Offroad-Express

Thought it was about time to start pulled a sickie and fixed my power steering today well i think its fixed might have to test it to find out but thats a job for next weekend maybe if i can be botherd

Well i didnt install my prs antenna today but did it on tuesday after Jerry kindly dropped it round to me Cheers Jerry!.
Had a chance last night to test it on the motorway with a friend and its working very well!.

Did the reseat the tire bead with lighter fluid sucessfully for the first time

yep started the weekend early and went fishing today out in the straits.13 groper between us biggest being 20 kg .groper steaks for dinner tonite

Going out to start setting up the course for the 4th round of the Nationals tomoorow, then sometime Sunday I might get around to washing Mercer off my buggy

Dr_PC wrote:Going out to start setting up the course for the 4th round of the Nationals tomoorow, then sometime Sunday I might get around to washing Mercer off my buggy

Keep up the good work Dan.

I won't be making it to your round sorry - got a wedding to go to. But catch you at Napier...

got some people to look at the g/b in my daily to be told its beyond repair and that its lasted suprising well, so am on the look out for a cheap wreck with a 2.8d or 3ltT.D to repower my yn60, so i can then use the manual g/b from that to fit into my daily
cant realy aford it but my daily aint worth nothing to sell as is so guess its gota be done

sig wrote:yep started the weekend early and went fishing today out in the straits.13 groper between us biggest being 20 kg .groper steaks for dinner tonite

shot bro

been to DJ's and back brought the earant 40 home
right now he's washing it

always wanted to go up the the translator track to Tahurangi lodge mt egmont, via 4wd, instead of walking it, today was the support vehicle to bring down folk unable to make it back to Stratford plateau, for the open climb 130 people on climb, 3 needed to beferried down, a track with plenty of challenge.

got some 33's bf goodrich mud terrains for my surf and put them on!! very exciting

took the vx for a run along the mac.

checkin all lockers, bugger thr rear didnt fix its self.

time to hose off the sand,

Wentdown to the mac , found a nice quiet spot & tried out my new semi-auto rifle.
Now im going to try to find why my cigarette lighter plug isnt going ....need it to run my fridge.

made up a sh*t plate to go between the box and motor on the mistress, been meaning to do it for the last few runs, at least its done and hopefully wont fill up with quite so much mud now

welded a couple of patches into my sons car and tidied up some of the paintwork in between callouts ,

Sold the Paj gone to a good home but still going to miss it.

accepted a new job offer so will be resigning from my current job and starting back in the IT field after a 4 year "holiday" doing other things. looking forward to the challenge

rocked up to rex's. Stared at the pieces of antiquated zukes laying about the property, tried to fit some 33's into the Commodore, generally took the piss, fed Dan up on chocolate, the wife spent some time playing with rexs ginger pussy, and came home via the Rangiriri hotel.

Popped a plate over the new tailpipe to hopefully give it some semblance of protection.
Took it for a blat out on the open road to see what difference there is now with a nice clean (about 2 years since i last cleaned it) filter and the exhaust. Theres definately some more pep there, but the noise will drive a man crazier than having to read Coxys posts and trying to understand them.

Finished off two winch bumpers I was making and fitted them to the two Escudos that they were made for.Sunday put my steel front diff together and fitted in my Zuk,then finished making my front skid plate. Next job is me petrol tank bash plate and brake shoes and pads, then I should be ready for ZUKFEST 2010.
Cheers Woody.

Went to the American Car Show at the Trentham Race course today, found this very nicely fitted out Jeep

tallsam66 wrote:Wentdown to the mac , found a nice quiet spot & tried out my new semi-auto rifle.
Now im going to try to find why my cigarette lighter plug isnt going ....need it to run my fridge.

All fixed now..turned out to be a fusable link piece of wire thingy at the back of the holder.....had to take half the dash out to get to it.

Did the rear guard chop thing as the new 35x12.5 Kumhos have a slight contact issue with it. Went from 35" across the wheel arch to 40".
Al

Tryed to put 2in lift in my cruiser and found out i needed longer U-Bolts
But still i got the snorkel on

i rock afew big rocks with my front diff...now it leaks abit hahaha

downunderxj wrote:Went to the American Car Show at the Trentham Race course today, found this very nicely fitted out Jeep

Looks mean as! , got any other pics of any other vehicles there?

I completely forgot about the show today otherwise i would have gone!

Nextweek is the british car day i think

After finally getting my steering quickener fitted yesterday thought I should take it for a test drive.

Went across behind home and the farmer told me about a new track and swamp to play in

turns out its a mix of bottomless and big holes in the firmer stuff (original old drain I think) End result a couple of up hill winches to get up then young fella goes we have to go back that way too, so 2 more winches downhillish and we were back on the track. Truck now covered in swamp mud. Bottoms clean though cause we had a play in the river on the way out. (All OK cause they have a digger in there dreging it)

Oh yeah quickener is mint bit heavier but 2 turns lock to lock v 4.

sprey wrote:got any other pics of any other vehicles there?

I completely forgot about the show today otherwise i would have gone!

Nextweek is the british car day i think

Only one other vehicle as below, a huge turn out, all sorts and ages and a beautiful day for it. Didn't take any others as there were just too many.

The Jeep was running a Ford V8, twin ARB lockers etc etc

This is a 1938 Ford Pickup Barrelnose

Went for a "Cruise" to wendaholm with all my mates in "sports cars" odd one out much ?


So Stealth !

T-Boon wrote:Went for a "Cruise" to wendaholm with all my mates in "sports cars" odd one out much ?


So Stealth !

It looks to me like a nissan silvia cub run

haha, nah S-chassis ...

i took a mach 1 to a corvette convention, in welly 1985

the 86 looks badarse...

skidtoy wrote:the 86 looks badarse...

Yeah, a mate of mines, still got the trusty bluetop, slow as a nana, but handles well.