Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 at 12:15
Hi Pop.....gearbox is a brand new R151F and it came with a 20,000k warranty and it went in at 105375k....it has now done152847k....so to date it has done 47472 with the new box.
I do a lot of beach work and so have to cope with dunes.....for example Yeagerup and so I had the turbo fitted, which has been great for the van as
well.....turbo?...yes $4000 drive away no more to pay..a good move...would not be without it. Bunbury fuel injection did it for me...very happy.
BUT I bought the troopy for a reason...that I had a vehicle that was set up for going into hard to get at
places without the need to tow anything.......for example a campertrailer....but at the same time I use it to tow the van, that you see in the profile photo's.
So I tow the van up to
Exmouth or 80 Mile beach or
Barn Hill for example and usually
free camp on the way....and then use the troopy to hit the beaches fishing etc.
This combination has worked for me and so I put up with:
1.I have to "tow" in 4th gear but I am not in a hurry anyway...does it go through fuel when towing?...yes it does..but if I spent $60,000 on another /better!? tow vehicle...I ask myself how much fuel will $60,000 buy.
2.It drives like a truck...so I fitted commodore bucket seats...run my tyres a little lower ( air pressure)...BUT I have lot's of ground clearance and I feel safer on the road as far as roo's etc are concerned.
3.The most important of all...I just love her...second to SWMBO of course...it's a "troopy thing" you understand....and so I will probably get another later.
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