Fitting Snorkel & Large Dual Battery in GQ

G'day Sand Man,
Hooray, we back to agreeing with each other again. hahahaha
I've just this with my GU, cos I needed the space where the 2nd battery had been living under the bonnett, to locate the dual by-pass oil set-up. Also, as stated by others, the weight of the 2nd battery has, in my case, fractured the inner section of the side panel as well as the "floor" area of the inner mudguard......4 of the 5 captive nuts have broken away.
Also, having the 2nd battery in the back (I'm using a 120a/h Fullriver), means that the power is much closer to all the gear it is powering (fridge, HF radio, inverter, MaxAir compressor etc), which means less voltage loss.
I have also mounted a 3 stage charger in the back too, so that it can quickly re-charge the big battery when at home or camped for extended periods (using the Yammie genset).
Cheers
Roachie

Roachie what brand is your 2nd battery tray , the one that damaged your inner guard

Not real sure.......the auto sparkie arranged it for me. But, I have it on good authority that it is a Pirahna. It's the one that uses the 2 captive nuts that held the radiator expansion water bottle onto the inner side guard, plus it uses 3 of the captive nuts in the floor of the mudguard. The base plate has 3 counter-sunk holes that match up with those 3 nuts. The water bottle bolts to the bracket before the bracket is bolted into place.
Cheers
Roachie

Interesting - thanks for the suggestions guys.
Brian - love the setup on your GQ. I noticed you had a snorkel fitted, did you still use the original air intake position? If so where does all the air piping go?

Thanks again
Kylie

Kylie,
Yep, we used the original air intake.... the snorkel is a Safari unit & it feeds into a finer filter canister which is located immediately inside the engine bay & directly behind the left headlight, then it is plumbed from there to the turbo.

The auxilliary battery is on an ARB cradle that straddles the radiator water bottle.

I can take some pics for you if you want, leave an email address and I'll send them to you.

Cheers

Brian

Hey guys,
Any pics would be much appreciated. My email address is permares@bigpond.net.au

I have brought a battery tray from ARB and installed it (not bad for a chick huh?) I have disconnected the air intake and removed the pre filter thingy (as recommended) and are now looking at getting opposite lock to extend the air intake pipe back to the original position and have them install a safari snorkel on friday.

Please forward any pics as this will still help in the placement of the air intake pipe.

Thank you to all for the suggestions and time taken to respond.

Kylie

Duncs

Exactly what I wanted to know. I spoke to ARB Northern yesterday and they had no idea of how to do it. Could you please advise which ARB did this setup for you.

Thanks for your help.

Kylie

Kylie,

The car was an 89 model and was originally set up new by ARB NSW Head office in Morebank (near Bankstown airport), for John Van, who was NSW manager at the time. Twin diff locks, suspension, turbo, seats, iverhead console, two radios, it even had a welder in the glove box. No room for gloves though.

It then belonged to a guy from Overlander Mag before moving into my shed. I am not sure who put the MQ snorkel on it, but I think it was with the magazine at the time. They put a very early model (1991???)Safari Turbo system on it and the snorkel was part of that job, I think.

I also think the battery tray was custom built but based on an ARB unit. It was very similar to the ARB I have in my 2001 GU 4.2TD.

It is definately do-able but you may have to shop around to find someone who is prepared or knows how to do it.

Good luck
Duncs

Just thought. If you contact Overlander Magazine they may have some pics of the engine bay that show the set up.

The car belonged to Ross Chapman. When he was with the mag.

Duncs

Duncs,
Sounds like you had a great jigger! A shower ... would love to look at that next. Thanks again for the suggestions, much appreciated.

Mine will be sorted this week.
Kylie