Recent content by barnsey

Got the old girl out for a little test run yesterday, the 12ht runs really good, slowly sorting out little bugs, I have fixed the turbo oil feed return line leak by replacing the factory one with a mamba one, going to take it for a longer run today to make sure i have no other oil leaks & try to...

Fired the 12ht up this afternoon. was surprised when it fired up first kick, I chucked all the vacuum lines over my shoulder except for one, then removed the heater from inside the intake & ported & polished the intake, then removed all the vacuum switching & wiring for the shutoff valve, i will...

I removed the factory 2h as it was getting a little tired with over 560k on it, everything on the 12ht bolts straight up, bell housing is the same & engine mounts are the same, I just need to run a return fuel line back to the tank

Almost in there :)

finally found a new heart for my cruiser, brought a 12ht engine, hoping it will arrive sometime this week, plan is to just do gaskets & rear main seal before i clean it up & start putting it in, i will probably do a full rebuild on it later on down the track once i can save enough dollars to do...

Nice truck, i even learned a few things reading your thread :)

Thanks everyone, looking forward to getting away a lot more now, I am going to put a notebook in the cab & start writing things down like camp gear i need & don't need & things i think of that can improve the setup but so far so good,

The Dam level was down considerably from the last time i was there, the drought is really starting to have an effect on the water supply. This first picture was taken in Dec 2017 & the second picture was taken on this trip last week. last time i was here i was fishing halfway along the ramp...

spent a couple of nights over at the Dam to test out the canopy in cold conditions, temps reached -4 & -5 deg Celsius over night, although i have insulation plywood & marine carpet through out the majority of the canopy the gull wing doors only have the insulation & are going to need to be lined...

built a floor console, now i have somewhere to put a drink down while i am driving :)

made some rear speaker boxes & mounted my amp & alpine speakers. all fits nicely behind the seats without effecting seat positions. :) installing the new carpet as well :)

made some door trims & covered my roof console & kick panels then fitted some 6x9 Alpine speakers sound deadener

decided to clean up the cab a little there were a few different color browns & it had a grey clove compartment lid :) I prepped & painted the dash in a mid grey enamel more to follow :)

BODY AND CHASSIS (continued) Item Modification Examples requiring certification: • (Altering the seating capacity of a bus from 14 seats to 12 seat) so its not a bus its a troop carrier so the above rule shouldn't apply. (Conversion of a panel van into a small bus or a ‘peopl e mover) same as...

its a troop carrier not a bus, its also being registered as a private vehicle not a business, i have never heard of a troopy needing a pink slip every 6 months, check out the 75 owners page on facebook & ask the question there, there are a lot of troopy owners on that page, here's the link to...