Offroad-Express

Well, since the club trip was postponed I decided to do some gardening....

How does this relate to 4WDing, well I couldn't do it with the Escape (just went brrrrrrr - needs a lower gear!!!) even though it is a company car so had to get out the Paj, a bit of a pull, no go, lengthen the rope slightly, diff locks in, slew sideways until one front wheel hit concrete and out the bush popped!

So yea thats my 4WDing for the weekend!

Went to Jaycar & brought a new aerial base to replace the one i broke last weekend at Poulter River...will install it tomorrow.

Started getting the Mistress prepped and ready for the Mud Drags next weekend at the Rally of Whangarei http://www.rallywhangarei.co.nz/

Every year the Whangarei 4wd club gets to entertain the rally crowd with mud drags and grudge racing

spent today adding in some more under surface protection and knocked up a radiator guard to hopefully catch some of the mud before it hits the fins ... I had trouble with overheating during similar mud baths in the past.

Dropping the Whale off on monday morning for a complete injector/pump rebuild, calibration and "tune" .... should give the whale a little more opmh as my son wants to drive the mistress against Dads whale havnt got a sh*t show in catching the Mistress in a Safari but maybe experience over youth might triumph

tallsam66 wrote:Went to Jaycar & brought a new aerial base to replace the one i broke last weekend at Poulter River...will install it tomorrow.

Put a spring on the bottom of the aerial ... it protects the base from all but a direct hit. My 2c

Helped a mate start building a winch bar, he had a 36x14.5R16.5 Super swamper at his workshop looked pritty good, i need a bit more lift to fit them in tho, there a weird sized rim that ya need for the tyres to

Well got the winch fitted and wired up on the hilux, tried it out in the driveway, put the winch rope on the misses' s car at the end of the driveway, firmly applied the handbrake in her car and proceeded to pull the car up the driveway, works well
gona need to put a bigger battery in the lux though for a bit more reserve

added wiper squirters to the missile,then added a bunch of bungees to the harnesses for getting in and out in a hurry...seems to work ok so far

lexulance wrote:
gona need to put a bigger battery in the lux though for a bit more reserve

don't piss around, buy an optima, you wont look back

weld up sliders for a prado, modded the spare tyre rack to fit 33's and me simexs and the 40 has a prs radio now

skid wrote:

lexulance wrote:
gona need to put a bigger battery in the lux though for a bit more reserve

don't piss around, buy an optima, you wont look back

Whats an optima, and how much is it to buy one, i take it as being some kind of flash battery, gel cell or similar

lexulance wrote:

skid wrote:

lexulance wrote:
gona need to put a bigger battery in the lux though for a bit more reserve

don't piss around, buy an optima, you wont look back

Whats an optima, and how much is it to buy one, i take it as being some kind of flash battery, gel cell or similar

best battery out there, voted best for many years

spiral sealed lead acid AGM etc etc


http://www.optimabatteries.com/home.php

probably set ya back anywhere from $500 upwards depending on choice

otherwise get the biggest battery you can fit in there, make sure the alternator is cranking some good numbers

www.supercharge.com.au

SKID

checked my tyre pressures, were showing 28psi, freaked out went to my nearest BP, got them back to 32 front 35 back. Thank god for this thread for reminding me.

lilpigzuk wrote:checked my tyre pressures, were showing 28psi, freaked out went to my nearest BP, got them back to 32 front 35 back. Thank god for this thread for reminding me.

did you get gas while you were there bro?? can you get some for me??

wopass wrote:

lilpigzuk wrote:checked my tyre pressures, were showing 28psi, freaked out went to my nearest BP, got them back to 32 front 35 back. Thank god for this thread for reminding me.

did you get gas while you were there bro?? can you get some for me??

this is a achievements thread Mr Wopass.......... not the failure thread

lilpigzuk wrote:checked my tyre pressures, were showing 28psi, freaked out went to my nearest BP, got them back to 32 front 35 back. Thank god for this thread for reminding me.

But being BP that will all leak back out

like the joke said, throw a wedding ring on it, it will stop putting out

rokhound wrote:

lilpigzuk wrote:checked my tyre pressures, were showing 28psi, freaked out went to my nearest BP, got them back to 32 front 35 back. Thank god for this thread for reminding me.

But being BP that will all leak back out

yea it leaks out the zaust as a big fat carbon foot print

did more chassis welding

glue together centre consol, started on shovel holder on spare carrier,wired up pug for spotlight on rear of cab,painted under seat tool box,winch bracket and look at replacement carb now to make/buy adaptor plate,playing with mounting air compressor in cab

Finished both rear quarter /corner bars for the surf and made a slider for the zuk .

lilpigzuk wrote:

wopass wrote:

lilpigzuk wrote:checked my tyre pressures, were showing 28psi, freaked out went to my nearest BP, got them back to 32 front 35 back. Thank god for this thread for reminding me.

did you get gas while you were there bro?? can you get some for me??

this is a achievements thread Mr Wopass.......... not the failure thread

i think all that rum has addled your brain function piggy but you are a G'ninger so maybe thats normal

Got the coolant flushed and replaced in the V6, then tackled the list of WOF items for the yellow 3-Dr.

For the first time ever a WOF inspector decided it needs a rear bumper and mudflaps! So I just screwed on the plastic outer shell until the WOF's obtained, having checked with the local VTNZ manager and gone through the fine-print in the WOF manual to confirm that it's not actually a requirement.

Changed out both front steering outer links (worn ball-joints), the right front lower control arm ball-joint and replaced both front control arms. The inspector noted that the bushes were stuffed, indicating how the front of the bushes had totally disintegrated. Upon removing them I see that there is no rubber flange on the front bush section!

Replaced the left h/light ((holed by a stone chip) and now there's just a small section to weld in the floor pan near the rear body mount and its all done. After which I will be changing the WOF issuing agency I use.

went to look at this...
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 095366.htm

owner seamed to know very little about it, only had it for a couple of months, wouldnt let me drive it, and closed the hood soon after I opened it. When I questioned why the radiator fluid was like milk he told me it must be anti freeze

Dont think Ill be making an offer

Changed all four CV boots, stripped and rebuilt my aisin hubs (evidence of moisture), put a couple of coats of paint on my winch bar after its mods to fit my new winch, extended the rubber skirts in the wheel arches to try and reduce the mud-fest in the engine bay.

Next, fit the bar and winch, take it for a WOF /cringe