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hey pete we done this trip solo last year in september and the last thing you want to do is to stop and let your shocks cool down when is is 45c out side and when you do get out the fkn flies want to carry you away (take fly hats) . we talked to a bloke with a stock standard d40 at mt dare...

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clearing out the shed and found a few parts of the old ute pick up from sunbury area (vic) factory tow bar $ 100/slab 265/75/16 mtz and steel rim $100/slab k&n high flow air filter (needs a clean) $ 30/6er nissan air filter and ryco diesel filter both new and unused from my spares box air...

Hey guys picked up the nav replacement on the Friday I know it's not a Nissan but all good. Have got a lot of work to do to get it ready for the bush first on the list is to get rid of the intake on the snorkel fark it's ugly See you on the tacks. Robbo

there were 2 pin holes in welds and 2 split seams. the major leak was a medium drip it was a 50mm split in a weld about 150mm from the bottom so it still held about 60L to repair it i cleaned it with unleaded and super glued a radial tyre patch to it that slowed it up until we got the putty at alice

we did have our fair share of dramas Alice Sprigs repair shops do a roaring trade at Alice we replaced 3 tyres the mtz's where at 50% when we left replaced battery boiled it on the trip up had the exhaust mounts re welded replace car and trailer plug ends from stone damage the key got stuck...

hey rexxie the jayco survived but not sure if i would recommend it i mean its doable but keep tyre pressures down and drive to the conditions and expect stone damage and a shit load of dust. we minimised dust by taping up all the vents and the front and back of the roof the only major damage...

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so we got back yesterday after 4 week trip all went as planed the camper held up better than the ute the whole trip was a highlight it is hard to pick out a favourite as each place was special in its own way major highlights were willow springs sky trek, lake eyre north, dalhouseie springs, mt...

hey guys thanks for the pointers nao- the pic for standley chasm is awesome, took the jayco to cape york last year and expected it to never be the same but to our surprise the only damage was from rocks, i have made a stone guard for this trip and always run the camper and truck tyres at 25...

you have to drill through the roof and fit brackets to the under the head lining (as far as i can remember) i got the shop to fit it i think it was around the $1200 with the awning