What did you do with your Grenadier today?

Wile E Coyote · Mar 17, 2024

I fitted an onboard ARB single cylinder air compressor and put an outlet on either side of the battery box so I can access from either back door.
The switch is on the driver's side.
It works awesome!

Eric · Mar 17, 2024

Converted my AAC music files to M4A then MP3 and downloaded to a USB stick. Pleasantly surprised to see that this stick goes into the USB A in the caddy box and plays the songs on the headunit. This means I can leave that plugged in and the wireless dongle left plugged in the USB C port for android auto.

jert · Mar 17, 2024

Couple upgrades installed which I picked up last week @Black Sheep - Thanks folks!
Ctek250SE is next.

Pat-Ard · Mar 17, 2024

Hi folks,

today I added my mount over the centre panel. It's a good quality. I ordered it on ebay.
Here are some pictures.

Next step is to fit a RAM Mount 9" tough track on it... Length will be tricky and depth needs a support, which will be a 3d printed piece... If this doesn't come out, maybe I have to look for a new upper part...

With the mount a cell phone holder was delivered. That peace isn't really nice, baut it works great and it is really sturdy...

vandrarhenrik · Mar 17, 2024

vandrarhenrik said:
A bit of offroad driving and a couple of nights out. Lovely. View attachment 7848576 View attachment 7848577

A nice ending of the little adventure

Skydance · Mar 17, 2024

Eric said:
Went to the local Botanic Gardens, (primarily for coffee and their most fattening cake) a 80 mile round trip. The wife was driving, and returned 28.4 mpg, diesel. But when we got home the battery was still only 89%. 85% at the start of the day.

Did you ever get this sorted. Mine always hoovers around 87%. Charged it up full with a CTEK charger to level 7 and still the same. Plus my stop and start has never worked. Mines diesel too.

bbq4133 · Mar 17, 2024

Decided to test the silence and quality of the GP Factor tailgate table on some dirt and I was very impressed!

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Tom109 · Mar 17, 2024

Bent up my Worklight mount. I have a Stedi C4 LED Cube and I don’t want it to sit above the Rhino rack. I’ll clean it up, drill holes and mount it with Rhino hardware this week.

Eric · Mar 17, 2024

Skydance said:
Did you ever get this sorted. Mine always hoovers around 87%. Charged it up full with a CTEK charger to level 7 and still the same. Plus my stop and start has never worked. Mines diesel too.

Yes, and no. After doing some long towing journeys lately it hovers around 95% at the end of the day. There are a few observations on this
a) I'm not convinced the IBS is calibrated that accurately
b) taking a reading when you fist arrive home is misleading as the chemical reaction in the battery continues for some hours after you stop. So the reading we you get in it in the morning prior to starting the ignition is always higher than the night before.
c) this is borne out by my tracker which gives the battery voltage some 2 hours later and it is inevitable circa 12.94 - 13.04 voltage sometimes 13.2v indicates a fully charged battery
d) the smart alternator drops the charge amp rate once the starting charge has been replaced to 2 amps as I believe it tries to optimise the charge at 80%. It is only on a very long run, hours, that it gets above 95%
e) the wife's solution is " you didn't have an IBS visibility in your other cars, so stop looking". That philosophy does seem to work and you get a higher state of the battery when you are not watching all the time.
f) does a smart trickle charger actually take a battery initially to 100% charge or does it optimise to 80% like a smart alternator? It certainly does on lithium batteries.

Tom109 · Mar 17, 2024

I see different battery results. I have not been daily driving my Gren and saw SoC in the low 90 percentile. For the past 3-4 days I have been driving it daily and now see 96% SoC, without any long runs (over 20-30 minutes)

Jeremy996 · Mar 17, 2024

Did the two cycle races to day, no pictures of cyclists as I was too busy to take them, so pictures from the lunch break.

Steveo · Mar 18, 2024

Finally got on the dirt and took it for a spin on the trails in Bunyip State Forest, Vic, Australia.

It's now officially dusty!

MrMike · Mar 18, 2024

Pat-Ard said:
Hi folks,

today I added my mount over the centre panel. It's a good quality. I ordered it on ebay.
Here are some pictures.

View attachment 7848696 View attachment 7848695
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Next step is to fit a RAM Mount 9" tough track on it... Length will be tricky and depth needs a support, which will be a 3d printed piece... If this doesn't come out, maybe I have to look for a new upper part...

With the mount a cell phone holder was delivered. That peace isn't really nice, baut it works great and it is really sturdy...

View attachment 7848700 View attachment 7848701 View attachment 7848702

I've got exactly the same bracket bit the phone holder was rubbish, the gimbal mount is good quality. I'm going to use the quadlock system, it should fit.

Jean Mercier · Mar 18, 2024

Today I finished my self made rear door table.

I will not explain how I did, I will post the pictures, because this is a non-professional design, only good for other to get some inspiration:
Nice points:

did almost not cost me a penny, apart from the "black mirror hooks", all the rest is recuperation material
it is almost completely removable, as I don't want to carry the whole year a heavy table
good enough to put a camping stove on it
I can even mount a windshield between the two parallel ropes

Lesser points:

I is not super strong (not for cutting carrots, or steak)
It is not beautiful (but after testing I will paint it)

Here the pictures, the two first ones is the end result, all other pictures were taken after dismounting it (takes less than 30 seconds):

shawtrav · Mar 19, 2024

shawtrav said:
What did I do with my Grenadier today? - nothing.

I'm still in discussions with Ineos to get a fair price for the 'unsatisfactory' and quite frankly not market-ready vehicle that I have rejected back to them. Funny how Customer Service only pay attention to you after you reject a vehicle.

3 months down the line - I have rejected the Grenadire. Ineos would not negotiate on the refund value, so I took their offer - and then raised a small claims action for the balance. No response from Ineos, so just this morning I have requested a County Court Judgment.

AngusMacG · Mar 19, 2024

Crossed the 5000 mile threshold yesterday. Brought it down to Curry for tow hitch install/update, 1st oil change, transfer case selector replacement (pin was missing I believe so wouldn’t budge), reset check engine light for fuel level sensor error, and install missing utility rail on passenger door.

As soon as I arrived at Curry I realized i left my tow hitch assembly at home (2 hours away…). After about an hour there They said they would give me a loaner if I wanted to drive back and get the tow hitch. I had nothing else planned and agreed. By the time i went home and made it back my car was done and tow hitch installed (they had one for another Grenadier handy).

The team @ Curry is fantastic. A nice group of people. One of the service team members was impressed with my mileage as it is the highest they have seen so far go thru the service dept.

I also finally took a pic of my medallion on the Grenadier.

TheDocAUS · Mar 20, 2024

I had Expedition HQ, on the Gold Coast, fit the Redarc TowPro Kit, the 13 pin Euro plug was replaced by a 12/7 pin flat pin on its own wiring loom, various Anderson plugs were fitted (5 in total). Two for solar input, 2 for fridges and the last for towing, A CTEK 250SE was mated to the 120S and lastly the Clevershade 270 Awning was fitted. A long day and most of the changes are hidden.

The same Clevershade awning fitted to a LC300.

And met up with @Kilchoman at XHQ. On my recent visit to ORS in Sydney I met up with GlobalGregors!

Tazzieman · Mar 20, 2024

I got a couple of swim keys cut

Tom109 · Mar 20, 2024

Tazzieman said:
I got a couple of swim keys cut
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Details? Are commercial blanks available?

Tazzieman · Mar 20, 2024

Tom109 said:
Details? Are commercial blanks available?

I bought a Renault blank online ; the local guy had the same one and cut me 2 for the price of one.
Just find a place that does auto keys.

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