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Posted: **Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:53 pm**

well a bit early but hired a hot water blaster tonight to clean the underside of the truck so i can put chassis black on it tomorrow. got absolutely filthy and soaked but am gonna love the bling look at the end of the weekend and of course the antirust action as well. cleaned the rest of the truck after last weekends effort and whole damn mud hides a lot! found a few new big dents. Bugger!

Posted: **Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:51 am**

well im siiting at work waiting for the trucks to return so i can go home, and trying to put together the starter motor that i (sorry i did f all ...john-mattscruiser did it) rebuilt and we put the clutch back in the wrong way, so i pulled apart and get to put it back together in work time

joys of being supervisor

Posted: **Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:13 pm**

Went on a club trip today, had fun, brakes crapped out again :roll:

felt like the front pads were shot :roll:

went up to mates place on way home brake pads were fine :roll:

left front bearing has collapsed :shock:

the right bearing was as dry as f*** so the bearings on that side are shot anyway :oops:

Its in bits at mates place

Posted: **Sat Mar 15, 2008 8:45 pm**

Did the wires loop today. Dam hard on the truck that track.
Damage: RH front indicator, LH tail light, rh radius rod bush, plasma winch rope, both front panels, Drivers door.
But what a great day. I went with half a dozon rough trucks and I don't think the nissan whale let the side down at all.
Time to put the truck back in the workshop for msome TLC.

Posted: **Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:10 pm**

fitted transfer box back in after new crawler gears fitted, tested out down the Kowai river, works great .
had fitted lockers the month before then just ran out of power to turn them.
seems to have done the trick, off over the coast at Easter

Posted: **Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:24 pm**

Shot up to Clevedon to tag along in a little fundraiser hosted by Duncan Munro. I had a very pleasant day being co-pilot to my wife who took the reins of her Wrangler and had a ball.

RJ also got his Pajero out and about, with mrs RJ doing all the hard bits!! (well not quite true, they shared).

Also got to meet up with "BrentC".. always great to fit a face to the nickname. Nice to meet you Brent.

Big thanks to Duncan for hosting the day.

Posted: **Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:47 am**

QUADRACER wrote:fitted transfer box back in after new crawler gears fitted, tested out down the Kowai river, works great .
had fitted lockers the month before then just ran out of power to turn them.
seems to have done the trick, off over the coast at Easter

Nice

Posted: **Sun Mar 16, 2008 12:51 pm**

got a bit done on the truck this weekend, made sliders and welded on also got my head back and installed on to my spare motor

Posted: **Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:38 pm**

finally got a warrent on the truck after procrastinating bout it for three months :lol:

just in time for laurie sanson to finish!!! haha ohwell will have to join a club so i can compete next season. and changed the fan belt on me lexus ute and fitted overflow tank for radiator, i think its the most productive weekend i've had in frickn ages!!

Posted: **Sun Mar 16, 2008 4:41 pm**

Pulled out the POS old two knob stereo that came with the Rangie and fitted an old but good Sony unit.

Scraped off a few "No Fear" stickers.

Had several discusions with the finance controller about colour schemes for it - Orange and Black Tiger stripes or maybe Yellow and Black??

Oh and painted my littlest boys bedroom, mowed the lawns, worked etc........ all that good stuff :roll:

Cheers Muddymatt

Posted: **Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:50 pm**

Took the hippo into the mechanic to get the head removed to get the broken glow plug out, and thats all I did 4wd wise :cry:

Posted: **Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:05 pm**

Did a fail list for mr wof man which included mud flaps

And painted my bullbar

Posted: **Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:07 pm**

Busy weekend for me ... catching up on all those little jobs i couldnt do while recovering from surgery, Gave Ferozaush a tune up as it's been pinking and pinging a little since i finally hooked up the snorkel.
Was up the back of the farm and snotted a hunk of wood and bent my swaybar mount and thought maybe it was time to put my bash plate back on again (i had removed it to fit the winch) after re mounting it i decided it didnt look very strong as it's just pressed body steel so i mounted some 5mm Alumimuimumunumunumunm Checker Plate in front and under the bash plate and painted a really nice Bling colour that clashes well with the body.

Posted: **Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:13 pm**

xj wrote:Also got to meet up with "BrentC".. always great to fit a face to the nickname. Nice to meet you Brent.

Good to meet you two too - thanks for the tow up the hill :mrgreen:

Posted: **Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:07 pm**

Got new 1" longer front shackels installed, maiking truck sit level

, found split bush on spring :shock:

, so replaced that.
Marked out tiedown mount points for recovery bin.

Posted: **Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:12 pm**

I went for a wee cruise into Forestdale. (Mt Thomas area). Not the sort of place you'd really make a trip to go to, its a formed road, not very long or rough most of the time. Have had a modern starlet in there before, but just a quiet place to get out of it all for a wee while.

Apart from that,today I've been using the work van to cart stuff while Dad's been using my cruiser for towing his trailer while his Prado is getting straightened.

Posted: **Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:54 pm**

tgaguy1 wrote:Did the wires loop today. Dam hard on the truck that track.
Damage: RH front indicator, LH tail light, rh radius rod bush, plasma winch rope, both front panels, Drivers door.
But what a great day. I went with half a dozon rough trucks and I don't think the nissan whale let the side down at all.
Time to put the truck back in the workshop for msome TLC.

was wondering whos wheel tracks we saw, looked like a set of creepy crawlers and a few sets of centipede's in your group ?

D.B and sez and me and my family went up to the top maratoto track camp for lunch and back out, just a gentle trip. was nice to see a shelter and BBQ and dunny up at the camp site, whoever put that up there deserves a Tui :mrgreen:

good on yer mate bloody awesum.

ohh and i put a new rad and water pump and pro comp gear drive cam gear in the truck

cool (literally) :wink:

Posted: **Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:38 pm**

Ohhh... and a new Photo :mrgreen:

Posted: **Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:02 pm**

nice fellas... nice

Posted: **Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:57 pm**

Pulled the front diff out of the surf, pulled it apart, removed locker (thanks to hosehustlers instructions was rather easy, made those pop rivets rather redundant tim :wink:

- I had put those lockers in over two years ago and have never removed one, couldnt even remember how i put them togeather!), pulled replacement front diff apart put locker in reassembled and is now awaiting refitting into the front of the surf.

Posted: **Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:31 pm**

Finished the new back bumper for the Paj, measured up the discs for wear and stripped the cab lining out ready for the revinning inspection. (No big deal, it ain't goin back in!

) Big tyres certified last week by the local LVVTA guy for speedo recal and had it checked at the same time for anything else that may need certing. All was good so pick up the plate tomorrow. Putting new disc pads all round tomorrow as they looked a bit close to minimum and don't want to risk a reject. Rechecks are just a bloody hassle.

Posted: **Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:42 pm**

okay finally making a start on the G measured up the springs worked out that i need 100mm lift at the back and 80mm lift at the front removed springs so that can drop them at archers to get new ones made $120 per spring will look much better

Posted: **Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:58 pm**

went to the Selwyn river for abit of a look around at lunch time. had replaced the hubs so i thought id give them a test. all was going well intil the truck shut down, the computer detected an electrical fault, so she wasnt going anywhere :cry:

. we had a hell of a time getting the truck out of the river bed,that shingle is terrible when your trying to tow. i had 2 trucks hooked up and its taken us 6hours to recover it and tow it back to chch, the last thing i wanted to do was leave it down there. what a bugger.

Posted: **Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:38 pm**

bit more detail as to what me and yorick got up to today

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=10543

Posted: **Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:42 pm**

wopass wrote:Ohhh... and a new Photo

one of the coolest pics I've seen for a while

you guys rock

Posted: **Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:52 am**

well got rid of both of my sizukies done a deal on them for a 1978 k5 chevy blazer verry cool i say now all i need is a big ass gun rack in the back and a dukes of hazard flag on the roof lol its 4wd 350 turbo 350 box its big black and manly its every thing im not lol

Posted: **Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:20 am**

mike wrote:Pulled the front diff out of the surf, pulled it apart, removed locker (thanks to hosehustlers instructions was rather easy, made those pop rivets rather redundant tim - I had put those lockers in over two years ago and have never removed one, couldnt even remember how i put them togeather!), pulled replacement front diff apart put locker in reassembled and is now awaiting refitting into the front of the surf.

Not leaving it till the last minute are we Mike

only a few days to go...

Posted: **Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:45 am**

Big ass weekend for me in the shed. Pulled rear end out, fitted bigger springs, raised shackles and a LSD rear diff. then fitted 50mm body lift, addapted radiator shroud, removed factory side steps. removed factory bumpers fitted three out of four tow hooks, feel absolutly rooted, come to work for a rest. still have heaps to do before easter. so will be a few late nights in the shed this week me thinks. have front and rear bars, side bars, recovery gear box, 12 volt system, fridge, sub amp, and cup holders to go...... :shock:

Posted: **Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:01 am**

wopass wrote:Ohhh... and a new Photo

Mint

It was good to finally get some mud on my 80 series :lol:

(Btw, as of Sunday, the wires track is now a good foot wider than it was the whole way up :lol:

)

Posted: **Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:41 pm**

haynzy wrote:Did a fail list for mr wof man which included mud flaps

And painted my bullbar

damn,

thats alot higher than when i saw it, lookin mint!!

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