bj40 build...

rokhound · Post by **rokhound** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:41 pm

OK H20. You must be about ready to lift the body off yours, and dump it on Nibbys.

It's all cool fella, he'll never even notice, honest he won't

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Then she'll be ready for show weekend :lol:

and we can take it out and FARK IT!!!!! :twisted:

MudBum · Post by **MudBum** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:34 am

niblik wrote:

(havnt got the greasable longer rear shackles on at the moment..)
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Well you did have them till H2O tried them on his :lol:

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:49 am

Thats looking good man

Should be a mean looking cruiser when your finished, have you worked out what springs to use that will keep it from being 6ft off the ground?

I am contemplating a SOA myself as the spring locating holes in the perches are slogged out a bit, but I dont want it too high.

H2OLOVA · Post by **H2OLOVA** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:22 pm

I'm going to do a SOA on mine eventually

I'm in the same boat as you Aaron, I don't want to have snow on my roof all the time. The only way i have thought that would prevent this is to have the rear shackle mount going through the middle of the chassis rail as opposed to under it. Would be a bitch to line up but i'm sure it can be done. I'll keep you posted when the time comes :wink:

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:35 pm

That sounds a bit complex but might be the way to go, I was thinking of taking a couple of leaves out to make a flat spring

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:07 pm

Aaron wrote: have you worked out what springs to use that will keep it from being 6ft off the ground?

i am going to be using a standard spring pack from a 70# front and 60# rear, removing and adding leaves where neccessary.. and as for height, havnt measured that yet but estimate somewhere round the 4 - 6 inch lift gain.. i likey..

h2o mentions the 'mount through the chassis' idea... heres a pic..

not dumb really, lowers the ride height a heap..

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:11 pm

I think a combination of through the chasis mount and less leaves might be the go.. :wink:

callum007 · Post by **callum007** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:27 pm

so its not going to be a rollova dayglo cruiser on 40's then??

Do a SOA and then lower it.. i know why but you do it cos.. i fall over lots..
I guess your also trying to say you are well endowed as you dont need to have a high truck to compensate...... :twisted:

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 8:02 pm

there was a visit by dr certifier to dayglo today.. unfortunately i was stuck workin but luckily h2o was able to cover for me.. (cheers fella)

so wayne martin in chch here had a nosey over dayglo and was happy with the quality of worksmanship, (again cheers h2o) and gave all the chassis,diffs engine mounts, perches, spring hangers and front and rear bars the big OK

:cheers: hallalulah :!:

so next is to get the body mounts sorted on new rear bar (pics to follow)
and get the tub seated..

so now the build can progress.. sahweeeeeeeeeeetttttttt..... :!:

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:25 am

:cheers:

got the tub just sittin on the chassis last night..

the rear will come up a bit when i put the slightly longer shackles back in and possibly an extra leaf or so aswell.. the front will lower a bit too when the rest of the body panels and crap go on, and a slightly longer set of leaf springs... thus bringing the tub back to level and shackle angles all lovely jovely.. :wink:

will have to get a big tyre on a rim to test out the new forming required for the rear arch.. the new location of the rear diff really stands out in comparison to where the original sat.. :shock:

.......

and lastly in my quick update, the rear diff from a 60 does have a bit of extra width huh?! excellent..

]:-)

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:35 am

The axle sit a lot further back, have you thought about opening the rear gaurds up like this,

http://forum.ih8mud.com/showpost.php?p=1575730&postcount=3

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:44 am

i like that aaron.. :thumleft:

do you know if that is legal in nz though? as long as the side of the tread is covered, would it be goodly?

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:49 am

that is COOL ! :twisted:

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:50 am

As long as you had some small flares to cover the tread at the top it should be ok, not sure about mud flaps though the rules have changed since I was doing wofs 4 years ago.

rokhound · Post by **rokhound** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:01 am

She looks bitchin' Nib. :twisted:

See ya all will be ready for xmas, it's months away yet isn't it? :roll:

H2OLOVA · Post by **H2OLOVA** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:16 am

rokhound wrote:will be ready for xmas, it's months away yet isn't it?

I didn't realise we were organising trips for 2009 yet :lol:

rokhound · Post by **rokhound** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 3:41 pm

But you will be ready for this coming break, won't you H20?

MudBum · Post by **MudBum** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 4:00 pm

rokhound wrote:But you will be ready for this coming break, won't you H20?

Wots H2O gonna break now :roll:

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 4:01 pm

Looking bloody good nibby

rokhound · Post by **rokhound** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 7:11 pm

MudBum wrote: Wots H2O gonna break now

I'm sure we will come up with something interesting :twisted:

H2OLOVA · Post by **H2OLOVA** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 11:35 am

MudBum wrote:
rokhound wrote:But you will be ready for this coming break, won't you H20?

Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 4:00 pm

Wots H2O gonna break now

your bloody legs if you don't get back to work!!!!!!!! :evil:

H2OLOVA · Post by **H2OLOVA** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 11:47 am

The trusty old Landcruiser lapped up all that i threw at it on the weekend and, like an asian at a sushi bar, justs wants more. So yes will most definately be in for the next trip. Hopefully have the tent waterproofed by then

but by then it will be summer so we wont have any rain

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 9:48 pm

ok, no pictures as i forgot the camera which is normally not like me... :roll:

got the front springs courtesy of shipping by billyvanboheffner, cheers alex..

gave them a sanding and then a coat of paint to 'freshen' em up a little.. light greasing between the leaves and put them onto the 40 and then goose chucked the greaseable shackles in the rear of the 40.. brought the back up to be damn near flat/level.. once the weight of the bonnet and side guards etc goes in, should be on target.. :mrgreen:

shot goose..

the other night h20 drilled the rear body mount holes in the new rear chassis rail.. thanks again to you guy.. we sorta nutted out (all be it very quickly) a hybrid steering wheel where the 40's and 60's become one.. 40's wheel and outer shaft, 60's inner and uni's with bearings usage out of the 60 too..

:thumleft: hopefully it'll come together ok.. might need to extend some parts of the steering shafts..

will get pics up soonly..

De-Ranged · Post by **De-Ranged** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:20 am

your putting me to shame Nib :lol:

your going hard... good work
you still keen to do the steering ???

Cheers Reece

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 5:32 pm

De-Ranged wrote:you still keen to do the steering ???

Cheers Reece

i will be.. just gonna do this inverted std steering arms thing to begin with and go the high steer way later.. just a dollars thing at the moment.. :oops:

will holla ya though.. :wink:

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:08 am

well, oopsy doodle..
forgot to take a pic of the body sittin on the body mounts properly and all lined up.. this photo is of the body moved forward by a few inches but ya get the idea of how level its sittin..heres the 40 sitting damn near close to flat with the 60 series rear springs and 70's fronts.. greasable shackles all round.. can add a leaf to the rear or front packs if needed later too..

with a bit more weight from the bonnet,side guards, radiator and front on, it'll drop at the front a bit too.. hopefully.. :roll:

the hybrid steering column.. 40's outer with the four hole flange cut off, bottom 3 hole from 60 ready to slot into the flared outer courtesy of the lads at magoo mufflers on riccarton rd.. put a slice in the flared bit and hey presto, ready to be bolted together with the 60's clampy thingy..

next is the spacer whatsit for the inverted steering arm and mount the power steering to the chassis and put crush tube through etc..

still loving the build.. :twisted:

MNC · Post by **MNC** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:35 pm

Looks like you could trim the back of those rear wheel archs abit. Nice entry & exit angles though :!:

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:29 pm

i'll definitely need to 'trim' a bit if running these!! roks 39.5's!! jacked up to have the rear up roughly around centre of hub...

MNC · Post by **MNC** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:21 pm

NICE

Which poor sole did you steel those beasts from?

Damn Nib, if you put a dirty big 350 in that cruiser I`m comming down there for a ride

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 10:27 pm

MNC wrote:NICE Which poor sole did you steel those beasts from?

Damn Nib, if you put a dirty big 350 in that cruiser I`m comming down there for a ride

Hes not, its a diesel :oops: