Offroad-Express

been to whangarei did glenbevie safari interesting tracks, mostly at speed winched once, towed twice , was fun
met up with forge this morn for a chat, 1km driveway and 40 acres to mow great under the house garage though

sibainmud wrote:Went to Woodhill and had a great hour or so until I blew yet another front diff . Good thing I have a brand new spare . I spent the rest of the day in 2wd.
Meet up with a few ORE’ers .

Had an epiphany…….perhaps I need to alter my driving style before there is a national shortage of 4.8 front diffs
Oh well into the shed to change diff, hub and steering assemblies.

Cheers,

SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS ASS


you get the idea

didn,t happen unless you have pics

Pedro wrote:went rock crawling with the BC rockcrawlers in Canada, big gear, long trucks, big rocks, good day had a blast in Daves rockcrawler, gotta love the escolade V8s

Pedro

sig wrote:didn,t happen unless you have pics

Pedro wrote:went rock crawling with the BC rockcrawlers in Canada, big gear, long trucks, big rocks, good day had a blast in Daves rockcrawler, gotta love the escolade V8s

Pedro

check his facebook page

sig wrote:didn,t happen unless you have pics

Pedro wrote:went rock crawling with the BC rockcrawlers in Canada, big gear, long trucks, big rocks, good day had a blast in Daves rockcrawler, gotta love the escolade V8s

Pedro

got pics and video, but due to someone fiddling with the vidoe settings they are washed out, white balance screwed

so may post later

Pedro

Had a awsome 5 days in Lake Daniels did quite well only damage was bent rear panard bar bent the bloody thing twice on the way out so will have to strengthen it now so not to bad
Plenty off winching and towing but good fun

Well Got the chassis to a rolling state now, Still heaps to do but man its looking nice now.

Had a hoon out south auckland



Mudlva









Promise its not a waterway

Saturday : Cut my front gaurds , to clear the tyres .

Sunday : Went wood hill, was having a great time,
then got a pin hole in the rear heater/water hoses ..
So wrapped it up with some plastic and cable ties,
Rear bumper pushed tail light and craked it
(should have listend to Coxy who told me this happens all the time with stock bumper s..)
, and the clutch started slipping on way home ..
Glad it drove home with out too much drama ..

Lilpigzuk -- Private land ? Looks like a lot of fun!

oh i hate i told ya so

LOLYF wrote:

sibainmud wrote:Went to Woodhill and had a great hour or so until I blew yet another front diff . Good thing I have a brand new spare . I spent the rest of the day in 2wd.
Meet up with a few ORE’ers .

Had an epiphany…….perhaps I need to alter my driving style before there is a national shortage of 4.8 front diffs
Oh well into the shed to change diff, hub and steering assemblies.

Cheers,

SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS ASS


you get the idea

I hope that was a typo
Thinking.......Hmmmmm..........

sibainmud wrote:Went to Woodhill and had a great hour or so until I blew yet another front diff . Good thing I have a brand new spare . I spent the rest of the day in 2wd.
Meet up with a few ORE’ers .

Whats the diff count now, how many have you busted in that thing

1 in T1.
3 in T2.....so far, since Christmas.
I think I have found the "weak link". It's not the steering or suspenion....freakin diffs

Cheers,

sibainmud wrote:

LOLYF wrote:
ASS

I hope that was a typo

Maybe.......


Will you have it fixed for the pig farm?

sibainmud wrote:Went to Woodhill and had a great hour or so until I blew yet another front diff . Good thing I have a brand new spare . I spent the rest of the day in 2wd.
Meet up with a few ORE’ers .

Had an epiphany…….perhaps I need to alter my driving style before there is a national shortage of 4.8 front diffs
Oh well into the shed to change diff, hub and steering assemblies.

Cheers,

Jezze Simon now why am I not surprised , yes change your driving style, or get a better coey

LOLYF wrote:

sibainmud wrote:

LOLYF wrote:
ASS

I hope that was a typo

Maybe.......


Will you have it fixed for the pig farm?

Yip. Will be done by Sunday (drive in movie carpark re-education unit )
I have a bone to pick with the pig farm as it was the death of T1

Drurban, not Co-ee's fault. Did it on "My bypass" Big arse tree roots that have been un-earthed by 35+ inch tires

Cheers,

fit a safari one simon may last better

Jezze Simon now why am I not surprised , yes change your driving style, or get a better coey

there was nothing i could do to prevent it, simon's right foot is just too heavy sometimes. and it isn't my fault he's fixed every other weak part on the front end...

my achievement for the weekend was pulling apart my spare diffs and cleaning up the head ready to go into the truck next week/weekend for the pig farm.

then today cruised round woodhill as coey in t2 in rwd showing some whangrei boys 'our backyard'.

cheers

sibainmud wrote:I have a bone to pick with the pig farm as it was the death of T1

Same, It was the death of my Pajero...So I'm going back with my hilux to exact my revenge (insert evil laugh) If I can ever get hold of Graeme that is, does that man ever answer his phone

had a bad saturday at work. Wet season. Found the guy a new spring. would've been easier if i hadn't driven the truck over it. took 6 hours to get out with a 12 tonne digger and two 80hp tractors, lifted it out sideways then had to be dragged 20m with the digger to reach drier ground.

it's in a grazed dairy paddock. bloody hard to see the change in grass colour in the early morning sun. Been in this paddock last year, though it was always a bit damp it was only around the gully at the bottom, not 70m up the paddock.

edit: pic too wide

nicinnz wrote:

Drove up a mountain 1972 meters

So did I

tgaguy1 wrote:

T-Boon wrote:


Isint she a piece of ugly bueaty....

Found one that is uglier

not so much of a bargain now $660 http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/toyota/other/auction-470527817.htm

LOLYF wrote:

sibainmud wrote:I have a bone to pick with the pig farm as it was the death of T1

Same, It was the death of my Pajero...So I'm going back with my hilux to exact my revenge (insert evil laugh) If I can ever get hold of Graeme that is, does that man ever answer his phone

It was also the temporary death of the Lada.

It won't be there this time, but next time...

Damned Pig Farm, Nav started making silly noises after last trip there as well lol. However I am moderately motivated to get the lada ready for this trip... well so motivated that I spent about two hours patching previously cut holes and cutting new ones (stupid rust) my welding is still shit... but I have a grinder lol.

Doubt it will actually be ready for this pig farm trip but I am gonna give it a shot.

Pics of holes

New holes:







Old hole fixed (well getting there)

Well it was a long weekend

Caught up with Coxy (as mentioned earlier) nice to meet you mate and will let you know when Im next down and we could go off exploring out your ways

Didnt achieve much else, I still need to sort out my gearstick for the bodylift. I managed to find a Engineer who does small jobs cheap so I got him to make a adaptor for the BOV on my Rover 220 and fitted that.

I will get him to tinker with some bar work on the bighorn as well when I get some extra cash if that doesnt work I will just get the landlord to help me out.

Went to watch winch challenge here in westport ... Awsome weekend ... Managed to go for a Skid in hosehusslers toy in mint track as we ll

Had a oil leak from around sump, so off that came to find a crack in the housing that holds the rear main seal. ####! so off came the gearbox, cheers Drurban and hiluxdan for the lift with that heavy c*#t.


Must of had oil in the hole or silicon and hydrauliced when tightened.

Replaced the stock springs and shocks in the Land rover Discovery, with terra firma shock's +50mm and extreme springs gone up a bit more than the 50mm but sure it will settle down after a bit of off roading. Very happy with the result .

Mud Hog wrote:Is that flange on the intake you can just see on the LH side of the photo an inline air filter?

Yep looks like a K&N Apollo air box [/quote]

Yep, thats the one.



Was the easiest to make waterproof, I ditched the plastic push nose, and ran a 4 inch to 3 inch joiner so she`s watertight.

And its a interesting debate over which ones uglyier !