esky is called a 4 day esky on the box (nottttttt ,short by 25 hours )so if you get a bag of 4/5 dollar ice from servo and put it inside ,it will only keep the ice for 3 days short 1 hour untill its ice is fully melted ,only if you keep it in the house and dont open lid (2 times a day ok )for that time . outdoor in the real world with food and drink inside it when camping ,ice melts faster but still keeps items under 5c for 2 days only (49hrs), and av temp stays 2c (see the temp gauge above lid ) $130 is the price i payed at bunnings , same price as metho burner .only design fault is water plug at bottom side of esky doesent stop water ,it leaks slowly so i have attached (glued) rubber hose 4 feet long so when it leaks melting ice water in house ,i put hose end in bottle ,or in the car leave hose sticking out of tailgate/door few inches so drips on to the road ,not cabin or carpet .other thing to remember ,the above esky is a 45 litre model (holds 65 cans says on box / is that with ice ? ) and when puting a bag of ice or plastic coke frozzzzzzzzen water filled 2 litre bottles it takes up 1/4 of the space .what you thought was big turns out smaller / re check your needs when buying will it be right size for you .(for me yes/just).</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Pictures034.jpg p38a the above esky is called a 4 day esky on the box (nottttttt ,short by 25 hours )so if you get a bag of 4/5 dollar ice from servo and put it inside ,it will only keep the ice for 3 days short 1 hour untill its ice is fully melted ,only if you keep it in the house and dont open lid (2 times a day ok )for that time . outdoor in the real world with food and drink inside it when camping ,ice melts faster but still keeps items under 5c for 2 days only (49hrs), and av temp stays 2c (see the temp gauge above lid ) $130 is the price i payed at bunnings , same price as metho burner .only design fault is water plug at bottom side of esky doesent stop water ,it leaks slowly so i have attached (glued) rubber hose 4 feet long so when it leaks melting ice water in house ,i put hose end in bottle ,or in the car leave hose sticking out of tailgate/door few inches so drips on to the road ,not cabin or carpet .other thing to remember ,the above esky is a 45 litre model (holds 65 cans says on box / is that with ice ? ) and when puting a bag of ice or plastic coke frozzzzzzzzen water filled 2 litre bottles it takes up 1/4 of the space .what you thought was big turns out smaller / re check your needs when buying will it be right size for you .(for me yes/just). Fri, 3 Apr 2009 08:02:04 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Pictures020.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Pictures020.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Pictures020.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Pictures020.jpg" alt="Pictures020.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Pictures020.jpg</p><p>heres a mini stove doesent need shellite or lpg or unleaded .just runs on metho,now metho available at woolies or coles stores acoss australia, great for camping as endoresed by winos across sydneys cbd and if windy it works even better as rushing air goes under slots on bottom and gives more flame to burn up top (is controlable),its brand name is called trangia /made in sweden and this is small one man version /they have even bigger sizes this is baby.says you only need 0.5 litre for cooking per person per week with this model .i found takes 5 mins for water to boil but bigger 2 man version boils even quicker.cost me $130 dollars from camping store,can get others for half the price but this is quality and runs metho instead.</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Pictures020.jpg p38a heres a mini stove doesent need shellite or lpg or unleaded .just runs on metho,now metho available at woolies or coles stores acoss australia, great for camping as endoresed by winos across sydneys cbd and if windy it works even better as rushing air goes under slots on bottom and gives more flame to burn up top (is controlable),its brand name is called trangia /made in sweden and this is small one man version /they have even bigger sizes this is baby.says you only need 0.5 litre for cooking per person per week with this model .i found takes 5 mins for water to boil but bigger 2 man version boils even quicker.cost me $130 dollars from camping store,can get others for half the price but this is quality and runs metho instead. Fri, 3 Apr 2009 07:48:37 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Pictures009.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Pictures009.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Pictures009.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Pictures009.jpg" alt="Pictures009.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Pictures009.jpg</p><p>something you dont see every day on a p38a range rover.this pic shows std height rear coil (great for mostly high speed highway usage )from conversion kit /can get higher coil size for better ground clearence so dont rip bumpers off on river banks ect or dont collect tree branches under chasis that are on the ground as i found out at lroc khanafari trip ,my warning message on speedo come on for low brake fluid ,found tree branch stuck against brake hose thats why ,took off than message disapeared .ps if have air bags ,tree branch could have staked it ,with coils no worrys</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Pictures009.jpg p38a something you dont see every day on a p38a range rover.this pic shows std height rear coil (great for mostly high speed highway usage )from conversion kit /can get higher coil size for better ground clearence so dont rip bumpers off on river banks ect or dont collect tree branches under chasis that are on the ground as i found out at lroc khanafari trip ,my warning message on speedo come on for low brake fluid ,found tree branch stuck against brake hose thats why ,took off than message disapeared .ps if have air bags ,tree branch could have staked it ,with coils no worrys Fri, 3 Apr 2009 07:39:06 MDT http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Pictures001.jpg&sort=ascending rofosixone <p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/">rofosixone</a> posted a photo</a></p><p><a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/?action=view&current=Pictures001.jpg&sort=ascending" title="Pictures001.jpg"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/th_Pictures001.jpg" alt="Pictures001.jpg" /></a><br>p38a - Pictures001.jpg</p><p>look no air bag ,now coil.after spending almost $5,000 dollars in repairs over 6 years enough is enough.p38a conversion useing atlantic british kit put in by ward at coopers at st peters ,sydney .since above done , have saved thou$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ands. the picture above shows pass frount view of car.just a foot note on conversion .reason i did it is because fed up spending on it and being nervous wreck if breaks down in the bush ( has happened to me and rideing on bump stops is not fun ,jolts you and have to holding your breath in over bumps is bad when over 300kms from home ). if you are not worryed about that ,have heaps of cash and spare time on weekends and have the machanical know how to repair or service by all means keep the air bags as they are a far more suitable suspension for 4wding than coils .i have had both so i talk fom experience ,but choice is yours. to spend or not to spend or to worry or not to worry that is the question ,i love air but no greys with coils .</p> http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/rofosixone/Pictures001.jpg p38a look no air bag ,now coil.after spending almost $5,000 dollars in repairs over 6 years enough is enough.p38a conversion useing atlantic british kit put in by ward at coopers at st peters ,sydney .since above done , have saved thou$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ands. the picture above shows pass frount view of car.just a foot note on conversion .reason i did it is because fed up spending on it and being nervous wreck if breaks down in the bush ( has happened to me and rideing on bump stops is not fun ,jolts you and have to holding your breath in over bumps is bad when over 300kms from home ). if you are not worryed about that ,have heaps of cash and spare time on weekends and have the machanical know how to repair or service by all means keep the air bags as they are a far more suitable suspension for 4wding than coils .i have had both so i talk fom experience ,but choice is yours. to spend or not to spend or to worry or not to worry that is the question ,i love air but no greys with coils . Fri, 3 Apr 2009 07:28:00 MDT