Petes Place Rotovegas

dixie · Post by **dixie** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 7:28 pm

Yeah pretty good day out after the salvage issues, Fukin Jeeps ha ha ha, Mark you know you can rely on my old slug to get us home....

There are some pretty interesting tracks down there, but Fuk it was pretty cold too....be a good place to camp over night and give it a good hammering....

Its been quite sometime since i had to get a tug to get me out of the shit but Cheers Sam....the 32 psi i was running in those creepies definately didnt help.

The place certainly needs a few more wide tracked Safaris with ten " wheels on them to cut those tracks a bit wider...was pinching out all over the place....

Has some good pivoting ramps to cock a leg and get a stretch on and smash ya taillights ......Aye Sam.

Got a few Pics and vid to post up shortly..

xj · Post by xj » Sun Jun 17, 2007 7:36 pm

TJ wrote:Well, XJs use the same transfer case as TJs and YJs (i.e. NP231). How about you put your transfer case in her Wrangler and buy an Atlas II for yourself!!!!

I am surprised at your results though, because I have not known many NP231 blowing up without absolute abuse thrown at them. Was this an import wiht no history?

1) now theres a bloody good idea!
2) NZ new, i doubt its been thrashed. All city drivers as far as i was told. We'll get a prognosis tomorrow as to what needs to be done. The noise, as Dixie pointed out, sounds like torque converter.

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 7:37 pm

sounds like a good day out for you guys :thumright:

buggar about the transfercase xj buts its nothing a few bucks wont fix and it'll all be old new's before you know it :wink:

TJ · Post by TJ » Sun Jun 17, 2007 7:45 pm

xj wrote:1) now theres a bloody good idea!
2) NZ new, i doubt its been thrashed. All city drivers as far as i was told. We'll get a prognosis tomorrow as to what needs to be done. The noise, as Dixie pointed out, sounds like torque converter.

Okay, torque converter is in the transmission - i.e. you have blown up the transmission!!!!!

This is generally because of either heat (oil running hot) or water ingress. A good transmission would be Chevy TH400, should bolt up with an adapter to NP231 transfer case if it was a 4wd version. It would involves different lenght driveshafts, etc. ....

Let the guys have a look tomorrow, you might be lucky and its nothing major other than dirty oil clogging up things.

TJ · Post by TJ » Sun Jun 17, 2007 7:49 pm

Nothing on trademe at the moment for original Jeep transmission. There are a couple of Turbo 400s!!!

xj · Post by xj » Sun Jun 17, 2007 7:54 pm

lol sadam, yeah. something else will break next week and this will seem like a distant memory................ like sex....................

TJ - yeah...... water ingress allright. Lots of the filthy shit. Though ive been in deeper water then that with the cho'kee and never had a drama. I expected to have sucked some into the airbox..... not the bloody transmission!!

tgaguy1 · Post by **tgaguy1** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 7:55 pm

Has WOPASS still got his th400? It was a good price too from memory.

TJ · Post by TJ » Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:00 pm

xj wrote:lol sadam, yeah. something else will break next week and this will seem like a distant memory................ like sex....................

TJ - yeah...... water ingress allright. Lots of the filthy shit. Though ive been in deeper water then that with the cho'kee and never had a drama. I expected to have sucked some into the airbox..... not the bloody transmission!!

Oddly enough, XJs came out with 4.0l engine and NP231 transfer case but used AW4 transmission which is different from a Wrangler (with the same engine and transfer case). Man those Jeep designers must have been smoking something.

Another idea would be to use a Chevy 700R4 transmission. It came in many GMs so might be in some Holdens too. There are many write-ups of this being done on the internet. And its only one inch longer than the Wrangler transmission.

xj · Post by xj » Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:05 pm

Well TJ, they has a selection of 5 different serpentine belts to choose from!

My old cj5 ran AMC 304, which was made up of ford parts.....

Two different wheel cylinders too, and again for the XJ, theres 5 different size front swaybar bushes.......

But i will not be swayed.......

dixie · Post by **dixie** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:25 pm

Few of the pics,

Hey Coxsy you might be able to see the mounting point for the front of the bar in the front on shot?

more coming

dixie · Post by **dixie** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:35 pm

Marks little mishap.... and his mrs Kat in action right before they lost drive.

xj · Post by xj » Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:38 pm

And that Dix, is why we put our towhooks on the top of the bumper. buggered if i was gunna be snorkling under it..........

Im surprised i squeezed out that window, hooked it up, and "luke duke'd" it back in without getting soaked. lucky im such a lithe willowy build. :shock:

dixie · Post by **dixie** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:46 pm

Sam and his pa,pa doing all the work off course!!after failing to bulldoze 2-3 feet of shit through the water.

offrd · Post by **offrd** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:49 pm

As long as you dont do them like this on top is all good....

coxsy · Post by **coxsy** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:59 pm

you could fit a rope or strope on first before you go in

dixie · Post by **dixie** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:03 pm

offrd wrote:As long as you dont do them like this on top is all good....

I guess thats what happens when you pull on the top side of a hook which is most likely when your normally stuck down in the shit.....and the other mounting eye failure is obviously yet another fault with the jeep fleet...He he he

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:15 pm

dixie wrote:
offrd wrote:As long as you dont do them like this on top is all good....

I guess thats what happens when you pull on the top side of a hook which is most likely when your normally stuck down in the shit.....and the other mounting eye failure is obviously yet another fault with the jeep fleet...He he he

Nope, the passengers side did exactly what it was designed to do. It was obviously over loaded, and they are designed to straighten out when over loaded.

Drivers side due to shock loading from snatching without a snatch strap perhaps??

dixie · Post by **dixie** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:19 pm

Nope, the passengers side did exactly what it was designed to do. It was obviously over loaded, and they are designed to straighten out when over loaded.

True didnt think of that, i must be half a sleep, good thinking DB!!!

offrd · Post by **offrd** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:43 pm

Yes they should straighten out when overloaded, just hope there is no shackle in the rope when they do! But notice the other one looks to be close to ripping out of the chassis also...... Could be a point for all of us to think about when fitting hooks, 1, add some extra metal and 2, Only use cap screws as they are a higher grade...

Oops, thread-jack!

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 11:16 pm

just looks like another normal broken down JEEP to me...... :lol:

TJ · Post by TJ » Sun Jun 17, 2007 11:31 pm

wopass wrote:just looks like another normal broken down JEEP to me......

This one was broken from the factory, it had square lights :lol:

Looks more like really ambitious recovery without engaging the only brain cell of the driver in the recovering vehicle.

nz4x4 · Post by **nz4x4** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 7:43 am

Nice pictures guys! I'm quite surprised i couldn't bulldoze my way though a bit further... maybe i need more speed... :twisted:

Will try again next time.

Anyway, my truck is going to be off the road for a while while i fix the damage (IE, do a quater chop, find a way of putting some new rear lights on, fix the dash which still doesnt work, clean the engine bay, fix the left front guard that has totaly warped (didnt notice this untill i got home)

I'm bloody please with how the truck went though, winch worked well now.

xj · Post by xj » Fri Jun 22, 2007 5:33 pm

SAND! SAND! Thats right......... torque converter and box full of.... Not slushy mud from my attempted drowning...... but F^%$&*G SAND!!!!!!!!!!

Seems the dope smoking bloke i bought it off might have dropped it in the salty stuff somewhere when wind surfing, quick oil change and off it goes!!

Thing thats got me buggered is that it was driving fine.... bit sticky trying to get to top gear at times, but i figured that was just where the ratio change was different due to the bigger tyres. Then again, things went pear shaped in Low box...... hadnt used it before........ hmmmmmm

SAND, SAND...... Two thousand three hundred dollars worth of fuking SAND..................

MOTHERFu................................................................... arrrrrgh

nz4x4 · Post by **nz4x4** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 5:41 pm

That sorta shit pisses ya off! so you read for another trip down petes place now mark? :lol:

xj · Post by xj » Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:02 pm

sure am............. AFTER i extent the tranny breather more than the 2 inch one its got now.

icekayak · Post by **icekayak** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:16 pm

hahah so atleast it wasn't your fault then

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:53 pm

xj wrote:. Two thousand three hundred dollars worth of fuking SAND..................

ouch.....thats expensive sand

xj · Post by xj » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:10 pm

icekayak...... nah, the mud and shit i put in there sure didnt help.

wopass.... wonder if i can recoup some of that on TM by selling it as "Tranny Sand" all the cross dressers will be up for some im sure!! (no offense to any ORE cross dressers)

coxsy · Post by **coxsy** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:12 pm

do you still love your jeeps xj

xj · Post by xj » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:17 pm

Of course, pretty stupid question really isnt it.

Just like our kids and our wives man, they do shit to piss ya off.... but ya still love em.