What is the bar lower down for
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I would never be so bold as to say thatTristan wrote:Okay now you gonna tell me Kaspaas never needs to be recovered![]()
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Richard. First of all... Kaspaas is not a her, it is a him.. Kaspaas was fitted with a 7MGE motor when I purchased him.Dadz Toy wrote:Tell me Thys What motor did Kaspaas have in when you bought her![]()
I took the OME suspension, 33" wheels, bull-bar, spotlights and long range fuel tanks off my previous Hilux and fitted it to Kaspaas.Dadz Toy wrote:What mods have you done to Kaspaas![]()
NL dual battery system,Dadz Toy wrote:How 'mod'd'was Kaspaas by her previous owner
I think this is by far the best mod that you have doneKaspaas wrote:For the rest I installed about 20 000 km in long trips exploring the "outback" of our beautiful country... been to Atlantis Dunes about 5 times, and did some of the nice/scary/scenic trails on offer, although according to Simon they don't compare to ANY of the trails in and around Queenstown... :evil: :evil: :evil:
Had to... to improve air-flow thru the original sucky radiator of the 7MGE.. :evil:Tristan wrote:You seem to have lost a few spot lights:?
To the gate that will be open, but must be kept closed at all times... :!: :!:ToyX4 wrote:Thys, to drive the trails around Queenstown, you will need a few things: More balls apparently, or bigger balls, and only ONE hilux, which you can get if you deposit R130000 or R140000 into the owner's bank account.
Two normal sized balls and any other Hilux won't make it to the gate![]()
I installed amber indicator bulbs in the clear park-light lenses on the outside of each headlamp.Tristan wrote:Thys what have you done about indicators with your modified bull bar
[*]Kaspaas wrote:I installed amber indicator bulbs in the clear park-light lenses on the outside of each headlamp.Tristan wrote:Thys what have you done about indicators with your modified bull bar
BOGOM translated means "Upper-Glue"....Dadz Toy wrote: B O G O M or F O L K O M![]()
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Rich
Sorry Johann...Scorpion wrote:What did I say? :roll:
Extend the wiring from the original plug that fits into the indicator on the original bumper and fit a new globe-holder to the end of the extentions... In other words you wire the new amber globes into the existing wiring for the indicators that were in the bumper...Tristan wrote:so how exactly do you make them flicker![]()
Is it as simple as just crossing over the wiring![]()
Easy as pie.. use a red and a black wire...Tristan wrote:Thanks Thys it sounds pretty straight forward, Ill just have to make sure to get the positive and negative the correct way round![]()
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Bennie is this also the case with spot lightsBenHur wrote:Dont worry its a globe it is not polarity sensitive.
Thys what size glodes did you use. The 21W ones is too big to fit into the hole and the smaler ones (8w - me thinks) is not very bright and may not be aduaquately bright to be legal :? :?
This is NOT the case with spotlights... Spotlights will earth on the body of the vehicle and is definitely polarity sensitive. That is why it popped fuses, you were creating a dead short circuit. The indicator bulb does not earth on the body at all, it is totally surrounded by plastic, therefore no short circuit will be created. :!: :!:Tristan wrote:Bennie is this also the case with spot lights![]()
The reason I ask is I have always been under the impression that as you say the globe is not polarity sensitive.
However if you can recall I was having a problem with my spots popping the fuse every time it was turned on.
Then when Simon was out here one day he had a look and said that the neg/pos was the wrong way round at the lightSo we swapped them around and hey presto!! it all worked fine
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Except now they are disconnected because they promptly killed my battery
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You have to make sure that the live (+) wire is not touching the body of the bakkie or the body of the spotlight. Insulate all the contacts on the switch and in the spotlight itself. There is no need to run a long neg wire from the front to the rear. The spotlight will earth itself on the body and close the circuit that way. In the case of a plastic casing on the spotlight attach the black wire to the bumper to earth it.Tristan wrote:![]()
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Did I mention that I fed the wires through the chassis :|
Took me ages but I wanted them out of the way.
So now I have 2 questions (please excuse my ignorance but Im totally dof when it comes to these things![]()
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1. How do I check for a short circuit![]()
2. Will the lights still work if there is a short circuit somewhere![]()
Sorryactually 3 questions what must I check on the switch
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No worries, it is ME who took MY thread over..Tristan wrote:Hey! just realised your thred is being taken over, aha!!! revenge revenge![]()
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I never "forget" I choose not to answer... :ugeek: :ugeek:Tristan wrote::roll: :? You forgot about question no. 2
Kaspaas wrote:Looks like I'm smoking a fat joint there Rich...![]()