Across the Lesser Sunda islands by Navara

[mauricio_28]

One week today, I will setting off on my Navara from Jakarta for the Lesser Sunda islands. Barring a call from my employer, the plan is keep heading east, reaching Timor-Leste by mid-January. The rig has less than 7K kilometers on it. I'll be visiting the Nissan dealer in a few days. What spare parts that one can only find at the dealer should I purchase? Belts, air filter, oil filter?

[Nomad_K]

Sounds like a great trip! As far as parts, is this a petrol/gasoline truck or the new D40 Navara, turbo diesel? The D40 hasn't been out long enough in Thailand for people to break too many things on it... a friend of a friend went through a set of brake pads fairly quickly but seeing how he drives, I am not surprised.

Other than the usual items (belts and filters) maybe some of the Aussies or Kiwis on the forum will have some more info.

[CoastalDefender]

Zip ties, coolant, and solder gun. The bottom pan of our radiator is plastic.


And I think the belt is like $190USD or something unreasonable like that.

A good tire plug kit and on-board air are great. :)

[mauricio_28]

Thanks. The rig is a D40 diesel...

[CoastalDefender]

Checked it out, the belt's only like $15USD. :) Must've been thinking about soemthing else.:hehe:

[mauricio_28]

The car's manual doesn't provide any specs for the coolant. The weather here is hot so sub-freezing temperatures are not an issue. Is coolant, for the most part, coolant?

[madizell]

"Coolant" should be a mixture of water and anti-freeze, usually ethylene glycol, in a mixture ratio of around 50/50. While freezing is not an issue in your part of the globe, boil-over can be, and anti-freeze, in addition to the obvious, also increases the boiling point of water. As does the correct pressure in the coolant system, which is why there is a pressure cap on the radiator. Anti-freeze also inhibits corrosion. So, the benefits of running a coolant mixture instead of straight water should be apparent.

[CoastalDefender]

"Coolant" should be a mixture of water and anti-freeze, usually ethylene glycol, in a mixture ratio of around 50/50. While freezing is not an issue in your part of the globe, boil-over can be, and anti-freeze, in addition to the obvious, also increases the boiling point of water. As does the correct pressure in the coolant system, which is why there is a pressure cap on the radiator. Anti-freeze also inhibits corrosion. So, the benefits of running a coolant mixture instead of straight water should be apparent.
What he said.

"Coolant" is anti-freeze, which magnifies in both directions the "boil temp" and "freeze temp" of the liquid.

Get some 100%, and mix with water. And purchase a $5USD measuing unit to test your correct mixture.

[mauricio_28]

The Navara manual recommends 30% anti-freeze (called "coolant" here since there are no freezing temps to speak of) and 70% water for temperate climates.

Just bought and had installed a Carryboy canopy. On my last expedition, you'd swear the locals had never seen a pickup truck with cargo loaded on the bed. The typical question was: "are you moving?"

The Pirelli Scorpion ATR are wearing well. I just rotated them. They provide a good balance between off- and on-road, except in sand and mud. No problems with balancing/pulling. Have been running them at 39psi front / 33 psi rear.

[tuju77]

Sounds like a great trip! As far as parts, is this a petrol/gasoline truck or the new D40 Navara, turbo diesel? The D40 hasn't been out long enough in Thailand for people to break too many things on it... a friend of a friend went through a set of brake pads fairly quickly but seeing how he drives, I am not surprised.

Other than the usual items (belts and filters) maybe some of the Aussies or Kiwis on the forum will have some more info.

I got my new D40 for 3 days before I noticed something very wrong with the engine, it made a very noisy sound dakk.dakk.dakk & when I brought the car to the dealer they found out that the flywheel was loose & they fit a new one.

It seems that QC in Thailand has some issues because the latest x-trail also suffer some flaws.

[mauricio_28]

Except for faint underbody squeaks, mine is smooth as butter and problem-free so far after 7k km. I'm now in Bali having driven across Java. Leaving for Sumbawa on Tuesday...

[madizell]

Running 30% glycol/70% water is okay where you are. I would be tempted to use a coolant additive like Purple Ice to help keep temperatures down, but my Nissan Frontier is rock solid on temperature control, so additives might not be needed, even at your latitude.

[mauricio_28]

Just got the truck back from the shop. A motorbike made a meter-long scratch on the right side in Java. At one point, the scratch removed the paint altogether, revealing the silver-colored metal underneath. No traces of that ever happening, however, now that it's been taken care of at the shop, all for a whopping US$95...

[Nomad_K]

Just got the truck back from the shop. A motorbike made a meter-long scratch on the right side in Java. At one point, the scratch removed the paint altogether, revealing the silver-colored metal underneath. No traces of that ever happening, however, now that it's been taken care of at the shop, all for a whopping US$95...

Labor rates in SE Asia are supposed to be secret, shhhh. Just kidding man - post some pictures when you get a chance.

[mauricio_28]

Here you go, account and pictures of the Tambora climb, site of the largest volcanic explosion in recorded history:

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?messageID=14925488&#14925488

[CoastalDefender]

Excellent photos bro! :088: