Offroad-Express

Repaired my spare fuel tank for my samurai today i flattend the other one at RWC

made up another spare tyre rack for the safari that fits the simex for a spade and hight lift

Painted my new bars and replaced the draglink so i can steer with no massive dead spot now
Then put my new stereo and subs in, all so it can sit around for another few months waiting for me to come back

Spent most the day working out how to get the heater core out of my hilux as it hasn't been connected since I've had it. Got it out and there was nothing wrong with it. The heater tap and is broken and the tap cable snapped. So will check out pick a part at some stage for those.

you know how every cloud has a silver lining?? well found mine today, spent the day at Woodhill Jeep park with a couple of other trucks, trying to back down a particularly nasty track resulted in me sliding backwards into a tree smashing the Saf's right tail-light and thought what a b$$$$$ard finished off the day giving the PTO a huge workout pulling sorry assed Mazda's out of bogs they really weren't designed for


coming home i noticed a couple of things ... my 87.5 kph shimmy is gone, my knock-clonk-thud going over a bump is gone and the best bit .... my truck has always had a vibration running though the entire truck every time you steer right under light to medium throttle (felt like you where sitting on a large vibrator .. mrs loved it) .. ALL GONE !! truck drives, steers and handles like a dream.

I can only conclude the body had shifted on the body mounts at some point in it's life and the sudden stop from the tree knocked it back

tomorrows job after getting the mud off is to check and tighten the mounts and try and find another lens for the rear taillight

''try and find another lens for the rear taillight''
they are one peice lights a real bugger aye

coxsy wrote:''try and find another lens for the rear taillight''
they are one peice lights a real bugger aye

lol I know , was going to MacGyver up something over the brake bulb until i can afford a new unit

meece4x4 wrote:

coxsy wrote:''try and find another lens for the rear taillight''
they are one peice lights a real bugger aye

lol I know , was going to MacGyver up something over the brake bulb until i can afford a new unit

Maybe it was the rear lense all along?

meece4x4 wrote:lol I know , was going to MacGyver up something over the brake bulb until i can afford a new unit

Talk to the wife or go to the $2 shop and get some red nail vanish and paint the bulb it works a treat

Ended up at work all day Saturday. But got out in the garage today and wired in the throttle TPS harness. And fitted a bonnet scoop.

Then it was Play-station time with the kids. The biggest being me!

Calvin

"fixed" the tail light .. ugly but legal (ish) at least no white light showing now.

Yup body had moved on the mounts had a chance to look under the Saf today and check the mounts, yep loose, loose and very loose!! tightened up the ones in the front ok but the mid mounts need a spanner on the top of the bolt to stop them spinning which i presume is under the carpet somewhere but run out of daylight to try look for them tonight.

finaly put an after market water temp in the truck, mounted it low on the A pillar easy to see, can see how crap the standard toyota one is, it stays in the same place while the new one goes from 55deg up to 80, not found how hot it will go before the factory one shows hot.
Happy its in for the next trip.

Finally fix the rear breaks on the zook ,stops ona dime know .
But ......... Found my rear springs are bent 20mm to one side and the caliper is know fouling on the bump stop.
Talk about one step forward and three back.

honed the block,reassembled the head,looked at mounting the new carby and it might work!!

Fired up the welder today and made this


And this for my damper , Since we put cross over steering in it didnt work. So i made up some new brackets .Bolt on tomorrow

got well and truely stuck down a side track at Thompsons, got out a few hours after dark !

Replaced the rear brake shoes.... was just in time too....1 side was just starting wear thru.
Also replaced the brake fluid.

Mounted me new rubbers on Howies beadlock's and man im sick of cap screws now