Bush Mechanics | Fencing Wire Muffler Repair & Tool Packing Tips

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Bush Mechanics | Fencing Wire Muffler Repair & Tool Packing Tips

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Fencing Wire is a useful tool to carry in your 4x4 while travelling. It can aid in bush repairs where alternatives are scarce. Carrying fencing wire and fencing pliers are a must have for remote touring repairs.
There are three tensile types of fencing wire, soft, medium and high. High tensile has the higest breaking strain but the most difficult to bend and manipulate. With Soft tensile the easiest to bend to your requirements, but a lower breaking strain. Choose a medium for a good all rounder suitable for most repairs. Whatever you have access to, at least carry a few meters with you for emergency repairs.
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@adelarsen9776 4 жыл бұрын

An old bushman's tip : With your roll of wire, bend over and loop the end of the wire to stop it springing out and stabbing your skin or eyes. Not such a big deal with a small roll but with a full size roll it is important. Just bend the tip back a couple of inches until the end meets the wire again. No more snags or stabbing injuries. It also means you can find the end of the wire easily. The best wire for vehicular use is (as you say), 10 gauge soft fencing wire. That's 3.25mm. It allows movement and vibration which is good in a repair. High tensile is a nightmare and is too stiff to connect parts which are vibrating. Best to buy Australian made Waratah brand wire. And here's a tip out of left field : If you carry Donaldson fencing strainers you can use them as a "winch" to pull bent exhausts back into position. Or to pull a chassis rail or itinerant axle housing back into position. It's good to know how to do a Cobb and Co Twitch too. Very useful for vehicular repairs and for building fences. Cheers.

@joshua86901 4 жыл бұрын

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@longrider42 4 жыл бұрын

In Wyoming, we call that bailing wire. Good stuff to have handy. Ah, fencing pliers I've used have a hammer side and a horn, and a special hooked section to twist wire. But those are good pliers. In the US we call those Lineman pliers.

@lukebountris4995 4 жыл бұрын

I enjoy viewing your content watching always manages to put a smile on my keep doing what you love and you enjoy peace out

@kevinward4714 4 жыл бұрын

I remember you went out there about 6 years ago & told of your troubles, it was at a meeting at a local brisbane 4x4 club.This must be that trip, your landy looks much newer.

@RoamingTheOutback 4 жыл бұрын

yes this is all old footage from different trips.

@MikeJones-vt9fu 4 жыл бұрын

Great clip mate thanks. I find 2.5 or 3.15mm soft tensile wire handy for bush repairs. Waratah fencing in Australia make a range of smaller coils of wire called “Farmers Friend Tire Wire” ordered through rural merchandise outlets.

@RoamingTheOutback 4 жыл бұрын

smaller coils are always handy.. from my research it seemed I'd have to order 1000m or more of fencing wire.. a bit costly when I only need a few meters.

@evanduggan431 4 жыл бұрын

This is not the first time you have had to pick up after mechanics and their mistakes.

@nealknight-turvey5048 4 жыл бұрын

Noticed that too. And wonder if it's the same mechanic. Didn't even give you Mates Rates...

@andrewaltschwager5000 4 жыл бұрын

Gotta love the old fencing wire hey Brett.

@Wilbargosh 4 жыл бұрын

I remember Exercise Kangaroo 95. We packed up in Weipa and drove back to Townsville. The corrugation rattled the air cleaner hose off a defender 110. I use some fencing wire to tie the bits back together. Bit strange for an officer fixing a car for a grunt, but thats what you do to keep the convoy packet moving!

@emu4wdadventures631 4 жыл бұрын

Great top wire and cable ties are always in the boot. Steve

@blauemadeleine 4 жыл бұрын

Again a great and useful clip. Thank you... And stay safe!

@donaldhalvorsen4135 4 жыл бұрын

Great kit Brett. You should put that on your website.

@EFFICIENTSELF 4 жыл бұрын

Nicely done with the good ole fencing wire 👍🍻

@lindsaybrown7357 4 жыл бұрын

I remember replacing a broken clutch linkage in an old HQ with a length of fencing wire cut from a cockies fence. Used a screw driver to twist and tension it. The cocky must have been scratching his head trying to work out why someone would steal two foot of his fence.

@gibsonethirty2836 4 жыл бұрын

Nicely done Brett, carry on! :D

@Sthilboy56 4 жыл бұрын

I now carry stainless steel sip ties as well as wire , they are very very strong and don’t melt 👍

@TWX1138 4 жыл бұрын

some time ago I had suggested long, fully threaded bolts and loading them up with nuts and washers. Please consider revisiting that. You could even buy some lengths of threaded rod with nuts and washers on it, and store it under the hood at the sides.

@RoamingTheOutback 4 жыл бұрын

I've been carrying a threaded rod with nuts and washers for about 6 years. Always a part of my kit. Thanks.

@MrFastFarmer 4 жыл бұрын

Many years ago in a ford cortina the alternator fell off, so we tied it on with fencing wire. Always wondered if that farmers cattle notice half the fence missing ;-)

@marcusrwalker 4 жыл бұрын

Would love to see you do a follow up video on your lithium battery, still have it under the bonnet? any issues with it?

@RoamingTheOutback 4 жыл бұрын

The lithium is under the passenger seat in my defender. Going strong. No problems to date.

@marcusrwalker 4 жыл бұрын

@@RoamingTheOutback Oh cool cool thanks. There are some new ones that claim they are drop in under bonnet replacements, just wonder how they go with the heat.

@obedevert28 4 жыл бұрын

May be videoing the mechanics while they are doing the work should help. Please can you update on any new modifications you are planning to make ? Thanks

@RoamingTheOutback 4 жыл бұрын

No new mods for time being.. just trying to save.

@livelife645 4 жыл бұрын

Brett with that particular bracket could a couple of decent sized zip ties of helped as well? Doesnt seem to be on any hot areas? Cheers

@RoamingTheOutback 4 жыл бұрын

possibly yes.. though as I've found with my rear mudflap repairs, even the largest zip ties snap pretty quick where there is movement. A muffler has a bit of strain attached to it and constantly flexing with the chassis mounts. May not be strong enough to last the whole track onwards.

@BenMitro 4 жыл бұрын

Cables ties may or may not last to the end of the day, fencing wire will outlast the vehicle in this scenario IMHO.

@gibsonethirty2836 4 жыл бұрын

You can and should always take Stainless Steel zip ties (yes they are a thing, Bunnings sells them as well), the strongest ones can hold 250Kg I think it was.

@danthetourist 4 жыл бұрын

Love the show, cheers buddy. 👍or is it 👎because you are down under ha!

@TombstoneHeart 4 жыл бұрын

If you can't fix it with a Cobb & Co, it can't be fixed at all! A struggling little Aussie battler, a wheat-and-sheep cocky, comes in from one of his paddocks to be met by his wife, who tells him, "Your three-year old son fell off the front veranda and broke his arm. We're going to have to take him into town to the doctor to get a splint put on it." The cocky looks at her in horror and says, "Doctor?? Splint?? Bloody hell, don't tell me we're out of fencing wire too!"

@markp4668 4 жыл бұрын

Fencing wire otherwise known as Cocky's Joy.

@sierracharlie7293 4 жыл бұрын

I'd consider something with a Toyota Badge on it mate. If anyone from Toyota is watching, opportunity awaits...

@alanbstard4 4 жыл бұрын

why do LR do this to people?

@RoamingTheOutback 4 жыл бұрын

I wish I knew. Now I always check where possible any work I have mechanics do.

@BenMitro 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty much all the workshops do this. Pressure from us to reduce prices combined with pressure from the owners to increase profits means the employed mechanic is always in a hurry and the result of being in a hurry is forgetting things and no time to check the work.

@donaldhalvorsen4135 4 жыл бұрын

It’s called British revenge

@gibsonethirty2836 4 жыл бұрын

Lets get something clear here, this was a local mechanics fuck up, not Land Rover. Mind you though, the exhaust system could have been designed a little better and on the next iteration it was. Its a lot simpler and stronger on a Td5 than the 300Tdi (Brett's truck)

@alanbstard4 4 жыл бұрын

@@donaldhalvorsen4135 ha! I guess so