Upgrading the Solar Panels on Our Expedition Vehicle We recently upgraded the solar panels on our expedition vehicle from 610 watts to 4 x 225 watt panels totaling 900 watts. This process also meant we upgraded the SmartSolar MPPT to a twin system with a Victron MPPT...
Expedition Vehicle Birthday Now that we have a large garage, it's time to give our expedition vehicle a birthday! This includes fixing little issues and performing periodic maintenance. The Must-Do Completed Clean out gas compartment Check wheel nuts Bleed brakes...
Toyo Australia on 6 December 2021, announced that they will no longer be stocking any M 608z 285/70r19.5 Tyres in Australia. Is there an alternative?
All About 4WDAUS - Our Amesz 4WD Motorhome We just love our Amesz. Built on the 2007 Mitsubishi Canter FG649 4x4 truck with a turbo 3.9l diesel engine, it’s a great reliable vehicle. The camper was built by Amesz Designs Perth WA, who were renown for building a tough...
Solar / Batteries for our Expedition Vehicle! We get the question a lot about how should we set up the solar / battery system in our expedition vehicle? Sadly the answer is not an easy one. We have been using our new solar / battery setup now for 4 months and can...
Broken Front Suspension Bushes July 2016 OK.... must admit that I was not 100% sure of just what I was looking at here on the Mitsubishi Canter FG 649, nor had I realise how bad the suspension bush was. All we could see was a little flat rubber on the edge of the...
Without going overboard on costs, we wanted to ensure our Mitsubishi Canter (FG649) was getting the most it could from the engine. Some power gains are possible by reducing the impedance exhaust gasses face as they are pushed to the back of the truck. The most...
Leaf Spring Upgrade - SSA Australia Getting the ride right for 4WDAUS truck was one of the hardest exercises we undertook, The process took far far longer to get right than we had hoped and we under took a few Leaf Spring Upgrades from a couple of manufacturers. We...
One of the first upgrades I have done to 4WDaus Canter was to replace the seats. It was a frustrating and painful process, but once we got past the initial issue of installation and 2 seat rebuilds due to sub quality supplied have found them excellent. Currently my...
Over the last 12 months when we have gone to tilt the truck cab we have found it firmly stuck closed. We have put it down to heat fusing the rubber on the under side of the cab and possibly thought a trip to Mr Mitsubishi maybe required to fix it. Luckily for us,...
Many times we are asked what solar system are we running and what are the technical details. Here is some information you may find interesting. When we purchased the Amesz we found our batteries were always close to fully discharged. At that point we had 130 watt...
The original Amesz 4x4 Camper was fitted with an Ibis air conditioner. Whilst I am sure this airconditioner served the previous owners well, it was something we decided would be best upgraded. The new Ibis Mk3 was released in May 2014 and promised 20% better cooling...