Offroad-Express

Stuff work had enough of computers going to load the buggy on the truck ready to go to the workshop in the morning and finsh putting front spacers on and repalce bent front panhard rod, Still raining

well for my weekend fit modded tow bar, gearbox spacers, then go with son to look at another fj40

Dr_PC wrote:Stuff work had enough of computers going to load the buggy on the truck ready to go to the workshop in the morning and finsh putting front spacers on and repalce bent front panhard rod, Still raining

sweet, come down for interclub on sunday at tuoheys place for a play - just down the road

getting a bit done, project tintin is looking something like this at the moment

Look'n good ,, Looks better with the Bling wheels on tho

Cmon Qentin, get that 3rz goodness in it already!

Jafa wrote:Cmon Qentin, get that 3rz goodness in it already!

good things take time, you know that

tintin wrote:

Jafa wrote:Cmon Qentin, get that 3rz goodness in it already!

good things take time, you know that

just put a 350 in it

left my cell on the bonnet of the safari bye phone

coxsy wrote:left my cell on the bonnet of the safari bye phone

Lost one like that too, and lost another up thompsons two weeks ago too... somewhere up the rock climb.

Gee i love work phones.

Back to the topic at hand...........

Popped the 15mm spring spacers in the front to level it up, and re-aligned the front diff. Noted that even after the last wheel alignment that it was toe-ing out bigtime. Pulled out the trusty tape measure and it was out by 30mm, so remedied it by way of a back-yard wheel alignment.

Also noted that the front lower control arm castor correction bolt on the left was loose, and not just a little loose. Something wrong there, when the nut is tightened to the bolt she tightens right up, but the bolt can still rotate, hence cocking up the castor. Washers are where theyre supposed to be, its got me buggered.

Didnt even get to looking at the skid plate today.

widened my trailer a bit so i can get the missile on it without having to change the frickin wheels...

tomorrows job is load the 40 onto the trailer to make sure its ok and see where the ballance point is so i can then start making the front section for spare wheels etc and make a front tie point.

Spent the day replacing front brakes,wheel bearings etc fitting new winch rope,got the isolating switch wired up ,cleaned radiator ,still have 101 jobs to do before Northland ,hopefully will get it all done by Wed/thurs night

well put the new juke box in me prado f*&k what a mission still now can at least listen to the rock

monstr wrote:Spent the day replacing front brakes,wheel bearings etc fitting new winch rope,got the isolating switch wired up ,cleaned radiator ,still have 101 jobs to do before Northland ,hopefully will get it all done by Wed/thurs night

What ya gonna do with the old rope?

veiwed a 4x4 with me bro today that hes looking to buy.
88 rangie recoed v8, front and rear bars, winch, factory locker, 31" muds, snorkel.
$3k, thats alot a 4x4 for ya money, bloody good value i recon, mite need a few things here and there but for that price a tidy v8 4x4 with winch and bars, its gota be a good thing

J_Dub wrote:veiwed a 4x4 with me bro today that hes looking to buy.
88 rangie recoed v8, front and rear bars, winch, factory locker, 31" muds, snorkel.
$3k, thats alot a 4x4 for ya money, bloody good value i recon, mite need a few things here and there but for that price a tidy v8 4x4 with winch and bars, its gota be a good thing

Sounds like a good buy at that! Query on the factory locker tho' that will be the centre diff lock as to my knowledge no Rover left the factory with a axel locker till the current shape Disco3.

Muddymatt

gimmemud wrote:

monstr wrote:Spent the day replacing front brakes,wheel bearings etc fitting new winch rope,got the isolating switch wired up ,cleaned radiator ,still have 101 jobs to do before Northland ,hopefully will get it all done by Wed/thurs night

What ya gonna do with the old rope?

Sorry mate Wayne (Vvega) has already put his name on it ..Steve

haha i got stuck at the ymac today in the mega mud part was a shocker all 4 wheels were off the ground, THANKS to the people that helped get me out of the mess i was in, then when towing it out she almost tipped right ova, prettymuch on the side as it was, as a result i have lost the hub off drivers side, the mud was up to the sidestep lol.. bit of fun, now have to fix her up

removed the half cab from the cruiser and put the soft top on

an bolted the seats down properly

bolted the seats down properly LOL always helps? upload some pics of softtop

LJ71simon wrote:bolted the seats down properly LOL always helps? upload some pics of softtop

will do once i finish the front mounts for it and finish welding up the roll cage

muddymatt wrote:

J_Dub wrote:veiwed a 4x4 with me bro today that hes looking to buy.
88 rangie recoed v8, front and rear bars, winch, factory locker, 31" muds, snorkel.
$3k, thats alot a 4x4 for ya money, bloody good value i recon, mite need a few things here and there but for that price a tidy v8 4x4 with winch and bars, its gota be a good thing

Sounds like a good buy at that! Query on the factory locker tho' that will be the centre diff lock as to my knowledge no Rover left the factory with a axel locker till the current shape Disco3.

Muddymatt

yip u are right, and i was gona question that, what exactly is meant by a cetre diff lock?

J_Dub wrote:

muddymatt wrote:

J_Dub wrote:veiwed a 4x4 with me bro today that hes looking to buy.
88 rangie recoed v8, front and rear bars, winch, factory locker, 31" muds, snorkel.
$3k, thats alot a 4x4 for ya money, bloody good value i recon, mite need a few things here and there but for that price a tidy v8 4x4 with winch and bars, its gota be a good thing

Sounds like a good buy at that! Query on the factory locker tho' that will be the centre diff lock as to my knowledge no Rover left the factory with a axel locker till the current shape Disco3.

Muddymatt

yip u are right, and i was gona question that, what exactly is meant by a cetre diff lock?

Unlike most Jappa 4X4 Rangies are permanent 4WD with power transferred to the end with the least grip just like a standard open axle diff. You can lock the centre diff to force power to both axles. Works in high and low range too.

Hope that helps.

Matt

finished work sat at 8am then went to the events club club day at ricks in Amberly, was an awesome day...realised i need to modify the fiddles as cant select 1st and still use them. and have a strange noise coming out if the front end...sounds like a cv- will pull apart today and find out. left a bit after lunch as had work last night as well.

fitted diff head to new cruiser housing in the rear, reassembled hub, axles and rear diff cover swapped drive flange o diff over to hilux, so no need to modify drive shaft, now gotta pull front diff and change from 4.3 to 4.1 ratio, then fit winch, wire it up, make gear box for back, grease it, oil it, check it and then go and wreck it again!!!! 2 weekends to TR so no pressure!!

pedro

truck fits on trailer finaly



still to finish floor and ramp and spare wheel holders but the main bit is done and is now usable

wopass wrote:truck fits on trailer finaly



still to finish floor and ramp and spare wheel holders but the main bit is done and is now usable

looking good
so what is the daily hire rate

mercutio wrote:looking good
so what is the daily hire rate

to you mate a box of tui or 20 buks

Early Saturday morning, me and Sadam headed into his hut in the bush

drove as far as the river and parked up the 80 and got a lift to another hut,

about 6 hours later we fell out the door and staggered, crashed, fell down and eventually made it to Sadams hut

woke up this morning to find all sorts of cuts and scratches on our legs, went for a walk down to the river about 7am and spooked 2 deer less than 15 metres away from me, dammit, always happens when you don't have a rifle with ya, they were slow too, would of been heaps of time to try and get 2 shots off and have 2 hanging in the shed, oh well next time maybe.

walked back down the river this afternoon to the 80 and drove out

great weekend

excuse the grainy pics ( cellphone )

wopass wrote:

mercutio wrote:looking good
so what is the daily hire rate

to you mate a box of tui or 20 buks

nice one i'll keep that in mind pity i got nothing to tow it with

i didn't get up to much but i did find the time to get this

should come in handy in yoricks shed till i get my own decent shed