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OK so Im only a little early.....

Thought my shocks might need changing, seems they didnt want to extend any more...........................

You found some!!! Bloody good mate.

xj wrote:OK so Im only a little early.....

Thought my shocks might need changing, seems they didnt want to extend any more...........................

Shit hope your coils and drive shafts dont start falling out with that travel

Bob, theyre for a 4 inch lift, but oddly enough have more down-travel than the original ones with the kit, and slightly more up-travel too.

Greg (the Jeep parts supplier from hell) had them for his lift kit, which is in the process of going in. But because he's doing diff regears too he wont need them for a while. So he kindly supplied me his, and he'll get more when he needs them.

Now there's service!!!!

Sadam....... im just waiting to hear the "SPROOOING" when the springs fall out!

started putting my Tonneau cover on the missile that i bought of TM...25 buks for a brand new one...pretty good i thought so its actually for a Jeep but after i cut it up a bit it will fit not bad on the 40

wopass wrote:started putting my Tonneau cover on the missile that i bought of TM...25 buks for a brand new one...pretty good i thought so its actually for a Jeep but after i cut it up a bit it will fit not bad on the 40

Thats the one for the YJ? Was going to try to adapt it for my Waka but put it into the too hard basket.

Still working .....

Tomorrow plan to put a manifold and exhaust onto my 180sx, to get ready to ship to dunnerz! Finally Sold.

And sunday will prolly head upto Woodhill with 4 other trucks, test out how the new mods are treating me.

T-Boon wrote:Still working .....

Tomorrow plan to put a manifold and exhaust onto my 180sx, to get ready to ship to dunnerz! Finally Sold.

And sunday will prolly head upto Woodhill with 4 other trucks, test out how the new mods are treating me.

me hopefully going to Woodhill aswell, ill look out for ya, what other trucks you goin with?

xj wrote:

wopass wrote:started putting my Tonneau cover on the missile that i bought of TM...25 buks for a brand new one...pretty good i thought so its actually for a Jeep but after i cut it up a bit it will fit not bad on the 40

Thats the one for the YJ? Was going to try to adapt it for my Waka but put it into the too hard basket.

like i would know the difference? it was for a wrangler and im going to cut it up to make it fit. not bad for 25 buks tho

at this stage, 2 surfs, a disco, and a terrano. I`ll keep an eye out for you.

well just fitted power steer to the hilux today got safaripete made the pump bracket last nite and did nothing but moan his nxt job is to fit the high mount winch

Went to the Kumeu had a real good time, Helped keep the crowds smiling

got bored so went for a drive... up Maratoto first bush test for the truck....not realy ideal...alone...in the dark... but no boogie monsters so all good

sposed to be a bunch of guys from Tearoha up there but after going all the way up and finding no one drove back down and called into Cecils place for a yarn and they were all up the bloody hut at the end of the road so popped up there and had a brew and quick yarn and then came home...

got a couple pics which i will post soon

heres me at the top shed



and i was having trouble on the way up with the truck being heaps wider and not knowing where my wheels were but on the way down i came across this little bloke who gave me a hand... yep wheels were just where i thought they were

first Head Shot with the new setup



check out the squishy mark on my tyre

nice.

today, fully rebuilt a holly carb, fitted it and tuned.

tomorrow, hopefully work on the pos

wopass wrote:heres me at the top shed



and i was having trouble on the way up with the truck being heaps wider and not knowing where my wheels were but on the way down i came across this little bloke who gave me a hand... yep wheels were just where i thought they were

first Head Shot with the new setup



check out the squishy mark on my tyre

OH YOU SHITFACE
keen for next time

vvega wrote:

wopass wrote:heres me at the top shed



and i was having trouble on the way up with the truck being heaps wider and not knowing where my wheels were but on the way down i came across this little bloke who gave me a hand... yep wheels were just where i thought they were

first Head Shot with the new setup



check out the squishy mark on my tyre

OH YOU SHITFACE
keen for next time

yea sorry dude, was a spur of the moment thing. was a nice drive to

not done much made a cargo barrier for the inside ,a spare wheel carrier to mount on rear of truck and put extension speaker in for prs

slight set back went to install my shocks discovered 2 things one i stuffed up the measurements for the front shocks seriously
someone else stuffed up the measurements for the rear shocks so as a result my wagen still has no shocks
so did other stuff took my drag link off yoricks g put it back on mine put the bumper back on
am now wondering if i can squeeze 10.5 tyres on to 5.5 inch rims

mercutio wrote:am now wondering if i can squeeze 10.5 tyres on to 5.5 inch rims

I've got a set of 31/10.5/15s on 6 inch wide rims for my hilux to save my Mudzillas. Only done one trip on them but had no dramas.

had a good day at woodhill forest jeep park, first time out there, bloody good, didnt see noone all day, plenty a difficulty options, did a few of the XXXX tracks, which is well equipped club trucks only, only used the old mans winch once throughout the whole day, truck went mint, some a them bog holes are deep, up tp the headilghts, most of the park pretty dry tho, was good seeing how the lux pulled out the old mans Patrol, and a disco stuck up to its sills with ease, i hadnt done too much recoverys till today, wasnt sure how the lighter lux would go pulling a bogged down patrol, every1 happy tho, and ive decided an engine conversion is last on the list, the 3y just keep going, its all about traction and reliability aint it

mk1
still not sure on the bumper
couple more supports to be welded in

opinions ?

Ha, yeah i was the guy in the blue surf with 33's.

Had a good day at woodhill, amaised how capable my truck is now, only got stuck once when we went in a massive rutted hole that i didnt think i`d make it out, quick snatch and we were away.

J_Dub wrote:

We also had those dudes in the Disco 2 come around with us, for a bit. wasnt set up at all...

Will put up photo's tomorrow.

T-Boon wrote:Ha, yeah i was the guy in the blue surf with 33's.

Had a good day at woodhill, amaised how capable my truck is now, only got stuck once when we went in a massive rutted hole that i didnt think i`d make it out, quick snatch and we were away.

J_Dub wrote:

We also had those dudes in the Disco 2 come around with us, for a bit. wasnt set up at all...

Will put up photo's tomorrow.

true true, just clicked, i assumed you had a surf like in your username, your surf likes real nice, was a mint day,

Re: 14th-15th March

Post by J_Dub on Sun Mar 15, 2009 7:38 pm

had a good day at woodhill forest jeep park, first time out there, bloody good, didnt see noone all day, plenty a difficulty options, did a few of the XXXX tracks, which is well equipped club trucks only, only used the old mans winch once throughout the whole day, truck went mint, some a them bog holes are deep, up tp the headilghts, most of the park pretty dry tho, was good seeing how the lux pulled out the old mans Patrol, and a disco stuck up to its sills with ease, i hadnt done too much recoverys till today, wasnt sure how the lighter lux would go pulling a bogged down patrol, every1 happy tho, and ive decided an engine conversion is last on the list, the 3y just keep going, its all about traction and reliability aint it

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Ended up playing around with a/c comp to get it going for onboard air,didnt realise at some stage the bloody belt had let go.One new belt later as Im adjusting the tension on pulley ,the bolt snapped one bastard of a mission to pull all that apart and put back together, faaaaarrrrk all room and you need 4 hands the size of a 5yr old to do it.Got that sorted and it wouldnt engage, traced it to a short between the relay/fuse thingy and comp.Got that sorted and we had lift off.Found inlet and outlet pipes, so now all I need is the rest of the bits and pieces,so who and where would i go to get said bits and pieces?

went out to ngaroma for aclub working bee, had 2 bull dozers out there for weekend opening up old tracks and cleaning up some of the others, there is now shit loads of drivable tracks and you dont need to go on gravel at all between them, also filled a heap more pot holes on the road, we will put up a map once we have done the gps thing so you know where you are and where the camp is and all the tracks, will also put where there is cell phone coverage and where a chopper can land in case any one has a bad accident, now we just need some rain and it will be good,
vaughan

Wish we had a 4wd park in Dunedin..

surf_tomo wrote:Wish we had a 4wd park in Dunedin..

thats exactly what i was thinking for gisborne. hahaha

Headed on out to woodhill on sunday in my Terrano to try out the new tyres and suspension lift with T-Boon and some others. Had a mean day until my left front tyre popped off the rim (found out today it had a faulty valve, running extreme low pressure haha!). T-Boon, you forgot to mention who pulled you out .

Anyway great day had!

Spent 5hrs looking into the various electrical issues on my Series 2a. Managed to fix nothing

Couldn't find anything in the wiring which would cause the axillary lights not to function as expected. Some go when they should, some go when they shouldn't, some don't go when they should ... fark if I know how she got the last WOF. Several of those lights were on the failed list ...

Noticed the left front head light wiring loom has prior work. What a mission to replace the broken bulb. Still can't get it to glow. Tired with a direct battery feed, got one element to shine but not the other. This is a brand new replacement sealed bulb. Could it be because I used your typical three strand 240volt cable as the direct battery feed and therefore the other element didn't get sufficient current to glow?