Keeping the spinifex seeds out of the radiator

Topcat


I still have to find the right way to stop spinifex and othert seeds from clogging the radiator. At one stage I had open weave shadecloth doubled up over the bullbar and the same over the grille. But the temp guage went higher as the days wore on. The chain came next after a stick dislodged the alternator belt.(One participant in the trek has an 80 series shod with 315's and that did put it above some of the worst spinifex)

Driving 400km cross country and in the lead most of the time makes for quick thinking where to put the wheels. In places the spinifex clumps were up to a meter high. There were also vast areas of small trees and shrubs, mainly Holly Grevillea, which had to be negotiated.

Good fun but hard on the vehicle.

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Arrr young fella! Have you checked your radiator yet? Probably not much there as most of the seeds were in my radiator...lol


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Dennis

I checked underneath several times a day. I have removed all bash plates from the underbody and my GQ's exhaust has a shroud which keeps the emission system a tad cooler. As I was at the front most of the time I had to make the track. Had a few twigs and shrubs and sticks caught up in the chassis from time to time


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dill din't read under the photo... Sorry

G'day Richard

Yes and also to break smaller shrubs so that they do not prick up into the engine bay. It did ework to a certain extent.


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Willb

The chopper worked to a certain extent but as the fan is sucking air in all the time one cannot get away from the seeds being sucked in.The chopper was also there to break small saplings and other shrubs

As I said above, maybe if the vehicle was raised a tad it would help. I will be looking at 8.25 tyres when I need to replace my current 7.50 crossplies.


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