SKID'S SUBMARINE IS ALIVE

[petefj40]

after 4 days in the bush, I drove up the drive and there she was, sitting there looking all sad with missing bits etc

my mate Phil has done an awesome job so far and now its up to me to piece it back together, look for bits that went missing when the boys removed the motor and try to find out why it still smells like dead pigs/deer/dogs after countless hours of scrubbing

may check tomorrow to see if alternator is charging, but to be honest I'm too scared after all the other shit that has gone wrong since we started


oh well, onwards and upwards

Share the experience skid like you are bud. it's a problem halved when you do..
Together we'll get it up in running n smelling good for ya. Surely.

[skid]

good things take time

got motorvated over last couple of evenings and fitted snorkel to guard, still need to do more in that area..........

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/Forums/ ... 37&t=18550

got a party at my engine builders to go to on saturday night, but depending on the hangover and the weather, I'm gonna attempt to do as much as possible on sunday to piece it back together

churr churr

[skid]

got some extra parts today

gonna get some other stuff I need tomorrow and then its all go on sunday

if theres anyone in Welly at a loose end on Sunday, send me a PM for my address and I will gladly give you something to do.

[Sadam_Husain]

if theres anyone in Welly at a loose end on Sunday, send me a PM for my address and I will gladly give you something to do

I'm helping stick Crizpys motor back in on Saturday and off to the Cruiser Club xmas dinner ( Hot Curry ) Sat night followed by a few night caps over at mr and mrs possum70's house so I think I'll be a bit worn out by Sunday

[skid]

its lunchtime on the worst day ever

this piecing back together shite is faaarking me off, and then theres the faaarking cheap shite snorkel

aaaaarrrrrrrgh

[petefj40]

its lunchtime on the worst day ever

this piecing back together shite is faaarking me off, and then theres the faaarking cheap shite snorkel

aaaaarrrrrrrgh

if I were there in Welly I'd be giving ya a hand mate.
Where are the fellas that helped pull it a part skid?

[Jerry]

heading over there soon skiddy, and picking up reece on the way...

got some spare flexi pipe which should solve your airbox connection problem......

[SV1K]

its lunchtime on the worst day ever

this piecing back together shite is faaarking me off, and then theres the faaarking cheap shite snorkel

aaaaarrrrrrrgh

Don't panic Mr Mannering! Don't panic Sir, help is on it's way soon!

Will be leaving here soon to come help for a little while, so have the BBQ going and some cold ones on ice!

[petefj40]

Good to see the cavalry is coming there skid.

[skid]

well we're almost there

Reece, Jerry, Pedro and Brent turned up to lend a hand.

Snorkel is now fitted and working well, aye Reece

Rear brakes work attempted, but we gotta do some hub seals and bearings first

Diffs and gearbox all filled up with oils again and then emptied, due to rear diff needing the above mentioned bits

Lights, grille, horn, bonnet catch etc etc all bolted back in place and operational.

still farting around with some interior bits before seats go back in and then some minor things here and there and its on the road again.

[coxsy]

good to hear your winning again

[petefj40]

good to hear your winning again

X2

[sig]

did the starter motor arrive !

[skid]

did the starter motor arrive !

oh yeah, gotta swap starters over too

just add it to the list

[sig]

who rallys from whakatane now skid.does bevan still come down!

[skid]

who rallys from whakatane now skid.does bevan still come down!

ernie n heidi

and froggie, who has a soft co-driver named dwayne

what you be needing dude

next trials not till end of January though, coz we got clever bastards running the show now

[turoa]

who rallys from whakatane now skid.does bevan still come down!

ernie n heidi

and froggie, who has a soft co-driver named dwayne

what you be needing dude

next trials not till end of January though, coz we got clever bastards running the show now

Yep clever bastards them. In fact im thinking of cutting the top off my cage and rejoining on a peice of weaker material tubing to follow their recomendations

[skid]

we're nearly there, few drinks, BBQ and some work done on sunday..............









then last night, the boys were back for drinks, fish n chips and we're very close to having all finished............



but, whilst we were standing around looking at it at some stage, it decided it had gotten tired and decided it didn't want to rest on a jack and axle stands anymore............





so here we are nearly done. the 33s are back on, just gotta fill up rear diff again, bleed brakes, put an exhaust flange gasket in and sort out interior.

Luckily the power steering came right after a top up and a bleed.......







gotta sort out a whole new exhaust at some stage, coz the massive rock in the river dealt to mine and have decided to put some sort of paint onto floor to tidy it up and get rid of the dead pig/deer smell by replacing it with fresh paint smell

[Bolo]

looking good skiddy . cant wait to see it back on the track

[Jerry]

dont forget that tiny air leak in the air system somewhere.....

[Sadam_Husain]

Hey if you got that thing finished by Sunday afternoon do you reckon you could squeeze 30 something boxes of piss, a 1kva generator to replace the one that blows up TV's and fluro lights, a replacement TV, some replacement fluro light fittings, a large red chillybin and about a weeks food into the back?

[Andrew1706]

Exhaust, intercooler and UP THE BOOST

I'm at my wits end with my 80, need to get a job to bring it back up to scratch

[Heath]

Hey if you got that thing finished by Sunday afternoon do you reckon you could squeeze 30 something boxes of piss, a 1kva generator to replace the one that blows up TV's and fluro lights, a replacement TV, some replacement fluro light fittings, a large red chillybin and about a weeks food into the back?

Thats a fair amount of stuff, maybe cut back on some of it. Leave the food

[flyingbrick]

looks great skid

How the #### does that guy always have so much beer.

[Jerry]

Gotta love those random images ..... this just came up

[Pedro]

[quote="skid"]we're nearly there, few drinks, BBQ and some work done on sunday..............




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I remember reese having a run in with the snorkle, like putting hand over the top and rev the motor, the snorkle must be sealed going by the loud bleating when the vacuum kicked in

[skid]

I'm outta here, going for a drive to drop off bits at my engine builders


TAKING THE 80

[Bolo]

Congrates Mate . that is awesome news

[skid]

righto, so I shot into stinky bar works yesterday to get my long term temporary exhaust welded on..............



you'd be amazed how much more snot you can get out of a diesel turbo when ya chuck a snorkel on and take most of the restrictive exhaust out. it hauls arse now.


have driven it 3 times now and its developed a screeching noise that comes and goes at times from the rear end, so today I tried using the handbrake whilst driving and it makes the noise go away, so I got home to check out what the faaark was going on, and ya wouldn't bloody believe it, but the curse of the damned 80 hasn't finished with poor skiddy yet
now gotta take bits back to shop on monday and ask the question.............

WTF they are brand new handbrake shoes for faaarks sake..............

[wopass]

shoes de-laminated, happens a fair bit bro, nothing strange there, you may have had it a little tight on her adjustment side causing slight rubbing while driving = exess heat and de-lam... but yea go back to shop and get new set

regards to getting on the road, grats mate, tis a good feeling eh!! what size zaust pipe is it? did you go from the flexi at the front?

has any of the boys down there tweaked it for you yet?