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Old 05-25-2011, 12:26 AM
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So where did you cut it? Any problems so far?
 
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Old 05-25-2011, 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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Old 05-25-2011, 04:00 PM
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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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Old 05-25-2011, 09:04 PM
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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
 
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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
 
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Old 05-30-2011, 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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Old 05-30-2011, 06:48 PM
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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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