Offroad-Express

coxsy wrote:whenmy slave cyl died, brought two cheap enough, carry a spare now, that rear hook thing is to weak to mount a hook there, the rear x member on mine has 6mm bent outward in it,oh
crawl under ye truck and grease up the pto cable now to stop water and mud getting in,
my weekends work so far

cheers for that Coxsy, thankfully the PTO cable is brand new
Just found out that the truck was owned by Mum and Dad (who have had it since "new" err off the boat), gave it to teenage Son who started to "boy race" it ... found blue Neons under the dash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and has a stupid tiny little aftermarket sports steering wheel (getting rid of it asap) and typical f@ckoff loud Thump Thump stereo .. thankfully for Nissan whale owners worldwide he decide he wanted a lowered V-tec and sold the Whale before he did something stupid like trying to lower it and put 20" bling rims on it
Dads fair p#ssed at son as he'd spend a fair bit of money upgrading the suspension and getting the PTO serviced and working.
oh btw how much was those rebuild kits? and are they hard to do (remember I come from a IFS background)

well this is where not checking what i brought comes in,have two kits $315.00 day one asked for hub kit, day three swizel kit, every thing in them except wheel bearings , koyo bearings

Finished the new trans cross member


this isn't a pic of the finished item, I have since filled the ends in and angle cut the brace plate on the left side

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Stripped the welded diff apart that blew last queens birthday weekend. Both spiders split in half, spider shaft broken in 2 places, side gears missing most of their teeth, pinion chipped, bearings slightly seized. Cut some tube inserted between side gears and welded in place. drilled through 16mm and put winch fairlead roller pin through and welded in place. welded side gears to carrier (hope the welds hold on that metal as i think its cast). Will put back together tonight and in the rover this week.

buy a locker mike

the only mechanical issue I can find is the slave cylinder needs replacing and the clutch needs bleeding (apparently a common and b*tch of a job in GQ's) so changing gears requires a little pause and a double clutch to get in first and second .. no biggie at the moment , reminds me of driving my father-in-laws old TK Bedford [/quote]


Hey Bud, the slave cyl are a piece of piss to replace and when I replaced mine the complete new Slave Cyl was around $75.00 from BNT and the rebuild kit was about $10.00 dearer so it was a no brainer really

Spent all day Saturday reworking the wiring looms to fit all the altered positions of pretty much everything. Lots of cuts, relocating, rejoining and heat shrinks

Then got roped into (only on Friday) judging the Canterbury building apprentice of the year contestant, huge day for them, start at 8.00am and finished at close enough to 7.00pm.

erm...nothing really looked at my empty engine bay

but not for much longer

ohh helped a mate put the spool (part time kit) in the centre diff of his 80 series.

i now have 2 centre diffs for 80 series cruisers if anyone needs parts for them

Was accused of having rust in the cruiser by wof people.
I pleaded no contest and set about working
Sills done. Now both back window surrounds to do. I think 70 series owners can relate to this???

Well today i just got my horn working again finally

and just took some photos of the zuk and cruised round the mall and other busy places. Yes just so people could look.

Yes I know that's shallow.

lincooln wrote:Well today i just got my horn working again finally

and just took some photos of the zuk and cruised round the mall and other busy places. Yes just so people could look.

Yes I know that's shallow.

Yeah, I got some looks going through the East Coast Bays to have Latte's on the beach this morning. Gotta start planning the repair process from the damage filled weekend.....still drives ok on the pavement.....bit harsh with rooted engine mounts and gearstick back about 2 inches.

Did some trial fittting of my DIY Dump pipe.
Then its 3 inch exhaust..... arhg arhg arhg...




Just awaiting a Mig welder....

Cheers
Calvin

half way through making side protection on the whale,connects to sliders over rear wheel arch then connects to rear bar(well be removeable)cant open rear doors when in place.just use them for rough trips.first test well be doing clarke river track next month

Shane

Did a bit more prep for the winch challenge, and had a walk through the stages I'll be marshalling. "The Marathon" and "The Rock Garden". Well named.... And drove one of the night stages. It's gunna be an AWESOME weekend, but there's not much room for error without panel damage...

kbushnz wrote:Did some trial fittting of my DIY Dump pipe.
Then its 3 inch exhaust..... arhg arhg arhg...




Just awaiting a Mig welder....

Cheers
Calvin

Watching and reading with interest. Where did ya get the flange from?

UBZ wrote:

That would have been fun dropping that front left wheel, just like a roller coaster ride

mike wrote:That would have been fun dropping that front left wheel, just like a roller coaster ride

went higher than that apparently as well but came down nice and slow though. Love 1st low.

where was that? damn youve got out a bit lately

Went out for a shiny trip

Was fun

where was that cruise at?

snork wrote:where was that cruise at?

looks like minginui to me

and some body of water that you ventured into (and will probably get yourself into a national publication saying you were dishonest, before the author gets the facts)

Went out for a shiny trip

DB... thats naughty.We get into heaps of trouble doing that lake/water drive.

DJ wrote:

Went out for a shiny trip

DB... thats naughty.We get into heaps of trouble doing that lake/water drive.

Nuts huh

hope you guys didnt drop into the hole just out from the creek .. that can be, err 'interesting'
not that we go there