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Saturday 25 November 2017 Assist the boat builder looking at a Volvo 4 hours away from home so no work on my Volvo. He makes the offer and he is the proud owner of the worst Volvo I have evr seen. Bent up front of the chassis. Cabin smashed up 3 inches shorter on the right side. Smashed in rear of t...

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23 November 2017 Work on VOlvo 2 continues. The steel for the rollcage is being ordered. The engine and gearbox is to be lifted out. Even better news is I had little choices for engine and gearbox combo's. I cannot obtain and ISUZU engine and gearbox so went the other extreme since I hate the remain...

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19 November 2017 Todays task drill out the headlight locking tab as the top half of the clip has been broken off due to rust etc. http://www.geckoadventure.net/Volvo/20171119_114908.jpg The right headlight now hangs properly on the ring, The left will not as there is not enought lip for it to grab o...

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18 November 2017 Roll out of home 6:03am I try to sit on 140kph however my mind is not on driving and I have the Apple x launch issues going through my mind as I whizz past the known speed camera 90k from home at 145kph - damn rats. Arrive 7.30 am for a long breakfast. Then start work at 8.30am. I a...

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1bad4x wrote:Seems a shame to hide those awesome tyres under a cover, unless the spare is not a match....
Loving the build!

Hiding them from the god awful climate sun and humidity kills spare tires in direct sunlight here. Course they are a match both of them are.

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12 November 2017 After losing 3 weekends of my life to Apple x launch and then the Alipay 11.11 Sale. I finally got a day to work on Volvo 1. Stupid me decides to watch the All Blacks play France at 3.45am then drive to IPOH straight after By 5.30am I realise the game will spill into my driving time...

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Cameron wrote:you going 4jj1 isuzu or a 4jh1 non commonrail?

The 4jh1 if I can get one. Depends what the wreckers have in stock.

Many hot up mods available from Thailand

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Saturday 11 November 2017 After working till 2am for the Single day sales I was in no shape to go to IPOH 190k away so 1pm I'm in Volvo 2 workshop some 15 mins from home. First pics of Volvo 2's stable mates one immacutlately restored PINZ and http://www.geckoadventure.net/Volvo2/20171110_152336.jpg...

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5 November 2017 Work on Volvo stopped for last weekend and yesterday due to that Apple Iphone x launch which caused a bit of chaos resulting in me working 8 days straight. Long drive to IPOH god im starting hate it 6.08am I depart home and its raining. I limit myself to 140k even that is dangerous. ...

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Lchundy wrote:Nice rig!
Always good seeing the updates
I reckon Mr brown should be the volvos mascot give him a pat from me

Mr Brown gets plenty of hugs. Usually by jumping up on the workbench and putting a paw on your arm. I have his paw prints all over my paper templates.

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26 October 2017 Last day of my long holiday. Half day - then return the 20hp engine to the boat factory in Penang 165k from the IPOH factory. Mr Brown greets me at the gate he knows the howl of the jungle trucks turbo. My goal is to get the knee pads mounted and down to the "cushion" "...

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24 October 2017 Day 2 of the Volvo visit. Make the dreaded template for 3 covers in one takes me all morning to prepare this. Finally I have something I can use. Also fix the gear lever over the handbrake issue by extending the gear lever linkage 30mm with a uick cut and weld in an extension. http:/...

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23 October 2017 Back on the Volvo after 7 days of living on the lake with the boat drinking beer and swimming in 29c water, kayaking, fishing and sleeping in the hammock man it was tough leaving I can tell you. Then the clutch started dying on the long return journey home - left the boat in the boat...

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21 October 2017 The Cabin and chassis have been separated after some difficulties with pulling the steering wheel off. http://www.geckoadventure.net/Volvo2/20171020_154105.jpg The chassis is ready to go to the rollcage workshop. http://www.geckoadventure.net/Volvo2/20171020_154127.jpg Saturday morni...

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8 October 2017 By Sunday lunchtime they are the kneepads both completed. WAshed and left to dry more. http://www.geckoadventure.net/Volvo/20171008_123632.jpg The free labour turns up and gets the left side panel to correct the mounting point and bolt up. http://www.geckoadventure.net/Volvo/20171008_...

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7 October 2017 I wake up late 6.30am I'm supposed to have left 6am I have to be at workshop 8.30am. Its raining as I load up alloy sheet to take to IPOH for special work today. 7.30am on the road I tip toe the mightly little Isuzu up the highway at 140k in the rain its dicey and dangerous the 2 big ...

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1 October 2017 Progress is good the first layer of padding is all done. One of the pieces is finished and sanded and looks pretty good and is ready for PVC covering once I work out how to get clean holes drilled in them. http://www.geckoadventure.net/Volvo/20171001_124036.jpg The speaker panels are ...

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30 September 2017 Oh my have to do some urgent stuff at 5am when I wake up. Typing up documents at 5am is not fun. 6.30am on the road for the 190k trip, this time I have the boat on the back it needs some surgery so I can load up the boat myself when on the boat ramp. Arrive IPOH 9am. My only focus ...

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wjw wrote:8)

steel or alloy rivnuts? I've found the alloy ones don't last.

Steel

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24 September 2017 Wake up late again - feed the furkids and head off 190k to go. I arrive at 8am and then fall asleep in the car I'm so tired.9.30am I eventually start work. The arduous task of mounting the speaker panels by myself. The speaker panels marked ready to mount. http://www.geckoadventure...

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23 September 2017 The day starts of bad the new phone's alarm sucks and would notwake me up. Damn I leave late after packing the kit I need for today the padding for the knee pads. Feed the furkids etc. I make it (the 190k) in very good time and get to have breakfast and arrive in time for hte facto...

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22 September2017 3 days work on the Volvo coming up. Friday public holiday - our 7th of the month. Oh there's a catch my wife is away I'm informed I have to return home each night to feed the fur kids each morning and night. I have to return to Kuala Lumpur each night and drive back up each morning....

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Oh very nice work and paint job.

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16 September 2017 Visit to Volvo 2 cabin workshop First the cheeky workshop cat. http://www.geckoadventure.net/Volvo2/20170916_105114.jpg They have done tonnes of work stripping the paint off with a heat gun looking for holes and repairs etc. http://www.geckoadventure.net/Volvo2/20170916_105121.jpg ...

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9 September 2017 So Saturday visit to Volvo 2. Clean the truck then see what else can be done. Clean out all the putty from the cabin join and see all the rust in the joint area sigh such a negelected Volvo. I remove the side windows and finally the cabin strip is completed. Out comes the pressure w...

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7 September 2017 They asked me to go down visit Volvo 2 as they had made progress and cabin not long from being separated from chassis. Took them lunch also. THis is the first view I got neat Rhamat and crew working on it. http://www.geckoadventure.net/Volvo2/20170907_125751.jpg Bracing on the insid...

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26 AUgust 2017 Well after months of planning and stopping work on the Volvo for the past 3 weeks to ensure the kids kayaking event goes off of we get the HK typhoon 2+ hours plane ride away severely affecting our weather thunderstorms continuous rain etc. The 3 support boats are not loaded until it ...

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29 July 2017 So the early morning 190k drive after getting up late getting the wife up to take her along also step on it drop wife off at mother's 8.00am and arrive factory 8.30 am with a yoghurt drink and butterscotch bread for breakfast . My job is to sand the alloy console and the door panels rea...

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22 July 2017 So early morning drive after getting up before 5am and working for 30 minutes doing office work leave home 5.30am then arrive 7.25am in IPOH but not after getting a camera ticket from the new camera location sigh. Gotta be at the factory 8.15am. The 190k gone made easier by ZZTOP music ...

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8 July 2017 So early morning drive to IPOH 190k gone. Breakfast then down to the workshop. Hmmmmm not open So I go to the bearing shop instead. Now the workshop going to be is open so I head to the workshop after getting bolts for the bearings for the testing of the rollerdrawer design. I also drop ...

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