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Old May 25, 2011 | 12:26 AM
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So where did you cut it? Any problems so far?
 
Old May 25, 2011 | 04:50 AM
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i cut it right after muffler and put a turn down on it, and made a hanger.
now its also an aftermarket muffler, shouldnt matter though.
 
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I just grabbed the cut off wheel and cut it after the muffler:





Then i welded a little angle to it. Welding looks like ****... :smilies27



Also bought a camping table:



Then i went shopping for our trip:

 
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ahhhh, shopping for the bare essentials i see.....
 
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That's not a lot of beer... how long is the trip?
 
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All I have to say is. Echt kooler blazer mensch. Hast mehr in ein jahr geschaft wie ich in zwei. Klasse auto
 
Old May 26, 2011 | 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by blazerguy22
All I have to say is. Echt kooler blazer mensch. Hast mehr in ein jahr geschaft wie ich in zwei. Klasse auto

Ummmmm...Yeah, not sure what that says lol
 
Old May 30, 2011 | 04:43 PM
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Just came back from our italy trip. Trip report here: Italy, Lago di Garda/Lago di Ledro



A few notes to the blazer:

Everything worked well, like it was designed to. On the passes the temps started raising, but at a bit more than 105°C the fan started blowing and the temp fell down to about 100°C. The it raised and so on... I think i`ll go with some electric fans...

The power connector for my cooler melted, so i wired it directly to the fuse block. Unfortunately i missed the battery saver, but wasn`t aware of that. My connector that charges the aux battery while driving also failed, so it didn`t get charged. So, the aux battery didn`t get charged and wasn`t protected by the battery saver. At sunday night i noticed the cooler slowing down and measured the voltage. It showed about 6V... I just put the battery charger on, maybe it can rescue the battery...

Also the awning failed in the rainstorm friday night, but no problem, we`ll rebuild that thing stronger...
 
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two things....
sorry to hear about your bad luck...

secondly AWESOME picture....i have never even been that close to a mountain range...other then flying over....
 
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Just read the other thread, sounds like you guys had a blast! What happened to the awning? Any ideas of how to fix it?
 



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