Offroad-Express

aroma wrote:yeti fitting those will double the value of the jeep lol
they look the part
any luck getting rid of your current ones

ha ha , nice one mate, have to throw in a fill tank of gas as well

Flash2004 wrote:Take those 5 down to Howie and get beadlocks fitted, the single best 4 wheeling enhancement you can make. they look pretty too

Sorry to hijack
Is howie a chch guy? - what does he do and how much to do this work? - looking at same wheels - in a few months time
Cheers
Jared

TJared wrote:

Flash2004 wrote:Take those 5 down to Howie and get beadlocks fitted, the single best 4 wheeling enhancement you can make. they look pretty too

Sorry to hijack
Is howie a chch guy? - what does he do and how much to do this work? - looking at same wheels - in a few months time
Cheers
Jared

Wellington, Brian Howatt Engineering, cheers

Broke shit:

got snatched into an immovable object sideways hard enough to push a 35psi inflated tyre off the rim


Which "moved" the upper and lower control arms, along with the shock:






Which in turn continued up the drivetrain:


Guessing at.... $1000-1500 for transfer case, $800 for control arms and $150 for the shock. Refab lower bracket, change all the innards (shorty SYE) to replacement case... another say $500.00

Theres a lot to be said for snatching a person in a straight line.

Holy shit!!

Whats the story behind being snatched sideways??

I was stuck in a long bog hole, 2ft sides on it. There was a small hole dead ahead as a part of another little hazard. (the same one i had backed into earleir while gently pulling another truck out of the same spot n which i was stuck) and the snatcher decided that he didnt want to go there, instead headed left, at full tilt, twice, hard enough to do the tyre damage as pictured. Unfortunately my yelling (out drivers side door) wasnt heard. By the time his co-ey decided i wasnt going anywhere it was a tad too late, like, red oil in the muddy water too late. I contemplated throwing a wobbly and tossing the helmet, but it wasnt going to solve anything, and probably would have put a bit of a bad light on the whole event esp to the watchers on the hill.

Ah well, shit happens. Onwards and upwards. Ill be talking to the insurance co tomorrow.

mate thats gotta suck, like ya attitude, onwards and upwards.

on a positive note
adjusted the right had side rear wheel bearing after buying bearing puller to remove drive flange then removed the backing plate with brake cylinder on it then taking off shim then replace all removed items ,now to turn around and do on other side tomorrow and hope i don't have to blead the brakes......................................................again

gee I love my dana 44's..................................

oh got a full time job starting middle of next month

took her for a drive sunday's looking good yeti

well after drive the other day go this out and fitted it brand new built in 1958 if I read the stamp right



a nice new carb now to sort out the throttle linkage
and had santa vist with these pressys a gbox thanks damo and armz and set of chains,seat,winch thanks njv6





unfortunatly the gbox has had water in it but never mind if I break some thing now I have options

Well, IAG are a bunch of fuktards, Ill not dwell on that though.
Picked up a t/c to replace my shattered one, as part of a burn out that i bought for $150.00. Straight tub and windshield surround, stock cage in there (to be modified for another little possible project) front and rear diffs/axles, block, manual tranny, driveshafts and my much sought after transfer case. Damn site cheaper than $1200 2nd hand for a t/c or $2600 from wingers for just a t/c shell!!!

Rather than buying new adjustable bottom arms, Im getting some fixed length ones made (hopefully for about $200.00) dropped the old, rooted, procomp ones off today to be copied and improved, my replacement shock will be $120.00................... $470.00 + oils and my time, end of the day it turned out to be a pretty cheap freaking freak up.

Oh, and I just won $837 on lotto strike tonight.... amazing how shit just balances out sometimes. (damn that 21 should have been a 33!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

pulled the transfer case out of the donor truck, popped the front end back in with the repaired and reinforced upper control arms and the new lower arms and shock. Took the skid plate off ready to attack the broken transfer case tomorrow. Hopefully i can get it all to a point where i can just slip the new one back in during the week and back on the road.

its finally starting to see the light of day, heaps still to go but if I keep at it I may finish it just before I run out of coin

looking good DJ

xj wrote:pulled the transfer case out of the donor truck, popped the front end back in with the repaired and reinforced upper control arms and the new lower arms and shock. Took the skid plate off ready to attack the broken transfer case tomorrow. Hopefully i can get it all to a point where i can just slip the new one back in during the week and back on the road.

How did you get on XJ? Out of nowhere, someone bought my spare TJ transfer case. Just the two halves of the case. Was it you via Greg i wonder?

thought i would bring this thread to life ,been awhile


easy job just got a little harder

Bugga .... i hope you didnt do that trying to get the seal out ....looks expensive

tallsam66 wrote:Bugga .... i hope you didnt do that trying to get the seal out ....looks expensive

yep took a chip out ... thing is Ive changed that seal a few times ..just getting careless and in a hurry ...no biggie ,fixed already ......kinda

fitted my compresor today , centre consol even did a neat job of the wiring,still to hook up thou
secure tool box and bracket for shovel and A frame next nearer completion
yeah right!

aroma- there is some pictures on the way too you.

what did i do to my jeep this weekend...not much...
http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/Forums/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=23256

tried to turn it into a shiny like a red one i know ,put some bling bits on, didn't work ..

what shiney red one would that be hahaha

shiny now kaney

kaney needs bar like yours yeti
it don't look right with red bumber cause you are going to need to tow him out at some stage

kaney that pic looks better not so shiny!

replace a couple of these ,old one next to new

then replaced this

then gave it a bath ........

finally added some oil after rear main seal replacement,carb replacement tomorrow

started to fit winch


got it in and wired but then company arrived for BBQ ,,, will finish tomorrow ......

thought i could hear a grinding nosie on the way home from xmas eve run ...

Mine was off road for a year or two before I bought it, had to get it re complied...good guys at vtnz in chch tho, just had a rhino spray on 2 pack floor put thru it, makes it easy to get the mud out lol...

dave gone jeepy wrote:Mine was off road for a year or two before I bought it, had to get it re complied...good guys at vtnz in chch tho, just had a rhino spray on 2 pack floor put thru it, makes it easy to get the mud out lol...

Is that something you did yourself, or did you get it done commerically. I have a few rust spots on the floor that I need to tidy up but the rhino spray might be a better idea over all.

Cheers
Ian

I wish I could do it lol, had some guys in chch next to the sockburn round about, they do panel beating, I hear there is another product around from aussie as well, but not sure what it's called, they did a great job, sanded the paint back, treated the rust and sprayed it on, its 1.5 mm thick and makes it easy to keep clean