Offroad-Express

Started the weekend off early traded in the mazda proceed and got a 2002 mitzi triton 2wd single cab diesel ute

Heading out to French Pass / Admiralty Bay to have a look at the Oil Rig before it gets towed out to Taranaki

im heading to a mates wedding at the beach tomorrow and plan on getting chopped tomorrow night(satday) for the first time in a long time
then spend sunday nursing my sick body back to health with lots of water and red bull drinks

hey ben the missus saws drink the water before you go to bed sat nite

After cutting the back off the truck after the Norwest winch challenge will be spending the weekend with Dion welding a new roll bar and frame for the tray back

coxsy wrote:hey ben the missus saws drink the water before you go to bed sat nite

i dont plan on making it to bed mate, im gonna get chopped and pass out on the beach at about 6am i dont get pissed up often so when i do, i make it a good one

went for a cruise up Thompsons Track [ 1st time]...very dry...bugger all mud....

place was like a railway station...passed at least 8 trucks and 2 bikes

certainly very easy in places now since the digger has been thru.

can see how it would be a 'hairy' place when there has been some rain

notes your time....
strange eh, you posted before the world has come....

notes mine to, 3.20, but its only 2.14...wats with that?....

fred flintstone wrote:notes your time....
strange eh, you posted before the world has come....

notes mine to, 3.20, but its only 2.14...wats with that?....

You have set it up properly in your profile!

got bak from a day or two up at russel with the missus today and my new monster winch hook had arrived frm 4wd bits so i've mounted that its freakn huge!! i love it!!! now gona go bak to the shed and wire up a remote winch control plug should be fun. then take the truck out to club cup tomorrow

me ,stinky001,muddy plumber,4paws and a mate of mine met at the belfast pub at 11 we waited till 1145 to see if anyone else was coming ..then we went to the south side of the waimak and played there for a bit ..then the track got a bit tight for my cruiser so we went to the north side for a look .we went a fair way up then came onto a track with a great big pile of dirt in our path.tried to climb that with no success so we went back to another track we had passed..same thing there but not as big so i tried out my new bar as a buldozer blade ..mound 1 cruiser 0.. out with the shovels took the top off it tried again mound 2 cruiser 0 ..took 3 trucks to pull the fat old cruiser off that bloody dirt mound..muddy plumber had a go.... mound 3 4wds 0 ..we conceded defeat and packed it in for the day..it was a bloody good day out ..cant wait for next sat trip up the ashley..

found a new bit of farm to drive



last photo have a stump under the truck dented the sump bent the tie rod

bent drag link bugger

took a couple of mates and my new sj413 offroad for the firat time today. we went for a play out the waimak just of mcleans island rd. we did a couple of tracks through the forest and played in the river bed for a bit. It wasnt to hardcore as im only a newbie but we had a real great time and was amazed how well the suzuki performed, getting up and down the shingle banks and through the odd mud puddle with no trouble at all. Am looking foward to doing mods to my truck and doing the nzqa corse to get my confidance up a bit.

Puddled around re fitting the hub assembly to the right front after replacing the bearings and studs. Also replaced rear diff and transfer case oils, have left the front diff draining and will seal the leak that has and refill some other time when I get around to it.

coxsy wrote:found a new bit of farm to drive
last photo have a stump under the truck dented the sump bent the tie rod

So where is the pic of me winching you off that stump

don't know if one was taken but thank you for the winch

don't know if one was taken , but thankyou for the winch off it

Put in some new TJM XJS suspension kit for long wheel base safari into my short wheel base. (Why: I carry alot of gear plus a 2"lift for a long wheel base just about comes out at three on a swb.) Fitted some 14mm radius arm spacers to bring the front axle forward and fitted some brand new 35x11.5x15 Silverstones (copy of the simex and heaps cheaper). Took it up Worsleys early yesterday morning, didn't need to put into 4wd until about a third of the way up and didn't even use the locker. Bring on Reefton ANZAC weekend.
Al

Got these for the truck...tho that probably doesn't qualify until they're installed

Anyone got pics of homemade A pillar mounts?

Went for a play at the Ashley on Saturday found a good mud hole but apart from that it was boring so I have been tainted with the West Coast bug and need to get back there soon

2MEKE wrote:Got these for the truck...tho that probably doesn't qualify until they're installed

Anyone got pics of homemade A pillar mounts?

get some scrap sheet metal from somewhere and fold it then drill a couple of holes and hey presto

2MEKE wrote:Got these for the truck...tho that probably doesn't qualify until they're installed

Anyone got pics of homemade A pillar mounts?

where about's did you score the pyrometer, I want to purchase one for my father who is doing a turbo conversion on a 3l diesel
cheers
Tim

2MEKE wrote:Got these for the truck...tho that probably doesn't qualify until they're installed

Anyone got pics of homemade A pillar mounts?

Are they the 2 1/2" gauges? As an easy way to mount them is to get a couple of black (or chrome if you like the bling ) towball covers, they fit perfectly. Then just drill a couple of mounting holes and your done, with a all up cost a $5 compared to the ones you get from ripco for $80

hosehustler wrote:where about's did you score the pyrometer

Engine Parts in Glenfield carl@engineparts.net.nz

Top guy to deal with. And the cheapest prices I've found for Autometer in NZ

Jezza wrote:Are they the 2 1/2" gauges? As an easy way to mount them is to get a couple of black (or chrome if you like the bling ) towball covers, they fit perfectly. Then just drill a couple of mounting holes and your done, with a all up cost a $5 compared to the ones you get from ripco for $80

Why didn't I think of that? - they're 52mm so should fit ok.
Always got the heat gun if they don't

this is the stump i landed on, not the son the lump at his feet

PR wrote:Went for a play at the Ashley on Saturday found a good mud hole but apart from that it was boring so I have been tainted with the West Coast bug and need to get back there soon

i didnt do it but i have been checking out some different tracks for next year ( and u think the hill at tailings is extreme ) wait til u see the hill ive been looking at

oh and ive just been out clearing scrub ad over growth on tracks and looking at ones for next year

Cool bring it on, cant wait might have to come over before then its too long to wait

On the 12th went to auckz to get the landy ready for the drive back to whangarei, firstly i replaced 2 seals in the diesel pump that had a leak, topped up all the fluids - motor, Gbox, transfer case, overdrive, diffs, greased all the points, checked the lights & got the 1's going that werent going(grounding wasnt good so re-did most of the grounding points for the wiring),went n got a headlight from Pick A Part for $20 n then tried to start the ol'girl up but nope she didnt want to go so packed it in for the night.

Got up Sunday n bleed the brakes n then got onto figuring out why the stop lights weren't going, in the end had to re-wire part of the spaghetti that sum 1 had done to it , found out that the fan was wired up to 2 relays n even then they wern't doing anything as the fan was on its own loom so made sure 1 relay was for the fan n the other relay got wired in for the stop lights n wala they went , that took a couple of hours to sort out n fix, then got on to getting her running, took off the connection for the glow plugs n sanded that down to make sure there was power to all the plugs, then tried to tow start her but that was a waste of time, ended up pulling the pump apart n making sure it was all lined properly, once it was back together she started off the key no problems, ran her for awhile to make sure there wasnt a heating problem n there wasnt, i then had to change batteries back over, once the original battery was in jump started her n left her runnin for about 1/2hr n then went to turn on the lights to make sure they were still going n the B***H died that meant the alternator wasnt doin its job properly, my uncle offered 1 of his batteries that he had at his house, so got the bonnet n drivers window back in n made sure there wasnt anything i had missed n drove over to my uncles, 2 mins down the road thou the ol'girl died, so thats me on the side of the road pulling out my battery n substituting it for 1 out of my uncles pajero got to his place n had a munch then got out n sorted out the slop in the steering, found out the alt was slopy so tightened that up (it puts out a charge now ) fixed the wiper arm, well made a good 1 out of the 2, at this point it was close to 11pm n everything was finally sorted, so warmed her up n re-checked all the lights, once i was happy everything was ok took off for the trip home.

The trip home was good, only had 2 hick ups, i stopped in at the BP before Silverdale to give the ol'girl a rest, went round n made sure all the wheel nuts were tight, went to leave n found i only had 1 head light, that took me just under a hour to sort that out n then found i didnt have highbeam but thats algood as i hardly use highbeam anyways, got back on the road n then had the speedo crap out just before Warkworth, so had no speedo the rest of the way home, but i gotta say after not running for just over 20 months n only using $30 diesel to get from pakuranga in auckz to whangarei is pretty good running on a LD28, even thou i was soft on the motor n didnt stress it too much (didnt want to take it too hard seen as she hadnt been running for awhile), while i had the speedo going it got up to about 58mph in 4th without the overdrive engaged so yea did pretty good, n now that i got her home i can slowly do the repairs she needs. n yes i know im a few days late in posting, i only jst got the time to write it up

Dont you just love those old Landies reminds me of the two i used to own.