Offroad-Express

One trip planned, maybe a play day as well - but keeping one eye on this weather... mmm snow and wind...

ahm-a sittin here a beside dah fire, wit the Rugged Ridge catalogue sorting out mah next purr-chasers......

Diff skid covers - chek
Tailgate bar - chek
Super short SYE - chek
Drive shaft - chek

and ah ten thayres the a-har-bee lock-ahs..... two of dem at $750.00 a pece - check,
justah need to sort waikato 4x4 to fit em and ahm about dun.....

Right, wheres ma and dat 'coon stew.......

Ditto the sitting in front of the fire...

Southerly hit at 2:30 this morning, wondered about the safety of me garden shed.

Hail turns the streets white then sun comes and melts it.... Gotta love southerly squalie showers.....

Currently sunny but Brrrrrrr

Ridiculous! Here I am in Nelson with a warm sunny day while the rest of the country seems to be getting crap, and I have to be at work.

Life just ain't fair!

nelson si soooooo fine and yep im at work too
Hay have not sean your yello beste out and about town will keep an eye out from now on

POS truck got a good wash today (from Rallywoods etc last weekend), Shiny truck even got a wash, POS radiator came out and got a good wash and now it seems to be running at a normal temp,

FINALLY, I decided to take 10 mins out of my day and put the front driveshaft back into the VX

Now all I need is for gas to drop back to a reasonable price, maybe $1.00-1.30 and then I could afford to go on a welly shiny trip

i own a vx mate,sell it if you cant afford to run it...
i use 250 bucks a week if it makes you feel any better..
and it shouldnt use bugger all fuel on any 4wd tracks?

BIGK wrote:i own a vx mate,sell it if you cant afford to run it...
i use 250 bucks a week if it makes you feel any better..
and it shouldnt use bugger all fuel on any 4wd tracks?

have seriously considered selling it to get a cheap 1600 corolla or something, but it would be selling the only freedom i seem to have at the moment.

I'll just have to try and save the extra $2 I have left each week so I can go on a run

Installed my new (and much more substantial) gas tank skid plate:

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went for a drive in the heavy snow fall... didn't remember I changed my snorkel hat to face forward. Motor doesn't work well with snorkle full of snow.. doh!

Was unsuccessfully trying to change the oil seal in the front of my transfer case when this happened, so I downed tools and headed inside for a beer.

boy - looks like you stole my truck

I have the same decorations too but lost a bit over night

skid wrote:

BIGK wrote:i own a vx mate,sell it if you cant afford to run it...
i use 250 bucks a week if it makes you feel any better..
and it shouldnt use bugger all fuel on any 4wd tracks?

have seriously considered selling it to get a cheap 1600 corolla or something, but it would be selling the only freedom i seem to have at the moment.

I'll just have to try and save the extra $2 I have left each week so I can go on a run

I'm also looking to down size, got me eye on a suzuki carry all truck...
660cc moter, 4x4, 5 speed, should be a right hum dinger...

Unlike the guys down in Canterbury who found their trucks covered in snow, I woke up this morning to find my cruiser covered in sunshine

didn't do anything on my 4wd since i am stuck at home ignition lock on my car clapped out the other day so i am stranded for the moment
decided i need to do something with my little suzuki since it costs a little less to run than both of my other vehicles
so i pulled it out of the shed this afternoon and pulled the motor out .got to put a new head gasket on the motor and it is easier to do when it is out of the car only takes 45 mins to pull the motor and gearbox out of it and i don't even need an engine lift to do it

oh yeah dropped my front brake lines for the g wagen off to get longer ones made up still got to sort out rear shocks exhaust and get the tie rod rebuilt then should have her back on the road

Sadam_Husain wrote:Unlike the guys down in Canterbury who found their trucks covered in snow, I woke up this morning to find my cruiser covered in sunshine

nice wheels dude

and it looks like I picked the wrong day to go walkies

a beer in the sun would of been primo today

the Family took the crusier up to springfield of a little play in the snow. It was lili's frist snow fall and what a face see pulled when she touched the cold stuff.

jono

Finished servicing the cruiser after the snow melted. Transfer case and PTO box were full of a creamy substance that I imagine used to be oil. Gear box oil was fine. Greased up ball joints, and attempted to adjust rear brake shoes however the adjusters didn't play the game ( i think they're seized ) so will pull the drums off next week.

finally got my zuki out in the dirt!! yahoo!!! went up the mungatuks for a test run and it went well.....
cant wait for the next welly trip!!!

After a good week that saw the body placed back on the zuki chassis (all be it with big hole in floor due to new box) I spent Sat night in with soldering iron, heat shrink and 150 pgs of the factory service manual.

Up shot is the engine loom that was in two bits is now one minus all the unnessecary bits. All I need now is the bits that send to power from the battery to the engine and computor, and then pipe the radiator, mount fuel tank, run fuel lines, shocks, build roll cage etc etc

On the plus side she who must be consulted is sick of it sitting in the shed and has O.K'd the finance to finish it.

skid wrote:FINALLY, I decided to take 10 mins out of my day and put the front driveshaft back into the VX

Now all I need is for gas to drop back to a reasonable price, maybe $1.00-1.30 and then I could afford to go on a welly shiny trip

And to think i felt guilty for taking 2 weeks to fix the shaft for you, it takes a month for you to get around to fit the bloody thing,

pedro

Unlike the guys down in Canterbury who found their trucks covered in snow, I woke up this morning to find my cruiser covered in sunshine

had our share of sunshine here too. was a hard frost this morning, when backing my cruiser out of its park it was spinning on the ice. As you can see the truck is basically sitting on top of the snow




Went for a wee look down the Ashley. This is parked out on the open river. Its all shingle under the snow. you can just pick out the rail bridge and the Alps in the back ground.



Spent much of the rest of the day stripping my laundry then took to the new tracks down the Ashley. Its all slush on top with lots of loss of traction but a firm base under it. I took a second attempt on a hole and some how ended up with my right front wheel in the left rut and due to the speed I had on it sledged side ways with the left wheel up on the bank until the rear right was up in the air and I was going no where forward or back as front and back wheels were trying to climb out of ruts sideways.




Mate tried winching me out but just winched himself down into the hole. So got a better footing off the track and I was impressed with his winch which pulled me down into the ruts which were too deep for my 33s and he pulled me part way out till his winch bound and I managed to wangle my way out.

fitted cam belt, removed and refitted steering box (just to reach one bolt that had to be tightened), removed and replaced the master cylinder and reservoir for the brakes, fitted the EFM and filter, did an oil change, fitted hoses for the radiator when it goes back on and looked at the power steering pump I have to swap from the old engine back to this one.

Still have to do radiator flush (oh and fit the radiator), replace the centre link (it's bent and rubs on the front diff), find where the earth from the battery goes to, fit extra earth leads, sort out switch and thermostat for the electric fan (check the fan works also), sort out a temporary muffler set up for when I run this thing up (neighbors don't like too much noise), get a battery and fit it, get some gas and finally say a prayer to what ever Deity/ saint that looks after engine repowers.

Simple really...

Heath

Well it was the second round of club champs today - I had a blast ..... put it on it's side once & did my best to go end over ...... but was going slow enough that the front dug in & stopped me ..... phew. I managed to get 2nd in class - with only Neil (the trucks other owner & builder....). TPFT had a good day until the second to last hazard when he magaed to break a steering rod.........BUGGER

I didn't get any pics - sorry guys.

Oh & Rex - where were ya - you'd have won your class..........

Had our Club Scrutinering this weekend - new truck flew through

We finished off with a local play in the mud - first real play in the new wagon - am real happy. Want to fit the swampers and power steer though

Pedro wrote:

skid wrote:FINALLY, I decided to take 10 mins out of my day and put the front driveshaft back into the VX

Now all I need is for gas to drop back to a reasonable price, maybe $1.00-1.30 and then I could afford to go on a welly shiny trip

And to think i felt guilty for taking 2 weeks to fix the shaft for you, it takes a month for you to get around to fit the bloody thing,

pedro

6 years you've been a member and your second ever post is to give me shite

the bad thing is that it will probably use more gas now, dammit

thanks heaps to pedro for fixing my driveshaft

skid wrote:6 years you've been a member and your second ever post is to give me shite

actually skid it was his first post