Offroad-Express

your gunna have fun affording to run that one.

what with diffs andthat sort of breakage, and the price of gas.
on things for sure you won't just be able to lift it up and slip some "traction aids" under the tyres


have fun with that , I look foward to seeing it in action

warlord225 wrote:your gunna have fun affording to run that one.

what with diffs andthat sort of breakage, and the price of gas.

Thats not fair, they are reasonably ecconomical offroad, and you can LPG them easily enough if you get the right info on how to run ignition etc without the injectors going

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Early disco's like to break pins in the diff under load...which means they usually try to escape thru the diff housing, later ones are better.....James PM Cloggy as he is trialling a stronger pin which should fix the 2 he broke recently.....

I wonder how long it will remain "Shiny" ......You will be cursing it soon enough when sopmething breaks.....

Jerry wrote:Early disco's like to break pins in the diff under load...which means they usually try to escape thru the diff housing, later ones are better.....James PM Cloggy as he is trialling a stronger pin which should fix the 2 he broke recently.....

I wonder how long it will remain "Shiny" ......You will be cursing it soon enough when sopmething breaks.....

every post you have made on this thread has been negtive..........

god dam the most ultimate plate.....wonder how much they are??

warlord225 wrote:your gunna have fun affording to run that one.

the price of gas.

If they go to all that trouble of sucking it out off the ground and refining it , then it's our obligation to use it

Good to see it's a manual, don't worry about breaking things - every make will eventually break something (haven't seen a perfect one yet!), if they don't then they're probably not going or getting as far as you.

thumbs up mrO

Admire any one esp a young person willing to throw their all into something they have a passion for.

Sure there will be issues and costs but that's part of the game. Every truck has its weak points and disadvantages, every one has it good points and advantages.

Even if you use it for a period and transfer to some thing else its all gone to experience and fun. I say the spice of life is to give a variety of things a spin. I've done all sorts as hobbies and enjoyed them all, small farming, beekeeping, classic car rebuilds, tractor projects, rental house projects, and many of these are still current and because of that I haven't thrown heaps of $ into a 4x4 and hence my truck is nowhere the beast that yours is but I have a ton of fun and learning with with it as it is.

Hey james how many seats does it have?

Just seen this post, and dude it looks awesome good work it'll go like a cat on fire! Can't wait to see it in action.

thats a long way off mate be more like march april may somewhere im thinking ? but your more than welcom as well mate, im sure i can tow you two in one hit probably put petes 50 in the back and tow you both so i dont have to do multiple trips

Haha count me in too wopass im gona come either in the toyota or the zuk (if i finally have it all sorted) lol

So who's organising the next trip so James can try out his new beastie? and we can see it in action.....

Jerry wrote:So who's organising the next trip so James can try out his new beastie? and we can see it in action.....

Umm, Rallywoods 3rd+4th march

stinky wrote:Hey james how many seats does it have?

7 marty. 2 front 3 middle and 2 little seats at the back......whys that?

Don't let them say bad things about your Landy james!! lets see how many of thiers will be still going after 30+ years!!

Your Disco is almost exactly the same underneath as a Rangie, and mine is a 1974 and still going strong. yes, I've broken diffs, but lots of other vehicles have too!! It will be much 'betterer' than the ZUk in many ways, although they too have thier pros!

.John

Its a cool truck.....I still think you should still look arould for something to build up as a hard yakka/thrash/competition truck....the Landy will happily tow it....

mroffroader wrote:

stinky wrote:Hey james how many seats does it have?

7 marty. 2 front 3 middle and 2 little seats at the back......whys that?

If you didnt need the dicky seats at the rear, I hear they are worth a bit of money

Keep them in your shed incase of emergency though

Nice machine, interested to hear how the jungle treckers go, they were on my list of possible tyres a while ago, they look the part.

Looks like the truck is pretty well sorted, diff armour and the rest

Fuel economy - I dont think it will be any worse that my 3.0 pajero

Fuel ecomony will be no worse that a Series 2.25 petrol, but will have heaps more grunt!!

John

So i dont get to SAS your vit now? I was looking forward to cutting that up. Can i cut the disco up instead??

Wonder how long it will be till you are asking for that spare set of GQ diffs i have

Good choice man looking forward to seeing you thrash the crap out of it!

maybe one day jared haha......yes i dont think it is that bad on fuel.....its bad but its a long way off the worst apparntly a 3l petrol pajero would be about as thirsty or a jeep.....

take no notice of them.. yes a jeep is way more thirsty.. 30 litres to tow the bug 120kms today....

no joy on the pintle sorry. drawn a blank..

callum007 wrote:fired a blank..

.,......... haha sorry i couldt resist


haha ok thats cool i dont really take any notince of the negitive comments.......only the good ones sweet as i will continue my quest to find a pintle

4wd Bits sells them......

http://www.4wdbits.co.nz/ProductDetails ... ductID=745

Also See if Marty can get them as well...

$150

You can also try TWL for Pintles

DaveM wrote:You can also try TWL for Pintles

how much do they charge does anyone know?

over $200... but they are nice and shiney...

callum007 wrote:over $200... but they are nice and shiney...

thats even worse lol .....think il keep looking for a cheap second hand one

its got a summit 4wd sticker good man its been looked arfter those guys do all my stuff and i can tfault them good truck

Any reason you want a pintle hook over a rated hook??
Got one sitting on an ex army 109 at work. Will see what its worth in the morn and let you know