What did you do with your Grenadier today?

MarkusN said:

Sorry, here still in English

May I ask you where you installed the ARB compressor?

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Highwayman said:

Hello Markus

It’s mounted next to the auxiliary battery under the rear seat. There are pre-installed power cables (40amp) and a trigger wire for the relay switch. Please go back to post #797 in this thread, it’s all documented there with pictures.

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Jeremy996 said:

Biggest journey to date, Melton Mowbray to Stokesley, then Stokesley to a suburb of Glasgow and return to Melton Mowbray, 639 miles over 2 days.

So, Monday night up to Stokesley, 142 miles; no dramas, other than my brother in law wants to nick my Grenadier and my sister tells him off and reminds him of his other toys, (lots of boats from dinghy to moored yacht). They have been involved in the Hartlepool Tall Ships event over the last few days.

Today, Stokesley to the outskirts of Glasgow, 190 miles. Client meeting and lots of bits of paper to sign, 1215 to 1430. Then Glasgow to Melton Mowbray 307 miles. Started driving at 0830 - home by 2015.

Two transient mesages came up, "transmission error", disapeared in 10 seconds and seatbelt warning that cleared itself after a minute. Grenadier is now past 4,500 miles.

Most of the journey was spent with cruise control on at 70mph or 50 or 40 depending on the contraflow I was in and the posted limits. I'm tired, but don't have a headache or cramped legs; it's been a good day.

PS: I saw what looked like a Magic Mushroom Grenadier going North on the M74 while I was heading southbound. And I got a wave and a thumbs up from an Aston Martin driver on the M74 going south.

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Highwayman said:

Today I decided to fit an ARB compressor (single) into the space by the auxiliary battery and connect it to the Ineos fitted wiring points in that same place.

If I was doing it again, I may take the rear seat out. I didn’t, and managed to work around the plastic panels under the seat, but it was fiddly and awkward. Probably took longer.

First I made up a bracket to hold the compressor. Two small pieces of 30mm box and a small piece of 3mm plate (I had these bits in the shed - they are certainly strong enough). I used the box to fit over the four existing 8mm studs in the floorpan and then fixed the plate to the box using rivnuts. I inserted some strips of soundproofing between the box and the floorpan, and then between the box and the plate. This has really damped out any vibration from the pump.

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I connected the wiring loom using solder and heatshrink. I had intended to use Deutsch DTP connectors, but the cable was too thick. Do this before you put the pump in place as there is no room when it’s in position.

I decided to have the switch and the air outlet in the rear. There’s plenty of space behind the right hand rear panel to run the loom and the air hose.

The one compromise I made was to drill a hole in the plastic panel under the seat to get the air hose and loom out. If you took the seat out, you could avoid this. I decided to compromise, because once the rear seat squab is in place, you have to bend down and look really close to see the hose.
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Overall I’m pleased with the outcome.

As I was in there with the rear panel off, I thought it would be rude not to fit a couple of extra 12v sockets. I managed to run a cable all the way to the front footwell without much problem. The sad thing is, I then couldn’t find the outlet wires on the right hand side. I’ve checked other helpful threads from @Jean Mercier and @rovie, but mine are not easy to spot.

That was a bit frustrating!

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Deepblue said:

Hi, thanks for sharing. Thinking of adding a compressor as well. What about cooling? I fear the compressor might get too hot when mounted under the seat next to aux battery. What is your first experience here?

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Highwayman said:

Hello @Deepblue

So far it has been fine. It is under the seat but the car is air conditioned and the temperature inside is much cooler than outside - at the moment anyway!

I used the pump to increase my tyre pressures on all four tyres yesterday and although the air cylinder on the tank did feel warm afterwards, the rest of the pump was fine and it did not seem to make much difference to everything else under the seat. Obviously, if you were to operate the pump for long periods then it may cause a problem, but to bring four tyres up to pressure (3.0 bar at the front and 3.4 bar at the rear) only took a few minutes as the pump is quite powerful.

Hope this helps

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jb_hamon said:

From what tyre pressure did you start ?

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Highwayman said:

2.6 bar all round

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jb_hamon said:

Ok. Thanks. On what surface did you go down to 2.6 ?

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jb_hamon said:

Today, I installed a rubber carpet in the back of the Grenadier. It’s 3mm thick and I adjusted it directly in place.

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Magical Mystery Tours said:

We spent our first night on the roof

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Marks said:

Very well done. Where did you purchase the carpet?

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Krabby said:

Did you spec the EU flag or did it come with the truck?

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Magical Mystery Tours said:

We have exchanged them. The old sticker was a bit loose and could easily be removed and replaced by a 3D sticker Flag EU 5 x 3 cm.

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Krabby said:

IA accessory or something bought elsewhere? Seems to fit perfect.

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