Offroad-Express

Ill be down at the BBQ with the boys tomorrow, put a bloody nail through my foot yesterday, that sucks, but hey was a good day spent with mates (thanks Ron for the nail ).

Also took hub apart on Prado, not looking good, all the little shalf things are broken. Started wiring for Pump and plugs

Merry New Year for next week

The work on the Pajero continues, This time i got the Mrs to remove the dinged, rusty and bent running boards and fit the homemade snorkel, leaving me the easy job of fitting the internal pumbing once we flip the airbox 180 deg to shorten the amount of pipe needed to get to the snorkel pickup.



and yes that IS the mrs under the pajero

finally done a well over due oil change on safari

re pajo, couldn't you let her use a jack to lift it abit so it not so full in her face ya meanie

RJ and I shot up Thompsons for a quick squiz and a bbq at the x-roads. Tracks all pretty tame, 2wded most of the way up. Summit track was a breeze. Things turned to shite when the rain came down heavy and i ducked into the pines 1/2 way to the summit to put my top up and my doors back on. We went for a little skid down on the pine needles and lockers or not, wasnt gettin back up the way i came, and the way i came was the only way. Pulled out the winch rope, only to discover that the rope retaining bolt was AWOL and the wire was just spinning on the drum........ hermmmm...... got that sorted, then one solinoid decided to only work when it wanted too........... it took a while.
All a bit of fun and games. Took a virgin newb up with me, never been offroad before..... im picking we might have a convert!!!!

xj wrote:RJ and I shot up Thompsons for a quick squiz and a bbq at the x-roads. Tracks all pretty tame, 2wded most of the way up. Summit track was a breeze. Things turned to shite when the rain came down heavy and i ducked into the pines 1/2 way to the summit to put my top up and my doors back on. We went for a little skid down on the pine needles and lockers or not, wasnt gettin back up the way i came, and the way i came was the only way. Pulled out the winch rope, only to discover that the rope retaining bolt was AWOL and the wire was just spinning on the drum........ hermmmm...... got that sorted, then one solinoid decided to only work when it wanted too........... it took a while.
All a bit of fun and games. Took a virgin newb up with me, never been offroad before..... im picking we might have a convert!!!!

You with a virgin........ nah, I dont want to think about it.

Sign him up in our Kiwi club. XJ..... Only $38-00

coxsy wrote:re pajo, couldn't you let her use a jack to lift it abit so it not so full in her face ya meanie

she wont get under the truck if its just on a jack and we dont have any axle stands .... and besides theres a good 6 inches more room on the other side of those running boards

off to Bayleys tommorow for a play

Moriarty wrote:You with a virgin........ nah, I dont want to think about it.

Sign him up in our Kiwi club. XJ..... Only $38-00

Come on bobby.... you know that aint gunna happen

Gave the surf a precautional oil change after the new motor got put in a few weeks ago. Old oil came out nice and clean so looks like she's a goody

safaripete wrote:finally done a well over due oil change on safari

about time 10liters of oil was it

xj wrote:

Moriarty wrote:You with a virgin........ nah, I dont want to think about it.

Sign him up in our Kiwi club. XJ..... Only $38-00

Come on bobby.... you know that aint gunna happen

You're NOT going to make a him a goat-fkn JEEP lover, are you?

well, i do have a spare.... hmmmmm

fj40 wrote:

safaripete wrote:finally done a well over due oil change on safari

about time 10liters of oil was it

haha yeah about that didnt change the filters tho dam things were way too tight to get undoe by hand so will need to go buy a filter strap 2mrw

safaripete wrote:filters tho dam things were way too tight to get undoe by hand so will need to go buy a filter strap 2mrw

Pete, you doing the trip tomorrow? If so I can bring the filter spanner I have and you can borrow it to losen them up.. let me know...

replaced power steering belt, break shoes,a few other bits and cleaned about 5 ton of mud off the bottom of the hilux

safaripete wrote:haha yeah about that didnt change the filters tho dam things were way too tight to get undoe by hand so will need to go buy a filter strap 2mrw

Just ram a bit of steel through the filter - tie some rope to one end - feed it through the grill and pull that sucker...

Had to do this on my old safari... took me and my 120Kg mate to turn the B@st@rd... Thats over 200Kgs of pulling power to turn a filter that someone hadn't greased before

safaripete wrote:

fj40 wrote:

safaripete wrote:finally done a well over due oil change on safari

about time 10liters of oil was it

haha yeah about that didnt change the filters tho dam things were way too tight to get undoe by hand so will need to go buy a filter strap 2mrw

Or flag the filter strap and just buy a toyota

MNC wrote:

safaripete wrote:haha yeah about that didnt change the filters tho dam things were way too tight to get undoe by hand so will need to go buy a filter strap 2mrw

Just ram a bit of steel through the filter - tie some rope to one end - feed it through the grill and pull that sucker...

Had to do this on my old safari... took me and my 120Kg mate to turn the B@st@rd... Thats over 200Kgs of pulling power to turn a filter that someone hadn't greased before

ive had them off before tho when i did starter motor

i didnt think they would tighten up like they have tho

oh well good excuse to to the "boy" shops as my missus calls them hahaha

suzuki1k wrote:

safaripete wrote:filters tho dam things were way too tight to get undoe by hand so will need to go buy a filter strap 2mrw

Pete, you doing the trip tomorrow? If so I can bring the filter spanner I have and you can borrow it to losen them up.. let me know...

cheers for tha offer dude really need to get one for myself so perfect excuse to go spend sum money
mite come down for a play for a little while if i can get wof sorted dam cops stopped me with no reg or wof

safaripete wrote:... cheers for tha offer dude really need to get one for myself so perfect excuse to go spend sum money
mite come down for a play for a little while if i can get wof sorted dam cops stopped me with no reg or wof

Make sure you get one big enough to fit over a Safari filter too. We had a couple that were too small for the Safa filters

Can also just ram a big screw driver through the filter which should do the job (bit messy that what though )

10ltrs of oil and 2 oil filters on my old truck and oil went black after first trip every time Have seen the light now though

well serviced my surf today and changed diff oils checked wheel bearings no trouble getting filter off but realised that crank seal and rear main seal are leaking heavly so now i have to fix more s##t on my pos and buy the missis a car to otherwise im gona lose my pos not that that would be that bad right now lol

well after meeting a few of the welly crew and having an under bonnet excursion decided to flag going out today and went and got new air filter gooed up my snorkel and clamped battery down properyly had fun meeting yas all woulda done some of those holes but that was first time taking saf out after body swap so was takin it easy

taz im keen for this firewood loop sometime

safaripete wrote:well after meeting a few of the welly crew and having an under bonnet excursion decided to flag going out today and went and got new air filter gooed up my snorkel and clamped battery down properyly had fun meeting yas all woulda done some of those holes but that was first time taking saf out after body swap so was takin it easy

taz im keen for this firewood loop sometime

have a look here dude.......viewtopic.php?f=9&t=14356#p162131

Found that Holden Jackaroo, Isuzu Bighorn and other Isuzus) and SSingssungssongssang Korandos all use the same front wheel bearing kits.
How fkn fascinating is THAT?

Moriarty wrote:Found that Holden Jackaroo, Isuzu Bighorn and other Isuzus) and SSingssungssongssang Korandos all use the same front wheel bearing kits.
How fkn fascinating is THAT?

fascinating Captain!

meece4x4 wrote:

Moriarty wrote:Found that Holden Jackaroo, Isuzu Bighorn and other Isuzus) and SSingssungssongssang Korandos all use the same front wheel bearing kits.
How fkn fascinating is THAT?

fascinating Captain!

been tinkering on the g and got it running finally and it does sound good even moved it under it's own power even if it was only a metre

Took out the wiring loom from the zuk. Stripped it back to about 1/3rd of its wires and will reinstall it tomorrow when it stops raining. Also removed the fuse box and put in a 4 slot fuse box, didn't need all the rest as most of the stuff from it was gone. Just got to find a click clack type box and remount the ecu and relays in that and the fuses on the side. it will then be mounted as high up under the dash as I can get it with access through where the centre console (heater radio etc( was. then its just a few gauges to see what need to be seen, some switches for ignition etc and a little bit of cable for the battery to sort (gotta see a sparky about crimping the cables), oh yeah and mount the battery box when i decide where it is going. Might just leave it "floating" in the rear until I source a fuel cell and mount them side by side.

failed wof today

need to replace rf wheel bearing
rr seatbelt damit
and put flares backon

mercutio wrote:been tinkering on the g and got it running finally and it does sound good even moved it under it's own power even if it was only a metre

good news mate!!!

ive been pottering along with my repairs on the 40...going ok i think considering i only started it 2 weeks ago