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okay did some work on the g replaced the axle seals and bearings on the rear axle also put in the new rear springs but think they will have to come out again the new springs have lifted it too much

mercutio wrote:okay did some work on the g replaced the axle seals and bearings on the rear axle also put in the new rear springs but think they will have to come out again the new springs have lifted it too much

New springs need time to settle from initial height. Most would settle a little as they are used (and flexed). Also, when you start loading your gear and armour, it settles them also.

How high are they from what you want?

mine dropped about an inch over the following few weeks after i had mine reset, a ton of firewood in the back and a quick strop across a couple of bumpy paddocks soon sorted it out to

picked up "ORANGE" from my mates place where its been stored and brought it home to my place.

will be easier to sell if I can show people rather than have to travel an hour to see it.

will also be able to tinker with it on weekends now and fix those nagging issues that it has.

Extracted the pink milky oily stuff out of my transfer case and replaced it with some nice deep red oily stuff. Removed grey metallic oily stuff out of my rear diff, and replaced it with oily stuff that didnt resemble grinding paste. Greased the suspension, and then, after much deliberating, managed to coerce Wopass into wiring up my spotlights, cause I got not a clue with much when it comes to electricity. There was lots of muttering about "weird Jeep shit" followed by head shaking... dunno what that was about, but the spotties work!

Yesterday went to cut some fire wood for a mate who's just moved to the area, on the way out one of the old retreads decided to give up the ghost and throw its tread so I put on the spare which on inspection didn't look too good, but its not far and what could go wrong? Filled the trailer holds about 2m3 and then when I was just about home (the last cattle stop) the spare tyre decided to quit.
went back out this morning with a colection of wheels from around the place and after a couple of hours managed to get it back home.
Going to town tommorrow so I think I will buy some new tyres for the trailer.

TJ wrote:

mercutio wrote:okay did some work on the g replaced the axle seals and bearings on the rear axle also put in the new rear springs but think they will have to come out again the new springs have lifted it too much

New springs need time to settle from initial height. Most would settle a little as they are used (and flexed). Also, when you start loading your gear and armour, it settles them also.

How high are they from what you want?

okay i might leave the rear ones in and see how they go the front ones are a total stuff up though the diameter of the springs is about 10mm less than the originals there is no way they are going to fit over my spring perches the original ones were a tight enough fit as it was

put in the new valve guide and made a start on seating the new valve to replace the bent one that was there

spent the weekend doing track mainainance and did sues track in seddonvile ,,,,,

almost a winch every inch hill

mercutio wrote:okay did some work on the g replaced the axle seals and bearings on the rear axle also put in the new rear springs but think they will have to come out again the new springs have lifted it too much

If youve still got the engine and box out it should be sitting up pretty high and will come down when it all goes back in then as the other guys say it'll sag a bit after a few months and should come down to a good height

hi still in wellington picked up my locker diff today , spent saterday and sunday building extention onto the green hut at ralleywoods, met alot of the welly ore crew a fun time , jerry can realy snore,

It was Saddam ... he was next to me

had no brake pedal after Easters trip to the West Coast,
remove rear brake hubs, and found no lining left on shoes
not bad as there were new the day before i left, have order disc convertion kit
and new disc all round, hope it fixes the problem could get expensive.

fixed faulty electric fan i fitted a coupla weeks ago. turns out the fuse holder supplied was a pos so got a shiny mint new 1 hopefully it'l b sweet now. got my new tow wagon/shiny 2day 93 surf with a lexus 8 in it

lame weekend for me mucked around in shed with a few beers, mate was going to take me up thommos but he had a sick kid... so workd on his escudo and removed bumpers on pajero, looks angry now a weekend of 4x4s for a change

the only real high light, just bord and wanted to see the limits of this thing so i can tell him how much money he needs to make this thing real deal

QUADRACER wrote:had no brake pedal after Easters trip to the West Coast,
remove rear brake hubs, and found no lining left on shoes
not bad as there were new the day before i left, have order disc convertion kit
and new disc all round, hope it fixes the problem could get expensive.

Lukes 413 would do the some when he had the drums,changed to dics for that same reason is much better now with the disc's.they still do wear just no were near as bad.

My brakes not to good either after easter trip,calipers caked in mud both front and rear,disc vanes blocked all so,just needed a big clean out,pads dont seam to wear much,havent changed them since owning the vehicle just over 2 years.
Transfer case seal is leaking,when I pulled the hand brake drum off(on drive shaft)the shoes were worn rite down,west coast grinding paste not good for drums

Shane

xj wrote: and then, after much deliberating, managed to coerce Wopass into wiring up my spotlights, cause I got not a clue with much when it comes to electricity. There was lots of muttering about "weird Jeep shit" followed by head shaking... dunno what that was about, but the spotties work!

mutter mutter mutter.... bloody queer Jeep wiring

after that little job i managed to make and blaze in a centre rail to my roll cage with a handle on it so my Navi stops complaining of nothing to hold onto ! my drivings not that bad ! ! !.... is it ?

wopass wrote:

xj wrote: and then, after much deliberating, managed to coerce Wopass into wiring up my spotlights, cause I got not a clue with much when it comes to electricity. There was lots of muttering about "weird Jeep shit" followed by head shaking... dunno what that was about, but the spotties work!

mutter mutter mutter.... bloody queer Jeep wiring

after that little job i managed to make and blaze in a centre rail to my roll cage with a handle on it so my Navi stops complaining of nothing to hold onto ! my drivings not that bad ! ! !.... is it ?

Um Wop.... The Pic in the Avatar Mate..... sorta gives it away!

went out the back of waimiha on a big farm that backs onto pureroa forest and drove some tracks that have never had 4wds on them,mates paj got quite a bit of damage from trees i just added to my collection of dents,3 jeeps and we took no cameras, but we will go back soon and get some pics.
vaughan

yorick wrote:

wopass wrote:

xj wrote: and then, after much deliberating, managed to coerce Wopass into wiring up my spotlights, cause I got not a clue with much when it comes to electricity. There was lots of muttering about "weird Jeep shit" followed by head shaking... dunno what that was about, but the spotties work!

mutter mutter mutter.... bloody queer Jeep wiring

after that little job i managed to make and blaze in a centre rail to my roll cage with a handle on it so my Navi stops complaining of nothing to hold onto ! my drivings not that bad ! ! !.... is it ?

Um Wop.... The Pic in the Avatar Mate..... sorta gives it away!

whats wrong with my avatar pic ? thats stable as and only in 2wd !.... no sence of adventure some people

went out to ashhurst to show EVIL_GENIUS around, he just arrived from england so thought it good and proper to show how well i can get stuck.....





cheers to evil_genius for taking some pics for me!

wopass wrote:

xj wrote: and then, after much deliberating, managed to coerce Wopass into wiring up my spotlights, cause I got not a clue with much when it comes to electricity. There was lots of muttering about "weird Jeep shit" followed by head shaking... dunno what that was about, but the spotties work!

mutter mutter mutter.... bloody queer Jeep wiring

after that little job i managed to make and blaze in a centre rail to my roll cage with a handle on it so my Navi stops complaining of nothing to hold onto ! my drivings not that bad ! ! !.... is it ?

Is that a dig at me? Im at least one of ya part time Navis and yeah that grab rail will be most appreciated

dixie wrote:

wopass wrote:

xj wrote: and then, after much deliberating, managed to coerce Wopass into wiring up my spotlights, cause I got not a clue with much when it comes to electricity. There was lots of muttering about "weird Jeep shit" followed by head shaking... dunno what that was about, but the spotties work!

mutter mutter mutter.... bloody queer Jeep wiring

after that little job i managed to make and blaze in a centre rail to my roll cage with a handle on it so my Navi stops complaining of nothing to hold onto ! my drivings not that bad ! ! !.... is it ?

Is that a dig at me? Im at least one of ya part time Navis and yeah that grab rail will be most appreciated

ive been driving round the streets on the road skinns hanging onto the grab bar and its actually not bad... infact...its perfect !, looks cool to

after that little job i managed to make and blaze in a centre rail to my roll cage with a handle on it so my Navi stops complaining of nothing to hold onto ! my drivings not that bad ! ! !.... is it ? [/quote]

Is that a dig at me? Im at least one of ya part time Navis and yeah that grab rail will be most appreciated [/quote]

ive been driving round the streets on the road skinns hanging onto the grab bar and its actually not bad... infact...its perfect !, looks cool to [/quote]

Puuuurfect aye!!!!! strategically positioned and ergonomically designed with precise engineering in mind