Offroad-Express

well im finally getting there.sorted my xmember cut 75mm out of it and sorted a double carden uj for it and popped my 38.5 tsl boggers on her and its looking good..... just have to sort out my vacum dramas now.i dont have any 4wd when i select it and no brakes,as soon as i tap the brake pedal the warning light come on so there is no vacum in the tank so im going to have a bit of a fiddle with them try swapping them around and see what difference it makes

ive got 2 vacum hoses out the back of the alternator 1 goes to a little black holding tank below the brake booster the other into the firewall beside the clutch cylinder,dont know where to start from here any info would be great ta.

ill carry on looking

sorted my 4wd out tonight so just brakes to go

pics please!!!!

this is the monster lol

thanks mate im slow with computers

good to see someone posted a photo of it.... checked it out last night, crazyness

cruzerboy wrote:this is the monster lol

fark thats tall!!!...how tall exactly??? and how wide/unstable??

2m 12inches high and 6.2 feet wide with 2inch spacers.drives fine the spacers made a huge difference,power has had a hiding with the tires now tho

zookfest wrote:2m 12inches high and 6.2 feet wide with 2inch spacers.drives fine the spacers made a huge difference,power has had a hiding with the tires now tho

ok so 2.3 tall, and 1.9m wide, not as bad as it looks (have you got pultiple rulers!! easier just in meters)

yea its pretty good had to get used to my last one so will be the same with this one.a good lean wakes ya up

what ratio are the diffs?

diffs are 4.1
its down on power on the open road but not to bad and in low range its fine

what size are the boggers?

look like the 38x11?

Can't believe no one has given you grief about having the left rear tire on around the wrong way yet

change your diff ratios to 4.88 or 5.29s you will see big differences in preformance on and off road,
. oh and your back passenger tyres on backwards. haha

yea the rears are on the wrong way and the fronts the right way,yesterday the rears being round the wrong way clawed and ripped a steep bank to bits so i think ill run them all round the wrong way.ive heard simex go better round wrong way to.try and see

zookfest wrote:yea the rears are on the wrong way and the fronts the right way,yesterday the rears being round the wrong way clawed and ripped a steep bank to bits so i think ill run them all round the wrong way.ive heard simex go better round wrong way to.try and see

Yip, will go better with them all round the wrong way as long as you only travel in reverse...

They are directional tires purposefully designed to dig and clear mud while going forwards. Would put them all on the right way with V facing forward if I were you. They will dig up banks - and bogs - and any muddy surface if you've got the power to spin them - mine have been known to make some big rooster tails

Try lowering the pressure to make them bag more and using a higher gear to stop the truck spinning them.

yea ill swap them back then.the truck spins em nice and i am yet to play around with pressures with them,spent all of saturday driving them and am very happy with them,i think the differnt level lugs they just chew things to bits i had chunks of grass and roots stuck in them

next time we go away your going at the back, and your going though all those big holes that haven't been used in years so we can still get through the others
if you are coming to the pub on thursday could you bring that airbox? or come over and check out my new place and my work in progress.

MNC wrote:Can't believe no one has given you grief about having the left rear tire on around the wrong way yet

So you got the 4wd vacuum solonoid sorted?

I bought a couple of vacuum solonoids units from Just Cruisers and also made a brand new one up from bits in a compressor supply shop.

BJ74 parts list
http://www.toyodiy.com/parts/g_J_1988_TOYOTA_LAND+CRUISER_BJ74V-MNX_1.html

cruzerboy wrote:this is the monster lol

Can't be

http://www.carjam.co.nz says it is a

Vehicle details

* Make: HOMEBUILT
* Model: RHL
* Year: 1988
* Main colour: Grey
* Vehicle type: Trailer/Caravan
* Body style: Domestic Trailer
* Country of origin: New Zealand

my truck dosent run any of those solinoids anymore i just run vacum off the alternator pump then plug it into the line i want to use,ive also got vacum that i can have plugged in so that when someone fires up the motor itl run for 3 or 4 seconds then when vacum kicks in shuts the intake butterfly and stops and wont start until the line is reversed,good security,the 4wd is just 2 vacum lines to the transfer if you plug vacum into one it engages and the other dis engage.easy

Hey have you got any photo's of the roof chop like your avatar? Thats what I was planning to do with my spare FRP roof

there are photos on here of it as its h2olovas old one but yea ill try get sum pics up of it,im stuck inside with swine at the moment

zookfest wrote:there are photos on here of it as its h2olovas old one but yea ill try get sum pics up of it,im stuck inside with swine at the moment

I searched for posts by H20' but couldn't find any photo's...

Maybe take some when you're over the swine flu?

BrentC wrote:

cruzerboy wrote:this is the monster lol

Can't be

http://www.carjam.co.nz says it is a

Vehicle details

* Make: HOMEBUILT
* Model: RHL
* Year: 1988
* Main colour: Grey
* Vehicle type: Trailer/Caravan
* Body style: Domestic Trailer
* Country of origin: New Zealand

Thats because the plate bends round the bumper - you cant see first letter.

this is it in its current state after the sticker lol we cut the back off 2day and cut the gards plans are for a tube deck and exo and 2 lower it and make the suspension work so it dosent end up like the other 1.

Dean dean dean your a shocker mate lol .

wanted better power to weight ratio

les pannels for me to mash now i suppose,makes the 38.5's look small to

just as well i didnt have my truck there i might have got grinder happy lol