ORE Welly Training Day - October

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:16 pm

key safe and sound in my pocket!!! now just need to remember to bring it tomorrow!! haha

downunderxj · Post by **downunderxj** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:12 pm

Well, what a great day, thanks to Mike for taking us through the course material.
Some of us learnt all about safe river crossings, others didn't :lol:

Here are the rest of the photos I took of the river crossing part of the training today.
http://community.webshots.com/album/560950573oQpwBE

See you all tomorrow

Cheers
Ian

tara13 · Post by **tara13** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:28 pm

Cheers Mike for coming up to take us on course . Good photos downunderxj .

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:50 pm

was a very good and fun. cool fun in 2wd.
thanks to mike and mark, especially for sorting out the river access. it was

curly12 · Post by **curly12** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 6:01 pm

You evening weather update......
Forecast:
Today: Northwest 25 knots gusting 35 knots. Sea rough. Fine at first, drizzle developing tonight with fair visibility.
Tomorrow: Northwest 25 knots gusting 35 knots rising to 35 knots gusting 50 knots early morning then easing to 25 knots gusting 35 knots in the afternoon. Rough sea becoming very rough for a time in the morning and afternoon. Fair visibility in occasional showers turning to rain at night with poor visibility.
:shock:

Hang on....... It was like that last sunday.......... At least I won't be half way across Cook Strait in the worlds smallest yacht ( or so it felt)
See you in the morning

91Rangie · Post by **91Rangie** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 6:15 pm

Looks like you guys had fun.
Drove past some of you guys and Turoa hope you got yah dads Rangie dirty

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 6:18 pm

91Rangie wrote:Looks like you guys had fun.
Drove past some of you guys and Turoa hope you got yah dads Rangie dirty

I did get it dirty, I had to clean all the dust off it.

I got the zuki behind it clean though. was fun in teh water, thankfully the seat didnt get wet, and it was all clean.

markr · Post by **markr** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 6:20 pm

Sooooooo Any 4x4 driving this Sunday?

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 6:37 pm

thanks for helping tow my cruiser through that deep one Tu :thumright:

Post by **Mark** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:33 pm

markr wrote:Sooooooo Any 4x4 driving this Sunday?

Are you coming down to Aotea Block tomorrow Mark? We could do with an experienced person to help out with the training of all the non-NZQA group... able to help out?

Beer_Cruiser · Post by **Beer_Cruiser** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:05 pm

Had a lot of fun. Thanks Mike

Cloggy_NZ · Post by **Cloggy_NZ** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:15 pm

Twas a fun day eh

This is an awesome pic Ian, there something very appealing about it

vitara888 · Post by **vitara888** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:41 pm

Nice photo there, better than the ones of my head under the bonnet. Thanks to the guys who helped me out, first with a tow and then to pull the plugs and spin out the water.

I got home and the engine and trans oils look OK but the front diff was full of mayonnaise. Hopefully I'll finish it off tomorrow morning and get up to Aotea for the rest of the course.

Andrew

tara13 · Post by **tara13** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:34 am

My escudo was missing and back firing yesterday on the way to rally woods so i changed coil lead was still playing up on the way home so took coil out of spare vitara clean dizzy cap rotar and gave it all a sand took it for a test last night seems to be running better now may need to replace spark plug leads as there is still a short there some where .

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 5:23 pm

Great weekend, thanks for organising and running it Mike, it was more than worthwile from my prespective and well structured and run, I'm sure everybodys taken lots of useful knowledge away from it :thumright:

as usual the truck needs a couple of hours of waterblasting after that lot

great job on all the cooking and dishes and stuff too Mark and handbrake :wink:

tara13 · Post by **tara13** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 5:30 pm

Yes thanks mike mark and handbrake it was a really well organised weekend and on top of that a lot of fun cheers again see you all soon gareth

NJV6 · Post by **NJV6** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 5:36 pm

Soonds & looks nice.

Pic of Red TJ with airbox apart and snorkel.... What happened there?

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 5:43 pm

NJV6 wrote:Soonds & looks nice.

Pic of Red TJ with airbox apart and snorkel.... What happened there?

nothing major happened there fortunately, just a wee bit of percautionry drying out after a bit of a hole in the river

Beer_Cruiser · Post by **Beer_Cruiser** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:35 pm

a well run weekend thanks to every one involved
we had a lot of fun

downunderxj · Post by **downunderxj** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:42 pm

Same from me - thanks Mike for a great course and thanks to Mark & Handbrake for the local arrangements, food etc.

Here Sadam gives it the pedal and launches out of that hole that nobody else could get out of, twin lockers and V8 makes all the difference :twisted:

Here are the rest of the photos from today's fun

http://good-times.webshots.com/album/560958808MNQGMQ

I will let the rain clean the top part of the Jeep, but I feel it will also need waterblasting underneath.

curly12 · Post by **curly12** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:57 pm

downunderxj wrote:

Here Sadam gives it the pedal and launches out of that hole that nobody else could get out of, twin lockers and V8 makes all the difference

Na, the real reason is having me as ballast in the passengers seat.... :lol:

Great to be ballast again for you Sadam
Thanks for another fun day out and about. As per normal it was a laugh and was good to see drivers testing their limits (and the vehicles at times).
Who would have thought that Bubba could scream like that??? Was a mighty effort and not too shabby recovery from an interesting slide. Bubba, you may scream like a stuck pig, but you did well with the recovery!!!
Thanks also to Handbrake and co for sorting lunch and Beer Cruiser for the ride.

Post by **SV1K** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 10:19 pm

What a great day, had a blast. I just didn't think I would be home so late, for all those that left early didn't get the fun of changing a diff head in a land-cruiser... enough said there I think.

Check out the photo's and vid's, NOTE: most are vids and will take a while to download.....
http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/modules ... php&page=1

I have more just they take ages to upload, if you want to see them PM me and I will email them to you ....

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:59 am

thanks Mike,Mark and handbrake!! good weekend had and even learnt a thing or two!! had a good time on sat untill i left aotea block and discovered i had bent the steering on my nissan at some stage?? had to drive home doin 60km cause the left hand wheel was screaching the whole way!! lol now i have two dead 4x4s in the garage!!

markr · Post by **markr** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:10 am

Mark wrote:
markr wrote:Sooooooo Any 4x4 driving this Sunday?

Are you coming down to Aotea Block tomorrow Mark? We could do with an experienced person to help out with the training of all the non-NZQA group... able to help out?

Bugger... Ended up help family with new Deck project....

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:05 pm

A great couple of days

The theory was interesting, so here's a couple of questions and the correct answers.

Q. What are the advantages of a auto over a manual?
A. You can hold you beer while driving with a auto

Q. What are the advantages of power steering?
A. You can role your smoke and drive with your knee's when you have power steering

On the Sunday we did failed hill climbs, descents and sidings. Well I managed to all three in one maneuver. Saved heaps of time :wink:

Just for the record, I did it after the course was finished and it was thanks to the course that I was able to so smoothly and safely exit from it, that or just blind luck!

curly12 · Post by **curly12** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 5:19 pm

Bubba wrote:A great couple of days

The theory was interesting, so here's a couple of questions and the correct answers.

Q. What are the advantages of a auto over a manual?
A. You can hold you beer while driving with a auto

Q. What are the advantages of power steering?
A. You can role your smoke and drive with your knee's when you have power steering

On the Sunday we did failed hill climbs, descents and sidings. Well I managed to all three in one maneuver. Saved heaps of time

Just for the record, I did it after the course was finished and it was thanks to the course that I was able to so smoothly and safely exit from it, that or just blind luck!

And how do you squeal like a pig again?? :lol:

Red90 · Post by **Red90** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 5:29 pm

that slide down the hill was definatley done with skill and panache.

Dare you to repeat it

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:08 pm

I think a big :thumright: should go out to

suzuki1k
Jerry
and suzuki 1k's mate. I think it was Chris?

Especially Reece as he got down and did all the dirty work under the truck and lifted the diff out and put the new one back in. Also him and Chris for driving back to helpout Jumper.

Jerry needs a mention as he was helpful in passing tools around etc, and it was good that Jumper caught you as you were leaving.

I suppose a thanks should go out to cloggy aswell because without him giving mroffroader the cruiser diffs, they would never have ended up at my place and we wouldnt have been able to put the good diff into the fj40.

Good work guys

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:14 pm

I've never seen Jumper run so fast :lol:

and its lucky Reece and Chris were pigging out on pie and coffee and talking sh#t over the radio otherwise I would have had a bit of a job towing Jumpers truck out and up to your place with my little wee 2.4 ...and its funny how it always rains hard only when you have broken down and are working on it

Cloggy_NZ · Post by **Cloggy_NZ** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:15 pm

turoa wrote:I suppose a thanks should go out to cloggy aswell because without him giving mroffroader the cruiser diffs, they would never have ended up at my place and we wouldnt have been able to put the good diff into the fj40.

Awesome, that thought went through my mind when I saw those pics of Jumpers FJ at your place.
So how did he shear off the pinion? (other than brute Chev power) What was he doing at the time?

ORE Welly Training Day - October

Thanks for the help guys