Well Mal, Im gonna have to pull out of this run. As of today Im working over the weekend in question. I think Ill be in Agnew, but it could be Kambalda... depends. I mean, why would I want to be anywhere else...

Ok Sunday march 31 is on the calender, Lets hope i dont get any work then....

sorry mal for the late reply...... I got your email,

To be honest at this stage I am home for both dates, but unfortunatly that doesent confirm that I am AVAILABLE for either date.
Bieng a scummy contractor makes planning a little hard as work is thin on the ground right now.
Linds and I are flexible for either date. Ill only really know closer to the date if Ill be there or not.

if all else fails, you can buy a cheap generator that would be good enough for an angle grinder for about $100. 2400W GMC from Big W should cover it just.

I know this is a 1200 forum, but surely someone has some ideas....

If there are any car stereo gurus out there....

I currently have a custom computer setup in my 2001 patrol. I built it as a bit of a challange with a friend and well I won that one....
It has the capability (it its current degraded form) to run turn by turn navigation, off road mapping (GPS assisted), play various media, wireless internet access, and play butloads of digital recorded music (WMA, MP3, FLAC, etc)

some photos of the current setup from the software homepage
Ride Runner Home page
Since my mobile phone now has turn by turn navigation that is better than my carputer ever had that feature is redundant.
The offroad software I dont use much so i could load that onto my laptop for when do need it.
The DVDs and movies thing, not that fussed about. If Im driving im not watching movies, and if im not driving im outof the car doing something, not watching movies...

So the only feature that I really want to keep is the ability to store and play a buttload of MP3 music.

I am happy to ditch the carputer in favour of a new single/double DIN unit or I can rebuild the carputer.
A new carputer with the features, will push it out to around $700. (new board,CPU,Ram, HDD, case etc...), plus a few hours stuffing about with software and customising various bits and pieces.
Some have suggested that I just plug in an ipoo in, but that I have to switch that on everytime, and Im limited 160GB

Head unit Requirements
AM/FM radio
CD player with MP3 capability
Ability to store around 250gb of music with a reasonable user interface.
I also want to be able to control everything from the head unit.
3 x RCA output (Front, rear, sub output)
Mobile phone input

Anyone got any creative ideas or know of head units that meet the requirements.

Cheers

Do you mean the factory cast exhaust manifiold, or an aftermarket set of tri-y headers/extractors that are from the 70s to suit, as most aftermarket stuff currently available doesent fit the thou.

Looks good.
Im guessing that you have just used spray-can silver? Im not a painter, but it all comes down to the prep. If you removed the old paint and cleaned away any grease or other gunk, then the paint should last for many years to come. As to how long it will stay silver, well that depends on how often you clean your engine bay and how much it leaks...

I recently bought some exhaust wrap with the intention of using it with my turbo upgrade on my Patrol. The instructions on the package clearly state that you must not use it with cast iron manifolds as they can heat up and crack quite quickly.

My exhaust dude even poo-pooed it with my new exhaust for the Patrol. In his opinion if you want to reduce under bonnet temps, ceramic coating is the only way to go. In his opinion, all the wrap does is cause the pipes to fail earlier. Aparently, since the wrap keeps the heat in the pipe, it causes the metal to "fatigue" faster than normal.

So if you are trying to reduce under bonnet temps, go cermaic coating.

You had better hook me up with a set for a 4 door thousand please.