Offroad-Express

I don't care that its not 4wd related, but nobody uses the other thread so here it is..............


My weekend started slightly early today when I had a sitting session in a chair all in the name of love








will open the curtains in the morning and see what the weather man has bought for us before I decide what to do for the rest of the weekend

picked up a couple of parts to fix the POS, so will have a look at that tomorrow .... might play with my beadlocks and new tahs as well

up coming balljoint flip on a challanger

change that already done

Jerry wrote:.... might play with my beadlocks and new tahs as well

yell out if you want a hand to fit them, I've fitted quite a few sets now busy this weekend but ok for during the week next week but you'll have to shout the fish n chips

So far a good start to the weekend,

Got pissed off with driving around with bent steering idler arm and forever changing steering geometry so made up some new bits for it.

Made a steering idler arm support, slider plates for both ends of the centre link and machined up some phosphor bronze bushes for the idler arm to replace those stupid plastic ones, I don't know what nissan was thinking when they designed this, but now it is fixed!

Tomorrow go and put them in and then do my wheel alignment.

Check the pics









If anyone is keen on a set let me know as I'd be keen as to do it as a cashy.

Cheers,

-Sketchy

nice bit of work

Ali or steel? I would think ali is a bit soft for this sort of thing and crack if worked (flexed).

Nice work though. Wish I could do that, my welds look like they were scraped from the bottom of an bird cage.

Cheers guys, it's steel, the sliders are 5mm thick and the idler arm support is 6mm thick.

It was nice to weld with the arc again, Mig is a bit to much of just point and squirt (what I use at work mostly) but getting a good weld with arc on that sort of stuff is pretty easy with a bit of practice.

I'm trying to save some coin to buy some steel to make some sliders and replace the stupid running boards on the side of it at the moment, they are bent to heck already and I have only done really light 4x4ing!

-Sketchy

some i made for a torrano awhile back

tomorrow im hoping to mow my lawn!!..then sunday im taking a bunch of wild horses for a gallop in the bush

goin for a bit of a drive around red rocks today then heading up ruapehu for sunday/monday
snows going to be mean!!

fitted my air tank and sorted out on board air

chrome wrote:fitted my air tank and sorted out on board air

Cool

Got my roof chop started looks a bit rude but will be cool when done

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Sketchy_Racer wrote:So far a good start to the weekend,

Got pissed off with driving around with bent steering idler arm and forever changing steering geometry so made up some new bits for it.

Made a steering idler arm support, slider plates for both ends of the centre link and machined up some phosphor bronze bushes for the idler arm to replace those stupid plastic ones, I don't know what nissan was thinking when they designed this, but now it is fixed!

Tomorrow go and put them in and then do my wheel alignment.


If anyone is keen on a set let me know as I'd be keen as to do it as a cashy.

Cheers,

-Sketchy

First Off, I'm keen on bushes .............A hand full

PM on the way.

Day 3 Project intercooler.

Yippee, finished.

Fitted all componants and cut hole in bonnet, (was my last str8 panel )
Everything fit as planned, me so happy









Now, I have to test drive it

Fakey wrote:

chrome wrote:fitted my air tank and sorted out on board air

Cool

Got my roof chop started looks a bit rude but will be cool when done

What are you doing to fill in the hole behind the seats to seperate cab from deck?

You Get That wrote:What are you doing to fill in the hole behind the seats to seperate cab from deck?

Im goint to bring the original rear part of the cab forward an mould it onto the back of the cab with the windows i cut ff the rear doors

Well after getting sick of the winch rope jumping the drum on the Safari everytime I use it, I decided to make some new tabs for the side rollers and move then in 30mm, worked great as well, but the down side is I have to buy some new wire because I lost 18 meters due to using it last weekend.

Saturday Cleaned truck found bent radius arm mount (chassie end) took van for COF and failed on a bolge in the rear break line then went to foxton beach with Black Death started to get a bomb fire going and set fire to myself Thats 2 weekends in a row I have lost my pants

Sunday work

set fire to myself Thats 2 weekends in a row I have lost my pants

Can we call you Frank Spencer now

went somewhere, shot shit now gonna eat it and make shit
bloody inconsiderate deer died 20m from where we could get the hilux too

Finished the new winch plate, this one isnt going to bend now 10mm thick!

just have to wire it in properly now but shit it moves air fast

Finally got the gearbox and clutch in, just got to bolt the rest of the stuff in now.

Also went to look at a lada that my brother is buying, its ok for a lada but i think there is more pressing matters like our clubman track car project than a bloody lada

That look awesome Chrome!

Did you put a pressure switch in? or just rely on the relief valve?

I am looking at doing this to my truck soon as the AC is dead anyway. I need it mostly for beading up motorcycle race tyres (Change shit loads of them at the track) But can't always rely on power for the compressor. Do you think it would pump enough to bead them at endless air or will a tank be required?

Sorry for the questions, just real keen to know!

Cheers,

-Sketchy

not sure aye, at the mo it just bleeds air off, iv got to get a switch and chuck it on somewhere. i will put in another tee and put it on there
it takes about 10 seconds at idle up button speed about 2200pm to hit 100 psi

Went out for a play today with SamZuki to Old Tok Road, farmers were more than happy to unlock any gates to the paper roads and tell us where to go at further gates. Only problem soft muddy tracks and heavy bighorn with worm M/T's dont get you quite there but the zuki got through no problem + a 20-30min recovery of the bighorn due to slipping off the track a pucker moment at one stage

I would have pics but it says it cant be more than 801 pixels wide and its at 692 pixes wide and still says it to big ahhh (gives up after 20min of trying)

shot into the army land with the local club for a fang thru some back tracks, not the most ideal to take a big whale 80 on thou, and suffered cause of its size and lack of lockers in a couple of spots but only had to be towed up 1 hill (that only a couple drove, out of 21) and when i got off track slighty and poped a CV


red -driver taking an unusal line down...


bugger

Went to look at the "bloody lada", as according to Lincoln. Pretty good engine and interior. Exterior - not so good. Most likely picking it up next weekend. So that's $700 gone Clubman track car may have to wait for me to leave school...

Productive weekend, changed back to my 33's, fixed my bonnet release, replaced a door handle, refitted my jack, and got the winch rope ready to put on.

Now just gotta clean it

Picked this up over the weekend