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Already fitted: Tail-light grill guards on Grumpy. Bling bling stainless entry sills on Stroppy.

To do tomorrow: Strip winch out of XJ, see if anyone at fully equipped is awake enough to find me a winch mount for Grumpy. Replace roofrack and clean XJ inside and out. Pay for Grumpy's 33/12.5/15 MT/R's. Sort purchase and reg/wof of camping trailer.

PR wrote:I only have Wednesdays off, but I am the boss so if I decided to have anthor day off I just take it

He only thinks hes the boss

Bubbles wrote:
He only thinks hes the boss

OK Who let my handbrake out

Congratulations Daz and family. Good to see you POM'S are making ,

KIWI KID'S,

FITZY.

has a scary moment around terawhiti on friday.

photos are crap cos there off my phone, and dont show the angle the truck was leaning


sceary stuff, fun tho hahaha

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you mean

it could lean a little bit more

coxsy wrote:it could lean a little bit more

i wasnt keen to find out how much more

basics wrote:

coxsy wrote:it could lean a little bit more

i wasnt keen to find out how much more

Wheres your spirt of adventure Its always good to see a Toyota having a rest Im sure ther will be a couple at the uponcoming sheffield mudplug ae Jas

PR wrote:

basics wrote:

coxsy wrote:it could lean a little bit more

i wasnt keen to find out how much more

Wheres your spirt of adventure Its always good to see a Toyota having a rest Im sure ther will be a couple at the uponcoming sheffield mudplug ae Jas

only so the nissans will catch up

some of you probably aint going to believe this but I got the surf running today .......... actually I wouldnt believe it myself But I did get the exhaust manifold all bolted up, pyro sender unit in, camshaft torqued down, timing belt stuff all figured out. Not to bad for me considering it took me over an hour to find my socket set, damned brother had borrowed it and not told me

Mike

Got my new tyres, cleaned the mud out the clutch then stop the new tyres from rubbing Yay now the suzuki is capable-ish.... Lift to come.

About 5 months ago i refitted my dental surgery with new gear so lots of old bits were chucked out - but I kept the light - today i finally got round to doing something with it



the base is a diff casing welded to a LT77 handbrake drum seems heay enough to be stable but can esliy be dragged around the shed to illuminate what i'm up to

Engine was down on power, particularly going uphill. Muffler shop had a look and it sounds like cat converter is ***ting itself internally. Not fully blocked yet, but its getting there.

On top of that, rather just behind it, muffler has developed a leak in it as well. Will have to get it sorted next week.

mike wrote:some of you probably aint going to believe this but I got the surf running today ..........

No way! You are kidding right? Either it was a dream that you had last night or you got someone else to do it...

... or was it all the hassles that I've been giving you over the last few months? "Have you got the Surf going yet?". "Is the Surf running yet?". "How's the Surf going?".

skid wrote:looks good, but I gotta agree with Turoa here, its a speed day and things can go horribly wrong at speed and the ground hurts more when you roll at speed. you say you're not planning on rolling it anytime soon NEITHER WAS I, BUT IT HAPPENED WHEN I LEAST EXPECTED IT.

Also, why did you not loop the harnesses back thru the metal clip thingy instead of tying them in a knot.
Also, what kind of helmet do you plan on using for the boy at the speed day. He looks real excited sitting in the beast.

the boy wont be in the truck at the speed day, the harnesses are thru the buckle and then wrapped around the bar and looped under them selves to tidy up exess strap and the extra bar is on the list

but now i have bigger fish to fry,have to replace all the wheel studs in the front left corner and try to streighten my buckled rim (or buy another one) as today it got a hammering

pics and vids to come

Fitted a hilux power steer pump to the Supra motor, copied Hosehustlers mount for the pump. (Cheers Tim)
Plumbed up the new pump to steering box and mounted the remote reservoir. Had to relocate my coil and fusebox to make room.
Replaced the cam seals, tried finding a new timing belt as old one has been cooked by the leaking oil from the buggered cam seals.
Fitted all new shocks, front and rear.
Fitted a new return to center Steering damper.
Plastered my ORE stickers on too.
Hopefully take the old girl out for a run tomorrow, once I've finished rewiring the coil and igniter pack

I finally got around to making an auto tranny sump protector for the Terrano today.
Got some 6mm x 650x350mm plate and welded 3 x 50mm angle irons lengthwise to it for added strength. I know its a little overboard, would have preferred 40mm angle irons, but all the engineers had was 50. Cut the irons at a 45deg angle on the ends to help prevent snagging, but have not filled them in. I only have a limited amount of tools at hand.

Attached it to the crossmembers with 4 x 8.8 bolts. Drilling the holes with a battery drill was hard work, but the trusty old Dewalt got me there.

No photos as it was dark as I was bolting it all in, with the help of the trolley jack!

No doubt it will get a testing as i'm off to do the Pahau and Hurunui Rivers tomorrow with another club.

Got a scare when I looked under the old girl after the Poulter River trip, only to discover a slight gouge in the bottom of the pan, but it hasn't affected the transmission that I can tell anyways.

Will take it in sometime to get the tranny serviced/checked and get them to hammer the dent out at the same time.

Now im going to have to make something to protect the engine sump........... Ahh, the list goes on and on and on...........

Smurf wrote:Fitted a hilux power steer pump to the Supra motor, copied Hosehustlers mount for the pump. (Cheers Tim)
Plumbed up the new pump to steering box and mounted the remote reservoir. Had to relocate my coil and fusebox to make room.
Replaced the cam seals, tried finding a new timing belt as old one has been cooked by the leaking oil from the buggered cam seals.
Fitted all new shocks, front and rear.
Fitted a new return to center Steering damper.
Plastered my ORE stickers on too.
Hopefully take the old girl out for a run tomorrow, once I've finished rewiring the coil and igniter pack

so wont b long b4 u come down 4 a blast then

nuts wrote:so wont b long b4 u come down 4 a blast then

As soon as its all legal we'll be there.
Just got X over steering to do, fit rear disc brakes, IFS hub swap, rebuild front brake calipers. Get cert.
Yeah not too much left, I must have made a bit of progress in the last few months. I had a lot longer list than that a few months ago

mike wrote: I got the surf running today ..........

well ah.... *cough* ya could test drive it and um.... *cough* drop off the er..... *cough* coffeemaker to me?

this is all i have done so far

TJ wrote:Engine was down on power, particularly going uphill. Muffler shop had a look and it sounds like cat converter is ***ting itself internally. Not fully blocked yet, but its getting there.

On top of that, rather just behind it, muffler has developed a leak in it as well. Will have to get it sorted next week.

GAS AXE, GAS AXE, GAS AXE, GAS AXE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cheers:

Yeah, that's what the guy suggested. A bit of straight pipe and new muffler, problems solved.

He reckons there is no need to go to 2.5 inch pipe as this is naturally aspirated. hey did you have a second sensor on the cat?

LOL, we had this conversation remember TJ, my ONLY sensor was on the cat. After a few little misfire issues immediatley after the cat was cut out its been fine, seems it may have needed a little "breathing space" perhaps.

No need to go to 2.5 inch? Isnt it 2.5 inch anyway? Then again, who knows what happens in the minds of Jeep designers??????????

had a busy weekend .turned 40 and had a pissup last night.got so munted cant remember what happened for half the night . got up this morning and was supposed to be at interclub champs at 9 but finally arrived at 12 after lots of water and panadol.only managed a couple of hours till the panadol wore of then home for a kindy nap

well dixie and i managed to get over to Te Poi after a Very slow start satday morning..... long story.

got shit all action shots but we had fun and thats the main thing

exploring gullys


parked on rocks
my rocks were good if you wanted some shade or to look at anything under the truck


will post some vids stuff when i get it off dix...or he can post it

Spent all weekend following the WRC and the Possum Bourne Memorial Rally around. AWESOME as usual. Spent a windy night last night up on the the Whanga Coast to to beat the road closure so we could get to the primo spot where you can see the cars for about 5k's.

Did i mention it was AWESOME

Not much 4x4 realated, but did about 700K's+ in the safari, towed a few knobs out that got there cars stuck on the side of the road. Biggest was a ford transit with car trailer from one of the support crews that go stuck up to its rear axle

DieselBoy wrote:Spent all weekend following the WRC

towed a few knobs out that got there cars stuck on the side of the road. Biggest was a ford transit with car trailer from one of the support crews that go stuck up to its rear axle

hahhahhaha.....PICS !