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hiriklux · Post by **hiriklux** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:56 pm

well had a little run down the waipara

albundy bust a cv :lol:

so went home early me mat and kev carried on till i found a soft bit and got stuck water waist high in the cab :shock:

engine started to sound like shit so asked for a tow :shock:

kev to the rescue who then got stuck too :shock:

so matt4u was left to do the recovery

he managed to drag kev out then back to mine it was half way up the dash kev started to tow blooody steering lock was on so went for the key only to find id dropped it off the key ring :shock:

kev was struggling to tow me out so we got 2 trucks on it and she came clear but cost me an engine need to pull it to bits or do a swap :shock:

any one want a dead 2.8 for a good one

rik

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:28 pm

sounds like a lethal outing!!

i realise you guys were probably a bit pre-ocupied,but, any pics?

hiriklux · Post by **hiriklux** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:01 pm

pics !!!! pics !!!!! you want f***ing pics :evil:

yeh ill sort some out in morn :lol:

dont look that bad on here :shock:

Leithfield · Post by **Leithfield** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:51 pm

Hell no; that pic doesn't do justice :!:

. Small sputter & (?) water forced its way up Rics exhaust - sounds real ugly :cry:

. Within seconds, no other option than to cut engine .. force of water literally inching him nose-dive foward into a 7'+ deep hole.

Tried to manouvere my truck behind to hook on a rope post haste and combination of pea-gravel bed/force of current swept my truck's ass into the hole ... so deep I was floating ... then looking in the rear view mirror @ 3" water in the tailgate glass :shock:

& rising fast.

At this time I discovered a small technicality - no clutch :roll:

. Massive do-or-die engine revs gave me some bite ... then a little more bite ... enough to inch close enough to the bank that Matt was able to cast a mooring line. One rescued and Ric now up to his waist in freezing water :shaking: , edging ever closer.

Weight and force of water too great for one truck to budge Ric - double teamed & inched foward a snatch @ a time. Near roll-over angle on riverbank ... finally Rics up on dry land.

Sadly: "she's dead Jim"

Post by **mike** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 12:36 am

Leithfield wrote: ... so deep I was floating ... then looking in the rear view mirror @ 3" water in the tailgate glass & rising fast.

Yikes...hell yeah that must have been pretty deep considering when your tailgate is open I can almost drive under it :shock:

Sounds like you guys had a bit of fun apart from rik loosing his engine. supra is it or 1kz now ?

Mike

hiriklux · Post by **hiriklux** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:26 am

just trying to track an engine down not botherd whatas long as it is a 2.8 or bigger

cheers rik

Insky · Post by **Insky** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:53 am

tough luck mate - brings back memories of my landy being completley submerged in the Waimak...

that makes 2 of us needing an engine - so if you find a couple keep me in mind

albundy · Post by **albundy** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 3:37 pm

Shit, what a day, I feel so much better now. Thought I had the expensive day out. Hub totally ruined as well as knuckle,cv, and ward freewheeling hub.
Al

MATT4U · Post by **MATT4U** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:08 pm

That pic gives no idea of what it was like, and thet water was blody COLD!!!

hiriklux · Post by **hiriklux** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:20 pm

well al was bloody expensive but might have to do a petrol swap then you might have to eat my dust dude

(i know where theres a 2 jz begging for a home) he he
cheers rik

albundy · Post by **albundy** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:51 pm

Rik said:[quote]might have to do a petrol swap then you might have to eat my dust dude [/quote]
I remember a conversation with you just before I blew the cv that you would never own a petrol :lol:

hiriklux · Post by **hiriklux** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:59 pm

funds to spend may lead me down that root dude :shock:

till i can find a better diesel

Leithfield · Post by **Leithfield** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:02 pm

I remember a conversation with you just before I blew the cv that you would never own a petrol

Nah, ... I distinctly heard Ric say "Nissan", Al ... "Nissan" :wink:

albundy · Post by **albundy** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:03 pm

Can't wait to see petrol driving the atv on steroids :lol:

should have left my hand winch with you guys.

hiriklux · Post by **hiriklux** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:09 pm

we had a matt winch

seemed to work fine

hiriklux · Post by **hiriklux** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:24 pm

anyway stripped the old diesel down and she is a runner just the smoke has changed colour now :shock:

cheers rik

wjw · Post by **wjw** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:28 pm

Sounds like you had fun... I bet you did it on purpose... so you could tell the Mrs and she would have to buy you a new one or suffer the wrath....

Shame, mines the other way round

MATT4U · Post by **MATT4U** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:38 am

good to hear she goes, Al I remember you saying to me just befor you blew your cv to buy a nissan, lol. NO!! lol. :lol:

SupraLux · Post by **SupraLux** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:00 pm

hiriklux wrote:well al was bloody expensive but might have to do a petrol swap then you might have to eat my dust dude (i know where theres a 2 jz begging for a home) he he
cheers rik

You just get yourself a new toy and it gets taken off you... so much for my 2JZ powered Bighorn...

And water in the engine... I had my face under the hood when we first turned the motor over after getting the injectors out... must have been half a cup of water in #2 which I got mostly in the face :lol:

Yeah, engine seems smokey and rattly, but doesn't seem to smoke or rattle too much more than before (cos its always seemed to smoke and rattle like buggery anyway

)

Steve

SupraLux · Post by **SupraLux** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:03 pm

hiriklux wrote:pics !!!! pics !!!!! you want f***ing pics yeh ill sort some out in morn

dont look that bad on here

Doesn't look that bad until you work out the height of your wheel arch from the ground, must be close to 800mm! and you're still pointing downhill, so probably more than that...

Starting to be thankful that I wasn't able to come out

Although to have seen Matt pull you and Kev out would have been worth the trip :lol:

Steve

albundy · Post by **albundy** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:00 pm

Good to hear there Rik, what you gunna do for your next stunt. :lol:

Got all the knuckle, hub and driveshaft all back together today. Ended up having to replace the whole manual hub. Guys down at fully equipped threw in a set of locking cogs for the hubs (made by warn) that break at a lower strain. The stock premuim ones break at 80,000" and these go at 55,000". All the rock crawler guys use them. Supposedly you only shear the teeth of these instead of breaking cv's, half axles or hubs. Will test them out this weekend.

hiriklux · Post by **hiriklux** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:17 pm

did you get plenty of spares the way you drive :lol:

rik

Leithfield · Post by **Leithfield** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:24 pm

That's a stroke of luck Ric - they build Toyota's tough. Speaking of luck, have you managed to separate the snatch ropes. If no joy, suggest you amputate @ loop & get Cookes to re-bind. Did it with one of mine a few years back - only cost $20.00; far cheaper than a new strop.

My seats are still drying by the fire.

Good to hear you're mobile again Al.
Kevin

wjw · Post by **wjw** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:58 pm

albundy wrote: these go at 55,000". All the rock crawler guys use them. Supposedly you only shear the teeth of these instead of breaking cv's, half axles or hubs. Will test them out this weekend.

No one beleived me when I talked about them

.... you are exactly right...

Kent · Post by **Kent** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 2:47 am

Leithfield wrote:That's a stroke of luck Ric - they build Toyota's tough. Speaking of luck, have you managed to separate the strops. If no joy, suggest you amputate @ loop & get Cookes to re-bind. Did it with one of mine a few years back - only cost $20.00; far cheaper than a new strop.

When we have had strops stuck, we found absorbing the knot in a bucket of water, so that it expands, and then drying it out and trying to undo the knot has helped. It just takes time, and some sort of good metal bar to slowly squeeze into the knot without damaging the strop.

Kent

SupraLux · Post by **SupraLux** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 10:44 am

wjw wrote:
albundy wrote: these go at 55,000". All the rock crawler guys use them. Supposedly you only shear the teeth of these instead of breaking cv's, half axles or hubs. Will test them out this weekend.

No one beleived me when I talked about them .... you are exactly right...

I believed you Bill

What worries me is you are constantly breaking the 80,000ft/lb CVs, is it wise to put something with only about 60% of that breaking strain into your drivetrain???

Just hurry up and get grinding on that IFS... face it - it will NEVER be strong enough for your driving / flying / swimming style

Steve

wjw · Post by **wjw** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 12:02 pm

SupraLux wrote:Just hurry up and get grinding on that IFS... face it - it will NEVER be strong enough for your driving / flying / swimming style

lol so true

albundy · Post by **albundy** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 8:30 pm

Supralux wrote:

What worries me is you are constantly breaking the 80,000ft/lb CVs,is it wise to put something with only about 60% of that breaking strain into your drivetrain???

the original cv was broken because it was worn, it was popping out. The way this broken one looks through the shaft doesn't seem right. I wasn't really even caning it, well not like normal anyway. Going to get it looked at, might try airnz.

hiriklux · Post by **hiriklux** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 9:14 pm

my seats are still drying into my trousers lol cant be arsed to take them out :shock:

and al if you wern't giving it full noise im in for the trip to the moon when you do dude :lol:

cheers rik
now thers a thought theres some big rocks on the moon :lol:

Rangielux · Post by **Rangielux** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:20 am

hiriklux wrote:now thers a thought theres some big rocks on the moon

Don't forget to get permit from Doc first ! :wink:

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