Brett's 01

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Evening all. Been reading Pradopoint for while now and decided it's time for another 90 series. This is the families 2001 GXL 3.4 auto. It's white, like a good 4 wheel drive should be, well that's what my 10 year old daughter says. Put it on LPG soon after purchase. Had some ups and down with that exercise but after some time have iron out the bugs. Some of the other things done so far

dual battery
ARB Sahara bar
Brown Davis bash plate
Cargo barrier
Auto transmission cooler
Ridpro springs and shockers
Kaymar spare wheel spacer
rear work/reverse light
Cooper STT's 265/75
Home made bash plate for the LPG tank.









The rear light is wired so it can be turned on when ever you want, or automatically comes on when in reverse. Thanks to Leachy 9 for the wiring tip on that one. Spacer is the Kaymar, but the light is home made. $120 for the spacer was ok, but $200 plus for Kaymar light was a little extreme I thought.



The LPG tank sits about an inch lower than the standard petrol tank. The installer use the original tank cover over the top of the LPG tank. The first trip out bush pretty much hammered the cover hard against the tank. I already had the Brown Davis bash plate and knew how much better the 3mm plate was over standard. The Toyota bash plates were pretty ruined by the time I'd got the Brown Davis. As such I got some 3mm plate and bent up the cover for the LPG tank. And yes, I've put some 3/4 inch holes in the bottom to drain mud and water. Haven't painted it yet as I cant decide on the silver
or black.

Still sitting on the work bench is a half completed shovel/axe holder for the spare. On the drawing board is some sliders and drawers for the rear. Coming soon are spotties and the UHF. It never ends

Drawers were completed several weeks ago. The top, bottom and sides are 15mm ply and the drawers themselves are 12mm.



I used the third row seat captive nuts in the floor to secure the drawers to.











Yes I should of gone for the grey coloured carpet. You see I live between two Bunnings stores, both are about 15 minutes away. The store I went to only had the blue and I couldn't be bothered driving to the other store. Anyway, those with a sense of colour and fashion will be aware that there's dashes of the same blue in the seat fabric. That's what my misses told me anyway.









Couple of shots of my battery set up. Nothing flash, but it hasn't snapped off and fallen into the fan.





A little untidy, but I'm in the process of cleaning things up.

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Re: Brett's 01

You know that old bloke who takes half an hour to withdraw 20 bucks from the atm cause he's 20 years behind the times? Well that's me trying to post pictures. Can anyone explain how I get the bigger images up?

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Re: Brett's 01

You know that old bloke who takes half an hour to withdraw 20 bucks from the atm cause he's 20 years behind the times? Well that's me trying to post pictures. Can anyone explain how I get the bigger images up?

Yeah mate, your doing ok, but just a couple of tips.

Main thing is in Photobucket, where you click to upload, click on "more options"
In here, select 800 x 600 size, and all your new pics will be uploaded in correct size for Pradopoint.
You can resize your existing images as well, by double clicking on the pic on Photobucket, making it open, and then under edit, you can also resize. Do this to the ones you have on Pradopoint, and it will change the size when you are done. No need to re-submit the links or anything.

Try looking here for some help http://www.pradopoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4465

Good luck

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Re: Brett's 01 DIY Drawers added

Looks good mate!
Do you have any pics/details on the auto trans cooler you've got?
And also what dual battery tray did you go for?

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Re: Brett's 01 DIY Drawers added

Thanks.

The battery tray is a home made job. It's basically a second factory tray welded and braced up next to the original. It sits right on top of the alternator and doesn't leave much room. I cant remember the name of the oil cooler but I got it through a well known parts store. Cost me a fortune, over $200 bucks from memory and that was mates rates. I was told it's some new design and therefore the price. I was going to fit it myself but as it was going in for an auto service I got them to fit it. I'm glad they did as they did a great job. I was expecting it to come back zip tied through the radiator, but they actually made up brackets and suspended the cooler between the plastic grill and the radiator. I was more than impressed. The transmission place is in Heidelberg, who's name I cant remember right know but if your interested I'll PM you. Photos will be posted in the next few days.

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Re: Brett's 01

Hey brett just curious what size LPG tank your running the standard tank is 68L and does sit that bit lower. My 90 series was just converted to vapour injection but the fitter was sent the wrong tank and in the end has fitted a 62L usable its sits an inch higher than the 68L. I have the option on either and now in two minds about the clearance issue.

Joel

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Re: Brett's 01

stick with the 62, I have the 68 and it does hang a little uncomfortably low. You should be able to get 300kms out of a 62 around town anyway which is plenty.

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Re: Brett's 01

What sort of range are you guys getting with sub 69L unleaded and the 68L of LPG?

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Re: Brett's 01

My tank holds 68 usable litres which is good for about 330 kays around town, 360 kays highway, 250ish kays towing the van or, if your on the dunes at Stockton beach about 200 kays (approx 33 ltrs/100km). My tank does in fact sit about an inch lower than the standard. The installer fitted the old tank cover which had pretty much been beaten to death prior to the conversion. that's why I had the new cover made up out of 3mm plate. Its bottomed out once or twice, with the first time being a huge rock which I basically parked on top of. I was thankful then that I'd gone to the effort as I dont think the original cover would of held up. I gives me piece of mind. For the sake of 8 litres and 40 kays extra per tank, I personally wouldn't bother.