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Grenadier – more build details

April 26, 202412 volt, 4X4, Anderson plug, Australia, guide, Uncategorised12 volt, 4X4, Anderson plug, Australia, fitout, Grenadier, guide, Uncategorisedaccessoriesadmin

Things done recently:

1. The Doc and his brother installed the rear roof shelf over the weekend and The Doc has been experimenting how to pack the shelf. At present, he is using it to store the Solar Screens, air compressor equipment, Nakatanenga rear Door Air Vents and the Blacksmith Camping firewood carrier. Minimal loss of rear vision due to the shelf.

Here is a photo – the Travel Buddy Oven will be installed on the left side under the shelf after The Doc fits the Anderson plug to the oven.

2. The bed extension is removed while ORS makes some refinements to the design. It did allow me to easily fit the BLE Battery Monitor to the main battery today.

3. The Bushman Fridge arrived for the Grenadier and The Doc gave the courier a guided tour of the car. 🙂

4. The Doc installed the rear Firestryker extinguisher next to the air compressor cylinder. Brian from ORS suggested the location; and I thought it was a good suggestion, so I used it. You can see the air compressor bracket created a little space between it and the window that I can use for storage. Still working out what to put there. In the image there is a red Drifta Power Towel Dispenser and the other canvas bag has a 240 volt extension cable. When camping I can hang the Drifta towel dispenser from the roof shelf. That worked out nicely! Finally, the tie down rings will be re-installed where you see the bolt and washer on the bracket, so I can use the raised tie down points on both sides of the car.

Image from Drifta website.

Grenadier – ORS fitout

April 22, 202412 volt, 4X4, Anderson plug, Australia, guide, Uncategorisedaccessories, fitout, Grenadieradmin

Offroad Systems (ORS) twin drawers, water tank, bed extension and ARB twin compressor are now installed.

The Doc wanted air flow around his compressor, so it was mounted on brackets over the driver’s side rear wheel arch. Trivia: there is a global shortage of twin ARB air compressors due to a surge in demand. ORS sourced the Portable Twin compressor and mounted that to the bracket over the wheel arch. That is why it looks so much like a twin portable compressor – because it is one. The compressor’s power cable was attached to the Grenadier’s spare stud on the 5 stud busbar (the supplied cable was not long enough to reach the spare on the 7 stud busbar). I sourced an 80 amp ZCase fuse, as the ARB has twin 40 amp MAXI blade fuses. The Sparky cut off the two MAXI fuses and ran the cables straight to the80 amp ZCase fuse.

Globalgregors inspired The Doc to add the bottle top opener on the drawers and go for a deeper drawer than originally planned, after he saw their finished setup.

There was another INEOS in simultaneously getting work down, and ORS asked if they could keep The Doc’s car an extra day and have their Pro Photographer take pictures of both (see some of those images below).

The rear roof shelf has been installed and will be covered in the next update.

Grenadier – drawers, wind and water

April 19, 202412 volt, 4X4, Anderson plug, Aussie made, Australia, battery management system, battery monitor, guide, NSW, Uncategorised12 volt, 4X4, Anderson plug, Australia, fitout, guide, Uncategorisedaccessoriesadmin

Images from the Offroad Systems fitout. Description to come.

Grenadier build – Nakatanenga stuff

April 15, 202412 volt, 4X4, Australia, guide, Uncategorised12 volt, 4X4, Anderson plug, Australia, fitout, Grenadier, guide, INEOSadmin

The Doc’s Grenadier build continues. The Doc installed the Nakatanenga Sun Visor Organiser today on the passenger’s side visor. He was running out of room in the lockable centre console. He also bought an emergency mirror that he mounted on the organiser killing two birds with one stone – a vanity mirror on the passenger’s side and an emergency mirror if needed. The mirror is visible when the visor is down. Image from Nakatanenga website.

The Doc also installed the Nakatanenga rear Door Air Vents on both sides. Driver’s side shown here (RHD car). As he will sleep in the car, The Doc needed air circulation throughout the night. Previously he used a window sock and put down the window. This is a better solution.

ORS rear drawers, water tank, bed extension and dual ARB air compressor go into the car over the next 2 days.

Melaleuca squarrosa flowers

Melaleuca squarrosa also known as the Bottlebrush Tea-Tree, Scented Paperbark, Bottle-Brush Tea-Tree and Harsh-Leaved Melaleuca.

Captured at Sylvan Grove Native Garden on 01 Oct, 2023 by Michael G Hains.

Melaleuca thymifolia

November 12, 2023Australia, flash, flowers, Landscape, macro, Plant, Uncategorisedadmin

Melaleuca thymifolia is commonly known as Thyme Honeymyrtle.

Anigozanthos ‘Red Cross’

November 2, 2023Australia, flowers, Landscape, macro, NSW, Plant, Uncategorisedadmin

Kangaroo Paw, known as Red Cross, taken at Sylvan Grove Native Gardens, Picnic Point. Slowly getting better, it is a long haul.

The Swamp Bottlebrush

February 5, 2023Australia, flash, flowers, macro, Mt Annan, NSW, Plantadmin

Another unusual flower from South West WA, the Swamp Bottlebrush or Beaufortia sparsa. Bright orange flower. Click on image to see the full size.

Grevillea “Goldfever”

January 16, 2023Australia, flash, flowers, Landscape, macro, NSW, Plant, Uncategorisedadmin

Another Grevillea cultivar commonly used in gardens, called Grevillea Goldfever.

Grevillea lanigera ‘Mt Tamboritha’ – flowers

January 11, 2023Australia, flowers, Landscape, macro, NSW, Plantadmin

A prostrate cultivar from the Woolly Grevillea (Grevillea lanigera). Both the flower and the plant are much smaller. Taken at Sylvan Grove Native Garden, Picnic Point. Click on image to see full size.