Travelling Set-up

Vehicle:

 

1994 Nissan GQ RX 4.2litre diesel

Bought 2nd-hand in August 2004 for $13,000 with 265,000km on the speedometer.

Accessories fitted after purchase

Snorkel, ARB Bull bar, Electric winch, Battery Tray, Roof Rack  $3250 at 270,000km. Less $350 for roof rack sold  =$2900

 Work done to date:

 Normal 5000km Oil changes, Coolant, Brakefluid, Fuel and Oil Filter changes, Belts and Tyres.

 Batteries: 2 x N70ZZ Century Overlander bought 2004 for $308

Build storage compartments  $50

Replaced Suspension $1220 OME with 50mm lift at 282,400km

Replaced Flywheel, Clutch and bearings $1500

Replaced Water Pump $190 at 287,300km

Replaced Aircon torsion pulley $30 at 293,300km

Replaced Alternator belt $20

Replaced Starter Motor $260

Replaced 4 door inserts $100 at 303,000km

Replaced Headlight stalk $50

Replaced 2 bumper tail lights $250

Replaced bushes in panhard rod and rear of radius arm $freebie at 303,000km

Replaced rear Brake Calipers, Brake Pads, Machine Rotors, Flush Brake Fluid $347 at 304,500km

Replace Coolant $30 at 305,000km

Fitted VDO water temp guage $40 at 305,000km

Fitted Polyairs to rear $480

Fitted Low Water Alarm $140 at 313900km

Replaced windscreen $285 at 324,900km

Replaced Radiator $500 at 325,000km

Removed Roof Rack at 329,00km

Replaced Windscreen Water Reservoir pumps $72 at 331,800km

Replaced Steering Damper $110 at 337,600km

Replace storage compartments $50

Replaced Engine Mounts $254  at 345,000 

Replaced Front Brake Pads, Rotors and wheel bearings $678  at 345,700km

Replaced Ignition Keys $12 at 345,782km

Removed Steering Lock and Ignition all together as tumbler failed

Replaced Alternator  $500

Replaced front shockabsorbers OME Nitrochargers $280

Replaced 2 batteries Century Overlander 4x4 $280

Replaced Radiator(again!) $525

Rebuild storage including replacing rear seats $0

Speedo now reads 389,000km (Aug 2009)

(Speedo constant average 7% error under should read 417,000km)

 Running Total so far   $11,153

 

 Previous storage

 

Updated storage shown below


 
 Stripped Stage one storage
  
 Rear lid onThe tools


              The Bed Frame
     Front access to storage

 
Front access to thermos and snacks 

 

THE NISSAN

Fuel: 95lt main tank. 40lts (2 steel jerrycans in storage compartment)

240lt (12 jerrycans) in 7x4 trailer lying down under false floor.    

Home-made Tanami Pump for fuel transfers.

30lts water and electric pump.

Tyres for 4X4:

5 x MRF Super Lug Crossplies 16ply 7.50x16 on split rims

3 x tubes and 2 x rust covers

Polyairbags on rear suspension

THE TRAILER

     

New trailer canopy with awnings on all four sides.                  

Front awning extends over Nissan to back doors.

Trailer manufactured by Modern Trailers. It is a 7x4 HD Chequerplated Trailer. Coupled with Treg Multiswivel hitch. Converted to Nissan hubs and Split Rims. Spring-over suspension conversion. Home made canopy frame and Dacron Canopy with awnings and tent poles. 80 litres water in plastic containers.

Tyres for Trailer:

3 x MRF Super Traction 12ply 7.50x16 on split rims
 

Accessories and gear for remote Outback Trips

 2 x batteries in parallel with Solenoid and Dashboard switch
Gauze for bullbar and gauze for radiator. Dune Pole and flag
Gauze for airvents
Low Water Alarm
Engine Temp Alarm
Digital Engine temp Gauge
Blue tongue 3 air compressor
KMart aircompressor backup
2x Air gauge
4x Staun tyre deflators
Hi Lift Jack
Nissan bottle jack
Jacking plate
1.8T Trolley Jack
Box of nuts, bolts, screws, cold chisel
Box electrical stuff
Multimeter
2 x Wheel studs, 12 x wheel nuts
Welding clamp and cable
Welding rods
Welders mask
Jumper Leads
Spare fuel filter
12 volt drill
Soldering iron
Tyre repair
Handful of gaters
Handful of tyre plugs
Handful of tyre patches
Tyre Pliers bead breaker
Tyre levers
9500lb Brawn electric winch
Snatch block,
2x bow shackles
Tree protector
Sand Anchor
10m spare winch cable 
Rear window protector
Desert extendable flagpole
Spare hoses & belts,
Wheel bearing grease,
10lt engine oil
1lt gear oil
Power steer fluid
Brake fluid
Locktite
Coolant
Silicon
Duct Tape
100mph tape
Flash Lube engine lubricant
Handwash gel
Rugged Tool Roll(shovel etc)
Long handled shovel
HP PDA with ingrated GPS 
Acer One mini laptop
Natmap Raster 250k digital maps,
Hema Desert Trek digital maps
UBD digital maps
Mapsend Aust all states
Hema Road Atlas
RAA State maps
Oziexplorer software
Magellan 330 GPS
150 watt Pure Sine Wave inverter
DC Charger
Uniden 100 UHF
Motorola 9500 Satellite phone
NextG Samsung 411 Mobile phone
Oztrail Outlook Sportiva 6 person tent 
Oztent Screen Tent
Coleman Toilet Tent
2 x Self inflating camp mattresses 100mm thick
2 x pillows
2 x sleeping bags
12 volt shower
12 volt fluoro light 11watt
Camera gear 
Bush jacket
Bush slippers
2x Beanies
2x bush hats
Binoculars
Medical kit
Reference books
2x umbrellas
Beach umbrella
32 litre Engel fridge
Twozone fridge topper
15lt Engle freezer
Bread box
2 x Roll up table
2 x fold up chairs
Porta Potti & chemical
Toilet paper
7 plastic tucker boxes(tucker and packaged fluids)
Freestanding BBQ plate
2 dutch ovens
Trivet
Saucepan
Billy
Billy lifter
Fire lighters
Gas stove
2 x 2kg gas bottles
12 volt electric stove
2 fold up buckets
Thermos
140 litres water(4 x 20lt and 6 x 10lt) in plastic containers 
2 x electric pump
3 x small tarps 
8 x rubber interlocking mats
3kg dry fire extinguisher
Ratchet straps
Ocky Straps
Tie down straps
MP3 FM Player with 4 gig music.