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What model engel is it?


Sorry, should have said that before. It's a 32l fridge/freezer 12/240v number. Model MT35FP.

I just looked at the Engel website and it says it can run on 12, 24 and 240v, but the plug still says 12v only. Does this mean I may have to get a 24v lead?

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As per the topic. I am thinking of putting the fridge into my work truck but after making room I realised that the ciggy socket is 24v. My phone charger and GPS seem to work OK but I'm a bit suss about the fridge. I know it says 12v on the plug but can it run happily on 24v?

Cheers,
VB

About 4 weeks ago a 80yo farmer backed into my ute while picking up some grain. The corner of his tray punched a hole through the skin of the door. Thankfully only the door need replacing.

Problem is I can't find a white door bloody anywhere. I've rung wreckers from Dubbo to Sydney every week but ...

grimbo wrote:of course you could just use this one

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic150613.php

Due to a few requests here is the link for a very useful calculator for different sized tyres.

http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCalcul ... ion=submit

My Tom Tom keeps falling off the windscreen. I've tried cleaning the glass, warming the suction pad, pushing it on until the glass starts to bow out. Whats the trick. My Magellan XL600 sticks fine but not the Tom Tom.

The socket where the power lead goes into it at the bottom is starting to get ...

DGA.

Their based in Melbourne. Got this tip off 'Outers a couple of years ago and never looked back.

I use it all the time. White Knight is my preferred brand but it's horses for sourses. It gets sprayed on all my made up farm gear and ute mods. As said before build it up because it can run and look pretty crappy if put on too thickly.

You can spray or paint but I have found spraying is easier and ...

Being a parent I have about 30 or so batteries lying around in drawers from the kids toys, mainly AA's. Is there anyway I can do a dodgy (or not dodgy) charge back into them.

My stepfather used to do it on a car battery by bridging across the circuit until the little battery got hot. now that i'm ...

Hay Troopy93.

Are they also home made Hiclones I see stuffed in there?

Seriously it's a good job. What did you use to fill in around the snorkel as it goes into the fender?

It's due for a 150,000 service and new injectors next week from Mitsubishi so I'll ask them.

Then again they might say go to hell because I do my own oil changes and not give them the chance to rip me off on the price they charge for workshop oil.

I am going to lecture you.
If you can't change both oil and filter, rather change the filter every time and the oil every second time.

The 4m40 and 4m41 engines have a oil cooler in the engine block, but it should drain (albeit slowly) if the filter is removed.

Some models have a supplementary ...

I change the oil at 5000 interval and new filter at 10,000 ( I know i should do the filter every 5000 so don't lecture me :oops: ). My 4m40 needs 5.5 litres for just sump. 6.5 for filter as well and another 1.3 for the oil cooler.

My question is: where is the oil cooler and how do I change the oil ...

the 'wilson switch' is a push button activation of the glow circuit which usually just bypasses the glow timer..

i was under the impression that glow plugs only need about 7v to do their job and any higher and you risk damaging them... so if your running 12v through your glow plugs id be careful ...

Slightly off topic.........sorry, but if veggies oils clean all the crap out of your lines can I dump some in my tank every 20k or so to flush and clean out the fuel system? It may do a better job than my regular "Chemtech" dose.

I got a quote from TNT for $2500 from Orange (NSW) to Darwin one way.

ausyota wrote:Seeing how this has become a "post a pic of your tray" thread I may as well ad a pic of my old Lux.


Paul.

Nice tray. Thinking of doing this down the track on my HJ47. Yours looks good too billabong. Good clean lines.

Leave the sleeve on. It sets up a vortex in the air filter housing, throwing dust to the outside of the housing and keeping your filter cleaner. All canister type airfilters use this kind of thing to improve the efficiency of the filter.

As an aside are you sure the element still seals with the ...

On some trucks and bigger tractors you see the little manometer guages. Can we fit these to our rigs as well? If so where would you put the two sides?

Car is a 1998 MK Triton 2.8 non-turbo with no snorkel. I have quite put a few tanks through it and getting about 60ks extra or thereabouts. Usually I get about 600ks out of a tank so the 10% (give or take) claim I'll stick by.

Power wise it feels like there is more power but who knows. Face it, I ...

I had some on a roll bar on a ute years ago. I reckon they looked pretty good but as soon as I turned them on for the first time I hated them. Light came through into the cab so it was hard to see out of the windscreen and as soon as it rained the lights lit up the droplets right in front of my eyes ...

Here it is with the sleeve off. Whenever it gets really clogged up the part with the sleeve on is clean which makes me think it's not doing anything anyway. I know it's supposed to set a swirl to throw off bigger objects but I think I can do without it.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112 ...

While I was doing a routine service on my non turbo Triton I noticed on the air filter cartridge that the white plastic sleeve that covers the bottom half of the element was cracked so I pulled it off to fix it. It took me about a week or so to do this but in the meantime I noticed that power and ...

My HJ47. Selling the chrome rims and putting some steel Prado rims on. currently getting a new bonnet after a hay bale (big one) fell on it.

No worries icemanpaj. Got it all sorted yesterday.

They put in a push button switch in one of the button blanks to the right of the steering wheel. I now have to hold this in when the key is on "Acc" for about 10 secs or so.

From what I gather they re-routed the power from the timer to the switch ...

Maybe pick a lower gear.

OK, I'll reply to my own question. Took my ute in today to see whats happening to the plugs. Found out I was half right. It seems my plugs stay on for 2 1/2 minutes which is right but they are getting full voltage for that amount of time

A new timer thingy is about $600 so I'm going for a manual ...

It seems my glowplugs are stuffed after onlt 1 year :twisted: However I have noticed that when I glow it to start the soloniod runs for about 10secs then I can hear it click off then start the ute no worries. What I wonder about is close to 1 minute later there is another click from the soloniod and ...

Thanks guys Ill try it tomorrow.

As the heading says. All of a sudden my ute is getting really (I mean REALLY) hard to start. The glow plugs are only a year old so I hope it's not them. Any ideas?

Andrew