Offroad-Express

Fitted a 85 amp EA falcon alternator to the samurai replacing the one knowen as the belt burner(100 amp S6 RX7 one) fingers crossed this one will do the trick

14th is the karioitahi beach clean up bring your 4wd and a trailer

New water pump now on, (From Toyota) just have to refit radiator, cleaned and fixed.

Picked up Nick's (nstacey) alternators, dropped them of at his place Friday night then helped him fit one, all sorted now!! His comment was, they look like new ones...

Pulled Abbo's starter to bits and freed it up, cleaned all the mud out of it (some from when Basic had it I bet!) and greased/oiled the bearings put it back together then tested it, spun up great!

Other than that been watching Toto on DVD, sweet band!

brought an 80 series landcrusier

name change please

Jackass 3D rocks

laughed so hard I had tears and that was in the first 5 mins

Golf sucked today

got to tidy lockup tomorrow in prep for shifting

and got a bbq to attend tomorrow

4wd tv should be a laugh today and also it is manukau WC i think

safaripete wrote:brought an 80 series landcrusier

name change please

YAY!!!!!

well done on the latest addition to the family

Finished front bull bar, been fishing all weekend for a tournament. lifes tough eh?? haha

karioitahi beach clean up today, a skip of rubbish and a half skip of steel

Changed the engine oil on the samurai then i pulled the 8274 apart gave it a clean out then fitted a drain bolt in the bottom and filler one in the top then fitted a fitting for a breather tube

coxsy wrote:karioitahi beach clean up today, a skip of rubbish and a half skip of steel

well done

not enough 4wds to recover the wizard, big horn , and four other cars from the beach

Replaced my dented diesel tank with a nice straight one & also fitted a bash plate for it .
Replaced my bent bash plate for transfer case.
Greased drive shafts & cleaned all the mud out of the brake drums.

Picked up some chickens this morning, three eggs already!
Just picked up some 80series springs to go in the 71, do that one day this week. Should even out the ride height hopefully.

Went to Wodhill on saturday, had fun geting stuck

Went into Woodhill to watch people like "92 safari 17" get stuck
And help remove if required (Safety Patrol)
Very dry in there, not much mud....
Drove some of the tracks which had been winch jobs over winter.

Calvin

wopass wrote:4wd tv should be a laugh today and also it is manukau WC i think

nope wasnt manukau

the one is saw was, as simon said "ben and his fj40"

removed running boards and rear bumper off the daily 130 surf..
then cut and rewelded the tow bar to tuck it up to the body.. got a new wof, reg and its first oil change in 2 years gona buy a set of big ats for it so i can get down the beach again to do some fishing since my hilux is out of action for awhile..

Fixed my brothers boat, drove for two hours, took 20 mins
Then went exploring a few tracks with my girlfriend on his Yamaha Rhino, He rekoned it cost 23k new, 700cc fuel injected, 2wd, 4wd and diff locks
It lay down for a sleep
Couldn't push it up hill so, rolled over agian onto wheels
Took it back to him, told him it went great down hills




P.S, Girlfriend loved it, wants to know when we can buy one

Went up Thompsons in the 130, swamped it and now it won't idle well and low oil pressure(PM me with any ideas?).
Got to the summit tho was very dry.

Got most of my engine assembled, minus one head (cut one of the valve stem seals so ill have to get onother one tomorrow) gave up on the engine an warped some panel steel

Went up north today and checked out the national trails. Had a great time and the weather was good. Saw a few good rollovers think I caught a few on video .

coxsy wrote:the one is saw was, as simon said "ben and his fj40"

the interview was from manukau but the episode was all ozzy stuff. still a good watch until the end where some nob talked about his 40

skid wrote:Jackass 3D rocks

laughed so hard I had tears and that was in the first 5 mins

Golf sucked today

got to tidy lockup tomorrow in prep for shifting (yeah maybe during the week)

and got a bbq to attend tomorrow

did the rest and then installed the Jew Bar on the 80, its now on its 3rd owner....................

Good looking Bahhhh skid!

Went for a WOF on sat. Failed.

Going to try get it all fixed before this Sunday. If all goes to plan and i get the parts i need i will!

that jew bar is cursed

mazdamike wrote:that jew bar is cursed

so long as it dosent sink in the river?