mattz wrote:Thanks for the update Mick
Sorry to hear about the crash.
I reckon 300k out of a set of injectors is pretty good.......I only got half that.
How long do you plan on hanging onto this one for?
Tony wrote:MickFodor wrote:Ordered and paid for... thanks guys...
Should get the Triton today.
GL-R, Dual cab, 4X4, Auto, White.
Will send him out on the first run standard and see how it holds up...
Will measure the ride height and see how it looks after few thousand ks.
Thanks for the lead to Ultimate Suspension... I googled it... its the one at Ingleburn right?
I should get a pic of the new car and ad pics of the changes at each service...
Might be interesting to see the change...
Somewhat of a build up/Tear down thread...
Heres hoping i dont have to rescue him in my Jeep...
Well done! I cant comment on the Jeep except bit of a closet fan my self. Just make sue you keep a fire extinguisher in it.
I've noticed our local mines are renting and leasing quite a few tritons now days, Seem to be holding up although have had heavier suspension fitted as most other makes do.
Will be watching for a build, tear down, shake down etc thread.
Cheers T
MickFodor wrote:SAD NEWS.
Triton was declared a write off this morning...
Electrical fire last week, exploded the battery and fire from engine bay through to back of cabin...
Damage apparently exceeding $20,000
Just over 320,000.00 kms..
MickFodor wrote:Tony wrote:MickFodor wrote:Ordered and paid for... thanks guys...
Should get the Triton today.
GL-R, Dual cab, 4X4, Auto, White.
Will send him out on the first run standard and see how it holds up...
Will measure the ride height and see how it looks after few thousand ks.
Thanks for the lead to Ultimate Suspension... I googled it... its the one at Ingleburn right?
I should get a pic of the new car and ad pics of the changes at each service...
Might be interesting to see the change...
Somewhat of a build up/Tear down thread...
Heres hoping i dont have to rescue him in my Jeep...
Well done! I cant comment on the Jeep except bit of a closet fan my self. Just make sue you keep a fire extinguisher in it.
I've noticed our local mines are renting and leasing quite a few tritons now days, Seem to be holding up although have had heavier suspension fitted as most other makes do.
Will be watching for a build, tear down, shake down etc thread.
Cheers T
Keep a fire extinguisher in the Jeep huh??? Maybe we should have put one in the Triton
Toddyh wrote:Bugger. Such a shame. Would have loved to see just how far the thing would have gone. On the bright side for everyone here at least it wasn't any factory wiring that caused the fire.
MickFodor wrote:According to NRMA, the issue was likely a fault with the inverter (mounted behind the back seat) which the driver used to run a printer. The thick power cable which runs through the firewall alongside the ECU and main loom toward the rear of the vehicle was all melted... Probably some kind of short... failure of fuses?? Made the battery go bang and then the fire was put out... While we cant be sure, the assessor seemed to think it was the inverter.
...etc, ...etc, ...etc, ...etc, .... We promise to find a better inverter
AnOldFart wrote:MickFodor wrote:According to NRMA, the issue was likely a fault with the inverter (mounted behind the back seat) which the driver used to run a printer. The thick power cable which runs through the firewall alongside the ECU and main loom toward the rear of the vehicle was all melted... Probably some kind of short... failure of fuses?? Made the battery go bang and then the fire was put out... While we cant be sure, the assessor seemed to think it was the inverter.
...etc, ...etc, ...etc, ...etc, .... We promise to find a better inverter
Hi Mick, my background is electrical and I can vouch for the --awesome-- power / current that heavy duty lead-acid batteries can deliver into a dead short circuit. A long, long, time ago now, as a then shiny new, pimply faced, first year PMG apprentice, I had an 'underpants soiling moment' when I observed an old Tech, who should have known far better, have a -very- hair raising experience with them. It's a lesson I've never forgotten, and I've certainly as a result, had the utmost respect for them, ever since.
Anyway, my point here is just to warn you that if you are going to now, repeat the previous "Printer Inverter install exercise" in your new Hilux Ute then make bloody sure that you use the services of a 'switched on auto-sparky' (no pun intended) who will correctly 'fuse' the heavy duty power cable run to the Inverter, directly --at the Battery end-- of that connection path. Also be sure that the cables are correctly lug-terminated, secured in place, and supported, along their -entire length- to avoid -any- posible movement or chafing of their insulation against -any- sharp metal chassis edges, and also use protective rubber grommets around them, wherever they have to pass through a hole in metal eg, one that's drilled through a firewall.
The critical part, is correctly 'fusing' the cable -at the Battery end- so that it provides 'disconnect protection' for everything else that's connected to it -downstream- of that fuse. From reading between the lines of what you've already said about what happened with the electrical fire in your poor old Triton, it sounds like it might not have been 'correctly set-up' with a suitable disconnect fuse at the Battery, in that case.
Hmmmm, maybe, upon reflection, seeing as how you subsequently bought a bloody Hilux, maybe I shouldn't have told you all of this stuff after-all.....??? Naaahh, second thoughts, forget everything I've just told you Mick. Go ahead and wire up the Inverter in the new Hilux in -exactly- the same way, as it was done in the --reliable-- old Triton.
MickFodor wrote:On another note:
I found out this morning that apparently that on a Hilux, A/C is not standard???
I left a message for the guys at Toyota...
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