Great thanks, good to hear. It must've been your photos I have come across recently. Will avoid the hole in the roof if I can. In saying the "Gibb River Rd is a different beast" do you mean in terms of dust, corrugations or both..!?
Dust Proofing your Expanda ?
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Great thanks, good to hear. It must've been your photos I have come across recently. Will avoid the hole in the roof if I can. In saying the "Gibb River Rd is a different beast" do you mean in terms of dust, corrugations or both..!?
http://www.browndavis.com.au/tail-gate-seals/Can anyone tell me how to fix the problem of dust coming into the back of a ute with a canopy? Thanks! Maybe take it to ARB or TJM to fix?
Fitted one to my PX Ranger and it stops about 95% of the dust.
Hi @Shane74 . We did the gibb in July this year. The only dust proofing we did was to cover the 2 air vents that were above our door and in the step. The only place we got any dust at all was in the tiny cupboard under our fridge as it came in via the fridge drainage pipe. The only thing I should have done, but didn't was to put protection over the brake wiring by the wheels, as they got attacked by the rocks. Nothing was done to the van to prep it in any way (other than the box on the front, which took all the rocks that got thrown up), however we did get a second spare....just in case.
Were we just lucky?? Who knows, but we now have 2 extra ,never used spares to sell
Were we just lucky?? Who knows, but we now have 2 extra ,never used spares to sell
Thanks @Smirke that's great news, thanks for the reply. I noticed the wiring is fairly crude so will be re-routing or covering along with a few other services (water etc.). I'm thinking I will carry two spares also, just in case. Pity you're in WA as I'll be in the market for a spare.
Have just completed 1200kms of Great Central Road on gravel. Only vent we blocked was bottom of door. Minimal dust inside. Tap on the A frame took a beating and has developed a slight leak.
we went with a 2nd hand rim and new tyre for van and 2nd hand for car. Didn't need either of them. Which was good.
Hi @Shane74. Congrat on the upgrade.
We've been burning round the place since Dec last year and done 1000's of km on dirt, gravel, sand, dust, mud and of course the relentless corrugations. Before we left we did quite a bit of work to the van, and I rolled around under it on a creeper goo gun in hand and filled everything I could find. I sealed along the junctions of the wheel arches as well. Whatever sealer they used on my van Urethane wouldnt stick to it, but Sika Roof and Gutter did. After 10 months on the road we recently sprung dust leaks in the lower cabinets around the wheel arches and I suspect the vibration, heat, dust and flex got the better of it. I washed it stripped out the sealer and re did it and that seems to have worked,
I don't block vents at all, I have a piece of trampoline mat I shove in behind the lower fridge van vent "sometimes", if I rememeber which isnt often ... then I forget to take it out. Actually I think its in there now. You will get dust in if you travel on dirt roads long enough, its unavoidable but we havent found it bad. Positive pressure wont work so well in our van because we have 3 large Dometic roof hatches and they dont seal because they provide the gas venting
We didn't find the dust in the Gibb particularly bad, we've certainly had far worse.
For the car was $200 and for the van was $170 (the tyre cost the most as it was a newby)
Hey what van do you have? We're looking for spare rim & tyre for our outback panda and am in Perth too.
We have the 21.64 outback version. (Now an obsolete model, but is the larger version of the 20.64)
Here is a link I Remember watching few months ago. Come across it on bookface watching old mate do gibb river track. They just used top part of a safari snorkel. Great video hope it helps
This is a good idea, however you would need to ensure sufficient airflow coming in to overcome the many exit points for the air.
In our van we have 3 roof hatches, the vents in the door, above the door, the fridge and wherever Jayco has missed sealing.
To keep the pressure inside higher than outside you'd really need to be able to measure it somehow.
If you don't ensure this pressure differential then all you are doing is adding a new dust ingress point.
In my industry we deal with energy efficiency and air leakage in homes. In one particular study dealing with brick veneer walls CSIRO would set off smoke flares under the house. All the coloured smoke would then reveal where all the leaks are.
One might consider the same in the van - use the flares or a smoke bomb inside and watch where the smoke escapes from. There should be enough that it will emit from every opening. Just close off the big obvious ones first to find the little ones.
(And as an exciting feature, using a coloured flare could also effectively and permanently stain the entire interior with which ever colour you choose.
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One might consider the same in the van - use the flares or a smoke bomb inside and watch where the smoke escapes from. There should be enough that it will emit from every opening. Just close off the big obvious ones first to find the little ones.
(And as an exciting feature, using a coloured flare could also effectively and permanently stain the entire interior with which ever colour you choose.
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Hi @Brougham,
Keep an eye on gumtree, took me about 3 months but ended up picking up a brand new spare that matched our 2012 OB for $150 never spun a day in its life
Jayco had my style rim in Perth but it was $270 for the rim and I had to put a tyre on as well.Cheers Max,
That's why the filter pads are put in place .
Driving along at 60-100km / he the input is going to be much more than the out going . The only way it can't be is if t if you have 1 single point twice the size of the input air .. path of least resistance - Ventilation 101 .
The Snorkel heads are also designed to allow any rain to leave the head before entering your filter, or in this case, your living room