G'day All,
Well we made it!! Approx 4,500 ks in the Desert Splitty towing a trailer from Bendigo in Vic to Billiluna Station in remote northeast WA (180 ks south of Halls Creek on the junction of the Tanami Rd and The Canning Stock Route).
The Desert Splitty performed very well considering the load we had onboard and that it is a 1600. We averaged 18 to 20 MPG (about 13/14 lt per 100 ks) which I was very happy with. The motor performed well and after adding some Wynns oil treatment used only .75 lt of oil for the whole trip. I found the best fuel combination was Premium Unleaded with an upper cylinder lubricant, including trying Auto Trans Fluid which worked very well.
We only saw one other Kombi on our trip which was disappionting, I was expecting heaps.
Will post some pics some as soon as we get them of the camera.
Cheers, Ian.
Pic at Coober Pedy at sunset.
[Edited on 1-7-2004 by Desert Bug]
[Edited on 1-7-2004 by Desert Bug]
i have been told to use 2 stroke oil........ as it not only lubricates. but it also helps control the combustion......... which is what lead use to also do...
yes I use two stroke as well in all of my gas conversions , just get the cheap one .
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it seems to be wat the use in some aircraft aswell....... and it is meant to work beta then upper cyl lube... also cheaper
so desert bug, is this a holiday or you up and moved for good?
whats the temp up there like ?
love to see a pic of a desert splitty
Rob
uh where do you put upper cylinder lubricant or the two stroke oil and why ?
good on ya ian, please to here you arrived safe matey
Andy
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bigbruvabob wrote:uh where do you put upper cylinder lubricant or the two stroke oil and why ?
In the fuel tank. Helps lubricate the valves...:thumb
tssnq.com.au
mix with fuel.... due to leaded fuel being completly phased out you use two stroke oil to
a) slow down valve seat recession
and b) to help control the combustion of the fuel
it is best to use only premium
what sort of petrol/oil ratio are we talking about?
marcel
100ml to the tank
Can't wait for the pics!!!:bounce:bounce
😎
When did they leave...how long has it taken???
What spares are they carrying?
A splittie towing a trailer sounds a pretty good achievement...think of how old it is....modern 4WD's break down out there....
I hope it makes the new VW mag 🙂
Hey Ian, Great to hear you guys made it ok......Hope all is well!
Nectar.
Hi,
Thanks for the well wishes, we left on Wed 9th June about midday and traveled up the Stuart Hwy through the Centre as far as Katherine then turned left and headed for Kununnura and as this is our nearest main town we stopped for a couple of days to have a look around and do the BIG grocery shop (approx $1300) as we may not get out again for 3 months to stock up again. Then we headed down to Halls Creek and left the bitumen to travel 180 ks down the Tanami Rd (dirt) to Billiluna and arrived about 4.00pm Friday 18th June, so about 9.5 days for 4,500ks.
The weather up here is great at the moment, about 26 during the day and about 10 overnight due to being in the desert.
I have a 12 month renewable contract here so who knows how long we'll be up here.
Cheers, Ian.
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Hi its possable my cousin will be heading your way in the next two weeks , I think there will be three 4 x 4 going alone for the run .
some where you the is a Hk monaro if you find it send me a U2U please it was at the tip = supermarket to me
😀 seagull
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G'day Desert Bug
Welcome to the other side....... :thumb
btw all of WA is remote 🙁
Great to hear from you Ian, glad to hear the trip went smoothly. :thumb
Kruizin Kol
yeah, I second that.....
But the bonus is that its dry too, so those 'barn finds' over here are usually not too crusty 🙂
By the way, you really are in the middle of nowhere arent you ? Are you doing station managing work ?
Yeah Doug I'm in charge of the Communuty building program, etc.
Sounds interesting. Hope you enjoy !
Hi all,
currently in an Internet cafe in Halls Creek, Things are going well, will post pics soon.
Cheers, Ian
hey ian
great news to hear you arrived safe and that the splitty didnt play up!!! u might have to send me blueprints of your desert splitty to copy it!!!
mate all hope it goes well!!!
cheers
rhys
it aint just cool its aircool'd
Sounds like an awesome trip and a massive change of scenery from old bendigo town. We are planning a four week kimberley jaunt next year after the wet in our dual cab kombi. Travelling light will be the go for us but we will have a 120lt fuel tank and 60lt water tank for a bit of remote camping. I've been dreaming of a trip to the kimberleys for 5 years and we are finally putting the wheels in motion to be ready next year
Thanks Folks,
dubcab, keep in touch, we're hoping to a bit of tripping around while up here and the Kimberlys' are high on the list. We are planning a 100k run down the Canning Stock Route to lake Gregory very soon so will be interesting to see the looks on the faces of people travelling the CSR when they come across a Splitty comming towards them.
If anyone is coming this way drop in and look us up we'd love to see you.
Cheers, Ian.
