What did you do with your Grenadier today?

[Baron von Teuchter]

Stops rodents causing havoc with cable insulation too, bonus!

 

[Brandtnm]

The 385mm option

Thanks

 

[tristand]

Stone wall came out of nowhere and pushed my bumper corner back towards the wheel. Had a fun couple of hours with my daughter bashing it back into shape!

The outer bumper corner supports are really flimsy - I'm sure the wall would have been less successful against my old defender.

 

[Logsplitter]

Stone wall came out of nowhere and pushed my bumper corner back towards the wheel. Had a fun couple of hours with my daughter bashing it back into shape!

The outer bumper corner supports are really flimsy - I'm sure the wall would have been less successful against my old defender.

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Well done fixing that one. Luckily no damage to auxiliary rad or oil cooler pipes.

 

[CRH]

Sadly, we are not allowed vehicles that have bumpers to protect the car nowadays
Bumpers are there to protect the cyclist & pedestrians

 

[Baron von Teuchter]

Sadly, we are not allowed vehicles that have bumpers to protect the car nowadays
Bumpers are there to protect the cyclist & pedestrians

Yep, and these plain black plastic parts that look like they should be really cheap sacrificial parts are not really cheap

 

[tristand]

At least this was a simple, cheap fix - not too concerned about scrapes and dents.

Had a turbo oil hose failure a few weeks ago (dodgy crimp on ferrule) which was a simple fix too, although getting to the bottom end stacked banjo fitting was a pig. Dealer was great
(Compas Automotive) and just sent me the parts I needed to fix it under warranty to save a 4 hour round trip.

Now the MIL light is on, with a P20BD fault indicating a faulty DEF heater. Good things always come in threes so hopefully this is the last problem for the time being!

 

[Tazzieman]

Sadly, we are not allowed vehicles that have bumpers to protect the car nowadays
Bumpers are there to protect the cyclist & pedestrians

Cyclists need bumpers. Roos need ADAS. Crazy world.

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/QLcxTJNIABA?si=8wDi8yts11pJvDSz

 

[255/85]

We drove ours down to the movie house the last two rvenings to watch the 25th anniversary screenings of the LOTR films by Peter Jackson. Leaving in 5 for the third. Does watching movies about adventure count for anything?

 

[Tom109]

Stone wall came out of nowhere and pushed my bumper corner back towards the wheel. Had a fun couple of hours with my daughter bashing it back into shape!

The outer bumper corner supports are really flimsy - I'm sure the wall would have been less successful against my old defender.

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Nice keeping the kids involved!

I’m waiting for a one-piece fully-welded bumper…

 

[Rupert]

Drove around in the snow, which we rarely ever get.

 

[Tazzieman]

Picked up an adjustable tent pole, a rugged steel one. For levelisation purposes.

 

[Greg]

Nice one Greg. I have no clue about 3d printing. I wish I did.
I did recently however, get in touch with someone who does know something about it. I purchased a surface mount usb charger with ideas of attaching it to the LHS internal power supply and mounting for front passenger use. But I also bought the start stop switch isolator (and the multifocal wearing old man eye assist system that you made yourself) from Justin at Euroflo. Then I thought that a similar size panel (as the start stop) with an appropriately sized hole would hold the charger and would also hold my quad lock phone mount with mag charger.
A phone call and a few messages and designs to Justin, who was very helpful. A few days went by and this 3d printed mount turned up. It's very good and does the job perfectly.
Can't quite work out where to run the power. I think it would be easier for the cable to go up, a slight hole in the shiny black strip and the plastic behind would hide it. I could mount it upside down, but that could limit the angle the phone sits at due to plug poking out.
I'm still playing with where the cable would go best. Trying to not drill holes.
But the primary goal was get rid of cable coming out of console box.
Very happy.
Thanks Justin
Pedro

Rainy wet and humid Australia day, so....
First prototype of the usb socket done - sadly had to mount the socket upside down to get the wires running out the top.
I think there is enough gap to get wires between shiny bit and the panel. I will see once i can figure out how to take the shiny bit off.
But that will have to wait until the humidity drops under 90%

 

[Clark Kent]

Picked up an adjustable tent pole, a rugged steel one. For levelisation purposes.View attachment 7920049

You could do a lot with that rugged steel tent pole @Tazzieman.

 

[Steve.B]

Rainy wet and humid Australia day, so....
First prototype of the usb socket done - sadly had to mount the socket upside down to get the wires running out the top.
I think there is enough gap to get wires between shiny bit and the panel. I will see once i can figure out how to take the shiny bit off.
But that will have to wait until the humidity drops under 90%

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A warm Australia Day here in Adelaide 45.5 Centigrade, 114 Fahrenheit, first time Roland our Irish Wolfhound has enjoyed being washed, in fact 15 minutes was not long enough, did not even have to use a lead.
The usb socket looks good.