Looks like a great job. I understand that Automatic TJ gearboxes do suffer from water getting inside. I have not read your earlier posts on upgrades to the TJ, but I assume you have looked at that aspect? The gearbox breather is open to the bell housing, and the solution I understand is to put a ...

good comments here, but remember Plasma is subject to damage due to heat caused by friction so you need to take care with blocks, fair leads and rubbing on the ground, trees and other things that the rope could get dragged over.
Once it is overheated it is stuffed.

Tallsam66 And Pr
You thick nuts!!!
Why attack the messenger?
Dip sticks!!!
Wake up!!!
Paul said:-
"So for us it is a managed balance."

As Benny Hill always said
"Why do you not listen!!!"

Take care, this is not an easy debate. Both have advantages and disadvantages, for my money, stick with the wire rope that came with your winch, use it and learn its strengths and weaknesses, then after that and the wire rope needs replacing you are in a better position to judge which is the best ...

Petefj40
Thanks for your honesty. yep sometimes it is tough but, hey that is life.

Hey Pete & others (Including the "Mike's") Don't feel bad about making a few bad posts. We have all done that!! This forum has mainly up sides, much sharing and caring and passing on some good advise, Keep it comming!!! Putting aside some emotion and biased comments on this one if you sit back and ...

I think you all miss the point about legal access.
If you are not responsible about it, then you don"t deserve to be there.

Mudbum, I like the cut of your cloth, a new guy to 4WDing and you were exposed to some bad stuff. I agree with what others say, go talk to th e authorities about that trip as the guys responsible for ripping up the place need to be sorted, otherwise regardless of all the best efforts that these ...

wjw, I think this is a different Coast Care, Canterbury Regional council used to run a group years ago out of Leithfield or Amberley beach area I think, and that character Fred Murray was involved, I am going back a few years, but I think the post here could be from that group, and yes it would be ...

Probably arrived here inside an imported 4WD from Japan.
Then jumped truck!

Yep, that is what this forum is all about from what I see a lot of good hearted banter about Toyota??
Or maybe Land Rover???
Or maybe what ever.
Any way it all makes for a good nights entertaimnet I say!!

A rolled Prado is worth scrapping that is all. Or maybe an anchor for a boat mooring!! Anyone with one will realise the old joke. What is the happiest day in your life? The day I gave my Prado away! I read an article in a 4WD Club Magazine recently about Prados and it said you need to do a hell of ...

Well put H2OLOVA, I used to live nearby and loved the wide open rivers, and the Waipara is a great spot. Sorry to hear about all the issues and it seems that a few stupid idiots are ruining it again for the majority. Letihfield seems to be running close to the wind, I assume from is nick name that ...

yep sunday is the 1st all right
Plus I think he means Kowhai

My msitake I miss understood about this forum joing thing.

Thanks too Al for being so blunt. Must have mis read a couple of bits.

Sorry my muck up.

Humble pie for tea tonight!
Will remain quiet for a while while I sit in the corner with the wee pointed hat on!

madaz608, you assume too much. You don't even know me, you aren't even married to me so how do you know that I bitch and moan? You sound like my wife!!! You naughty man you! Any way serious time:- It is not I that is on test here. It is not my mood swings that are important here it is up to you to ...

Yep sure will!
I see that you are the PRO for NZ4WDA so hence the biased reply.
Is this just s ploy to fool people into you guys getting more money???

WIFM Comes to mind. when thinking of NZ4WDA Translation:- What Is In It For Me? Having read now this thread fully the answer is:- Nothing, Nough zero zip Should I go On..... ??? Bugger I will anyway:- The strength of this forum is it's openess it's ability to network like minded people with a ...

I confronted some bike riders once while fishing at Birdlings Flat, and did the old "do you know you should not be here" touch and they said there are no signs so who says we can't be here? That is the issue some of them think it is open go where ever you like until either a sign or someone says ...

War (noun) 1 Strife (especially between countries) involving military, naval, or air attacks. 2 open hostility between people 3 a strong effort to combat crime or disease or poverty etc Thats the Oxford definition of 'War' Sorry, mentioned "Club" word and somehow it got confused with "war!?" Great ...

Good call Jerry, You are right the damage that people that you call 'morons' do, do impact on the entire 4WD community, their careless or stuppid acts do get into the press and do create hassles for Clubs NZ4WD assn Combined Clubs and other organisations who do do a lot of work with councils and the ...

Good response Leithfield Plus in response to your earlier question, I have no agenda at all, just a long time 4WDer and watcher of this and other forums. I decided to join in this forum as it contained quite a lot of local Canterbury people and I heard through the grape vine that trips were being ...

Geez I was out last night just caught up on the goss what a great thread this one is going to be. Lots of banter and so forth. It is good as it will get a good result for everyone in the end. But hey some of you guys need to loosen up a little don't get too up tight, afterall it is all supposed to ...

Hey I am not knocking what you guys are doing here, but you are getting into a serious area and are you really qualified to do it? So why not join a Club? They have already done all the work with safety and it generally works (well from what I have seen & heard) Clubs do have a lot of BS, but they ...

Fair enough,
but think about it all you guys are doing here is creating your own version of BS?

Sounds like the way to go, But all you are doing is reinventing what 4WD Clubs do, so why not just join a club?
They have all that as part of their minimum standards.

The entire Waimak river is being managed by a new River managemnet Plan. It is available from Ecan offices if you wish to have a look, Basically the river is being managed to allow different groups to have access to only certian areas, but at present the river is OK for 4WD vehicles on both sides ...