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- 01 Mar 2025 10:52
- Forum: 35. About your Business
- Topic: Patrols at work.
- Replies: 41
- Views: 49301
Re: Patrols at work.
That cruiser drove 8 hours to bring avgas. We saw the guys 8 hours later in base camp. 30 minutes flying equals 8 hours drive.
- 01 Mar 2025 10:46
- Forum: 35. About your Business
- Topic: Patrols at work.
- Replies: 41
- Views: 49301
Re: Patrols at work.
This one is base of operations when working remote sites in Mozambique parks.
- 01 Mar 2025 10:24
- Forum: 35. About your Business
- Topic: Patrols at work.
- Replies: 41
- Views: 49301
Re: Patrols at work.
Another one added to the fleet after my old faithfull Safari got destroyed in an accident.
- 01 Mar 2025 10:18
- Forum: 35. About your Business
- Topic: Patrols at work.
- Replies: 41
- Views: 49301
Re: Patrols at work.
Last year this time they were working in Karibib in Namibia. Also multiwell long duration tests. As usual the Patrols just work without complaints.
- 01 Mar 2025 10:10
- Forum: 35. About your Business
- Topic: Patrols at work.
- Replies: 41
- Views: 49301
Re: Patrols at work.
Its been a while since last post. The patrols are busy in Botswana on a 2 month multiwell test program.
- 08 May 2023 11:50
- Forum: 09. Engines
- Topic: TB42S (Carb) aftermarket EFI options
- Replies: 41
- Views: 58329
Re: TB42S (Carb) aftermarket EFI options
285/75/R16
- 02 May 2023 17:05
- Forum: 09. Engines
- Topic: TB42S (Carb) aftermarket EFI options
- Replies: 41
- Views: 58329
Re: TB42S (Carb) aftermarket EFI options
( How are you finding the TB45E compared to your TB42E? Fuel usage, performance? How was the swap with the wiring etc? ) The performance was slightly better , but my 4.5 is not tuned for all the available power in favor of reliability and running slightly cooler. I get an average of 6km/l. It still ...
- 18 Apr 2023 11:57
- Forum: 09. Engines
- Topic: TB42S (Carb) aftermarket EFI options
- Replies: 41
- Views: 58329
Re: TB42S (Carb) aftermarket EFI options
I replaced a TB42e in my Gq with a TB45e. As far as I know the cam in the TB42e is slightly different to the carb model. As Peter will confirm , the gq engine bay and adequate cooling cannot be mentioned in the same sentence. Turbo conversions will add a lot of extra heat and you will need to plan w...
- 10 Aug 2022 08:49
- Forum: 29. Events
- Topic: River trip 06-10 August 2022
- Replies: 82
- Views: 311877
Re: River trip 06-10 August 2022
And just like that another rivertrip is done. For me , it is the start of summer. Some of the new guys had some wide eye moments , but they will be back next year. You know its is a new guy if he walks up to an ouman and asks" Wheere keks a maan? Some of the basics we sometimes forget were re v...
- 04 Apr 2022 11:48
- Forum: 13. Electrical & Electronics
- Topic: Old original starters and alternators
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6640
Old original starters and alternators
The original starters and alternators (Mitubishi especially) are getting difficult and expensive to get hold of or repaired properly. It used to be my trade and I have a test bench , the knowledge and a supply chain for parts to get them back to original condition. Some of the parts (like diode plat...