v8 barbie make over.....

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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby yeti » Sun May 03, 2015 9:01 pm

yeah .......... :D made a hell of a noise sitting on 100ks .....pulled fuel line as well kinda lucky she didn't burn (well maybe not :mrgreen: ) totally my own fault not re tying cleaning up under there after working on it .... :oops: might have to lower tm price,,,, :wink:
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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby yeti » Wed May 06, 2015 8:00 pm

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this might take awhile ...... :shock:
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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby yeti » Sat May 09, 2015 7:03 am

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what to do........... :?: :?:
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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby Petemcc » Sat May 09, 2015 8:03 am

got insurance?

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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby ChurchurDan » Sat May 09, 2015 8:44 am

ebay, Buy another engine harness?

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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby QUADRACER » Sat May 09, 2015 9:32 am

Talk to Sav he might have one
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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby yeti » Sat May 09, 2015 10:15 am

QUADRACER wrote:Talk to Sav he might have one


have spoken to sav ....hes still laughing ...says I should quit this one and buy his red one ... :wink: ....has some spare bits plus rest outta a 96 wrangler...so harness should be easy to get here ... :shock:

pete saving the insurance for the big one..... :mrgreen:

ebay was on cards ;;

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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby Checkerhead » Sat May 09, 2015 10:33 am

yeti wrote:
have spoken to Sav ....hes still laughing ...says I should quit this one and buy his red one ...


Sounds like a plan to me.
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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby yeti » Sat May 09, 2015 1:01 pm

Checkerhead wrote:
yeti wrote:
have spoken to Sav ....hes still laughing ...says I should quit this one and buy his red one ...


Sounds like a plan to me.



3 jeeps ....why not :lol:
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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby yeti » Sat May 09, 2015 5:10 pm

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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby TJ » Sat May 09, 2015 8:12 pm

Does not look like fun at all. Good luck.
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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby tomsoffroad » Mon May 11, 2015 7:05 am

Bloody hell Wayne :shock: that truck hates you doesn't it...
First it tries to kill you, then when that fails it tries to kill itself! !

Toyota tho........ they love their owners :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby yeti » Mon May 11, 2015 2:54 pm

tomsoffroad wrote:Bloody hell Wayne :shock: that truck hates you doesn't it...
First it tries to kill you, then when that fails it tries to kill itself! !

Toyota tho........ they love their owners :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

yeah gotta wounder if name should be Christine .......... :shock:
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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby tomsoffroad » Mon May 11, 2015 3:49 pm

Haha does it fix itself? ?

Burn it bro burn it!! :lol:

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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby yeti » Mon May 11, 2015 4:28 pm

fix itself ,,,,,,,,,yeah na ......tried burning it but failed and burnt my fringe .. : :mrgreen:
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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby tomsoffroad » Mon May 11, 2015 7:09 pm

:lol: :lol: :lol: so really what's happening here is a power struggle. You think you own a jeep, it knows it owns you :wink: :mrgreen: You have my sympathy brother :mrgreen:

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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby yeti » Mon May 11, 2015 7:14 pm

That about covers it tom .. :twisted:


Kinda a hate hate relationship at mo ....
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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby yeti » Fri Jun 05, 2015 5:49 pm

so got a harness /loom sent over from states...had a friend pull one from a pick apart...........$27us......shipping was steep....$80us.... :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

cheap as chips .......now the fun begins 8)


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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby yeti » Wed Jul 15, 2015 5:33 pm

forgot I ordered one of these ...... :wink:



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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby yeti » Sun Aug 16, 2015 8:40 pm

well made a start ...


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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby yeti » Sun Aug 30, 2015 8:02 pm

got it fired up yesterday....still a bit to do but it runs again 8)



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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby yeti » Mon Oct 12, 2015 8:06 pm

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only cost a couple of home made burgers.......good progress runs great, cheers rick and mike..... :mrgreen:
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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby yeti » Mon Jan 11, 2016 3:43 pm

been slack and haven't touch the old girl for a couple of months but hey new year and all....have new water pump and other bits on way from states and today finished cleaning up the couple of crossed wires I had......couple of zip ties ,bit of solder and some tape,,, what can go wrong :mrgreen:

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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby yeti » Mon Jan 11, 2016 3:57 pm

now I can get onto fixing this

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welded it on a few years back as a quick fix so could do winch comp....the 6 bolt holes are stripped into frame , had something to do with the trans coming out 27 times maybe :) ....have a plan....well a mate has,, 8) then its bonnet cut and guard lift time ........
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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby yeti » Wed Jan 13, 2016 11:53 am

been awhile but drove it outta the shed for the first time in a long time.........still a bit to do before can do skids ....


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make a start on the cheap zj I picked up now.... :oops:
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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby TJ » Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:01 am

It's alive.......

Great to see it out again.
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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby Checkerhead » Thu Jan 14, 2016 11:10 am

What's the plan for the zj?
Keep it road legal?
Cut it up?
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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby yeti » Thu Jan 14, 2016 11:19 am

fishing mate....same as the old green xj.....got all the bits just got throw em on ....slightly smaller tahs 32s...biggest thing is bar for winch re airbags and what people tell me re cert and age of jeep...I know the 14 years and older pull all air bag shit blah blah get cert.......some say different....will do some reading .....nice to see your build ticking along chap.. :D
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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby tomsoffroad » Fri Jan 15, 2016 7:18 am

Good to see you've got Barbie going again.......... wonder what its scheming for next time? :mrgreen: :twisted:

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Re: v8 barbie make over.....

Postby yeti » Fri Jan 15, 2016 7:26 am

tomsoffroad wrote:Good to see you've got Barbie going again.......... wonder what its scheming for next time? :mrgreen: :twisted:

years of trouble free wheeling ......................................... :twisted:
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