Stevemc181
Observer
The next items fitted were the airtec snorkel, LRA Aux Fuel Tank and Polyair airbags.
I was on a trip last year where we crossed a flooded creek, the water was fast flowing and I was lucky to get through without the snorkel. The guy behind me was driving a near new VW Amarok and he came in a bit quicker and unfortunately sucked a heap of water into his diesel engine. The end result was a repair bill of $40,000 dollars and it took us several hours to tow him out, we were in some pretty hilly clay type terrain which made it difficult to tow him out and get to a near-by road. He was extremely lucky his insurers paid out the claim though
The snorkel is cheap insurance.
At the same time, I had an LRA 58 Litre Auxilliary fuel tank fitted. Due to the rear airconditiong unit in these model Pajero's, I was limited to a 58 Litre Aux tank for a total capacity of 146 Litres (38.5 US gallons) this now gives me the ability to tackle some of the more out of the way places with ease. As an example, the next trip I am doing will have a stretch of 750km's between fuel stops without any side track diversions, most of this will be at slow speeds in sandy terrain, so fuel consumption will be high. I'll also be taking along a 20 Litre jerry can as added back-up. The Aux fuelk tank has already taken some hard knocks but is holding up well and also offers some protection of the rear bumper.
I have the fuel transfer pump switch located near the drivers left knee.
The tank filler replaces the standard filler with a twin tube filler. I may at some stage make up some sheetmetal covers for these pipes, but so far it hasn't been an issue.
The tank hangs a little lower and does have an effect on departure angle, but she handles the bumps and scrapes well and is a good solid piece of gear.
While at the same shop, I also had them fit a set of Poly-air airbags. This was due to all the weight I was adding and gives the ability to adjust the Paj back to level when all the tanks are full and the back is full of gear. I generally run with these at about 15psi and when fully loaded I pump them up to 30psi, they work extremely well at keeping the Paj level.
I was on a trip last year where we crossed a flooded creek, the water was fast flowing and I was lucky to get through without the snorkel. The guy behind me was driving a near new VW Amarok and he came in a bit quicker and unfortunately sucked a heap of water into his diesel engine. The end result was a repair bill of $40,000 dollars and it took us several hours to tow him out, we were in some pretty hilly clay type terrain which made it difficult to tow him out and get to a near-by road. He was extremely lucky his insurers paid out the claim though
The snorkel is cheap insurance.
At the same time, I had an LRA 58 Litre Auxilliary fuel tank fitted. Due to the rear airconditiong unit in these model Pajero's, I was limited to a 58 Litre Aux tank for a total capacity of 146 Litres (38.5 US gallons) this now gives me the ability to tackle some of the more out of the way places with ease. As an example, the next trip I am doing will have a stretch of 750km's between fuel stops without any side track diversions, most of this will be at slow speeds in sandy terrain, so fuel consumption will be high. I'll also be taking along a 20 Litre jerry can as added back-up. The Aux fuelk tank has already taken some hard knocks but is holding up well and also offers some protection of the rear bumper.
I have the fuel transfer pump switch located near the drivers left knee.
The tank filler replaces the standard filler with a twin tube filler. I may at some stage make up some sheetmetal covers for these pipes, but so far it hasn't been an issue.
The tank hangs a little lower and does have an effect on departure angle, but she handles the bumps and scrapes well and is a good solid piece of gear.
While at the same shop, I also had them fit a set of Poly-air airbags. This was due to all the weight I was adding and gives the ability to adjust the Paj back to level when all the tanks are full and the back is full of gear. I generally run with these at about 15psi and when fully loaded I pump them up to 30psi, they work extremely well at keeping the Paj level.