XJ: TD 'Pocket Tourer'

[indertdxj]

Got a phone call today. One of Gimmecarparts.com.au suppliers has gone bust. I am left without the water pump after waiting for nearly four weeks. I am trying to source another supplier now...


Crown part numbers for water pump 4864566 and gasket to suite 4864575. Hopefully I will have some luck tomorrow.

[indertdxj]

Repco water pump will arrive on Tuesday, fingers crossed!! Part number for Repco is TF8210. If you go in and ask for this part number they will say...'thats not one of ours.' Tell them to look up the TD and they will see it. Generally you have to pay for shipping from sydney.

In a couple of weeks I am going to the Port Macquarie area for a weeks camping and fishing etc.. Some camp sites don't have hot water so the twine system is next on the list.

Today I installed fan on intercooler...write up to come.

[indertdxj]

Installed a inverter today. It is one of the easier installs I have done.

The inverter (pictured) I bought off ebay and seams quite good. It has two power outlets and alarms on flat battery (below 10V), I did try this running it on a spare battery and it turned itself off and alarmed annoyingly when the battery got to 9.5V. It also has a automatic overload cut off. This is when I discovered I may be disapointed. I don't think that 1200W is enough to run my power drill or grinder! Need the 3000W I suppose, maybe I will have to have two inverters on board!

I am slowly constructing my rear storage system. I have used 19x19x200mm timber with 30x15x15 on top to bolt the platform to. The platform will be 12mm Marine ply measuring 1350x800. Underneath on the passenger side is the 100AH deep cycle battery for fridge, inverter etc and the air tank for airbags. There is a divider down the middle. On the passenger side is a whole 800x600 where i will be putting a water tank. Behind the Drivers side wheel arch (spare removed) is a gap in this gap the inverter will sit allowing access from the rear to plug stuff in.

The inverter cam with one positive cord with a alligator clip at one end. I replaced this with some 12mm wire with suitable lugs to attach to positive and negitive terminal of battery.

I have given up on Bunnings to get the ply, they are always out of stock of the size I want, so am hunting down another supplier.

[indertdxj]

I finished the intercooler fan install today.

To get the thing in I had to make sure it would fit inbetween the ARB bumper and bulkhead, which it did not. I had to remove some of the 'cage' around it (just the top 1/4 in between the mounts) so that is would slide up high enough and not hang down two inches.

After a mock fitting I had to remove the ARB bumper to drill two holes for bolts in the top to go through. The fan hangs down 1/2 and inch below the cross member and for this reason it proved too difficult to drill holes in the bottom. The bottom two wholes are zip tied through existing holes. I then reinstalled the intercooler.

Wiring was simple. The fan can be wired two ways; push and pull. I wanted push so just found out which way I need to connect (-) and (+) to get the desired effect. The fan is connected to a 30amp relay with a 30amp fuse between battery and relay. The relay is thrown by a switch in the cabin on my newly inistalled gauge pods. This switch will eventually control electric fans installed behind the radiatore. The intercooler fan is either on or off. The other fans will either be on (controled by spal thermo controller) or off for water crossings etc.

[AussieRCBasher]

Hey good work on the inverter install. one problem i see is 10v? and 9.5 cut off? thats very low and low enough to kill the battery, it wont charge correctly and stuffs it up.

cheers

[indertdxj]

I think it is actually 10.5 and I don't know of the accuracy of my gauge, its old, real old and connections aren't real good.

[indertdxj]

Ran the 40L fridge off the inverter overnight last night. It froze water, from hot! Tonight I am trying to freeze meat! I figure it is great to have a proper freezer not a thaw out slowly in the bottom of the fridge type freezer! Now I need a second fridge to run 12v to use as a fridge.

Oh I forgot, the inverter is running off a 100AH deep cycle and still running the fridge 24 hours later, no charge!

Installed water pump today (finally!!). Got it from Repco $190 all up and arrived after ordering Thursday. Now I can get back to serious building, false floor in rear and twine shower next.