Hippy's 80

hippy_ · Post by **hippy_** » Sun Jul 10, 2011 1:33 am

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

and you dont want that!!!...

LOL wopass..

Im sure you boys have all seen your fair share of stain's :wink:

hippy_ · Post by **hippy_** » Sun Jul 10, 2011 1:41 am

Also when on a weeee drive...........

Big · Post by **Big** » Sun Jul 10, 2011 8:56 am

where you hiding? looks like not far from me.. :shock:

Just woke up and prolly 2-3 "of sno on ground.. and no truck working and no chains for the battlecruiser.. :cry:

so I can't go play..

hippy_ · Post by **hippy_** » Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:46 am

Big wrote:where you hiding? looks like not far from me..

When up to the Macaulay hut, as I had nothing better to do and it was to cold to be doing stuff on any of the projects. Plus Snow is always good.

Big · Post by **Big** » Sun Jul 10, 2011 3:23 pm

Great stuff, Our club has a run up there now.. :lol:

and it might be that they are staying put till the snow buggers off.. :shock:

haven't heard tho..lol also never been there

and would have loved to have taken my new rig up but alas not completed..lol

hippy_ · Post by **hippy_** » Sun Jul 10, 2011 3:45 pm

Was that the Queenstown crew?? If so, nice bunch of guys and girls.

It will be interesting to hear how they got on getting out today......... :wink:

Big · Post by **Big** » Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:48 pm

Yup

.. great crew actually.. very helpfull with anyone..

and yea I thinking the same thing.. :roll:

lol

hippy_ · Post by **hippy_** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:13 pm

Finally got around to getting a picture of the tow hooks on the rear with the extra piece of angle on the top of the hook.

Worked bloody well yesterday, no twisting or pulling out of shape etc when I was either snatching someone or someone was snatching me.

Im not finished yet with it tho....... Once I have a look at Taz's set up and get pictures, it will be mod'ed again......

ClassicCruiserSpares · Sun Jul 17, 2011 7:41 pm

That looks much better dude, well done.

hippy_ · Post by **hippy_** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 9:44 am

Been awhile since I updated this.....

Got a roof rack and fitted it on.

And made some sliders.

hippy_ · Post by **hippy_** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 6:52 pm

The tow hooks at the rear.

My bullbar before and before the body lift.

And after a weee little change to the bullbar and with the body lift.

Next on the list is the winch and a new bullbar build. Hopefully have that sorted by christmas!!! :lol:

hippy_ · Post by **hippy_** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 3:31 pm

My new winch turned up today(Big thanks to Tom for sorting me out). Now the fun times begin..........

As I wanted to get the winch as far back as I could, so I could get a better approach angle than what I have ATM. Ive just sat it on a bit of plate to see what and where it will sit best.

Going by what Ive measured up and by the looks of it, Im not going to be able to gain anything really. Which is a bugga. So I put the bull bar back on and what do ya know.........

Well so much for building a new bull bar!!! :lol:

skid · Post by **skid** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 5:53 pm

if you are willing to cut the front valance, then you can get it back even further if you desire ................

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 6:00 pm

if you are willing to cut the front valance, then you can get it back even further if you desire ................

Yeeeah cut that shit up bro :mrgreen:

hippy_ · Post by **hippy_** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 6:58 pm

It did cross my mind to cut it. But as the plumbing for the headlight washers is behind it and my auto cooler is mounted close to it as well. I didnt really entertain the idea for to long.

Skid do you have any pictures of your 80 with out the winch/bull bar??

If the weather plays nicely tomorrow, i'll take the valance off and have another play around.

zukmeista · Post by **zukmeista** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:23 am

Looks like that bullbar could easily be modified to fit a bit closer to the front? Would increase approach angle.

kbushnz · Post by **kbushnz** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:38 am

Will the winch fit between the chassis rails? I know it will end up with the hawse off set slightly but it would be a small compromise to get it down and tucked back further. Had to do that with mine in the Playdoh...

wjw · Post by **wjw** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 9:37 am

kbushnz wrote:Will the winch fit between the chassis rails? I know it will end up with the hawse off set slightly but it would be a small compromise to get it down and tucked back further. Had to do that with mine in the Playdoh...

Mine fits between the rails ok.

hippy_ · Post by **hippy_** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 11:11 am

zukmeista wrote:Looks like that bullbar could easily be modified to fit a bit closer to the front? Would increase approach angle.

Yes it can, but its only around 60mm I'd gain.

wjw wrote:
kbushnz wrote:Will the winch fit between the chassis rails? I know it will end up with the hawse off set slightly but it would be a small compromise to get it down and tucked back further. Had to do that with mine in the Playdoh...

Mine fits between the rails ok.

It will, but as Im kinda OCD about things being centered and I want to have the winch mounted as high as it can be due to me liking to splash about in water. Im wanting to protect it as much as I can.

Just taken off the valance, about to work out where and how much to cut out, idea now entertained.

hippy_ · Post by **hippy_** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:40 pm

Well its done, valance cut out. Ive cut it in a way so I can still have my plumbing sitting where I want it to and still have the winch as far back as it can be.

Before cutting.

After cutting.

Still some tiding up of the valance to do, but it lunch time........

skid · Post by **skid** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 7:29 pm

hippy_ wrote:It did cross my mind to cut it. But as the plumbing for the headlight washers is behind it and my auto cooler is mounted close to it as well. I didnt really entertain the idea for to long.

Skid do you have any pictures of your 80 with out the winch/bull bar??

If the weather plays nicely tomorrow, i'll take the valance off and have another play around.

without the winch/bullbar it would look like any other factory 80 ;-)

hippy_ · Post by **hippy_** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:39 pm

skid wrote:without the winch/bullbar it would look like any other factory 80

Haha, it was more for seeing how much you had cut out, but as you can see Ive already done my cutting. :mrgreen:

hippy_ · Post by **hippy_** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:49 pm

Ive done the cutting of the valance and giving it a weee clean up and spray it black, just to give it some protection from the weather etc. Cut it the same on both side, as I'll be fitting another auto cooler and that OCD strikes again. Put the winch on and had a look/measure up.

Just enough room to get your hand in and stuff.

But, looks like Ive got other issues to fix before I can carry on with fitting the winch and making the bullbar........ Noticed some leakage on the rear diff housing/backing plate area. Seems I need to do a housing seal now to!!! Oh funtimes....... :evil:

diogenese · Post by **diogenese** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:58 am

I would be a bit careful about fitting it so close to that oil line to the cooler. It will only take a couple of off line pulls to get a bulge of wire out past the back of the winch and catch that hose. I know because I did it to mine

I now have a metal plate behind my winch drum...

hippy_ · Post by **hippy_** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 7:12 pm

Dont worry Matty, When I get the second auto cooler fitted, I'll be moving the hose's, as Im not happy with where they put them.

Todays effort isnt much.

Got my plate(5mm) cut down, dug through my scrap bin of steel and found some solid bits of angle(6mm), which Ive used to support the plate.

I'll be using this bit of angle underneath(running left to right) the plate to give it some support.

And the outside of the chassis rails....

Im thinking about putting a bolt on both sides into the angle/plate, as it will be getting welded, but I just want that bit extra just incase. Im also adding another bolt on both outside bits. Yes there will be crush tubes etc......

Smurf · Post by **Smurf** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 8:16 pm

I'd suggest putting a length of flat bar on its edge, along the back edge of your plate to stop it bending when winching under load. My winch is mounted very similar to yours and I managed to bend my plate enough to warp the winch and jam the gearbox up so it couldn't work.

hippy_ · Post by **hippy_** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:10 pm

I got the winch mount finished and stuff, just havnt had time to up load pictures. Might get a chance tomorrow, but for now todays fun.....

Was kinda really stuck...... Even the 13500LB winch coundnt pull me out.... Had to go and get the tractor!!!! Hahaa!!! Broke two snatch ropes and Im going to have to get a new window screen. Opssss. But hey we had a hugely fun day!!!

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