Offroad-Express

well my weekend started today as I finished work early.

I had the new windscreen fitted, had to put some rust converter on some surface rust to make window guy happy and he put extra glue on to make sure it doesn't leak.

Then I started on the fabrication of my new exhaust. Doing it properly this time. Grinding welds back and filling holes etc. should be good, wouldn't mind getting some flanges to put on though, would be better than a solid system. anyone got any?

Having a weekend off from playing in the garage, off to Pauanui in 30 mins to celebrate a familiy members 80th Birthday. Then a night away from the kids...
Yeee haaaaa.

Calvin

finally got a wof for my 70!!
bit of work and money need some tail lights I can't smash!!
rebuilt my rear diff two weeks ago and now have realised I need a new housing! ####### thing has cracked on the factory welds, il
guessing maybe my locker twists the housing and flexs it and it doesn't like it??

so if anyone in south island has a kzj78, lj71/78 rear housing il buy it! lol

cheers

took the new truck out for a test up the old man range.
front lockker works brilliantly just some clicking from the hubs on the tight corners is that normal??

contour wrote:took the new truck out for a test up the old man range.
front lockker works brilliantly just some clicking from the hubs on the tight corners is that normal??

if its a auto lokka clicking is normal as lokka letting go allowing you to turn its not cvs............

went to start the mower for other half and cord broke so borrowed stinkys mower and mowed the lawn under strict supervision first time ive been allowed to do this for 8 or so yrs.............still not allowed to trim trees with chainsaw though...

taz01 wrote:....mowed the lawn under strict supervision first time ive been allowed to do this for 8 or so yrs.............still not allowed to trim trees with chainsaw though...

If you need some practice let me know, I have a wee bit of lawn that needs a trim as does the father in law, couple of my neighbours etc... you know the drill

W

Good lawn mowing day, catcher smelt like dog s@#t last time, so not gona use it today, mower wont start,? add race fuel from the mini, mower ringing it nuts off, and now my shoes smell like dog s@#t, next time gona use catcher.

Helped the missis start to put her Beetle back together, only fair as it was me that took it apart. Also found a nice big hole on the cruiser underneath the LANDCRUISER badge at the back. Ground it back and cleaned it up, painted it with Jenolite and will bog it up tomorrow.
Finally got the carpet back in with some extra soundproofing under it, its kinda almost quite in there now. Gotta love 3Bs and 3" exhausts

Tomorrow, more work on the Beetle and trying to find the source of an annoying squeak from the front suspension on the 60 series...
Plus maybe a bit of fishing if we have time since the season opened yesterday. Weekends just aren't long enough to get everything done!

bobrocket wrote:Good lawn mowing day, catcher smelt like dog s@#t last time, so not gona use it today, mower wont start,? add race fuel from the mini, mower ringing it nuts off, and now my shoes smell like dog s@#t, next time gona use catcher.

played in the mud

got stuck

Shifted shit from the lockup to the garage (still cant find any of my bloody tools - shouldve labeled the boxes I guess )

Spent the best part of 5 hours trawling the net for infor on prado (4 runner) suspension and alignment problems.

Got a few things to look at now (rack and tierod ends, steering rack bushes and the lower ball joints), so I guess I will be out of the sun tomorrow under the PITA.

Might get the catcher smelling of dog shit later in the day too .

When do you move Heath?

went down to rotorua found some holes



a real fun day out wheeling

Mongoose wrote:When do you move Heath?

Movers are booked for the 8-10 of Nov. We hope to be there for Canterbury anniversary day (12th). I guess I have about 5 weeks and bit left up here in "Happy Latte land"

Just got all the shit to do, give notice, sort electrics/phone, redirect mail, pack more shit, get wagon roadworthy (kind of important that one), etc...

Problem is I cant be assed doing any of it.

went down to rotorua found some holes

we may have to rename it to Coxsy,s Rd before you guys wear it out.LOL

Opted not to go out on one of the club runs on Saturday (don’t want to break the truck, only a few day before Manukau ) Went out in the boat instead and go some scallops

suzukisport wrote:Opted not to go out on one of the club runs on Saturday (don’t want to break the truck, only a few day before Manukau ) Went out in the boat instead and go some scallops

wheres ours

lol was a pretty good day out .. only causulty was the Lada .. broke a lower diff arm or something ... made an interesting squeaking sound anyway

Eventfull weekend. North Range Road on Saturday with the misses for some photos. Mangahao Dams on Sunday with the misses and brother cause it was such a nice day and have wanted to go there for awhile now. Started driving back once we got to the final dam and only had 2nd and 3rd and eventully got back to Shannon and chouldn't find any gears. Looks like a burnt out clutch cable so could be worse.

bobrocket wrote:Good lawn mowing day, catcher smelt like dog s@#t last time, so not gona use it today, mower wont start,? add race fuel from the mini, mower ringing it nuts off, and now my shoes smell like dog s@#t, next time gona use catcher.

Stuck in bed right now feeling way bellow average- this got me laughing though!

HORRAY FOR SUNSHINE! managed to go outside without getting wet!!!!!

Coped with some help to get the lux body off and stripped- then pulled out the TD42 and sent it and its manifold/turbo away with the new owner.

Chassis is bare so now can do a few things I wish i'd done before putting the cab on last time.

Picked up a pos surf today =) not a bad truck. 3ye is very un-exciting lol

did some cleaning

long weekend for me, started on friday with a day walking round Rallywoods sussing out some tracks etc for next years winch challenge. Was a good day as me and Reece actually got a plan sorted then we went down to the river to give his truck a bit of a wash, but it was running rather high and there was evidence it had been about 1.5m higher than it was too.........





saturday went back in to Rallywoods to make a new track and do some clearing and watch Turoas 'shedrover' get all twisted up.........







then today I went a got a load of firewood for Pedro..............



then shot over to Sigs to give Sadam a hand to put rust kill on the chassis...............





had to laugh when he decided to read the instructions after we applied it, just to make sure it was done properly..........



then stole a few cupcakes from Sigs house and shot round to Noobies house to wait half an hour for the useless bastard and then get his little POS going for him so he can sell it..............





then dropped off a diff housing to Pedro on the way home and a spare for the trailer back to a mate..........




bloody awesome weekend and to top it all off the sun was out for all of it and I got sunburnt

Saturday I had to work, was told for only a couple of hours but it went on from 9 to 3. didn't get home till 4 so got feck all done on the exhaust.

Sunday watched a bit of drifting and got pretty sunburnt.

Not alot this weekend! Went to Murawai on Sunday, mint weather, had a drive along the beach! good fun!

Went out with Manawatu club yesterday for a teams recovery challange, awsome day out, lots of carnage, broken widows, bent trucks etc, trees dont want to get out of the way I blew a free wheel hub and crunched my front bars, team member crunched both front doors among other damage

Was going to start looking for a zuk as a off roader but got offered a 1999 Subaru Legacy GT wagon for $1,500 with a water leak so couldnt resist and got it, fixed the leak and now its for sale for $5,000 so any takers? PM for info.

Cheers,
Ray

Had a great weekend in the old surf, traveled down from Taupo to Wellington with a few mates, stopped off and drove up the Tokino skifield mountain access road (Mt Ruapehu), and blasted back down on the mountain bikes. Caught up with more mates down in wellington, Hit Makara peak mountain bike park on saturday. Not so much 4x4ing but a good weekend never the less

33 Vs 35,


And at the beach the other day.


Also got through a few of the little niggly maintenance bits i`d been wanting to do !

Here's a few pics of the Manawatu Teams Challenge.













SirGerald

Almost finished my sons bush truck, moved radiator, swapped diffs for locking, removed front gaurds(cannot bend them anymore hitting trees)and be ready for the Labour Weekend Trip to Tokoroa.He started stripping my project for me, which Im posting on Builds. Didn't find any time to clean the house( Bugger)