SPARES

the numbers and make of the oil filter, and if you know the numbers for the top and bottom hoses so i can go buy them tomorrow.

Iggie,
It would be very beneficial to join a club and do driver training for starters. Can you recover yourself from a bog (mud or sand) Do you know why you deflate tyres, even for gravel roads ?
Depends on how remote you'll be when out and about as to what spares you'll need, but for starters :
Top and bottom radiator hoses
fuel filter(s)
wheel bearings front and back
drive belts(3)
jumper leads (heavy duty)
spare wheel studs with nuts
long handled shovel
snatch strap
compressor (good 1)
spare tubes
puncture repair kit (bead breaker, rubber mallet,etc.)
fire extinguisher
fuel tank repair kit
insect or spinifex screen(s)
2nd spare wheel or tyre
and the list gets bigger for really remote stuff.
You own a Troopy, so I know you can get it all in somewhere :>))
Ave a good 1

Thank you Harry,

I will try to find someone in the Frankston Victoria area for some training, and i have made a list of all you have said.

Thanks
Iggie

Iggie
Tell ya what I'll do for you , you go into my members profile at the bottom here and get my email address, you email me your postal address and I will send you a CD I made consisting of the Gregory's and the Haines repair manuals , all on one CD Rom . I'm sure you will be amazed at the content

Doug

Iggie
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Hi there Iggie,

Nice work on your website...

It really depends on where you are headed... you can go birdwatching in pretty innocuous places or pretty remote ones... for me, the Kimberley at the start of the wet season this year was wonderful for birdwatching.

I also like Hattah-Kulkyne or the Birds Australia sanctuaries...

Anyways, the spares you need will depend on your mechanical abilities, and how remote you intend travelling. For me, I travel with a set of belts (even had trouble getting a fan belt in Melbourne a month or so ago!), a set of radiator hoses, spare front and rear shockers, oil, coolant, grease, tyre repair kit (I don't have to worry about split rims - you probably do), compressor and 9 tyres of which six are on the road at any one time (I tend to have trailer (aka photography platform) in tow.

I hope this helps a little... if you are really new to this you might like to travel with friends in the first instance - there are a few avid photographers on here, and the odd one like me, that makes a business of it. Also folks like Wayne from NSW who is currently taking Tag along tours for Great Divide Tours.

Cheers
Andrew.

Dear Doug,

I couldnt get to your e-mail so here is my address
Keith Hindley
45 Milford Crescent
Frankston
Vic 3199

Thank you so much

Hey mate,

You wouldn't happen to have a link to find the manuals online would you? I have just acquired a 1996 75-series Troopy and need a set of manuals as well.

Iggie
Congrats. on your pics. They are amazing. You must have great patience and top equipment...