What did you do with your Grenadier today?

[Clark Kent]

It must be a bit warm and muggy in Toogoom?
Just spotted these in Big W
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They're not very eco friendly Taz.
In South Grafton they make their own. They don't last long in the dryer tho...

 

[Eric]

I have had mine down to - - - - remaining a number of times.
Most I have ever put in the vehicle is 82 litres. (18 gallons or 21.66 US freedom Gallons, 341.667 US legal cups????)

I'm just waiting for someone on this forum to run out of fuel ️ . My money was on Jean, but now looks like a completely open race. Who ever is first, is really going to feel

 

[Clark Kent]

I'm just waiting for someone on this forum to run out of fuel ️ . My money was on Jean, but now looks like a completely open race. Who ever is first, is really going to feel

I'm happy to be last in this race

 

[CRH]

Doesn't running out of fuel cause a problem on modern vehicles, especially diesel? Something in my head telling me this from some time ago

 

[Eric]

Doesn't running out of fuel cause a problem on modern vehicles, especially diesel? Something in my head telling me this from some time ago

Yes it does on a diesel. Like you I can't actually remember what the issue is. Whilst modern diesels are usually self priming I thought it might be to do with the lack of lubrication that the fuel provides to the high pressure side of the system

 

[CRH]

Yes it does on a diesel. Like you I can't actually remember what the issue is. Whilst modern diesels are usually self priming I thought it might be to do with the lack of lubrication that the fuel provides to the high pressure side of the system

I'm sure being an easy to maintain vehicle it will probably require a trip to the dealer on a flat bed if we run out

 

[bigleonski]

85.4L is my worst, with multiple 83-84s.
Wasn’t overly concerned though.

So I think the gong is still with Jean.

 

[DenisM]

My approach to this question is to put a 20 liter Jerry can in the rig. Drive until it the tank is completed drained and the engine stops. Add the 20 liters and then immediately head to a fuel station and fill it up. The 20 liters plus the amount added at the fuel station is the capacity of the tank, minus a liter or two depending on how far away the fuel station was. Best to do this in an urban environment so the nearest fuel is not more than 10 kilometers away. That said, it can be a tad stressful as you don't know exactly when the tank will run dry so you might be in the middle of a major intersection which will make for some very unhappy drivers while you empty the Jerry as fast as possible. The alternative is to load up with 5 Jerries (100 liters) and drive it until empty in the middle of nowhere. Then you can leisurely empty the Jerries into the tank and get an exact count on the fill. Just measure what is left in the 5th partially empty Jerry when you get home. But this also is not fool proof in that you can completely overflow the tank with the 5th Jerry if you are not careful.

Feasible but not practical in many cases: The issue we (mostly) have "Down-under" is a strong preference for the B57 diesel version. Running out of fuel is problematic on a couple of fronts: it's a "heck" of a process to purge air from the fuel lines; the in-tank pump is not designed to run "dry"; the injectors need a constant flow of fuel so they don't run dry; the pump relies on surrounding fuel for cooling purposes; the pump and injectors are damned expensive to replace....
So, running much below 1/4 tank is not recommended.

 

[Clark Kent]

Feasible but not practical in many cases: The issue we (mostly) have "Down-under" is a strong preference for the B57 diesel version. Running out of fuel is problematic on a couple of fronts: it's a "heck" of a process to purge air from the fuel lines; the in-tank pump is not designed to run "dry"; the injectors need a constant flow of fuel so they don't run dry; the pump relies on surrounding fuel for cooling purposes; the pump and injectors are damned expensive to replace....
So, running much below 1/4 tank is not recommended.

And this of course...

 

[Jean Mercier]

Nice! These look pretty solid - Do you know the weight of these together?

Weights are 2.5 + 3.5 + 5 + 14.5 kg = 26.5 kg

 

[NQ94]

Yes running out of fuel can cause problems on diesels. Some brands or models of injectors can be difficult to prime and can damage the injector.
Common rail diesel can push well over 25,000psi so it can be very dangerous cracking HP fuel lines to the injectors to prime air from the system like old injection systems. The medical treatment for HP fluid injection is horrendous.

 

[G-Master]

Made a round trip from Northern Germany to Florence/Italy (2750k) for a fashion fair, climbed the Brennero, painted the Grenadier white, picked up a stone (second windshield within 1 year), had some beers, gave a big drink to the Ineos too and had great fun with this fantastic traveller: love it!

 

[Emil]

Mounted the Stedi Micro Touch Dual Color lights today. Shout out to ABNTR4x4 who pre-assembled the lights and delivered in light speed. The lights come plug and play and fit neatly. Their mark-up is fair, factoring in shipping & handling, customs duties… and crimping if you (like me) don‘t have the tools and the time. Pictures show cold white left and amber right. Mounted in 45 degree angle approximately.

 

[CrazyOldMan]

Discovered the proper use for the rear door table this morning - you can see that the heavens are smiling down approvingly, so I’m right. QED.

 

[Emil]

Finished fitting of the anti-slip rubber mats in the bay. Floor: 1cm x 81cm (between airline rails) x 152cm. Butt laid. Back panel: 0,6cm x 140cm x 50cm. Bottom edge of the vertical mat can be squeezed into the existing floor structure right and left (if mat width does not exceed 0,6cm). Attached to floor and back panel using four 30x5cm 3M Dual Lock reclosable fasteners for each mat. I do not intend to ever remove the mats, but wanted to be able to and to reattach - fasteners might be stronger than the adhesive though. Floor drain channels remain functional for air circulation and potential stagnant water, just in case because the tarpaulin/canvas cover was 100 per cent waterproof thus far.

 

[peterschmidt]

went skiing today with my own built skirack

 

[bigleonski]

Went for a bit of a drive in the country again yesterday. 450km later.
Down around the Scenic Rim area, dirt roads and NP tracks from Boonah to Killarney in the rain (nice and muddy), tried to do the Condamine Gorge road (13 creek crossings, easy driving but through a very pretty gorge) but they’d closed it. Hasn’t been enough rain to have the crossings at a metre or anything silly, but the problem is people try to do it in urban SUVs when the creeks are low so they close it even when there’s only 400-500mm over deeper ones. In fairness there was some very heavy rain an hour or two later which may have lifted the levels much higher for a while so better safe than sorry I guess.
Anyway, a beer and a feed at the Killarney pub, then home via back roads to Cunningham Gap and easy highway drive home. A good day out, particularly since I took mum with us to give her a day out (we lost my old man to dementia just before Christmas).
Now the grenny needs a tub sometime today I suppose.

 

[Clark Kent]

Went for a bit of a drive in the country again yesterday. 450km later.
Down around the Scenic Rim area, dirt roads and NP tracks from Boonah to Killarney in the rain, tried to do the Condamine Gorge road but they’d closed it. Hasn’t been enough rain to have the crossings at a metre or anything silly, but the problem is people try to do it in urban SUVs when the creeks are low so they close it even when there’s only 400-500mm over deeper ones.
Anyway, a beer and a feed at the Killarney pub, then home via back roads to Cunningsham Gap and easy highway drive home. A good day out, particularly since I took mum with us to give her a day out (we lost my old man to dementia just before Christmas).
Now the grenny needs a tub sometime today I suppose.

That's a nice drive @bigleonski . We planned to go to Queen Mary Falls and Brown's Falls last Friday to see how much water is running. Other life events scuttled the plan so we didn't go. Another day.

 

[bigleonski]

That's a nice drive @bigleonski . We planned to go to Queen Mary Falls and Brown's Falls last Friday to see how much water is running. Other life events scuttled the plan so we didn't go. Another day.

Yeah that happens. As you said - another weekend.
As usual, didn’t see another grenny all day. Until we got back to dropping mum home and pulled up very briefly beside a queens red trayback cab chassis at Northgate. Now that looked awesome. I can’t say I’m a fan of queens red in the wagon, but this with the alloy tray on the back looked grouse!

 

[parb]

My roof rack mounted scene lights are great. But strong... And I share the 10A circuit with my starlink. So I wanted to have a switch for the scene lights and while I was at it I wanted a switch with a dimmer.

I hunted for one for a while and I found one from a marine supply shop. It's a touch switch and dimmer, suitable for outdoors use on boats...

Got it and made a bracket for it so it doesn't stick out like a sore thumb.

Circuit unpowered, button is the aluminum piece on the bracket I made (also out of aluminum).

Circuit has power, button has a light blue halo glow.

One touch and it is full brightness.

Touch and hold and it dims.
I connected both side lights to this button

. The rear trunk lightbar (a stedi bar) has its own button. I'm going to post pics on that install tomorrow.

I need to tuck away the wires a bit better, but that's for tomorrow.