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still tinkering with the g finding a few minor issues and then having to work ways around them did have a bit of good luck though measured my front shocks and realised they are the about the length i need in the back but the spacer for the bolt through the eyes were different 10 minutes with a makeshift press and the spacers were swapped over and now they are in place
now got to get 4 brake lines made for the front 2 shocks for the front and a new exhaust system and we should be rolling

turoa wrote:malcolm, you might want to upgrade the axle studs to 10mm instead of 8's. knowing how you drive you'll break em all the time

That sounds like a good plan.So how do I do that.Just drill out old studs amd retap to 10mm?

Beer_Cruiser wrote:

turoa wrote:malcolm, you might want to upgrade the axle studs to 10mm instead of 8's. knowing how you drive you'll break em all the time

That sounds like a good plan.So how do I do that.Just drill out old studs amd retap to 10mm?

Yep, the only thing is it needs new cone washers for the 10mm bolts and I cant remeber where you can get them from. I think Madaz did the swap though. Also see if you can get bigger dowels to put in (I cant remember if the 40 series had any), if it did then they're probably broken now

Well I worked on my truck till midnight on friday night getting the turbo off cause it was squeling like a slipping belt as soon as the thing got up to presure, and it is fubar. took into shop to ask about a rebuild kit and was told not likley to be available as not may people bother to rebuild. got road tyres for a run to New Plymouth next weekend but now need to find a turbo. so if any of you have a spare CT26 lying around that is not rooted send me a pm. seems the old girl can cook and keep going but the turbo does nor like getting over heated.........

Well I got the head off ... the upside is we believe that the problem is as simple as stretched bolts ... As it was torqued down correctly when it was reassembled and when I went to take them out they were far too easy to undo.
As you can see there is obvious blow out on three of the pistons.











Not sure about the valves ... Off to the auto machinist tomorrow


The rest here
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Spent pretty much all of sunday afternoon making these.



What for? To fit here



To hold this.


Painted them last night and fitted this morning. Happy with result. Made it lockable while I was at it so I don't loose it.


Also had to shift the number plate forward as jack is now right in front of its old mount.


Decided against fitting it to the spare on the back. I do have a mount for there but had a loan of a jack in the past and and mount broke (poor welding) a quick fizz would fix it but decided that I have plenty of space there at the front and its more secure.

Finally got my air system re-plumbed and running. I have now removed the secondary air reservoir from behind the drivers seat along with pressure switch and locker solenoids. The solenoids now reside in the body cavity next to the rear seat, the lines through the floor are no longer poly, but now steel bundy tube, meaning I can fold up my rear seat, carry passengers and/or my dogs without fear of the locker solenoids/airlines and wiring being damaged. Just have to mount the secondary locker pressure tank somewhere now.

Hope you have more than just those tags holding that number plate fweddy. Otherwise the first decent water crossing you do will turn the whole lot inside out. The Hi lift brackets look super sexy though

well after smashing my roof rack off and flooding the passenger side on saturday, yesterdays damages came to ripping my running board off, peeling back part of my back bumper, and flooding the drivers side.... lucky i moved the stacker lol.

still less damage than some others that came out

Great afternoon out with Nstg8a, his new Safari makes most of the tracks look easy, while the 'zuk struggles through on the 31's.




I ended up with a smashed grille and torn snorkel-mounts, but still better off than the truck with a stuffed panel and broken driveshaft!

Got a strong suspicion that next weekend will be spent mainly in the garage.

that top pic is a cracker!!!!!

lneil wrote:Great afternoon out with Nstg8a, his new Safari makes most of the tracks look easy, while the 'zuk struggles through on the 31's.

I ended up with a smashed grille and torn snorkel-mounts, but still better off than the truck with a stuffed panel and broken driveshaft!

Got a strong suspicion that next weekend will be spent mainly in the garage.

Cripes, I didn't think the Maungatapu got that rough, I should have come up

rokhound wrote:Hope you have more than just those tags holding that number plate fweddy. Otherwise the first decent water crossing you do will turn the whole lot inside out. The Hi lift brackets look super sexy though

Yeah thanks rockhound. Numberplate mount was a quick hook up to get it showing, (as it was had to do a trip without it!) Its going to need a more substantial mount before facing bush, and I havn't added water to the equation yet either! Makes sense to make it solid now (soon ) than eventually fall off! As it is its going to cope with a fair bit but time and nature throw all sorts at you on the trail.

Like the loose branch (about 4 mtrs long) sitting on the track the other day, I brushed past it and it slid up, went through the bullbar and between the bars and bonnet, fired straight up in the air and flung off the side. Was an impressive scene from the drivers seat and fortunately did no damage.

xj wrote:that top pic is a cracker!!!!!

second that ! very cool pic

lneil wrote:Great afternoon out with Nstg8a

Bloody good idea, I was wondering where I could fit mine long jack, now i know, BRILLIANT!!! both idea and execution.

B.

fweddy wrote:Spent pretty much all of sunday afternoon making these.



What for? To fit here

xj wrote:that top pic is a cracker!!!!!

lol that corner had me buggered for a while, and the suzuki and jeep had no problems with it

Is that up the Applebby river on the way to Mot? looks familiar.

UBZ wrote:Is that up the Applebby river on the way to Mot? looks familiar.

nah its up the maungatapu, up past the dam

looks like I have some more play areas to discover up the Maungatapu next time I'm down.

No, No!!

It's awful up there, nothing to see, nothing to do. No-one else needs to go up there at all!!

Ever again!!

(Unless we come with you.)