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  1. rustyhooks

    Caravan off road modifications.

    The hubs and bearings i ordered Lonewolf are six stud Lnadcruiser and the bearings and axle are 35mm Parrallell units, the funny thimg is i checked put the W.A, Suppliers and they could not come within a bulls roar of the price i got off of Ebay was 40% lower and freight free go figure ex...
  2. rustyhooks

    New boat Project

    Final update on the big canoe, well we have now shifted to geraldton as its closer to the Pilbara by almost 1250 kms from here, plus big plus the crayfish are off the scale and apart from the plonker minster turning the amatuer fishing lifestyle into almost as bad as if comrade Putin was running...
  3. rustyhooks

    Caravan off road modifications.

    I will post some in a few days as soon as the new pop top seal arrives ex east, as we are replacing it after our first test run to Sandstone detecting for week or so, it fair Pissed down and the seal area rubbers had shrunk and had a 100mm gap and the water poured inside, we arrived back to...
  4. rustyhooks

    Could Be Worth Putting Up With The Heat!

    I see Gold Just Hit $2964.00 per oz Overnight it might just be worth putting up with the heat and hitting the goldfields a bit earlier this year to get some !
  5. rustyhooks

    Whinge of the day thread...

    Our mate who is very good at detecting likes the bare foot approach in the Pilbara and only recently started to wear boots after a altercation with a death adder!
  6. rustyhooks

    Caravan off road modifications.

    We are getting it Engineer approved otherwise insurance wont cover it
  7. rustyhooks

    Caravan off road modifications.

    We finally bit the bullet after last year doing three trips to our favourite Camping/prospecting place up in the Pilbara and trying to put up our camper (canvass roof) in drizzling rain at night after driving all day the time has come to get a Caravan of some sort.Man we like Hybrids but cost is...
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    Stupidity

    I also know someone many moons ago a apprentice who was sent to the tool store for a long waite, he got a kick up the kazoo by the forman after 3/4s of an hr of waiting at the store counter.
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    Stupidity

    Reminds me when the Dragon and i were a lot younger (her 17, me 18) i owned a Morris 1100 was my first newer car after the 1947 prefect hehehehhe brings back memories, Dragon got her learners permit and i offered to teach her to drive, we drove around the Belmont shopping centre car park and her...
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    TWO COILS FOR SALE

    i have two coils which are excess to my needs and are gathering dust, The are a Coiltek Anti Interference coil (salt) was used only once on Lake Cowan and found a 6.5 grammer on very salty ground and presents like brand new. asking $200.00 ono. The second coil is 17" x 11" Nugget Finder...
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    Stupidity

    You are right there NJ only thing i can recall was the odd king brown as the drinking age was 21, there was bex powders and coke but never was game to try so i dont know if it was a myth or not
  12. rustyhooks

    Stupidity

    When i was a lot younger in the early 60s my brother and i used to make cracker guns out of a piece of steel condute we found at the local tip, we loaded it with a penny bomb and forced a glass cats eye marble into it, i was not game to fire it but elected for my younger brother Max to do so, we...
  13. rustyhooks

    Communications

    Hello mate can you tell me which company/carrier charges $16.50 for access on the Iridium please.
  14. rustyhooks

    Communications

    I have a Iridium 9555 sat phone i gought off Gumtree for $450.00 almost 6 years ago and we use TR Telecom on there seasonal travellor plan every year, it costs around $40.00 per month once activated. incoming calls from std mobiles to us are free, texts and very occasional phone calls outgoing...
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    Stupidity

    Hahahahha NY similar thing happened to me when a lot younger collecting eggs at the 5 mile swamp , i climbed a large paper bark tree and the blue heron left the nest and **** as it tokk off covering myself and my mate below in the most foul white crap you ever smelt!
  16. rustyhooks

    2023...

    And so it always goes on mate
  17. rustyhooks

    DPF PROBLEMS

    Hi Mate, sounds like i am lucky re the turbo, we just cracked 200k with no problems so far, i did have a problem with our air cond though it stopped blowing cold so had it checked out in Karratha earlier this year and supposedly there is a bulletin out about it where the condensor pipes go...
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    GPX 6000 Noise

    Well i had the same problem with our 6000 it rattled from new on our first trip , noticed it when ever it was moved side to side the nachine still worked fine, pulled the speaker cover off and one screw was laying insde there tightend both up and no more rattle thank %$#@@ as was squillion miles...
  19. rustyhooks

    DPF PROBLEMS

    Best Thing i have done With my Dmax, funnily though my younger brother bought a brand new Dmax in 2019 on the back of driving mine and has often bagged me about replacing the DPF, and also having it remapped etc, he has recentley had the same problem, and i might add h he is very carefull about...
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    DPF PROBLEMS

    ppd performance myree i believe they are australia wide, just cracked 100000 kms with it and no ill effects, no oil used etc .
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