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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6925 on: March 11, 2024, 09:31:05 AM »
& is the splatter of blood drops the result of trying to pack them ??? ;D
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6926 on: March 14, 2024, 04:17:39 PM »
In the process of adding a few electrical extras to the camper today:
- DCDC charger (Kings 25amp)
- shunt and battery monitor
- couple of shut down switches (charging circuit & accessories)
- Upgraded fuse box

Will be wiring in fridge and lights and hopefully all will be working for our Flinders Ranges trip after Easter.

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6927 on: March 16, 2024, 11:41:29 AM »
In the process of adding a few electrical extras to the camper today:
- DCDC charger (Kings 25amp)
- shunt and battery monitor
- couple of shut down switches (charging circuit & accessories)
- Upgraded fuse box

Will be wiring in fridge and lights and hopefully all will be working for our Flinders Ranges trip after Easter.

Might be an idea to replace those red inline fuses. They have a strange habit of melting with a intact fuse left.

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6928 on: March 17, 2024, 08:25:14 AM »
Might be an idea to replace those red inline fuses. They have a strange habit of melting with a intact fuse left.

Thanks, would a midi fuse be a better option?

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6929 on: March 17, 2024, 05:57:58 PM »
Wife complained that there was a funny noise coming from the back of the Vw Jetta.
Pulled off the rear wheels, 1 pad was metal to metal, the other 3 had 6 or 7mm left.
Fortunately not much damage to the disk.
Replaced all rear pads with new bending euro pads. Cleaned all the components, re-greased all the slide pins and re assembled. It’s good now.
Next week I will have to do the oil and filters. I will also check the front brakes and rotate the tyres.


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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6930 on: April 12, 2024, 11:18:23 PM »
In the process of getting the van atm upgraded, the inspection place only found 3 things, chains were damaged and have to be replaced, which I can't do, new springs minimum 2200kg capacity so I got a kit, all new brackets,pins,hanging brackets, 10 leaf off road springs with a capacity of 2500kg's, didn't weigh them but fluck me ,those things are heavyy.
Things get just a bit harder to do whan you get to 77  :cheers:
Any got 1 side done, just to grease them, wait until Monday to recover and then start on the other side  ;D
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6931 on: April 13, 2024, 06:46:24 AM »
In the process of getting the van atm upgraded, the inspection place only found 3 things, chains were damaged and have to be replaced, which I can't do, new springs minimum 2200kg capacity so I got a kit, all new brackets,pins,hanging brackets, 10 leaf off road springs with a capacity of 2500kg's, didn't weigh them but fluck me ,those things are heavyy.
Things get just a bit harder to do whan you get to 77  :cheers:
Any got 1 side done, just to grease them, wait until Monday to recover and then start on the other side  ;D
Mate, you don't have to be 77 to struggle.
At 58, I dread stairs, getting down on the ground and back up.
Doing maintenance on the Zero Turn is painful.
I've been putting of replacing the Intension brake lines in the 80.

Anyway, good on ya for having a go,


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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6932 on: Today at 04:57:00 PM »
In the process of getting the van atm upgraded, the inspection place only found 3 things, chains were damaged and have to be replaced, which I can't do, new springs minimum 2200kg capacity so I got a kit, all new brackets,pins,hanging brackets, 10 leaf off road springs with a capacity of 2500kg's, didn't weigh them but fluck me ,those things are heavyy.
Things get just a bit harder to do whan you get to 77  :cheers:
Any got 1 side done, just to grease them, wait until Monday to recover and then start on the other side  ;D
Did you get the otherside done

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6933 on: Today at 06:02:26 PM »
Did you get the otherside done

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Not yet , I was waiting for you to come and help, thank you for volunteering   :cup: I will have booze, after we finish  :cheers:
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