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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2200 on: May 11, 2015, 06:13:46 PM »
Reversing lights :)

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Nice, did you mount them to the towbar? Where did you wire them from?
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2201 on: May 11, 2015, 07:04:14 PM »
Popped a grommet through under the fake tail light and mounted a relay in the rear quarter panel, switching circuit is off the factory reverse light. power is fed from the anderson plug to the relay. I have not put a separate switch in the cab at this stage, so they come on with the factory reverse light, however I may do so in the future.

I bought the light bars off sun-yee trading on fleabay as they were cheap at $50 for the pair, delivered, they are rated as 30 watts a piece, should be heaps for my needs. I figured cheap was good for this application as they are likely to get damaged at some stage in the future when I back into something.

To mount I drilled up from under the bumper and into the steel subframe of the standard rear bar, I shimmed out the gap between the plastic bumper shell and the steel frame with a few washers.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2202 on: May 16, 2015, 03:06:57 PM »
Finally got off my backside and hooked up the reverse camera I bought in January....................................last year. :-[
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2203 on: May 17, 2015, 11:52:27 AM »
Finally got off my backside and hooked up the reverse camera I bought in January....................................last year. :-[
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2204 on: May 17, 2015, 08:53:27 PM »
Yep, shouldn't have rushed into it. The camera was bought pre rear wheel carrier so now I have a close up view of a Mickey T P3 on a third of the screen. :-[
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2205 on: May 19, 2015, 04:23:03 PM »
finished thye full size hell boy gun, and finally got some work done to my trailer........yay


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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2206 on: May 24, 2015, 07:26:54 AM »


BEST TOOL EVER MADE!!!

I picked up a Milwaukee 12v impact driver & drill combo pack during the week and also got this neat 3/8 cordless ratchet.
A mates got the Wurth branded version and I had to have my own.

Had to replace a front guard on my sisters 04 Camry yesterday.  Other than a push clip tool, this ratchet with a short extension and a 10mm socket removed and refitted the entire thing.

Then removed the rear bar on the Pajero to fix the trailer plug wiring.  Towbar fitter for previous owner scotch locked the plug into the loom and it's been giving me grief for almost 7 years!  Can't rush into fixing these things...




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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2207 on: May 24, 2015, 09:42:44 AM »
Started cleaning up so I could move freely and find things.


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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2208 on: May 24, 2015, 07:12:08 PM »

Started tidying up the shed and garage this weekend, between myswag and the local BSS site we have over $400 cash sitting here so far for some of the extra stuff we had.  :cup: :cup: :cup:

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2209 on: May 24, 2015, 08:09:47 PM »
Finally pulled my finger out today and got around to getting things ready for our fire box.
Set the hearth out and used Slate, finished off the slate up the wall behind where the fire box(Jotul No3) will go.
Just have to grout the slate and order the Flue,     ;D
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2210 on: May 24, 2015, 08:37:36 PM »
Finally pulled my finger out today and got around to getting things ready for our fire box.
Set the hearth out and used Slate, finished off the slate up the wall behind where the fire box(Jotul No3) will go.
Just have to grout the slate and order the Flue,     ;D
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2211 on: May 24, 2015, 08:48:33 PM »
Took my spanking new Weber BabyQ1200 out of the box and assembled it  :cup:
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2212 on: May 24, 2015, 08:55:17 PM »
Wired my Coleman HWOD system to run off the internal 6 volt battery or a 12volt battery with the flip of a switch.
I have no pictures, stole the idea from another forum.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2213 on: May 24, 2015, 08:57:53 PM »
Looks good hairs.

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2214 on: May 24, 2015, 09:07:24 PM »
Nothing in the shed....................................


........................but did get camping at Illaroo and a bit of night 4wding.


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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2215 on: May 24, 2015, 09:19:16 PM »
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2216 on: May 24, 2015, 09:33:04 PM »
Finished phase one of some storage to clear out my garage.

Phase two is doors and a floor above the tank.

Phase three is flashing.

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2217 on: May 24, 2015, 10:24:56 PM »
Looks good hairs.

I fitted a 2nd recovery point to the patrol and new winch.
That's a good idea for recovering Cruisers :cup: 8)  ;D  :cheers:

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2218 on: May 25, 2015, 04:11:23 PM »
Making grave stones. You never know when you might need one!
Really they are for the stage musical we are working on.


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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2219 on: May 25, 2015, 06:02:24 PM »
That's a good idea for recovering Cruisers :cup: 8)  ;D  :cheers:

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2220 on: May 25, 2015, 06:05:55 PM »
Packed the camper away, then replaced brake pads and bled brake lines on the Cruiser. Ah that feels better.

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2221 on: May 25, 2015, 10:01:37 PM »
Packed the camper away, then replaced brake pads and bled brake lines on the Cruiser. Ah that feels better.

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2222 on: May 25, 2015, 10:54:34 PM »
Dragged out the trucks fridge battery off the shelf [ been there about 10 months ] and hooked up the 180 W solar panels to it in the back yard for something to do.. 12.2 V on the multimeter before hook up at 8.30 am and holding a nice 12.75 V by 3pm giving a string of LED light sticks a run .
Now to find someone to lift  it back into the truck for me [ not allowed to lift much yet after surgery ]  and get  ready for Fraser in June / July.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2223 on: May 26, 2015, 04:11:37 PM »
did a stock take on home brew - 3 shelves empty in the medicine fridge only 16 long necks left .... Must re stock looks like next few weeks will be going hard making a few brews up.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #2224 on: May 26, 2015, 04:58:15 PM »
When I was a tad younger I always kept the stock right up.
All my mates loved watching the footy/cricket/racing at my joint and throwing a few $'s in the jar.