Offroad-Express

well my weekend starts mid-day friday so got me bull-bar all cleaned up and threw on some bling


fit it 2morrow along with new led indicators then rest of the weekend replacing gearbox in the daily surf

Qualified as "Wally of the Week" this afternoon.

Went to fill my truck with diesel, stood there watching the $$$ thinking that it was very expensive diesel at $1.759/L until the penny dropped - it wasn't diesel it was petrol! Duh!

Fortunately I'd onbly pumped about 40L. A local mechanic was called to tow the truck to his garage and pump out the petrol. A couple of hours later it was back off to the garage and this time put diesel in. The local volunteer fire brigade get about 50L of diesel petrol blend to play with.

First time in 5 years of diesel ownership that I've done this.
While I was waiting for the mechanic saw another local who admitted that he'd done the same (petrol into the diesel) earlier in the week. Can't claim the prize on my own then.

ActyonMan

ActyonMan wrote:Qualified as "Wally of the Week" this afternoon.

Went to fill my truck with diesel, stood there watching the $$$ thinking that it was very expensive diesel at $1.759/L until the penny dropped - it wasn't diesel it was petrol! Duh!

Fortunately I'd onbly pumped about 40L. A local mechanic was called to tow the truck to his garage and pump out the petrol. A couple of hours later it was back off to the garage and this time put diesel in. The local volunteer fire brigade get about 50L of diesel petrol blend to play with.

First time in 5 years of diesel ownership that I've done this.
While I was waiting for the mechanic saw another local who admitted that he'd done the same (petrol into the diesel) earlier in the week. Can't claim the prize on my own then.

ActyonMan

Oh dude that sucks, it happens all the time though. I work as a truck mechanic and you wouldn't believe the amount of callouts I've been to where a driver has filled up his big truck with petrol!! Its mental!

Um well my weekend, sold my surf and got a new hilux ute tonight.

Then tomorrow heading to the south island for 12days on a snowboarding road trip with mates owww yeahh

Finally got my mig welder sorted.Have to make something now to see how it goes.New front bar maybe

did some work on the truck, drank a few burbs, do some more work on the truck tomorrow...

Worked from tuesday before last weekend, up to and worked that weekend, worked this week, through till and working this weekend, probably working monday tuesday then have a week off.

14 days in a row

Pulled EGR Valve out of the Terrano, Now I know why it was running on 3 cylinders sometimes! The amount of crap built up around one of the cylinders was amazing! It would have reduced the inlet size an easy 50%.

What a mess though! I look like a tribal warrior with war paint on my face haha!

Tomorrow will be finishing steering idler arm support and giving it a wheel alignment, kinda hit it out quite a bit going over Devils gate with a tad to much pace.... whoops

-Sketchy

took my son to the hotrod club swap meet today, heaps of cool cars there,
Just been to town and ended up buying him 3 4wds including a fj40

Full of the Flu, cough cough. Put the modded rocker cover on my 1KZTE and bolted on a few brackets. But gave up as the old sweed was throbbing....

Sitting with the kids watching dvd's.

Was supposed to helps our club with a challenge against another club tonight.

Calvin

Got some of the Nankang Mudstars for the BJ40, 33x12.5 for $250 after reading positive comments on here about them. Must say I'm really happy, they look good, aren't too noisy and feel ok on the road and seem to grip really well in the mud. Need more playtime now to test them out.
Tomorrow, finish making the snorkel ready for Sheffield mudplug.

Will post some photos tomorrow hopefully.

got a w o f on the safari , changed the front hubs to auto locked versions, found the avm flange bolts were all loose remember doing them all up to 64nm last time i had them off

pushed Suzuki to one side on driveway. Couldn't get the box out as it was raining and I have no shelter. so no work done.

after the move to the new house have found out that the VX needs a reverse light as the standard on ar ot bright enuff.

all fitted and it works well.

Got the Flu so been feeling ratshit all day, still managed to put my lift springs shocks an shackles in the 70.
The new/2nd hand springs are OME 2" lift springs but cos my old springs were soo sagged out Its ended up just over 100mm higher than it was
Im sure itll settle down a bit but even so the ride height has improved dramatically, it doesnt hit the bumpstops on every small bump
Tomorrow Ill have to clean up the mess I made today

Fakey wrote:Got the Flu so been feeling ratshit all day, still managed to put my lift springs shocks an shackles in the 70.
The new/2nd hand springs are OME 2" lift springs but cos my old springs were soo sagged out Its ended up just over 100mm higher than it was
Im sure itll settle down a bit but even so the ride height has improved dramatically, it doesnt hit the bumpstops on every small bump
Tomorrow Ill have to clean up the mess I made today

The same thing happend to me (second hand 2in springs and a 4in lift )
And you maneged to write all that up and forgot to put a pic up.

You Get That wrote:
The same thing happend to me (second hand 2in springs and a 4in lift )
And you maneged to write all that up and forgot to put a pic up.

Haha nah what I forgot to do was take the camera with me, Will take pics tomorrow an post in my build thread

lincooln wrote:pushed Suzuki to one side on driveway. Couldn't get the box out as it was raining and I have no shelter. so no work done.

Bugger!

that Zuk gotta make it out of the drive ONE day! Gimme a call if ya want come out to the bombing range.

Cheers Man.

helped a mate do a bodylift on his surf

sibainmud wrote:

lincooln wrote:pushed Suzuki to one side on driveway. Couldn't get the box out as it was raining and I have no shelter. so no work done.

Bugger!

that Zuk gotta make it out of the drive ONE day! Gimme a call if ya want come out to the bombing range.

Cheers Man.

Damn it. I woke up late, so missed the run today.

Miserable day in CHCH but managed to get out and finish making the snorkel, not quite an Airflow but should do the job:



Also got some much needed mud on the new Nankang Mudstars, 33x12.5. Had a play at the bottom of Worsley to test them out, really need a suspension lift! Can't believe how well the truck goes off road, it's the first play since buying it.



Bumper prior to taking the ends off flush with the chassis mounts to give better entry angle:


And after, looks much better:


That'll do for today, too bloomin cold to be outdoors.

finished at fitted bull bar to hilux, then half done manual conversion on the daily, pedal box was a prick, had to cut hole for clutch cylinder in fire wall, almost ready to pop gearbox out then in with the manual

Club run over to Poutu point yesterday too damn wet and cold to take the zuk so took my dad in the whale, first time he had ever been off road .. spent the day cruising down the beach and sliding down steep steep dunes, Whale went well this time, the rebuilt injector pump giving me just that extra bit of power that made the difference between making it over the dune and digging in 1/2 a meter from the top

got the whale airborne a couple of times which did something to the front lower arm bushes as theres a clonk like you wouldn't believe coming from under there now ... sigh next weekends job.

helped Dace pull apart his front diff, even started to rebuild it looked at blowing the heater core out in the 80 but one hose was too stubborn for me to be bothered lol

did some more work on my truck, helped a mate do some work to his truck, then went out and tested his 4wd still worked, blew up a goat with the 7mm WSM and now im gonna order fish and chips for dinner...

fcuking good day really

Cleaned out the garage of all my junk and managed to fill a 3m skip.
Then put a few things on trademe nice and cheap http://www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Listin ... ber=243221

gimmemud wrote:Cleaned out the garage of all my junk and managed to fill a 3m skip.
Then put a few things on trademe nice and cheap http://www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Listin ... ber=243221

just bid on ya door cards will see how they go need some spares lol mine bit buggered after last weekend