Well over the last few weeks i have been a little tied up but have managed to bend up some of the exo cage. I have also been looking at ways to attach the cage to the "chassis" preferably without welding it. The best way seems to be to pick up the same point that are used for attaching rock bars and ...

You may also want to check your front UJ's as these can make some interesting noises if they are worn.

finaly back on track, almost finished the winch mount.


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I finally got the diff in and rebuilt the brakes today. The springs have been re-tentioned, new break slace cylinders and brake pads. drums were OK internally but had a bit of scale on the outside. all the springs and mechanisim were ok. I cleaned all the bits up and coated them with a rustkill ...

TJ: That certinly sounds like a good idea. it may be possible to just modifiy the existing system and replace the rotor with an optical or hall sensor that would do the same thing then sit independent coils on each plug. what way even if one coil fails the others will opperate. I might look into ...

I had been on that driveway about 17 times over the week leading up to the incadent, My estimates were about right and the water was at tyre level. I did get out and take a look also using the trees on the side and the marker in the distance as an estimation of the depth. Unlike the way i bnormally ...

Dave, Thanks for the imput however the problem is not if my insurance covered it as this was a FLOOD situation. Maybe i should not have tried to drive thru it however there were not many choices in this instance. There were pleanty of markers showing the direction of the drive way and the depth was ...

The driveway is the first driveway heading north just before you get to the hoteo river bridge. The river had swelled and coverd the driveway. The water was not fast running and seemed quite placid. It was only after pulling he engine down later that i discovered the problem was twofold. First the ...

This incadent took place up at Springhill just north of warkworth, i would not really say it was flood damaged as the only issue seems to be the water in the transmission. engine is fine and as i religiously took the time to go over the jeep with fisoline and waterproof all the electrical connectors ...

in this case the vehicle was taken to Warkworth where Lumley arranged to have their accessor take a look at it. evryting was still there at that stage. then it was transported back to auckland by Lumley to their choosen storage facility where it was apprasied. at this stage items seemed to have cone ...

int this particular instance it was not a clu trip, just going out to have a chat with the guy who owns springhill farm. I was on a tarsealed driveway and had been there 2 days prior. It was only when the vehicle floated to the side that the water got deep real fast. I am a member of the Manukau 4WD ...

Well the dust has now settled on my little incadent and i have given myself enough time to be able to write an objective letter regarding insurance. I used Barley Insuirance to insure my Jeep with full cover, i found them to be great and was able to drive offroad with the confort that if anyting ...

The police would be the first stop for laying a complaint, just present them with a file that has been well laid out in a manner that ensures they can read it in a cronological manner with referencing notes. Also contact the bank and request they provide the address details for the guy, they will ...

Well after (another) rather unfortunate event I decided to rebuild the jeep and make a few mods keeping it within the requirements to maker it easy to get it certified. http://www.borg.net.nz/albums/HoopeFamily/picture063.thumb.jpg http://www.borg.net.nz/gallery/HoopeFamily/picture063 Previously the ...

To top off things I have just been informed that stage 31 was also puled, considering there were quite a few people who zeroed my stage and not all of them were in big V8's its a wee bit of a joke. There were some mixed results and although lots of shoe put on a spectacular show for the audiance the ...

As a volunteer and a member of the Manukau 4WD club im glad you trials guys really appreciated the work we put into the event. I was maning stage 31 and certainly tried to keep a smile while being pelted with mud and keeping an eye on the scoring. This is the second event I have marshalled and in ...

I would have thought that having a longer shackle would have increased the lift rather than decreased it.

A friend has a Disco and would like to come out on a few shiney trips. He does not have bullbars however has been given a towbar mount that should be OK for a rear recovery point however we are trying to figure out what to do with the ones in the front. Attached to the left there is an eyelet and we ...

Also just something that I would recoment after putting any lift on the XJ is to clean the driveshaft where it enters the transfer case. a dirty shaft will cause the rear seal on the transfer case to flog out real quick. its not a huge pain to replace but certinly something that you dont want to ...

I was either going to use the recomended stuff from steel and tube (the HT stuff)or as someone else pointed out schedule40. would love to do it in moly however thats a little more than the wife will let me spend Maybe i should cancell the life insurance policy The only other thing that worries me ...

That makes perfect sense. My thinking was to atleast try and stop the valve moving by securing it and the tube to the rim internally only in the centre part of the rim. The rotational movement on the tyre is not too bad and measuring it when the tyres are running down as low as 12 to 15psi the ...

the deal we have come upon is that ill run with it, put the fronts in. the second the driveshaft falls out, or breaklines snap, or new shocks (which allowed for 50mm more travel) tear their arses out, they will be sending a truck, mechanic and a chequebook. Be aware that the rear brake line ...

Thanks guys, looks like i will have to give cadwells a call and see what they have available. The most expensive part seems to be the dies mroffroader: that looks like the drawings for a pipe bender. the diference between the pipe bender and tube bender is that the tube bender uses a swedge to ...

Im not expert but did get to watch one of the videos on w that had a peice about recovery straps. A rope has no give in it and when doing a recovery using one there are a lot of violent forces being transferred into the vehicles. With a proper recovery strap or snatch rope/strap there is some ...

I have been having problems with my tubes slipping inside my rims. My thoughts were that sing a contact adhesive inside the rim should reduce the slip. has anyone ever attempted or heard of anyone doing so?

Regards
Andrew

One of the many plans on for my next set of holidays is to start fabing an external cage. there seems to only be a handfull of options when it comes to bending the tube. has any one got any sugestions?

No i dont have a tube bender yet and am looking for one or may lease one.

Regards
Andrew

I looked at one of them a while back then realised that many of the holes i end up in would mean that i would have to dig the exhaust out first. then there was the stability issue.

Saying that it would be really handy around the camp site and make a nice seat

its about 4" but about to be done again, Im working on a longarm and with luck may se about taking it to about 6 possibly 8 but will really depend on how the longarm turns out

Shariya85: Im not sure how dead this thread is but the PtTime 4X4 light is a common jeep thing, One of my Cherokees will not go out of 4X4 part time unless its no grass. the other i have to take it to about 30km/h then go from 4x4 PtTime to 2wd then button off the juce before it drops back.

Andrew