NorWest Unformed Roads

[sibainmud]

Yea I think only churchill was the only one who took any.

I'm still waiting for him to post some footage of Woodhill from months ago
Saw your truck today Lincolin, filthy
Cheers,

[andy3542]

Yea I think only churchill was the only one who took any.

I'm still waiting for him to post some footage of Woodhill from months ago
Saw your truck today Lincolin, filthy
Cheers,

he gave me a dvd of the woodhill footage i think, will put it in the computer and have a look and bring it tonight.
cheers

[sibainmud]

Yea I think only churchill was the only one who took any.

I'm still waiting for him to post some footage of Woodhill from months ago
Saw your truck today Lincolin, filthy
Cheers,

he gave me a dvd of the woodhill footage i think, will put it in the computer and have a look and bring it tonight.
cheers

That would be cool. I'll bring a couple of sticks, and the portable player.........oh and some wheel nuts.
Cheers,

[andy3542]

I'm still waiting for him to post some footage of Woodhill from months ago
Saw your truck today Lincolin, filthy
Cheers,

he gave me a dvd of the woodhill footage i think, will put it in the computer and have a look and bring it tonight.
cheers[/quote]

That would be cool. I'll bring a couple of sticks, and the portable player.........oh and some wheel nuts.
Cheers,[/quote]

just looked at it now and its all individual mini clips as it were. so i can just bring my laptop and you can go through them.
cheers

[pjb]

I got a few pics and a few vids, but I got a bit lazy towards the second half of the trip - I needed a navi to take photos!

[andy3542]

I got a few pics and a few vids, but I got a bit lazy towards the second half of the trip - I needed a navi to take photos!

upload them!

[pjb]

Having massive trouble embedding the images - something about not being able to determine the image size... Haven't had this problem before... Will persevere.

[edit] Sorted, see below

[pjb]

Pics:

Churchill gobbled some water in here, and BigAl did a nice job of a dead weight recovery in 2WD. Solid. 4WD would just make it too easy eh?


Bit of time spent flushing out the cylinders. How's the engine now Churchill?






andy3542 parks up his landy.

[phraza]

Is this **** Road? looks way more overgrown from when i was up there last. was it real bushy just before that bog?

Im so gutted i didnt come. Im definatley coming next time!

[gimmemud]

So where are the pics from the other end of that road? Hope you guys went in the big dip and not around it

[Big-AL]

the blue landy photo is in the big hole, last hole before gravel road end.

[Big-AL]

Is this *** Road? looks way more overgrown from when i was up there last. was it real bushy just before that bog?

Im so gutted i didnt come. Im definatley coming next time!

i dont normally say things like this, (and i am keen to come along) but... it might be a good idea to think twice about naming the roads you plan on going to. This is a public forum, and ANYONE can view the information you put on here. Lots of people look on ORE for places to 4wd in the auckland region, and some of these people will not respect the track, the neighbours, or quite frankly the law.

Most "paper" roads have been gated around auckland, and the few that remain i would hate to see gated as well, especially if it due to people being reckless.

I think the club trip is a great idea. The type of 4wder who joins a club, is usually a respectable and responsible driver. It is everyone else who reads this forum and goes for a "skid" themselves on the roads you mention on a later date.

Dont take all of this the wrong way it is a great idea to organise the trip, and i will definetly try to come along.

[andy3542]

Pics:

andy3542 parks up his landy.

Thats the first and last time i listen to a suzuki driver telling me where to go... and i was the only one to give it a go! you guys couldve gone through after my sorry ass cleared everything.

[phraza]

i dont normally say things like this, (and i am keen to come along) but... it might be a good idea to think twice about naming the roads you plan on going to. This is a public forum, and ANYONE can view the information you put on here. Lots of people look on ORE for places to 4wd in the auckland region, and some of these people will not respect the track, the neighbours, or quite frankly the law.

Most "paper" roads have been gated around auckland, and the few that remain i would hate to see gated as well, especially if it due to people being reckless.

I think the club trip is a great idea. The type of 4wder who joins a club, is usually a respectable and responsible driver. It is everyone else who reads this forum and goes for a "skid" themselves on the roads you mention on a later date.

Dont take all of this the wrong way it is a great idea to organise the trip, and i will definetly try to come along.

ahhh didnt see that, all good :)

[Big-AL]

ahhh didnt see that, all good :)

thanks for the edit

[gimmemud]

the blue landy photo is in the big hole, last hole before gravel road end.

Wow didn't notice, that has overgrown heaps, mustn't get used much anymore. Maybe we should change that when i get back

[lincooln]

indeed. It hasn't been used for about a year I would say. In places you couldn't even see the track due to overgrown grass. Was just driving following the ruts.

[phraza]

Im keen to come along next time with some machete's etc to cut some of that stuff down

[lincooln]

I am thinking of doing an exploration up the dome sometime soon too. Find some new roads round there hopefully. Also looking at a Pouto weekend as well. and a track clearing day/weekend.

[churchill]

Yea I think only churchill was the only one who took any.

I'm still waiting for him to post some footage of Woodhill from months ago
Saw your truck today Lincolin, filthy
Cheers,

I've got quite a few clips but the issue is the size of everything. They range from 100MB to 1GB so its difficult to get files that size to another location hence why I've been putting them on dvd and giving it to those who want it. I should find out how to resize them and put them up but you loose the good quality if they're too small.

Give me a yell if you where there that day and want the clips on a dvd.

The truck seems to be back to full power but the idle's now rough, I need to do a compression test, check the plug condition
and make sure I don't have any silt in any sensors. Any thing else? Its strange as I think I went through a deeper puddle once before and never had this problem (Simon and Andy were there), I have cut the bumper back and I wonder if this allowed the water to get in faster. Either that or I was lucky last time...

Thanks Lincooln for organising a good day out! (Any luck with the springs?)

[SP450andLE]

Yea I think only churchill was the only one who took any.

I'm still waiting for him to post some footage of Woodhill from months ago
Saw your truck today Lincolin, filthy
Cheers,

I've got quite a few clips but the issue is the size of everything. They range from 100MB to 1GB so its difficult to get files that size to another location hence why I've been putting them on dvd and giving it to those who want it. I should find out how to resize them and put them up but you loose the good quality if they're too small.

Give me a yell if you where there that day and want the clips on a dvd.

The truck seems to be back to full power but the idle's now rough, I need to do a compression test, check the plug condition
and make sure I don't have any silt in any sensors. Any thing else? Its strange as I think I went through a deeper puddle once before and never had this problem (Simon and Andy were there), I have cut the bumper back and I wonder if this allowed the water to get in faster. Either that or I was lucky last time...

Thanks Lincooln for organising a good day out! (Any luck with the springs?)

Hopefully you truck is ok man.

maybe time for a snorkel?

Oh, and I would be keen for a DVD

[sibainmud]

Thanks Churchill,
I got hte DVD off Andy of Woodhill.
http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/Forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=23852&start=15
Great stuff.
I edit the raw footage and string together and save them in a smaller lesser format then upload to Utube. Then you can just embed or post a link to them on here
Thanks mate.
Cheers,
Simon.

[churchill]

And you did it all in a few hours. They look good. What do you use to edit and resize the clips?

[sibainmud]

And you did it all over in a few hours. What do you use to edit and resize the clips?

Windows Movie Maker......free with all Microsoft Op's systems
Easy as to use too.
Cheers,

[SP450andLE]

And you did it all over in a few hours. What do you use to edit and resize the clips?

Windows Movie Maker......free with all Microsoft Op's systems
Easy as to use too.
Cheers,

I was about to say that you probably used that. But you bet me to it

[lincooln]

I will take a DVD

Also I havent tried the springs yet as I want to save for all my suspension stuff and get it all put on at once, so next couple of weeks I will get the spacers then i will get shocks. See how good I can make an open diff Suzuki go

Also you are most welcome

[churchill]

Thanks for that tip about Movie Maker.

I do need a snorkle, I'm just adding it to my list of needs for that vehicle.

[pjb]

The truck seems to be back to full power but the idle's now rough, I need to do a compression test, check the plug condition
and make sure I don't have any silt in any sensors. Any thing else? Its strange as I think I went through a deeper puddle once before and never had this problem (Simon and Andy were there), I have cut the bumper back and I wonder if this allowed the water to get in faster. Either that or I was lucky last time...

Glad to hear that it's running pretty much okay!
I'd pull the throttle body off and give it a damn good clean - especially the air bypass bits. Could be clogged a little bit maybe?
Perhaps pull the coil packs again and make sure everything is clean.
And make sure you do an oil change!

[churchill]

I will take a DVD

Also I havent tried the springs yet as I want to save for all my suspension stuff and get it all put on at once, so next couple of weeks I will get the spacers then i will get shocks. See how good I can make an open diff Suzuki go

Also you are most welcome

PM me your address and I'll send the DVD's to you.

Cheers

[FORGE1]

Im keen to see some footage on the tracks of there is any floating around.

Cheers
Ray