Offroad-Express

knocked back a bourbon at work on friday night and raced home to throw some shite into the VX, texted Bubba to see where he was hiding and hit the road to get some more bourbon and some nosh.

did my best to catch up to Bubba, and finally tracked him down on the final stretch up to green hut in Rallywoods.

nobody was at the hut, so we assumed they out having a night drive, but they were just tucking taz01 into bed, then Curly decided to sneak off to bed early as well, so we had to rely on that asian fulla Jerry to cook us dinner, whilst Bubba kept us entertained trying to learn the 'soulja boy' dance from his daughter.
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then we just sat around partaking in a few beverages whilst talking shite and having a good laugh at some of the goings on that you see on ORE, before sneaking off to bed around the witching hour.

curly must of woken up with his second wind as I could hear him and Saddam and Bubba laughing the place down into the wee hours.

got up around 6.30am to see Taz loading up the fire again before I hit the road for work.

pissed around this arvo, had a wee kindy nap and settled in to watch the rugby.

have to cruise over to the wairarapa tommorrow to pick up my daughter, but not before I go to a job expo to see what jobs are going here and in OZ.

SKID

tried doing a oil change on the safari , didn't finnish as nissan gave me one wrong oil filter , out of two the give one wrong,

coxsy wrote:tried doing a oil change on the safari , didn't finnish as nissan gave me one wrong oil filter , out of two the give one wrong,

haha, did mine today as well... first time ive ever needed so much oil and two bloody filters to do one oil change

got 10 litres for $76

went into Rallywoods for Dinner Friday night, hassled SKID, some dumbass forgot the foil for the roast veges , had to cook dinner coz the chef had passed out, taz was having a nana nap as well (at least he wasn't swaying too much this time), went up there again tonight for dinner (remembered the foil this time).

Changed one front hub from the parts-truck onto the No.1 truck, as the (almost new) wheel-bearing had crapped out. It seems I omitted a shim when I reassembled it last time. Bugger!

At least it seems ok in the meantime with the replacement hub, it should last for tomorrow's trip through the Rainbow.

The rebuilt engine for No.2 truck should be ready by early next week, so we will hopefully get that in before next weekend. Thank heavens I'm on leave now! I might actually get something achieved.

bought a new bus...

wopass wrote:bought a new bus...

PHOTOS

just another VX, nothing interesting... ohh but its dark green

wopass wrote::lol:

just another VX, nothing interesting... ohh but its dark green

12 valve or 24

any other extras

didn't buy it off a trials guy by any chance

got my car back on the road on saturday the ignition lock decided to retire so had to get that rebuilt last week
then i headed down to tokoroa to do some work on the g made a start putting in my new lengthened brake lines then noticed that the steel lines on the calipers were badly pitted so i decided would be best to get some new ones made so have to organise that sometime
also made a new bracket for the crankshaft sensor only to discover that it wasn't going to work
put the new crank seal in place and refitted the front crank pulley

skid wrote:

wopass wrote::lol:

just another VX, nothing interesting... ohh but its dark green

12 valve or 24

any other extras

didn't buy it off a trials guy by any chance

24valve,manual. and its green
in the process of fitting my stereo into it so i can actually listen to music instead of the shit crackle hiss that the factory speakers give off.

I got the body permanently fixed to the chassis and the new deck mocked up. New power steer pump is mounted, inner guards are straight and the gaurds fit on now. Firewall where steering colum goes through has been straightened along with the dash which was also bent. The bar has been mounted, the rope guides are fitted, winch is mounted, batteries for 24v infuel tank has been remounted. Heater has been connected (not racing in Vegas in July without a heater!!!!!!!)

Still to do.
new intercooler radiator and fans to be mounted.
Fuel pump and surge tank to be mounted.
Deck structure and boxs to be finished
12v battery to be mounted
air tank to be shifted
anchor, hilift and spare wheel to be mounted
oil filter to be mounted (remote)

All should be done by the end of next weekend.
My wife is so sick of been a 4wd widow that she went away for the weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

got 10 litres for $76

You got ripped bro, never pay more then $60.

I spent my weekend getting over having to shoot my best friend Ralph. 17 years of loyal service, many pigs to his name and even a goat. He immigrated over with me. He will be the first bit of dingo buried in this country. May he rest in eternal peace.
Al

hey al got a new drain pan with that oil for $76 so its not to bad, bad news on your mate , the pain of loseing 3 dogs over the years is still with me,

hey al got a new drain pan with that oil for $76 so its not to bad, bad news on your mate , the pain of loseing 3 dogs over the years is still with me,

not quite the weekend
but got rained off at work today so rushed down to the local suspension place and asked if they could get my tie rod rebuilt for me
no worries was the reply so left that with them also ordered head gasket and thermostat for my little car got to get it on the road so i can save some gas money

Hi Darin ,I dont feel so bad now after looking at your list,I just got the truck re-certed just have to re-mount rear winch,make new light bar,get new WOF and 1 or 2 other little jobs Oh and as you say fix the heater .Where are you staying this year? seems a few of us are staying at the Newcasle again..Steve

put the new motor in, started with out a hitch.
always a bonus

Got my wheels cleaned up and painted ready for the new rubber. Just waiting on the tubes now. Thanks Jase for the rims

Did a little more cutting and measuring for the winch mount and have come to the conclusion I need to either ditch or move the Aircon rad and slice off most of the lower rad mount OR body lift it.

Sunday I did a service on the family Disco, tightend up a wheel bearing changed the auxillary belt and a few other little bits.

Put a kitchen together too........

Cheers Matt

Went through the Rainbow and into Hanmer on Sunday. Five trucks, had lunch at Lake Tennyson after snowballs at the top of Island Pass.

James (NSTG8A) doesn't do small snowballs!
But Boris the Niva makes the Saf' look really good.

Low-point of the day? Getting the 'zuk towed out of the mud by Boris.

haha, thats a primo pic, might have to save that one lol.... still want to see the lada try the deep end of that bog, that looked real deep.... no way was i gonna put over two ton of whale in there....

stuck photos?

basics wrote:stuck photos?

haha, i wouldnt be at all surprised if the pics of the lada towing out the suzuki were 'accidentally' erased... im pretty sure my camera would develop a fault like that if it happened to my truck