back from hols

[lloydy]

Had a great time, van performed faultlessly (one brake light went)
Stayed at and explored some lovely places, a few pics here


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As a family we need to declutter a bit, as we're carrying to much stuff for the layout we have, but we know now whats needed/not needed (can see some MSR stuff arriving) and maybe find a way of storing more water.
And after driving a lot of motorway miles, i think the final drive needs to be changed, as i'm lorry fodder at the moment.
Vid to follow this week sometime

[KINGPRAWN]

i run merc 16" ml wheels with grabber 215/70's and on the 2.1 it it sits at 3k rpm all day at 90/100 kmh with more left...i eat lorries!

[lloydy]

At a 100kph i'm at 4500rpm the joys of a 16" diesel

[silverbullet]

Ya gotta love those 6.16 diffs
Upping the ratios should be reassuringly expensive: full driveline rebuild plus 2 cw/p sets but then again you should be able to drag your house to somewhere safer until things quieten down...
Everything alright there? Wanna hire a mad labrador to keep the rioters away?

[KINGPRAWN]

At a 100kph i'm at 4500rpm the joys of a 16" diesel

And all i did was just bin the std 14'' revtastic wheels and bolt the 16's on..lovely!!! Took 1500rpm off the top and it goes much better for less revs..result

[lloydy]

At a 100kph i'm at 4500rpm the joys of a 16" diesel

And all i did was just bin the std 14'' revtastic wheels and bolt the 16's on..lovely!!! Took 1500rpm off the top and it goes much better for less revs..result

wait 'til you take it off roading, to jump your gearing up that high, you could be disappointed....

[lloydy]

Ya gotta love those 6.16 diffs
Upping the ratios should be reassuringly expensive: full driveline rebuild plus 2 cw/p sets but then again you should be able to drag your house to somewhere safer until things quieten down...
Everything alright there? Wanna hire a mad labrador to keep the rioters away?

apparantly going on all around us, but cant hear or see it
As for the gearbox, not too sure at the moment. If i change the final drive and keep AAZ it will be better on the motorway, but not as good off road. I could just lengthen 3rd and 4th gear, i'd be happy getting 3500rpm at 60ish mph which would be a drop of 1000rpm.
These both obviously involve an gearbox rebuild, and i do have a 1Z sitting on the drive, so could rebuild the box to suit that, and fit that engine. Then sell the AAZ (only 80tho') sell the 6.17 final drive, apparently worth a fair bit, to offset the cost.
Still got to get that table leg to you, are you around this week?