Popular Post ThePog Posted March 15, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 15, 2022 I have been tidying up some things. I wanted to mount the solar panel on the camping box, but every method/position ended up with a lot of complication. So I decided to make the mount on the roof more sensible so it could stay there permanently, hence I moved one of the mid rails so the panel could sit flush. I still need to be careful loading up stuff on that side but it is way better than when it was plonked on top. ie I loaded up a big sliding gate today that sat on the cab rack as well as the rear hoop and it was just fine; I missed out on an identical panel on FB marketplace, in which case I could have doubled up and solar charged the truck batteries as well... I then wanted to get that power to the camp box so I made a little hatchy thing in the deck where it will feed into the camp box; This should work sweet. That flex is now mounted on the box. In other news I bought an inclinometer that has been sitting there for a few weeks, so decided to actually mount it. This meant a slightly complicated bracket to hold it in the right orientation; And yes I simply bent the ends of the visors down to make it clear, I am a rough cunt I know. And for a more interesting thread pic here is me just arrived at the Bridges in Blenheim, not a bad spot to set up IRL. 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Was that away from all the methy folk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted March 15, 2022 Author Share Posted March 15, 2022 17 minutes ago, RUNAMUCK said: Was that away from all the methy folk? Yea, under the bridges and at the afar end of the campsite. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThePog Posted March 20, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 20, 2022 So on the Melee ride @Mof had some pointed things to say about the fitness for purpose of a couple of things on the truck, one of which was the tow points. I had messed with the front a bit when I added the socket to the bumper, but it was a bit of a fudge IRL. The rear just had the factory tow point which does not fare well apparently. Hence I called into the dude with a plasma cutter on Friday and got these cut out of 16mm plate and commenced a bit of hackery. I have lent him a set of rollers so there were a freeby - noice The tow bar is chunky and is held on pretty solidly so I just added these boys; Yet another can of black zinc, I am keeping those fuckers afloat. The front was a bit more of an effort but it is now pretty butty; For visuals I might add a wee riser bar between the headlights and maybe a bit of mesh to stop stones hitting important internal things. Pretty happy with that tho. The bars sit a bit further forward as well so will hit things before the indicators now. This is an improvement. Probably need to buy some bright yellow shackles now so I can live the 4x4 dream. 30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThePog Posted March 22, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2022 And here are the finished deck sides, about to break their virginity with some AP20 for the driveway. 18 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThePog Posted April 6, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 6, 2022 Yea some more tweaks, it's like itchy balls, gotta scratch them. An additional solar panel; A deep cycle 12v battery; This is charged by the panels, and is intended to run power to the camping cooler. I may have accidentally bought a winch as well so it is sized big enough to power that too. And whilst I was at it and had 12 volts on board, I did away with the dc-dc converters and wired it to run all the 12v stuff in the cab. This meant spending some time to understand what I had done previously, which wasn't a trivial exercise. I used the opportunity to clean up the 12v wiring for the stereo, cb, usb and the many other extras I have wired in by splicing on to splices. Rather a lot of those actually, but it is pretty well consolidated now. I think I will buy a dual input charger so that battery can be charged by the alternator as well, but the cheapest one I can find that will do a 24v alternator is still $400; https://www.trademe.co.nz/3535959061 Please god let it end. After I sort the sump leak. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 I like your gratuitous use of red wires. I would 100% be hooking something up to that backwards down the line when I'd forgotten what I'd done and everything was covered in dirt. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share Posted April 6, 2022 17 minutes ago, anglia4 said: I like your gratuitous use of red wires. I would 100% be hooking something up to that backwards down the line when I'd forgotten what I'd done and everything was covered in dirt. You make a valid point, maybe I will redo that so it is properish. Probably later. The red is all I had for it at the time. I am not very good at making this stuff tidy as you can see. While doing the cab 12v review I realised I had not labelled anything in the fusebox correctly. I thought pretty seriously about pulling fuses to see what they did and label them such but decided that was future ThePogs problem. I think the main issue is that I look at wiring from a mechanical engineers perspective. I visualise where a wire needs to go to make things work, connect that wire and that is essentially the end of it. Sensible routing, wire colour and labelling for future reference are not fundamental to the workings I have in my head. 5 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 I just wrap the red negative in black insulation tape 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share Posted April 6, 2022 A solid solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiant Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Why hello ThePog. I wonder what the total unladen weight of the Dynafari is in its current iteration? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share Posted April 6, 2022 13 minutes ago, Valiant said: Why hello ThePog. I wonder what the total unladen weight of the Dynafari is in its current iteration? I can probably check for real but I would say without tools and an empty water tank we are sitting around 2550 - 2600kg. This is probably something I need to do to make sure I stay under 3500kg when loading up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiant Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 I'd be curious to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted April 7, 2022 Author Share Posted April 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Valiant said: I'd be curious to know. 2740kg with all my tools, the crane and a full tank of diesel. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 2 hours ago, ThePog said: a full tank of diesel. High roller! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted April 7, 2022 Author Share Posted April 7, 2022 41 minutes ago, anglia4 said: High roller! Flexing harder than my axles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 6 hours ago, ThePog said: You make a valid point, maybe I will redo that so it is properish. Probably later. The red is all I had for it at the time. I am not very good at making this stuff tidy as you can see. While doing the cab 12v review I realised I had not labelled anything in the fusebox correctly. I thought pretty seriously about pulling fuses to see what they did and label them such but decided that was future ThePogs problem. I think the main issue is that I look at wiring from a mechanical engineers perspective. I visualise where a wire needs to go to make things work, connect that wire and that is essentially the end of it. Sensible routing, wire colour and labelling for future reference are not fundamental to the workings I have in my head. If my experience is anything to go by, future Pog won't be happy with present Pog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThePog Posted April 7, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 43 minutes ago, yetchh said: If my experience is anything to go by, future Pog won't be happy with present Pog. I am currently in a supposition of states, being at the same time present Pog, and also the as yet unrealised future Pog. Present Pog is already unhappy with multiple past Pogs due to those Pogs lack of ability during the various wiring add-ons, and I feel that future Pog is probably wishing that all past Pogs including this one should have just pulled finger. So fuck you future Pog. 4 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 That guy has alot to answer for (past and future) I struggle with the same thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThePog Posted April 16, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 16, 2022 I may have mentioned I bought a winch... Well I also bought this the other day off Uncle Shep, who owns a pretty sweet army truck that Nelsonians would definitely have seen. This got hacked up pretty hard, then even more so when I weighed the resulting winch and cradle combo; I had to sort out the wiring as it had been extended with all yellow coloured wire. This meant understanding how this worked, which I now do and am pretty proud of myself. I also bought a hydraulic crimper that shit itself after the last crimp I needed to do. That will be going back next week. I made that box to mount it all in, mostly so people could have a solid visual representation of just exactly how shit my TIG welding can be. Anyway it came up pretty ok and compact, although hefty. I might try to find a plastic rope for it and do away with the rollers, this will remove another 10kg or so I imagine. There is an anderson plug to plug it in now, but I need to find a bit more heavy cable to connect it all up. In other news I missioned the sump leak/oil change yesterday, this appears to be a success. I just chucked the old sump back on as I knew it did not leak. That is all. At ease. 22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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