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I wonder about the efficiency of rear facing inlets. Passing air would create some suction and compromise air flow into the snorkel, at least my brain says that it would. I do know that some years ago on my long gone 2.5TD Courier I fitted a Donaldson precleaner instead of the ram head and performan...

I'm setting mine up ATM. I run a fused feed from the battery up under the glove box and mount relays and more fuses there for my extras. The relays are triggered by the lower left cig lighter outlet. For the CB and some extra 12 v and USB outlets they are fed from a timer relay, which means that the...

SRD0060 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 29, 2021 7:48 am there is plenty of Rangers in the dealers now well in Canberra anyway.

Only if you compromise and take what they have in stock.

Just been notified that our XLS ordered a month or so ago scheduled for 31/03/2022 is now on the never never. Dealer is trying to find out if it will be made and delivered.

I ordered a new XLS a couple of days ago, delivery scheduled for 31/03/2022. My local dealer doesn't sell manuals for some reason they couldn't explain, so ordered elsewhere. Gives me time to collect the farkles, and I may swap some stuff from my 2011 BT50. Definitely keeping the 12 Mazda alloys for...

Doesn't appear, so look here; https://xkcd.com/1732/ and scroll down.

Superimpose deforestation, species extinction, etc, and also human population growth, they all overlap. It is us!

I have lots of paper maps, including a full set of Rooftops. I mostly use Aus/NZ Topo from Garmin on my Montana, bike and 4wd. Route/track planning in Basecamp is a doddle, with occasional references to some paper and/or Google Earth, recommended.

Google photo album works fine for me.

Good choice trotters FWIW I believe that the Tojos have always/often been overrated. They've managed the market very well though, by not discounting at retail, and discounting heavily into fleets. This has resulted in high retained values that make them good business decisions for fleets, and their ...

Yep, frozen diesel happens. Usually in the fuel line under the car. Add some diesel anitfreeze to be sure. I was heading to Melb as it happens a month or so ago one Fri morning. Purely by coincidence, the Ranger we caught up to failed to proceed over Sawyers Hill near Kiandra. He'd filled up in Grif...

Apart form the double flash, if you open a door before you turn off the engine the parkers don't some on. As long as you don't fully close that door, then they stay off. I leave my driver's door cracked open in the carport here at home and no issues for up to 3 weeks so far without driving it, and c...

One each side. Laying flat helps stir the powder too. Ist aid kit behind the back seat. Axe handle visible too.

As I said above, the BT50 Ranger clone DOES shut down at about -20 kms, but DTE stays on zero.

If you are only guessing, why comment?

My BT50 goes for another 20 kms then shuts down, DTE stays on 0. Still fuel in tank, so hasn't run dry. Ranger may be the same.

FWIW the Brown Davis tank retains the stock relationship of the pump to the bottom of the tank. The top of the tank is above the top of the pump. But the computer issues remain, its not as simple as it seems.

Trolling Dirt wrote:Designed that way possibly so you don't suck up the crap out of the bottom of the tank to help you incase you get a dose of cheap dodgey fuel.

The fuel pump is always sucking from the bottom of the tank, just the gauge float floats on the top.

I'm just up the road with similar temps and its the same in winter. Full glow helps, get a feel and crank just before it goes out for best results.

Crippsy wrote:I have 140lt tank, I've run it to 5klm DTE and put in 121lts so 19 unusable litres
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If its like mine, it'll go another 20-30 kms before shutdown.

My fuel gauge and DTE operate almost straight away, even though the float doesn't move for 5-600 kms. Its the programming of the system and why they have been problematic in the past to get right. Older installations like my previous Courier work as decribed, but not my BT50 and presumably the Range...

Not sure about the Fords, but the BT50s have issues with the fuel sender. For some reason the gauge is not only driven by the sender but fuel flow information and the computer will not allow the tank to run dry. When the computer decides I have 80 kms to empty, it flashes up low fuel and counts down...

Some data here:
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Bottom line, at suburban speeds, no, at highway speeds, yes, maybe, but if it does, not much.

Not unknown in years gone by for vandals to connect a vehicle's winch to the towbar and power it up.

No winch appears to be fitted to this one though, but maybe...

I fitted a WaterWatch from new. Its alarmed once with water in it so far, now 36k. Cheap insurance that has worked for me.

Its behind the stock filter.