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that's awesome. When are you planning on doing your ozzy trip?
this thing makes me so jealous. hah. WANT!

see this truck for the first time today, (DB you were going into ullrich aluminium i was in my patrol coming out of sca and followed you down the road a bit) stands out from the crowd looks real good, nice to see a looked after truck....

Yeah man, I spotted the Patrol, I was a thinking it looked well looked after as I drove past Will have to do a trip with us sometime!!!!

Altitude and cold, the two things that make a diesel engine lazy in the morning

So i went shopping





Yup, a high torque starter courtesy of Wosp Performance. Rated as being 200% more grunty and drawing less current than the stock Bosch unit.

I'm hoping that even in minus 6, at over 1000m up, having stood parked up in these conditions for a few days with a pretty much frozen battery it'l fire up almost as good as a 24v truck will

The secret to getting a Diesel to fire up in shitty conditions is to give it a good hard fast spin to create the heat required to combust the fuel. Blingy starter should help that alot.

Misson on, the joys of the 300tdi, starter motor hides in here:



Undo hose clamp, pop the pipe out the way, hello starter motor:



Three bolts and shes out:



Next to the horrible Spark City starter i have been running for a few months. Its never missed a beat, its just noisy and really gutless. Itl make a good trail spare



3 bolts and the Wosp High Torque is in



Its definitely a beast in the nice warm Waikato, cranks the engine over nicely. Remains to be seen how awesome its going to be in the adverse conditions. Sucks its nearly summer now

I have an 1100 CCA battery and in all weathers that spins the engine real fast and start instantly compared to a 700-800CCA.

Cheers Richard

Bulletproof wrote:I have an 1100 CCA battery and in all weathers that spins the engine real fast and start instantly compared to a 700-800CCA.

Cheers Richard

Whats the model number for that battery, keen to get some dimensions as i am only running a 720cca at the moment......

DieselBoy wrote:

Bulletproof wrote:I have an 1100 CCA battery and in all weathers that spins the engine real fast and start instantly compared to a 700-800CCA.

Cheers Richard

Whats the model number for that battery, keen to get some dimensions as i am only running a 720cca at the moment......

I can't read the side properly but it is a "Hella" and I think it looks like "endurance crankmaster" It measures 275 x 170mm

The model is 1024DT and the specs are 1075CCA at 32 degrees F and 930CCA at 0 degrees F so even on the coldest winter morning it still spins flat out

They are made in the USA and are quite expensive but they last at least 5 years with lots of winching.

Cheers Richard

I got a couple of 1000cca units for the mongrel from somewhere in the nth Island. Was a trade me deal, and from memory they were aout $500 for both landed at the door. Was 4years ago now though I guess......

Cheers for that info, will do some investigation, see if I can squeeze one in here

you could just get one of the big red optimas, that is smaller than the ns70's in physical size i used to have, and over 1000cc. Never missed a beat in the surf in the cold. Probably paying for a brandname now though these days.

24v is the way to go people That side works real well............... unfortunately the starter is on the bench................ Again...........

This could well be the end for this truck:









We were heading up the Turoa ski access to take Alex our 2y/o to the snow to build a snow man.

Car came accross into our lane at the apex of the corner. Bugger all I could do as we were going so slow in 2nd gear I couldn't get out of the way.

Sarah is pretty bruised up, Alex has a broken leg and I have a sore little finger.



Gonna be interesting seeing how a 2y/o copes not being mobile for 6 weeks!!!



The 16y/o on a learners license who was driving the other car had broken ribs, the passenger had a broken arm/collar bone, the rear passenger was ok.

Anyone know of 300tdi defender going cheap?? I need one to stick all my cool stuff into out of the above wreck

Jesus Christ what a shame, sorry to see your rig (and child) be damaged after all the time and love put into it.

Is the chassis bent?

Woah man! Lucky that at least you were going slow by the looks!
Hope your boys leg heals up alright.

hope the family get well soon mate , have been watching you thread with interest, damn shame about your rig, was looking forward to the next pics but my jaw just dropped when I saw these ones, good luck with the rebuild.

Hope the little one's leg heals good, Still good to see you guys are alright, looks like it was a hard impact

That's rough bro. I wish you and your family a speedy recovery.

Hope your son mends quickly and patience to Mum and Dad. On the up side at least its not summer, my personal experience is that little ones in plaster over summer is not fun, other seasons aren't great either but still better than summer

That sucks big time, such a shame considering how much time and effort you put into your trucks

Wow what a shame to have that happen, hope you and the family get well soon, and i guess there is a bright side it could have been worse.

ditto the above comments

My thoughts are with you all , speedy recovery , good job you were in a good solid vehicle, all the best,

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S AROUND THE NEXT CORNER,

FITZY.

Holy crap!
Glad you all came off reasonably....

Arrgh man, real sorry to see your wee man was hurt, hows the dog?

All the best wishes to you and your family.

Poor wee man, I hate seeing that..

A truck is a truck, as nice as it was, you can always replace it, family, not so much

chassis can be replaced panels can be replaced,
family are all lucky .
looks like a couple more inches of tyre and you would have run over them or had it pop you over on your side.
i'm forever a fan of pre runner style bars that will have you ride up over obstacles,
also can I suggest when you buy the wreck back from insurance and import the parts for repair that you bring in some portal axles from a mog/volvo
and completely blow everyones mind with some next level build
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4MntVsEyQ4
I don't know what they're saying but I imagine they're as impressed as us

slidenyo wrote:chassis can be replaced panels can be replaced,
family are all lucky .
looks like a couple more inches of tyre and you would have run over them or had it pop you over on your side.
i'm forever a fan of pre runner style bars that will have you ride up over obstacles,
also can I suggest when you buy the wreck back from insurance and import the parts for repair that you bring in some portal axles from a mog/volvo
and completely blow everyones mind with some next level build
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4MntVsEyQ4
I don't know what they're saying but I imagine they're as impressed as us

Haha, yup, now that's a positive spin on things!!!

Giving the insurance company assholes to get her back to Hamilton ASAP. So much at stake with it sitting way down there full of everything!!

yeah they can be that way,
I wrecked on my mx bike up thompsons a couple months ago,
they run a business I suppose and I got to retain my bike, but they love to drive that market value clause then push the value of the wrecked bits up
when they work out you want to keep it.
one door closes another opens in my mind , and its only time an money at the end of the day.
If you're going to rebuild so its safer ,stronger and more awesome for the family why not.

Bugger, I came to the thread to see what other mods you somehow found time to do. Glad to hear everyone is ok though.

Damn!! glad to see you will all be ok,

just hope the insurance sort you out A.S.A.P.

Shoot glad that your all ok, bones and bruises heal and trucks can be replaced.
All the best.