16th & 17th Feb

[muddy_munke]

Weekend again. Time to work on the Hilux. Have 'bobbed' the tray just finishing it off then I can throw some pics up. Hoping to finish mounting the fuel tank and run the lines. Finish welding the exhaust up and a we bit of wiring.
It never ends!!

[basics]

just been around the south coast, a good 3m swell, hugh waves, looks really good. some mad people out there surfing

might have a new issue with my truck now, kept jumping out of low ratio. and at one stage, count get it out of low.
any ideas?

[badnuz]

i have had cruiser parked up since whanga road trip, giving it some much overdue maintance.... i have fitted all new brake pads and shoes ( should have a working handbrake now lol). im doing the rear diff oil change if it ever stops raining and have just finished the diff and gearbox breather extensions... (finally) now i just need the offsetting changed on my rims and fit some flares and its off to the cert man

[xj]

Finally got recovery mount and hook onto the new bar. (see here for lateast update of completion of the bar, and rant about the manufacturer viewtopic.php?f=32&t=9839&p=110576#p110576 )

Fitted up Rexys donated removable tow bar tongue. Chopped the back 150-odd mm off, welded a 50x50mm plate into the back to beef it up a bit.

Added lugs onto front bar to mount spotlights. Will fit spots and wire up next week.

[philux]

finally got the truck running again, took it for a spin down the waimac and blew the rear diff not much of an achievment really

[muddy_munke]

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=8088&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=45

Got tray finished bar paint work. I hate bog!!!

[coxsy]

did the pironga rual voluntary fire brigade safari this weekend cool fun, thanks to those who ran the event , drove fram tracks clay hills bushtracks ran long the top of steep ridges ,between mazie fields well worth the time, will be back next year

[haynzy]

Made good progress on the lux this weekend
rebuilt front hubs with new bearings and seals and installed new tg histeer arms, removed old front sump and oil pump and installed new mid/rear sump and oil pump from a 7mgte, bolted up new tg leaf springs and shackles farrk its gonna be high
Must be said that the tg stuff I got from jafa has been awesome the whole kit has been easy for even a dumb builder to put in and for a fraction over 3k I have all the gear I need to convert to histeer and 4in lift front and rear and it even included all new bearings and seals for the front end some thumbs up from me to tg and jafa and the team at snr keep up the good work guys

[wopass]

went fishing thismorning (offroad !) pigged out on fresh snappa tonight and will do so for the rest of the week ... only caught 9 fish (3 hours fishing at a mussel farm off the Yak) all of which are well over the 40cm and one of them pulling the scales to 10lb. nice

[Ryan]

not much done in my shed this weekend.......just got the new clutch in on saturday and my arms are still sore from laying on my back and lifting the gearbox out and back in!! lol

[UBZ]

Stripped down and flushed the entire cooling system on the Zuk , installed a new water pump and Cam belt.
Water blasted underneath for an hour or so and only got half the grime off. (Didn't find any more rust though )
Installed new bushes on the front leafs and gave the mounts a fresh coat of paint.

But spent most of the day battling with rusted shackle bolts and broken water pump bolts in the block.

[wopass]

better put some pics up i guess.....

see...theres a truck in there




the little one next to the gaff mesures just under 40cm

[mercutio]

fiddled around with my car a bit more got all the engine stuff in only got a few extra parts now
still waiting for the clutch slave cylinder and then i can put in the exhaust and finally replace the front brake discs and shoes

how is this 4wd related i hear you ask when i have got this up and running again i can take the mudcedes off the road for a little while i am planning on pulling out the springs and getting them reset all around i plan to lift it about 50 mm

[Suza]

Spent yesterday doing what was ment to be a 50mm suspion lift to the bighorn but ended up being 80mm at the moment and then having a couple of beers before getting a wheel alignment today.

[haynzy]

managed to get the front diff back in with wheels on tonight

dunno how the cooks gonna get in

[Ryan]

managed to get the front diff back in with wheels on tonight

dunno how the cooks gonna get in

fark that looks pretty high!! but good!!

[spanky]

had a good weekend took the kids into our play area by home and took my oldest up the bush on sunday with a mate and his girl so pretty easy going for us.the play area is 12 acres of pines /swamp and hills and gullys that belongs to our water board in kakahi and if we look after it by spraying blackberrys and such it is ours to do what we like , so we have already been stuck in squashing stuff before we spray,and getting stuck in the swamp quite a few times, will post some pics but how do we do it with no albums?
vaughan

[lilpigzuk]

had a good weekend took the kids into our play area by home and took my oldest up the bush on sunday with a mate and his girl so pretty easy going for us.the play area is 12 acres of pines /swamp and hills and gullys that belongs to our water board in kakahi and if we look after it by spraying blackberrys and such it is ours to do what we like , so we have already been stuck in squashing stuff before we spray,and getting stuck in the swamp quite a few times, will post some pics but how do we do it with no albums?
vaughan

go too http://www.photobucket.com make an account. Load photos. Copy [IMG] address of photo too thread. Real easy once you work it out the first time.

[fweddy]

Not much 4x4 related this weekend but the little I did was interesting.

Ashley has been high, during the week I went to check it out. Kept to the sides and decided to go through a small side stream to get around a stopbank and check further down. Principle is don't enter brown flowing water, but I knew this was a small crossing and only has flow when it is in flood. Crossed any way, found out the principle still applies. Was a show deeper than expected, the bow wave topped my windscreen, filled the heater ducts and poured on my feet! Passenger's only comment was, "The snorkel is useful aye!"

Had a wee look down stream and decided I couldn't go further down without risk so had to return the way I came. decided to use the same crossing point as at least I knew it was passable. Entered slower and still covered the bonnet and got swept down a little. Had to turn upstream and scramble out. Passenger's only comment was, "Four wheel drive is handy aye!"

Sunday evening went to view the vastly reduced river, used same crossing and just splashed the tyres in the remaining puddle. Had a wee drive round and fell into some soft sand (had been driving on sand for a while) Since river has rehashed everything its a new world to explore. Called up help and got pulled out a couple of minutes later (normal mate is away on honeymoon!). Got home and washed dog who was also in the sand/mud!

[85BJ73]

Got both front Cv's re-greased, new axle seals fitted and front wheel bearings greased, greased all shackle pins, and checked winch worm oil level, replaced shear pin in winch, went for a beach drive to check everything still worked, and planned moving the locker air tank to a more passenger friendly location, fixed front passenger seat tilt cable that was broken, filled compressor auto oiler.

[Dr_PC]

Spent Saturday doing a recce for the Okaihau Fire brigade Fun run 40 kms off road, 10kms back to my truck on SH1 hoping no highway patrol about. Didnt really matter that day wife was driving
Sunday went back my turn to drive, and lead a group around, had all the shinies, New Toyota, New pajero, New V8 VW Toureg, and others but all latest models dont think there was anything under 70 grand. Was most impressed with the traction control of the VW on the wet grass on the slopes. Great run ended up with 112 registrations, thanks to all the members from both the BOI and Whangarei clubs who came along as well to support a good cause.