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fitted an ajustable rear pan hard on the safari to replace the one i made up,

the old one was with in 5mm of centre

sliders and parts






finnished the prep work on sliders for a vitara

WOF for the Jeep today, not too bad
1) Rear brake light bulb gone
2) Fix sharp metal left where I removed the footrest when removing carpet (Removed 2 years ago, no mention until now??)
3) Had to put anti-sway bar back in

The last is the most interesting one. I took the anti-sway bar out several years ago too. No mention of it until today. Same guy (at VTNZ) tested it last time too with no problems. He is also a Jeep owner

Have they changed the rules in the last few months.

Will have to look at some disconnects, as I am not spending 1 1/2 hours removing front skid plate each time to put the anti sway bar in and out.

At least I put plenty of grease on all the bolts this time

downunderxj wrote:WOF for the Jeep today, not too bad
1) Rear brake light bulb gone
2) Fix sharp metal left where I removed the footrest when removing carpet (Removed 2 years ago, no mention until now??)
3) Had to put anti-sway bar back in

The last is the most interesting one. I took the anti-sway bar out several years ago too. No mention of it until today. Same guy (at VTNZ) tested it last time too with no problems. He is also a Jeep owner

Have they changed the rules in the last few months.

Will have to look at some disconnects, as I am not spending 1 1/2 hours removing front skid plate each time to put the anti sway bar in and out.

At least I put plenty of grease on all the bolts this time

no rule changes affecting that no, the rules state that if it is factory fitted with one then it has to have it on or a cert plate for the modification. your WOF guy has only just noticed or has been letting you slide under the radar.


as for me, i did some more work on the 40 then took it for a drive and did some phaat skids (may, or may not have been on the road)

maintance mode today after a savage club run last Sunday, the zook had a issue engaging 4wd at the begining of the run last sunday ... had to smack the rf hub with a hammer while rocking it back and forward till it went crunch/clang.

pulled the front hub and stripped it down the thing was so glued together with rust and dried grease that im surprised it worked at all, gave everything a good clean and regrease and away it goes.

Mrs said her car was making a "funny" noise ... took it for a drive and could hear metal against metal on brakes .. sigh... trip into town for brake pads .. strip front lhf and stared to push the piston back, POP! then brake fluid starts pi$$ing everywhere ... f&&* rush into town and get to Labberts 5 mins before they close, clean up piston and fit new kit ... bleed and test.

started to try and track down the vibration in the saf .. but im putting up a separate post in the Nissan forum for that

1st day of "Project Intercooler", made flanges, machined 5deg entry and exits in all sections, attached 10 inch fan to under intercooler.


Welded washers on rear swaybar droppers; should stop punching the rod up through the washer now

Replaced rear handbrake shoes again they the expensive one's too

Mounted new pyro gauage to cluster and run wires.

Tomorrow,

Weld up pipes for intercooler, install thermocouple in exhaust, fit intercooler and wire up fan Mount air scoop to bonnet
Found bent panhard rod, so replaced that too.


Next,

Set wastegate rod at 18psi.........find new engine

Cheers.

done some more work on the DSR turbo up grade

Made a plate to cover waste gate hole,taped a hole for EGT probe fitting



rotate'n turbo core so oil feed goes in top,well tap comp cover for fitting while its off also





manifold bolted to engine,with heat paint to stop rust



Shane

Went to woodhill on sat, carpets got wet

Spent yesterday sorting out some bits on the Bighorn and clesaning out the inside. Then today went and had a a play on the Poreka. The down side is that at the bottom of the plyon trail on the wrong side of th emud hole I broke a Tire rod
Luckly we were able to recover it back up onto the road so that I could lie in the mud while it snowed to take it out and then went and borrowed another one from a friends Bighorn to get me back home which meant more lying in the mud while snowed.
All and all a great day

Went 4WDing on Saturday and came home to loads of snow so today,

Built a snowman



Then a family



Then a ballerina in a paddock

92 safari 17 wrote:Went to woodhill on sat, carpets got wet

All the noobs find that hole

37's, 10inch lift...

Auckland yesterday, Auckland Thursday, Wellington the Thursday before that, so the truck was lonly in the shed most of the weekend

went for a journey up a river on friday

seemed foolish with the impending storm

but had an awesome weekend with a good bunch of guys and had heaps of good laughs, helped install a bloody heavy Lister generator

but best of all we must of been in the eye of the storm the whole weekend coz we saw nothing but sunshine the whole time

faaaarking wicked weekend, cheers to the lads

Finally got my landrover going and took it for a hoon

turoa wrote:Finally got my landrover going and took it for a hoon

Ah, congrats dude. That is awesome! Some real nice flex you got happening there to

finished fitting winch on prado and mounting control box in engine bay, but done something wrong as, as soon as it get power the winch is active.
I am working on it though.

Ended up cuting all the unnessesary things of the back of the zuk eg lights etc to start fitting the cage.

went from this


to this

Took family to Amberly rocks

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what I found when I removed the gearbox. and i wondered why it didn't work. Still it had been making noise for almost a year, and covered in mud and grass

Should be good now

Yeah lincoln that might do it...

skid wrote:went for a journey up a river on friday

seemed foolish with the impending storm

but had an awesome weekend with a good bunch of guys and had heaps of good laughs, helped install a bloody heavy Lister generator

but best of all we must of been in the eye of the storm the whole weekend coz we saw nothing but sunshine the whole time

faaaarking wicked weekend, cheers to the lads

Went into the bush with the boys for the weekend, replaced the damaged waste pipe under the bach..... some bastard decided to run the tap while I was under there with all the pipes apart?


Pulled my flatdeck transfercase apart last week to stick the pto drive gear in it and putting it back together with a new idler shaft and thrust washers tonight

Should have been in last weekends post but.. picked up a battery via Skid and got the 40 out of the garage, washed it and the wee one wanted to do for a ride.. (what can a Dad do!)



We had to go back home so she get get a jacket and head out again. She is a good lass!

Need to get gauges working, horn working, mount tailgate, oil change, bonnet on, front grill on, adjust brakes (pedal and hand) then off for a WoF (I think that is all at the moment) fix up couple of patches of rust (each side above exhaust outlet mainly).

W

Picked up my new summer 4wd vehicle on friday, took it for a hoon in the dunes on Saturday

Bring on daylights savings and poor attempts at catching fish

Andrew1706 wrote:Picked up my new summer 4wd vehicle on friday, took it for a hoon in the dunes on Saturday

Bring on daylights savings and poor attempts at catching fish

whats the new addition to the fleet Andrew?

I feel super gay driving it though

Did 140kms to a full tank, must be the 6000rpm right foot of mine haha

Bit of a change, 80 series cruiser on 35s to a escudo softtop on stock 26s

Andrew1706 wrote:I feel super gay driving it though

Did 140kms to a full tank, must be the 6000rpm right foot of mine haha

Bit of a change, 80 series cruiser on 35s to a escudo softtop on stock 26s

nothing wrong with a soft top zook mate

Andrew1706 wrote:

I feel super gay driving it though

Did 140kms to a full tank, must be the 6000rpm right foot of mine haha

Bit of a change, 80 series cruiser on 35s to a escudo softtop on stock 26s

Best get a heat gun to remove that pink bit on the side, (just heat the transfer to soften it not peel the paint off )

And those pink seat covers....DUDE they have to go!!!

Get rid of the pretend nudge and side bars (sell em now while they are straight).

I see it has the suzuki "custom" matt finish on the bonnet. Why do they all seem to do that?

Andrew1706 wrote:

I feel super gay driving it though

Did 140kms to a full tank, must be the 6000rpm right foot of mine haha

Bit of a change, 80 series cruiser on 35s to a escudo softtop on stock 26s

you wont feel gay when you drive right past the bogged Saf's and 40's




My Saf is no match for my zook offroad ...ok she looks a little different than yours these days .. but underneith she's stock soft top Zook and stock running gear

Heath, no man in his right mind would get of pink bits, especially if theres two on either side of him

The sidebars are a disgrace, they make it harder to get in

meece, going from the cruiser to this is a huge change - I dont have the ego that I had with the big truck. Although I did notice the lack of left foot room annoying

I'm not supposed to spend any money on this, only enough to keep it going while I fix my big truck but if I do end up getting cheap deals this is what I want the final product to look like:

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Andrew1706 wrote:Heath, no man in his right mind would get of pink bits, especially if theres two on either side of him

(.)(.)

meece, going from the cruiser to this is a huge change - I dont have the ego that I had with the big truck.

lol I jump out of my High Roof LWB Safari tow wagon in to teny tiny little zook

I'm not supposed to spend any money on this,

YEAH RIGHT