Offroad-Express

well saturday night no weekend achievments listed been doing stuff have we
at the moment running on my old tower as the new super fast one hard drive don't go no more,
james 40 just needs bumper on then wof time and made some rear corner bars for the safari

got a wof on the Paj ... went straight through which surprised the hell out of me was sure i was up for some brake work.

Last month Ive been in Limbo .. what with Mum passing away and catching up with Dad for the first time in 10 years so not a lot of 4wd related stuff been going on, EXCEPT the iminant purchase of this little beastie ..



hopefully if that sod Murphy (and he's been a right little sh*t lately) can get off my back and leave me be this week I should be heading down next Sat to pick her up. needs a little finishing but am looking forward to having something that will do the more extreme stuff than the paj cant handle.

First Job is to fit an exhaust system then the warn 9000lb winch then off to play

nice little toy your going to get there.
today pulled the rear diff head out of a challanger ready for its rear locker , pull your finger out badnuz and get it up here

Decided to rip out the speakers in the new toy to see what the problem was. Seems the cones are paper and dont exist anymore. That will explain the crappy sound quality. Guess something else just got added to "The List".

Still smiling when I cruise in my new wheels though, gotta love looking down on the 2wd plebs.

bugger all this weekend really

friday afternoon I got the phone call to say I needed a new head for my faaarked motor, so that pretty much put a downer on the weekend.

saturday was spent on the end of a Kango hammer digging holes at my engine builders house and pouring concrete etc, all ready for the retaining wall now, so we thought we'd done a good days work and threw some ales in a chilly bin and went for a drive round the coast to have fresh blue moki for tea with mr and mrs beer cruiser, yummmmmmm


as for today.........

I'm calling it training for next weekend

so far after getting up, I havent moved off the lazy boy, so its being classed as training for next sunday and the great race

at least it will last longer than the fight of the century

Really good weekend went for a club run Sat afternoon ended up with a stranded whale Ladas towed lots a newbe in an Escudo got towed as well as a Pajero.

Did a night run Sat after it got dark with only 3 of use then back out again this morning with 5 of us bloody good my first time out in 16 weeks took a while to learn how to drive again.

Big changes to the handling with all the arse cut off now just got to wash it and back to the engineers to get the front done ready for Wanganui

Did some welding on my new rear bar on saturday, went for a drive today at onewhero, and was it wet.
Glad of the good tyres.
Hope the rain stops during the week for the winch event next weekend.

finally got my falcon powersteering box installed just need to find a cheap pump and get some hoses made up for it. still yet to get wiring sorted dam auto sparky not turning up

got front slippery locker into place and got front end all back together with drive shaft, just gotta plumb front locker system up and rebleed brakes, after the rear is fitted

pedro

safaripete wrote:finally got my falcon powersteering box installed just need to find a cheap pump and get some hoses made up for it. still yet to get wiring sorted dam auto sparky not turning up

just do it ya self cant be many wires to get an old chevy goin

haynzy wrote:

safaripete wrote:finally got my falcon powersteering box installed just need to find a cheap pump and get some hoses made up for it. still yet to get wiring sorted dam auto sparky not turning up

just do it ya self cant be many wires to get an old chevy goin

haha atm its just 1 clump of melted wires

Had a peak under two other Land Rovers on Saturday and they too don't have a fuel return pipe ... hence why I couldn't find one on mine. Haynes manual hinted there was one.

Hmm, looks like the carby on my Holden 186 has got a fuel return pipe built into it ... I might just bung it and pray the fuel pressure doesn't make it all go ka-boom ??? It'll be a mission to plumb in a new fuel return pipe to the tank.

spent about 7 hours up the taupo road getting people out that were stuck in the snow up there

crazee wrote:spent about 7 hours up the taupo road getting people out that were stuck in the snow up there

Him, Me and 20 or so other fantastic 4wheelers
I had a great time and learnt heaps Thanks for all the great advice, it meant I was able to help within the capabilities of my vehicle and not be a liability.
Thanks also to the guy that pulled my Isuzu off the fence after I touched the brakes to avoid a vehicle that had stopped in the middle of the road at the corner to the hall
Thanks again

If anybody else was involved please post here Taupo Road Vehicle recovery Oct '09

dazza85 wrote:

crazee wrote:spent about 7 hours up the taupo road getting people out that were stuck in the snow up there

Him, Me and 20 or so other fantastic 4wheelers
I had a great time and learnt heaps Thanks for all the great advice, it meant I was able to help within the capabilities of my vehicle and not be a liability.
Thanks also to the guy that pulled my Isuzu off the fence after I touched the brakes to avoid a vehicle that had stopped in the middle of the road at the corner to the hall
Thanks again

hey dazza, i didnt know that was you!! glad to have helped mate

was a big learning curve for me too. finally got to bed at 1.45 this morning. then up again at 7 bugger im tired now

nice one guys helping out in all that white stuff

Him, Me and 20 or so other fantastic 4wheelers

me too
there were still 25 cars buried in snow at 2.30 this arvo, betcha they have trouble starting them.

Decided The 50 hadn't been out for a while so loaded it onto the trailer and took it out to the South Waikato Speed Day on Saturday, just out of Matamata.

Good turn out, good courses, but the weather just teased all day. It looked and felt like it was going to rain and make things exciting, but never quite got there



The 50 kind of looks out of place














All round good day, big thanks to the organisers and property owner

DieselBoy wrote:Decided The 50 hadn't been out for a while so loaded it onto the trailer and took it out to the South Waikato Speed Day on Saturday, just out of Matamata.

i guess you have to be mates with someone to find out about these events...

wopass wrote:

DieselBoy wrote:Decided The 50 hadn't been out for a while so loaded it onto the trailer and took it out to the South Waikato Speed Day on Saturday, just out of Matamata.

i guess you have to be mates with someone to find out about these events...

maaaaaaate, I swear I saw somewhere that you were going or knew about it or something like that


"note to self"
email all events to Wop from now on.





you park next to the winner there Pete

replaced a mates rear diff in his senator on friday arvo

then spent the next few hours trying to convince him just cause i have replace the old broken one doesn't mean he could do his darndest to try break this one too

sat pulled the dash and everything out of the cruiser after the wee electrical fire , only to find out it want quite as small as i thought ...so a sat morning job turned into a all day event .
finally finished around 11pm and she fired first time ( with the help of engine start as usual lol )

took it out for a quick spin to make sure ( new fire extinguisher on my lap ) and just down the road from my house i see headlights in the bushes ... turn out a surf on shoddy road tyres had decided he was the next barry crump
pulled him out and off he went .. not even a thank you or a toot .....

sunday ..... decided to go see my mates and what do ya know ... same place i see a 4wd ( wannabe ) bongo van on commercial tires and a cop car parked beside the motorway .... again i stop to lend some assistance possibly . i pull the van out and well .. that was easy enough ...... then he says oh now can we get my truck out lol they bought the bongo to get the surf out ( yes another surf ) another easy recovery atleast this guy actually said thanks ....

finally make it to my mates place .. on my way home 10pm i cant believe my eyes ... another set of friggen headlights in the trees ... hmmm i almost wanted to drive past but yeh well ya know karma n all that..

seems a bunch of young fellas decided to take dads cherokee out and were absolutely crapping themselves to think they were going to have to tell dad they had his truck let alone where it was etc ...
just bout out and BANG!
snatch strap snaps ,,,,,
tied it up and got him out too ....

i think its someone elses turn next time huh lol

so anyone in upper hutt area that knows of that lil mud play area you see heading north on your left just before the riverstone terraces aka craigs flat turn off ,,, just keep an eye out down there id hate to imagine the amount of people that have been stuck that i havent pulled out lol

enough from me time for a beer

I know the one took my old suzuki in there deep, But never got stuck...

My weekend achievments where picking up my new truck, a 97 double cab lux on 33's

skid wrote:

wopass wrote:

DieselBoy wrote:Decided The 50 hadn't been out for a while so loaded it onto the trailer and took it out to the South Waikato Speed Day on Saturday, just out of Matamata.

i guess you have to be mates with someone to find out about these events...

maaaaaaate, I swear I saw somewhere that you were going or knew about it or something like that


"note to self"
email all events to Wop from now on.





you park next to the winner there Pete

probably yea but i need to be reminded all the time

DieselBoy wrote:Decided The 50 hadn't been out for a while so loaded it onto the trailer and took it out to the South Waikato Speed Day on Saturday, just out of Matamata.

Good turn out, good courses, but the weather just teased all day. It looked and felt like it was going to rain and make things exciting, but never quite got there

All round good day, big thanks to the organisers and property owner

Damn, got the entry forms here too but thought it was next weekend. Teach me for not reading propa! [Mind you, my clutch probably wouldnt have lasted.]

Does poor wee Benny need a hug 'cause he missed a party???

GROUP HUG FOR WOP

xj wrote:Damn, got the entry forms here too but thought it was next weekend. Teach me for not reading propa! [Mind you, my clutch probably wouldnt have lasted.]

Does poor wee Benny need a hug 'cause he missed a party???

i always was a bit worried about you cuzzy... i thought it was the Jeep thing but its more serious than that i see... your a man hugger

only when in need man, and i hear your pain...