Hippy's 80

hippy_ · Post by **hippy_** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:35 pm

Bugga......... I was soooooo wanting to use them on the Truck. :lol:

mudslut · Post by **mudslut** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:40 pm

so what is the other project

hippy_ · Post by **hippy_** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 1:23 am

A good old Datsun 1200 aka Monty(World famous in NZ) :lol:

..... When I got it around 10years ago it look like this...

Turned it into this....

Plus a few mods to motor/gearbox/diff etc...... list goes on.

Then acouple of years ago I blew a motor(Club day out at the track) and some tin worm was starting to show, so I am currently doing a total strip and rebuild. ATM he is looking like this......

Then there is the third project......... And you guessed it, its another 1200!!! :lol:

I havnt really started on it yet, but I need to.

So the Truck gets the short end of my time ATM.

hippy_ · Post by **hippy_** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 3:45 pm

I have taken off the factory mounting for the rear bumper. As that is where I am going to mount the rate-able tow/recovery hooks.

I just need to know which way would be best to mount them.......

Tow hooks and some angle.

8.8 hi-tensile bolts.

Stamped rating on the hooks.

The rear chassis rail all ready to go.

Opt. 1 which Im guessing would be a "hell no!!".

Opt. 2 with the angle and tow hook on the top.

Opt. 3 with the angle and tow hook on the bottom.

Let me know which opt. would be best.

Big · Post by **Big** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 6:03 pm

Personaly i'd say op 1 as it is a direct bolt to chassis and with a backing plate it'd be sweet. as with the angle welded to the chassis that is just another bit to fly off if it fails..

Also remeber chassis rails are hi tensile.. so it should be all good.. my 2 cents wourth..

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 6:52 pm

option 4... have a piece of angle go both upwards and downwards, bolt the hook (upright as in like option 2's pic) through both.. then the hok will be bolted through 10mm of metal.. use crush tubes and bolt bits of angle through the chassis with a 5mm plate on the very inner rail to spread load too...

my 2c anyways bud..

hippy_ · Post by **hippy_** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 7:11 pm

niblik wrote:option 4...

Now that has got my vote........ :mrgreen:

SMOKEY · Post by **SMOKEY** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 7:37 pm

Hey Blair, that man Nibbz must have given up his day job and started studying Engineering :shock:

, even without the crush tubes and a piece of your 10mm plate on the inside of the first section of the chassis it will do the biz

, might have to wait for Jerry's comments

.

SOME PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER GIVE UP THEIR DAY JOB,

FITZY.

Andrew1706 · Post by **Andrew1706** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 7:48 pm

Op 4 with the hook pointing upwards :mrgreen:

kbjj · Post by **kbjj** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 7:52 pm

Andrew1706 wrote:Op 4 with the hook pointing upwards

x2, and you will never revisit it....although that looks like the chassis could be shortened

Big · Post by **Big** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 8:26 pm

well I guess you learn something everyday.. :mrgreen:

I'll file that away for my next hook install.. :wink:

hippy_ · Post by **hippy_** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:32 pm

With the tailgate down........ Looks like it will get mounted there.

Just to see if it all worked. I couldnt find a smallish piece of 10mm lying around, so just used some 5mmx50mm flat, as it was handy.

All fitted and painted.....

Thanks for all the input guys. As without it, there is no way it would be as strong as it is.

Now to start on removing the factory front tow/recovery loop things......

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:57 pm

I thought we were doing opt 4 with 2 pieces of angle?

stinky · Post by **stinky** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:00 pm

looking good are you going on the Godley trip if you are i owe you beer and i will send it with them( dont like your chances of getting anything but an empty box tho)

hippy_ · Post by **hippy_** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:21 pm

Sadam_Husain wrote:I thought we were doing opt 4 with 2 pieces of angle?

I kinda used a combo of both what Niblik and fitzy said.

stinky wrote:looking good are you going on the Godley trip if you are i owe you beer and i will send it with them( dont like your chances of getting anything but an empty box tho)

Yes Im going to be on the MaCaulay trip, not sure about the Godley trip???...... Confused as why you owe me a beer??? But the right kind of empty boxes do have advantages!! :lol:

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:24 pm

you wont rip them out but you'll find the angle will start twisting after a few hard pulls

ClassicCruiserSpares · Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:25 pm

What happened to option 4? Sorry dude but i dont think it is a good idea leaving it like that. If not going with option 4 then just bolt the hook straight to the chassis with the plate in behind itll be alot stronger than what youve done.
Sorry to be picky.

stinky · Post by **stinky** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 10:07 pm

That camo safari you checked out for me

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 11:20 pm

still votin option 4.. as a few have said, better safe than sorry...

suzolla · Post by **suzolla** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:26 am

Totally agree with above, need two bits of angle and one big bit of plate on the inside of the chassis.
Think about what will happen if you get a pull to the side, angle will just bend and also put more stain on the bolts as they will then see some tensile load as well as the shear load.
Option 4 gets my vote.
Cheers
Tim

hippy_ · Post by **hippy_** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:40 am

stinky wrote:That camo safari you checked out for me

Arghhhhhhhh Click!! :mrgreen:

All good mate. I dont need any beers........ Im just happy to help out.

I'll see if I can sort it out tomorrow/Thurs/Fri.

Thanks for the input guys

skid · Post by **skid** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:16 am

I went with option 5....................

have snatched a few trucks heavier than mine and also 2 cruisers at the same time

never had issues, so far it seems as strong as and also has other benefits as well, like being able to tow trailers and also being able to put a strop on and not have it fall off

hippy_ · Post by **hippy_** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:42 pm

skid wrote:I went with option 5....................

Were do you get one of them from and cost??

skid · Post by **skid** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:05 pm

Blair_ wrote:
skid wrote:I went with option 5....................

Were do you get one of them from and cost??

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/content/towbar-services

hippy_ · Post by **hippy_** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:39 pm

Talked to Martin this afternoon about one of them. He is sending one down.

Big thanks to Martin. I owe you a few beers now!! :mrgreen:

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:04 pm

suzolla wrote:also put more stain on the bolts

and you dont want that!!!...

:mrgreen:

crazyclark31 · Post by **crazyclark31** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:47 am

Pedro wrote:
Blair_ wrote:

They have a roller bearing in them, the old ones just have the copper bush thing.....

Personally i would stick to the bronze bush, if roller bearing fails due to moisture in oil/grease then is will quietly eat the CV shaft, bronze bush is less likely to eat it way thru, they will get warm, sweat oil/grease and be re lubed. but if the truck well maintained and oil and hub freq checked particularly with a lot of off road work they should be good

my 2c

Pedro

is there anywhere else that sells the brass bushes other than toyota?need some for old mans truck

suzolla · Post by **suzolla** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 10:57 am

Hi,
I have got some Hilux ones which I am pretty sure the same as crusier ones.
Will check it out.
Cheers
Tim

Big · Post by **Big** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:30 pm

wopass wrote:
suzolla wrote:also put more stain on the bolts

and you dont want that!!!...

LOL wopass.. :wink:

suzolla · Post by **suzolla** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 10:23 pm

Yes WOP, missed the rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
But yuo knwe wat ey ment
Chrees
Mit

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