Suzuki 4WD Club of Victoria

Congratulations Chris. Sure has taken a while!

christover1 wrote:

neofitou wrote:huzza!

welcome to the club..

Will I need to learn to drink beer, and eat meat pies

Yeah!!.....and sell the Vit. and buy a Holden car.

Hey Beck, got rid of those 2 now unwanted residents in your front yard yet?......Not that I want them!

Bruce.

I don't really have a problem with the stock cooling system per se. It was just that the conditions on this trip were rather exceptional. ie. deep soft sand tracks, 40 degree afternoon temperatures and a hot north westerly wind that was sometimes a tail wind depending on heading.

Bruce.

Thanks for your valued input Steve.

Bruce.

After driving soft sand in very hot weather in the Big Desert in my stock engine Sierra last November, and having the temp gauge nudging the red zone, I've been considering a similar action. ie. mounting a dash toggle switch controlled electric "push" fan between the grill and radiator. As...

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We had a good turnout for this trip with 7 vehicles. Attendees were:- Andrew W. Jeep Rubicon. Chris L. Vitara Stephan N. Sierra Marty P. Vitara Steve L. GV John C. Vitara Bruce M. Sierra Good weather for a touring type trip. Visited some old gold mining town sites from the 1800's along the Jordan va...

Even though we're meeting at the BP Roadhouse, I won't be fuelling up there. I will do that at Moe where it's cheaper.
I was down that way last Sunday and the BP was $1.35.9 Moe Caltex was $1.22.9.

Bruce.

The wife (and as such the daughter too) is thinking of coming but she only wants to come if its almost all graded. Do we know track conditions? If they do come I will be in the Pajero. The going will be mostly fairly easy (2WD). There is a very steep decent of about 3K into the Jordan valley but su...