Tomsoffroad Cruiser Tidy up

[tomsoffroad]

have you weighed your 60 after all the work?would be interesting to see what it comes in at

No I havent. Keen to tho Nearest weight bridge is owned by the NZ police force. I'll be staying away from there for a couple of months yet

[MNC]

...Nearest weight bridge is owned by the NZ police force. I'll be staying away from there for a couple of months yet

[tomsoffroad]

Spose it was only a matter of time Might move the exo up the priority list

[passengerpete]

oh bugger. is there much damage or just a dented Gard ect. ?
so what happened ?

[tomsoffroad]

Nothing major, Reshaped the guard and the door a tad.
Probably should've tried another line

[rokhound]

Bwahahaha...
How did that happen flopsie?

[hosehustler]

Better parked on it's side than parked in the shed

[muddyhilux]

top effort mate!

[tomsoffroad]

Bwahahaha...
How did that happen flopsie?

Same way it always happens, gravity is king

Better parked on it's side than parked in the shed

True that Tim.

top effort mate!

Cheers dude

[badnuz]

:P
Better parked on it's side than parked in the shed

could almost qualify for quote of the year!

[kbjj]

:P
Better parked on it's side than parked in the shed

could almost qualify for quote of the year!

Yep... well said, how'd your boy handle it?

[tomsoffroad]

:P
Better parked on it's side than parked in the shed

could almost qualify for quote of the year!

Yep... well said, how'd your boy handle it?

I agree

Floyd jumped out shortly after I said...... "Reakon we can drive that dude?"
Obviously got more brains than his father

[hosehustler]

Floyd jumped out shortly after I said...... "Reakon we can drive that dude?"
Obviously got more brains than his father

last time we were out he jumped in with me and said "don't tell Dad, but I feel safer in here"
I think the bars around the cab give the boy the illusion of safety, and of course i've never fallen over

[MNC]

Mate, that is the best way to test its limits

Exactly what they are built for I say

Looks like fun.

[tomsoffroad]

Took the old tart for a 20km highway speed cruise yesterday (yes 100km/h!!!! only took 5km's to get to that speed!!! ). Ranchos set on softest setting and only 10psi in the tyres............ Drives mint Stoked

[tomsoffroad]

Went for a little play on Friday night. about a km into it we heard a not so nice sound coming from the rear diff. Seems I missed a chunk of broken axle. It picked up on the crown wheel and did this.......



Pulled it apart on Sat morning. No real damage other than the cover, so I slapped a new cover on it, filled it with new oil and drove it up the Waipara river to the gorge. Didnt miss a beat. Gets abit deep up there, so we turned around and came out at stringers bridge and back home down the road. Its awesome haveing the Waipara in my back yard

This was the end of the road..........

[tallsam66]

Yep is stunning at the gorge ...did you see the lovely signs up there to make you feel welcome the landowners bordering the river have put up.

[Twodiffs]

Where's the water gone??

[tomsoffroad]

Yep is stunning at the gorge ...did you see the lovely signs up there to make you feel welcome the landowners bordering the river have put up.

Signs? What signs

Where's the water gone??

I imagine it would be impressive in flood

[Twodiffs]

I should've gone there for a swim today instead of working

[tomsoffroad]

I should've gone there for a swim today instead of working

Let me know when you head up there next. Always keen for a mission

[tomsoffroad]

Been a while

Anyways......... Front locker. Hell yeah

[tomsoffroad]

Tunes. Life just got a little more comfortable

[Big]

Gotta have great tunes for when ya wheeling.. I do..

[tomsoffroad]

Gotta have great tunes for when ya wheeling.. I do..

I cant wait......... but I'll have too as my 24-12v transformer died the exact time I tried to power it up Must move that things location, doesn't like water New one turns up tomorrow

[Smurf]

Why don't you guys run 24 volt stereos? I know there are limited options but does it need to be a mega fancy unit?

http://www.marineelectricalsolutions.co ... 505/505166
http://goughtwl.co.nz/images/products/c ... ystems.pdf

[tomsoffroad]

Why don't you guys run 24 volt stereos? I know there are limited options but does it need to be a mega fancy unit?

http://www.marineelectricalsolutions.co ... 505/505166
http://goughtwl.co.nz/images/products/c ... ystems.pdf

When I caved into the need for tunes I had a sweet transformer which had given many years of faultless service......... Had
And the head unit I got was $80 from repco Works for me

[Smurf]

Why don't you guys run 24 volt stereos? I know there are limited options but does it need to be a mega fancy unit?

http://www.marineelectricalsolutions.co ... 505/505166
http://goughtwl.co.nz/images/products/c ... ystems.pdf

When I caved into the need for tunes I had a sweet transformer which had given many years of faultless service......... Had
And the head unit I got was $80 from repco Works for me

Can't fault that logic.
I have seen heaps of threads and comments on ORE regarding reducers and 12 problems re the Safaris and stereos, and always wondered why not just throw in a 24 volt stereo and be done.

[hippy_]

If you want some serious sounds, Ive got a 24V amp and some 24V converters left over from my old truck.

[MATT4U]

when replacing your reducer be careful, now days radios pull the main power from the permanent (memory) wire, a lot of reducers are still designed for the old system of the permanent just being a trickle feed form the memory and provides the main power down the acc wire.

In short they don't have the stones to run a radio wired up the way they tell you to, you can wire them up backwards but they will use more power when not in use and flatten batteries.