Fido666's 150 Kakadu

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I had a play with both the wired and wireless remotes but find the wireless one is not as precise as the wired one. Since the wireless remote has 2 separate buttons for In and Out rotation rather than a toggle switch it's harder to get short bursts of winding or unwinding.

The wired switch is instantaneous where the wireless one has a delay that's why it is harder to get short bursts.

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Got around to removing the blue gunk off the new spare tyre today. It really just took a good blast with the hose but I gave it a good scrub with detergent for good measure. Won't post a photo, the lettering is now just white instead of blue. I'm told if you leave it it goes hard and is difficult to remove plus can take some of the white off with it.

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Finally got around to some very important mods today, the Kaka was clean enough to do them for a change.





Had a devil of a time with the PP decal, had to peel every letter off the backing with tweezers as it just didn't want to seperate with a simple peel back action. Takes a while as you have to be careful and once you get the transfer tape onto the glass it's not really possible to move it. Watched a few YouTube vids before I started but they made it look easy LOL.

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Got to have the all important PP decal.

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Let's not forget the KLC one. No self-respecting, latte drinking, small furry marsupial loving Kakakdu owner should be without one.

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Picked up an AutoSafe cargo barrier today courtesy of forum member Smakb and he was even so kind as to fit it up for us :-



It's not fixed down at the bottom edge yet as the factory brackets require drilling through the wheel arch. We'll be putting in a false floor and will make up some brackets to fix to that instead.

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Maybe I am slow, or maybe it is the red I have consumed but I have to ask... what is the latte club all about?

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The KLC is a group of like-minded individuals who got together on PradoPoint through a common interest in Prados and lattes for a bit of fun and camaraderie. Sadly some of the members are no longer on this forum but we still get together elsewhere and have a great time. It started out with Kakadu owners hence the name but we didn't discriminate against non-Kakadu owners of Prados.

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Ahh makes sense ...

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Has been a while since I've updated this thread, just a few upgrades since the cargo barrier went in :-

Winch Saver installed 2nd Feb 2014 - made from one end of a boat trailer roller:-




Some progress on the false floor for the fridge 11th March 2014 - 15mm marine ply jigsaw cut & 1st coat of marine varnish applied :-


ABR Sidewinder Dual Battery Kit installed over the weekend and finished today (25/3/2014) by the team at Smithie's Outback in Cranbourne Vic :-
Batteries are Century Overlander (main) & Marine Pro 620 (aux) supplied by #############.


Battery Monitor mounted on a custom bracket secured to the dash via velcro strips

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Also installed by Smithie's Outback, a Safari Snorkel :-





The wish list is shrinking!

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The wish list is shrinking!

Pffft..... That's what I "keep" saying! (Noice work fido)

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Pffft..... That's what I "keep" saying! (Noice work fido)

That's why I said "shrinking" and not "completed" LOL.

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Hey Fido,

are you removing the 3rd row of seats for the false floor? If so, any chance that you have the sketch/drawing of the false floor?

cheers
Geoff

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are you removing the 3rd row of seats for the false floor?

Sorry Geoff, I'm leaving the seats in. I used the rubber cargo mat as a template and just bought the outer edges in 5mm or so to allow for the carpet overlap.