What spares to take on the CSR???
Submitted: Saturday, May 21, 2005 at 21:08
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Tony J
OK, Down to the nitty gritty. 80 Series Std Cruiser. I have spare fanbelts, air con belt, rad hoses and clamps, radiator stop leak, "knead it" metal repair stuff,
puncture repair kit, tubes and tyre pliers, spare tyre and a spare casing, welding gear, soldering gear, dual battery,jumper leads, tools, spare fuses and electrical wire, multi metre, 5 metres of fence wire (can be very handy!!), 1 x spare wheel bearing, 1 x spare uni joint,
HF radio - VKS737(antenna being repaired), fuel, oil & air filter, spare engine & diff & p/stear oil, brake fluid, repair manual, 2 x spare ctns beer(maybe need more?), heaps of water, food and fuel. Vehicle in tip top shape. What else should I take as spares? Have rung ahead to organise fuel. Only 4 weeks to wait!! I can't help but think I have overlooked something. We have done a lot of tripping about but after the recent tragedy out there I want to be sure I've thought of everything.
TIA
Tony J
Reply By: V8troopie - Saturday, May 21, 2005 at 23:55
Saturday, May 21, 2005 at 23:55
Tony, the one spare part you need most likely is not packed, its the way murphy plans it.
A spare thermostat perhaps, and a waterpump rebuilt kit unless you checked it recently.
Maybe spare wheel nuts & studs, spare oil plugs and other vital little things like that which would stop you should they come loose and fall off.
Consider also how you would fix a broken spring - I have met a troopie on the CSR which had brand new springs and one was broken already. Also consider how you would fix a broken steering damper, my troopie is undrivable (above 10kmh) without a good damper.
I hope to travel the CSR again sometime, its nearly 15 years since I went up the full legth of it. Thinking about that, we had to detour the last
two wells due to flooding and I wish I had a GPS (they were not common then) or the paper charts for the area we had to traverse to get out. Laptop computers with nav software and GPS would make such a task far less worrying than it was back then. All we had was a mud map and the faint track of a traveller who came the other way to follow.
Have a good trip, if you are stopping for a break at Durba springs a solar shower bag might be useful as the water we found in pools up
the gorge was icy cold.
Klaus
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Follow Up By: Member - Davoe (Widgiemooltha) - Sunday, May 22, 2005 at 03:40
Sunday, May 22, 2005 at 03:40
thermostat can be fixed temporeitroly by removing it water pumps can have the load reduced on them by emptying the overflow and droping the level to just above the fins (wont effect cooling) but will stop them from leaking and they dont need steering dampers - underground vehicles routinely have them removed when they fall off and I have only ¨seen springs break ater being coated in hypersaline mud and hammered accross pit floors (csr x 10) for a couple of years
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Follow Up By: Footloose - Sunday, May 22, 2005 at 08:55
Sunday, May 22, 2005 at 08:55
The CSR can break springs, especially some aftermarket ones. I've seen the results of overloading. Not common but it does happen. I guess that you can break anyhing if you don't treat it right.
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Reply By: Trevor W(Brisbane) - Monday, May 23, 2005 at 15:59
Monday, May 23, 2005 at 15:59
Hello Tony
We are leaving for the Canning on the 31st July and should be starting at
Halls Creek on about the 6th Aug for approx 16 days
If you are in
brisbane my e-mail is tecewebb@bigpond.net.au and I have a video of a friends trip he did sept 2003 which you might want to have a look at.
A couple of things
there trip was a tag along
They broke
1. Front Shocky top mounts on IFS Cruisers.
2. Rear shocks on Ford Explorer.
3.U-bolts on springs on rear of ford explorer
Other than that they said to be prepared for a long trip that you must take your time.
4. things I am carrying that I couldnt see on your list
Take a couple of lengths of threaded rod metric and spare nuts and washers that you can get from the hardware or bolt place at least 12mm,10mm,6mm
This can then be bent into U bolts or cut to any length to make bolts.
Take a can of Aero Start if your car is diesel.
I carried an Exhaust Jack through the Simpson as it was easy to Jack Car up on sand and put grass etc under wheels to drive out of sand bogs
I also carry some 50mmX50mmX3mm sq mesh 300 wide and width of bullbar strapped to bullbar but can easily be used a bog Mat under wheels or just as pot rest over fire place. 2 pices easily strap to bullbar and also protect front from stones flying up a bit.
If you get back before 31st July could you e-mail us on what water and fuel situation was out on the track. Any thing else you want to know send me an E-mail How did you organise fuel.
Trev Webb
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Follow Up By: Tony J - Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 18:11
Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 18:11
Hi Trevor
We are travelling south to north. We wont be
home 'till 2 Aug.
How did we organise fuel? We hold 150 litres and are carring another120litres. Fuel then will be purchased at Parnngurr Aboriginal Community (used to be called Cotton Ck) ph 08 9176 9009. 82k west of
Georgia Bore on the edge of Rudall Nat Park. They like travellers to ring ahead and leave their name. They said no problems with deisel.
Then at Kunawaritji Community (near
well 33), ph 08 9176 9040. Once again no probs with deisel, I didn't ask about ULP.
The fuel we are carrying gives us 1500k range at our worst ever consumption rate ( and that was towing a trailer off road - no trailer this time)
Have a good trip
Tony J
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Reply By: Andy C - Tuesday, May 24, 2005 at 18:30
Tuesday, May 24, 2005 at 18:30
I'm with you Austravel!
I'm about to do the CSR in Aug 05 and I don't seem to get anything than horror stories!
I'll have all the basic (non-mechanic replace stuff - belts/hoses/blah blah) and will drive to the conditions and have a wonderful time!
Don't take this as unprepared - we have all vehicles up to scratch - all recovery and emergency equipment.
I think we all only hear of the "breakdowns of vehicle stuff" more than "Oh $hit - I did't take enough fuel"!
Tony, you seem extremely
well prepared - have fun, take your time, and enjoy.
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