Offroad-Express

Well this w/end turned to crap.....

Started to do timing belts on my Mitsy and found out I was supplied the wrong parts.....

OK, so then had to drop the missus off to work so I could use her zooki to swap the wrong bits etc.....then that pos starts to miss like a buggery.....
Just another job to look at....

So I go to the place I got the parts from, found out they are closed till Tuesday....

I give up.... time to start drinking - again

Hope everyone else has better luck!

well ripco did have all the bits to get the 40 going again till next weeks so we are in the same boat

*groan* ...too frigging hot here to do anything ,,so hot cant even be assed trying to stagger out to the garage let alone do something the tv's been stuck on the cooking channel for the last hour but the remotes over by the mrs chair and thats too far away in this heat .. fucket it can stay on this channel with my laptop cpu running at 72 deg c nicely toasting my nuts in the process


IM HOT AND IRRITABLE I hate summer .........

at least the lawns died

25*c inside 30* in the shade outside, and brought a trailer to tow camping gear and simexs for long kms trips away , live it up in the winterless north huh

well i started on the drivers side step/slider. but it got a little too hot out there.

then lili started to play up in stead of sleeping

now its coled off mite go down to the beach

jono

Got back from Mitimiti yesterday, unpacked a crapload of gear that im sure we didnt need. Tried to fix a window zipper to no avail, tried to replace an RT antenna to no avail, so go the shits and headed to repco, bunnings and Supercheapto spend some money. Making some more sliders tomorrow, hopefully.

went for a blat down to Ashhurst River.

Them some deep ruts down there now and managed to convince a couple of visiting aucklanders that the windows didn't work so they got covered in mud

Was good to have a bit of a blow out and get the truck back in the shed without damage.

meece4x4 wrote:*groan* .............. clip .............


at least the lawns died

First rains and they will be back..... and then you will moan anew.... just like the rest of us.. lawns should be banned during summer, weekends, and public holidays.

Made spacers for the gen 2 arms to put a more neutral camber into the wheels to ease the wear on the tires, put 15 more turns on the torsion bars, installed 2 tow hooks andbought a tug strap.

Went to the "Fun Trials" and took almost 500 pics in the rain, great time.

UBZ wrote:

love the flex

while the rear end is up there did you have a good look under neath.


i should go out side an take some pics of the step.


old step


Step Gone, she does look taller now


Spread the load

truck looks higher with out the factory steps

motorhead wrote:Made spacers for the gen 2 arms to put a more neutral camber into the wheels to ease the wear on the tires, put 15 more turns on the torsion bars, installed 2 tow hooks andbought a tug strap.

Went to the "Fun Trials" and took almost 500 pics in the rain, great time.

post some up .......

Fun trial was good fun, sig and boys got loose in the V8, sig disappeared on the first corner in the speed section into the scrub, had to get towed out of his hole, a couple of uncontrolled donuts by others, a couple of rolls, parking on a steep sidling will do that to a vehicle, others climbing trees has similar effects, loads of muds, long hazards, i had a crash course in a e class truck in the suicide seat, stayed upright for the day, which is good for Cleary, excellent day put on by windy club,

cheers

Pedro

Did the upper Selwyn river with a few mates(4 vehicles),was great to get the truck out and start getting use to the manual trans and just drive the dam thing.
River was soft in places,deep in others with a few banks to climb made a great day out.



well put a few more vids up wthen I get them off there others

Shane

Went and did a bit of freeedom camping up the Kawhia. Fantastic weather and better fishing.

started mucking around with the truck started run sweet no probs turned it off to put winch and few other things back on and it would not start think the coil has finally shat itself, took the little over to hamilton zoo what a great day it was also brought another wagon for the wife over there as well, non 4x4

Pedro wrote:i had a crash course in a e class truck in the suicide seat, stayed upright for the day, which is good for Cleary, cheers Pedro

So now he has sucked your brains dry Is he gonna beat you at Mercer

Dr_PC wrote:

Pedro wrote:i had a crash course in a e class truck in the suicide seat, stayed upright for the day, which is good for Cleary, cheers Pedro

So now he has sucked your brains dry Is he gonna beat you at Mercer

maybe maybe, if he learns where the throttle is and how to use it