Offroad-Express

Have decided to end the life of "Purple Pig" the R31 drift pig.RIP.
We are taking the engine, RB30T -well really a VLT and it is going to be put into the MQ stumpy bum after it has been registered for the road.Big headache as the gearbox has to be slanted to fit.So Sunday out comes the engine, have sold the rolling shell and remains.We have decided to sell the RX7 as well, so soon we will be down to 2 4x4s and 1 car, this is the least we have had for years.

Well this arrived today and got put in the growing pile of bits for the POS



its the guage cluster out of a petrol LJ71 .... yeah they made them apparantly ....known as a RJ70 fitted with a 22R

Looks pretty much identical including the plugs at the back



Looks like it will solve my tacho problem .... and a nice easy install (after moving the odo across)

Jerry wrote:

Looks like it will solve my tacho problem .... and a nice easy install (after moving the odo across)

Solved your tacho problem (other than your right foot ) and now you have an oil pressure gauge problem

nice odemeter roll back

did a woodhill safety patrol only saw one cruiser very clean, all day,

did the oil in both the 60 and the 70 gearboxes transfers and diffs and talked the old man into a 4.2 turbo safari with warn winch spot lights lsd etc etc cranked my pos 70 for the first time in 2 weeks

coxsy wrote:did a woodhill safety patrol only saw one cruiser very clean, all day,

if your on again tomorow ya should see my and jdubs 60 surfs messing about on the club run

painted bull bar, you can see the new 35 creepy's to


Finished new side bars and painted


sorry this one is after dark


Doing safety patrol at woodhill tomorrow looks like good weather.

done my day got to clean it up for a diff operation and wof by the end of the month

coxsy wrote:done my day got to clean it up for a diff operation and wof by the end of the month

That locker going in?

Well went down to the Ngaroma block to check it out for next weekend when the Waikato club is coming down to use it.Some f#%k has trashed the camp site breaking beer bottles allover the camp,burnt the Baque table and seats as well as anything else that would burn or not including the Barbque plate off the gas cooker in a fire on the ground about two feet from the leantos ripped the steel truck rim fire out of the ground that was concreted in,skid allover the new grass pulled the logs out of the way at both ends to gain acess to the camping area,if I find the f#%ks that did this I would like to shake there hands so much there eyes will fall out onto the ground and then stand on them any info would be great as the wheel marks on the camp are MT MUD TYRES that are wide so looks like 4wders that also broke a cv they must have a two wheel motorbike and dogs that they tied up inside the leantos so they could crap in there aswell nice a thanks alot for taking your ROTTEN Rubbish away aswell,thats enough of a moan L8R Dennis
PS these so called humans need some part of there body cutting off so they cant breed from let the breed die out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that is not at all kewl

yes have to put in with the price i paid for it

coxsy wrote:yes have to put in with the price i paid for it

Yeah I want one, very hard to find a cheapish one but worth it.

Cruz wrote:Well went down to the Ngaroma block to check it out for next weekend when the Waikato club is coming down to use it.Some f#%k has trashed the camp site breaking beer bottles allover the camp,burnt the Baque table and seats as well as anything else that would burn or not including the Barbque plate off the gas cooker in a fire on the ground about two feet from the leantos ripped the steel truck rim fire out of the ground that was concreted in,skid allover the new grass pulled the logs out of the way at both ends to gain acess to the camping area

I find it very hard to understand the mentality of returds ( yes I spelt it wrong but I think it fits ) that do stuff like this ...
It's one thing to have a pissup and leave the mess behind which is bad enough but this sort of shite is very had to understand.

I wished I lived cloaser so I could give ya a hand to clean it up

Got some 2nd hand 31" Yokohama Geolander MT tyres fitted and rated tow hook on the front. All set for Woodhill!

4x4Matt wrote:Got some 2nd hand 31" Yokohama Geolander MT tyres fitted and rated tow hook on the front. All set for Woodhill!

Good to see the hook fitted the right way up for a change

why is that considered the right way up
also i think he has mounted it on the wrong side of the vehicle

where is jerry when you need him

a hook is good two is better to share the pull load , but as you know things take time

done lots on the 40 but really acheveied nothing haha

took the lf hub off to change the wheel bearings but find i have the incorrect set to renew them
so regreased the old ones and chucked them back in

found out why i had no brakesand bled them up brakes work good now

thought about starting my coil set up but would rather leave it till after rallywoods next weekend

that is all

Managed to swap out the standard front springs for a pair of 1600 5-Dr springs in Ashleigh's truck, got the front back up where it should be after it sagged with the weight of the sherman-tank front bar.

Dropped Brittany's truck in at the paintshop to get the front guard repaired, front wheelarches cut and the new paintjob. Hope to have it back at the end of next week.

pulled the wheels off and gave the truck a good clean underneath , now have problem with brakes one pump only the dash light comes on then pedal hard as

coxsy wrote:pulled the wheels off and gave the truck a good clean underneath , now have problem with brakes one pump only the dash light comes on then pedal hard as

dead vacum unit on back of altinator??
or damaged vacum lines

not sure there is vaccum in the cans, muilt pumps on the clutch, don't affect the brake light but pumps on the brake does

made VX 2wd

how

coxsy wrote:how

easy

bolt AISIN hubs on
push centre diff lock button
remove front prop shaft

makes a heap of difference

just hope the centre diff foesnt blow up

wopass wrote:

coxsy wrote:how

easy

bolt AISIN hubs on
push centre diff lock button
remove front prop shaft

makes a heap of difference

just hope the centre diff foesnt blow up

How gooderererer skids and drifts does it do

turoa wrote:

wopass wrote:

coxsy wrote:how

easy

bolt AISIN hubs on
push centre diff lock button
remove front prop shaft

makes a heap of difference

just hope the centre diff foesnt blow up

How gooderererer skids and drifts does it do

3rd and PHAAT!!!

Had a blast out at Jeep 4wd Park with the Manukau Club. Big thanks to all for a great day! Especially Mike & Julie in the Suzuki for the loan of their spare battery as mine gave up the ghost in the forest!


Ok so I didn't make this part..hmmm LSD doesn't appear to work!


Jeep stuck in the mud...


Same spot.. no problem for the Surf


Shows the entry angle of the same spot


Zook having fun


Time for a spot of lunch


Not muddy enough!..yet