Gary & Diane - Ramblin' On » Jackaroo http://garysoffice.com About the Riverland, Caravaning, Geocaching, Travelling ..... Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 UHF & CD/Tuner Fitted into Jackaroo http://garysoffice.com/2006/09/10/uhf-cdtuner-fitted-into-jackaroo/ http://garysoffice.com/2006/09/10/uhf-cdtuner-fitted-into-jackaroo/#comments Sun, 10 Sep 2006 01:24:49 +0000 Gary http://www.go.id.au/?p=42 We have now installed the Uniden UHF radio and Pioneer CD/Tuner into the Jackaroo.

As with any installation there were a few problems which needed to be sorted out.

The most serious was to locate the Pioneer CD/Tuner so that the fold down front could be folded down to enable the CD to be inserted. Unfortunately the front can only drop down about 80 degrees before the volume knob hits the console. This fortunately still provides sufficient room to insert and eject the CD.

Uniden UHF Installed

Pioneer CD/Tuner Installed

]]> http://garysoffice.com/2006/09/10/uhf-cdtuner-fitted-into-jackaroo/feed/ 0 Our Jackaroo XS (1994) http://garysoffice.com/2006/08/13/our-jackaroo-ls-1994/ http://garysoffice.com/2006/08/13/our-jackaroo-ls-1994/#comments Sun, 13 Aug 2006 03:07:19 +0000 Gary http://www.go.id.au/?p=36 Whilst we know that we could tow our caravan with our Magna, we were concerned with the strain that was being put on the Magna, when towing between 80kph and 90kph. The Magna is being driven in excess of 35,000kms per year for Gary to commute to and from work.  We therefore decided to purchase a dedicated tow vehicle.

The Jackaroo is an XS model which is the mid range model. It is an automatic and has a cruise control which will hopefully assist somewhat with maintaining a reasonable fuel consumption. We picked up the Jackaroo Friday afternoon and took it for a drive to and from Adelaide on Saturday, travelling around 500kms all up.

The Jackaroo (whilst not towing the caravan) is currently returning 6.8kms per litre or 14.72 litres per 100kms. After we have done our first trip towing the caravan we will post updated fuel consumption figures whilst towing the caravan.

1994 Jackaroo LS

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