Offroad-Express

Two weeks in a row come on whats up with everyone

Fixed fuel leak on back of fuel pump what a bitch had to take all injector pipes of to get tool on the plug at the back o ring was rotten fited new plug with o ring all good now took 2 hours to do it then decided to fit snorkel all done
will take tow bar and rear bumper off tomorow fit new freewheel hubs as well

its called being busy , ripped the rubber flares off last sat so it time for bunnings flares tomorrow and sliders to make for a challanger

Put new side bars on during the week, went on club trip today with my 4 year old daughter.
Had a small oopps bent the front bar, going to have to do a rebuild, still it did its job well only small dent in the truck.

Installed replacement rear seats in the Escudo - after the teens broke one (hmmm now what could they have been up to in the back seat to break it - I wonder...). Tightened the handbrake - still crap - cables not pulling up together - one must be worn/ sticking.

Looked at my E class sammy in the shed - a bit of panel work and cage straightening to do. Need to get on to it, but next round not until end of Jan...

Cleary wrote: (hmmm now what could they have been up to in the back seat to break it - I wonder...)

have you not got the answer to that already

put back diff back together, road tested the locker and works fine, now slips the wheels in turn, tested front locker, it seemed to work fine on axle stands but not at rally, ended up pulling front diff and discover a little issue, sorted that out, broke fitting went inside and watched movies instead, put it back together tomorrow.

then managed to swap some 8" beadlock rims with some 10" beadlock rims, so now have to strip 8 bloody tyres amd change them over onto the new rims after i recenter them with nascar centers. lucky trial is end of Jan.

pedro

Pedro wrote:

Cleary wrote: (hmmm now what could they have been up to in the back seat to break it - I wonder...)

have you not got the answer to that already

hes not officially a Grandad yet and already his mind is going

Went into Macetown last night - guiding a visitor/novice 4WDer in with their tent-on-trailer.

River up a bit and some of the crossings are a bit deeper - but no real problem as we both have snorkels.

Not so for the Toyota Surf we met at the homestead remains - found it being towed out after ingesting some water.

Seems to be a lot of vehicles hydraulic in there...

skid wrote:

Pedro wrote:

Cleary wrote: (hmmm now what could they have been up to in the back seat to break it - I wonder...)

have you not got the answer to that already

hes not officially a Grandad yet and already his mind is going

true true, a distant memory perhaps........

faaarking 4wd shite

bloody bits eveywhere

can't find faaark all

bolts don't fit

had grille on and off about 5 faaaarking times already

over this shite for now

its lunchtime

doing flares and lunchtime here too

went out

broke shyte

came home

as well as 4 flares found front wheel beings not the best rightside loose rumbles , left loose fix it tomorrow

Swapped out an upper a-arm, blead brakes, changed b-joint, changed oil. Waiting to see if new tires in stock .

skid wrote:faaarking 4wd shite

bloody bits eveywhere

can't find faaark all

bolts don't fit

had grille on and off about 5 faaaarking times already

over this shite for now

its lunchtime

after this little rant, some top blokes turned up and the afternoon progressed a little bit better, albeit with more things to fix along the way

did this

cruzerboy wrote:did this

Wall Art

well got bored took my son ( hes just over 3 ) to supercheep to pick some paint for the zuke
ended up with this lol


and got me these to go on when the wrist is all fixed


just need to find somebody in manawatu to change the offset of the rims and the zuke might not go to sleep on its side as mutch as it usto lol

cruzerboy wrote:did this

I think there be a story in that!

W

Went on a club run up Manawahe. Put the Prado (and the new winch ) thru its paces. The ole runva winch went well for the first run and being completely submerged.

I think there be a story in that!

big block 13bt power

got the front diff back together after making a hydraulic fitting, put front end together and road tested, definitely works now, then got kids motorbike going, fitted disk brake to nieghbours kid gokart, went to skids and spent some more of his money, new bearings, seals and caliper later we are now waiting for parts.

then came home and pulled nieghbours motor bike motor apart, sorted out why it siezed, magneto jammed the flywheel put it back together and bench run it,

now i need a weekend to recover

Pedro

half the sliders done,only 50% to go..

hay mate is it u selling the wizard on trade me ?

cruzerboy wrote:

I think there be a story in that!

big block 13bt power

Looks like exhaust tubing

I got most of my new cage built, started saturday morning still got some extra bracing to do an seat an seat belt mounts to do then pull it out to fully weld the bottom parts i couldnt get to

Pedro wrote:got the front diff back together after making a hydraulic fitting, put front end together and road tested, definitely works now, then got kids motorbike going, fitted disk brake to nieghbours kid gokart, went to skids and spent some more of his money, new bearings, seals and caliper later we are now waiting for parts.

then came home and pulled nieghbours motor bike motor apart, sorted out why it siezed, magneto jammed the flywheel put it back together and bench run it,

now i need a weekend to recover

Pedro

How about straightening my cage and bullbar next weekend?

safaripete wrote:went out

broke shyte

came home

What was it that broke? CV??

At least you didn't kill your truck setting up the obstical's the day before!!

You have yours running by next weekend??

Phil.

rotordogg wrote:

safaripete wrote:went out

broke shyte

came home

What was it that broke? CV??

At least you didn't kill your truck setting up the obstical's the day before!!

You have yours running by next weekend??

Phil.

yeah cv shat itself

and because i couldnt turn the wheels the steering slip joint decided to smooth the splines they are now welded

it should be ready for this weekend but not sure if i want to take it out only to have something else break but will probably go and break more crap

See Jafa, Longfields Pete

Cheers Richard

Bulletproof wrote:See Jafa, Longfields Pete

Cheers Richard

if i could afford 'em they would already be there

went up the leatham for a shiney trip my eyes were on all the harder bits tho then went a bit off track on the way back to westport to look at some future trip
cheers flag 4 taking us