Offroad-Express

nobody kicked it off so.....
.replace bent shock....yeah right cant get a matching one so gotta buy a pair $230 i didnt really have buggar.....rebuild one of the front diffs only to find farken pinion bearing was knacked after putting back on truck so rip it out binned and rebuild nother all good til test drive 3wd with a locker fark.....as it happened i put the manual hubs on rip em off one destroyed oh well put the flanges on .......sorted at last off tiki tour tomorrow will put pics up after....

Prado slowly going back together, got injector pump resealed and then decided to get injectors done (a crowd in Manukau) get them back Monday.
been quite last to weekends but woodhill patrol on the 5th dec

did you know if you drill a hole in the floor of a Safari ..... green water pours out



spotted a 2 inch section of floor pan/firewall "loose" while under the truck this afternoon, thought bugger it ill just whack a quick rivet in it for now and weld the seam when i strip and replace the front seats. drilled though the floor and then green water came pi$$ing out WTF ..where'd that come from.....

ripped the carpet up to discover the rear heater pipes run smack bang in the center of the driver wheel
well ... what a stooopid place to put them

drill managed to catch the return pipe bang in the middle DOH!

took to pipes off .. jammed a couple of bolts down them to block them off and said

fuckt im' going home and the kids can freeze in the back.

Not exactly 4wd related, but.... We got our project Mini Clubman going again. A bit rough, but it goes. now All I need to do is get my daily driver Mini going, and warrented. Then get both Lada's going properly and warrented. Just one more exam to go, and I'm free to do what I want, in the big wide world...

Worked on the cruiser (just got home), Engine an trans mounts done roof off to be fibre glassed, many other small things done Still plenty to do
Paintball tomorrow morning then back onto the cruiser

Went out on saturday and had a bit of a play with a few other mates out Punaruku.







Bent one of the arms coming off the rear of one of the Nissans diffs. Used our ground anchor to straighten it, because the tyre had been pushed into the guard.

Spent Saturday (nearly 6 hours) walking miles around a farm prospecting stages for the upcoming Superwinch Tuff Truck Winch Challenge (Norwest OHV). Found some really good tracks and challenging courses. Then went to Woodhill for a night run and got home just before 1am
Cooked my winch soliniod pack at the "Three Sisters" when I hooked up on a root in a big hole.......Bugger










Ended up leading a group of about 8 trucks around Woodhill in the dark. One guy came to me and said "we'll follow you because you look a bit Tamer than the others"
Just about everybody got panel damage and a Jeep Cherokee blew his rear drive shaft universal joint
Did they not look at all the dents and scratches on my truck
A good night had by all.

sibainmud wrote:Spent Saturday (nearly 6 hours) walking miles around a farm prospecting stages for the upcoming Superwinch Tuff Truck Winch Challenge (Norwest OHV). Found some really good tracks and challenging courses. Then went to Woodhill for a night run and got home just before 1am
Cooked my winch soliniod pack at the "Three Sisters" when I hooked up on a root in a big hole.......Bugger
Ended up leading a group of about 8 trucks around Woodhill in the dark. One guy came to me and said "we'll follow you because you look a bit Tamer than the others"
Just about everybody got panel damage and a Jeep Cherokee blew his rear drive shaft universal joint
Did they not look at all the dents and scratches on my truck
A good night had by all.

Don't worry, Simon. Soon I'll have the Fiva going, and we can both go places where a lot of the others can't...

Finally replaced the top seal in the IP on the pos. Took 1 hour and is a piece of piss to do

Did thompsons track yesterday. From Te Aroha over to Katikati,
Was alot of fun

Before



After





A few in between











Pretty happy with how truck went, gbox a lil noisy now tho hmmm

Club trip up at Rallywoods on Sat, wee bit of carnage ... blown hub on one cruiser, clutch issues on another, V8 Pos went well apart from overheating everywhere ...

Graham tested his brand new tyres
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N8j-KUe1Yc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osqZeLJTvSM

Then Mark had a go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffONnNegE6k

Hungover from xmas party on saturday, so spend all day today (sunday) gettin my car WOF ready. Replaced the lower ball joints today and other little bits and bobs. Getting ready for a weekend of off-roading next weekend! Cant wait!!

picked up gearbox for my terrano finally from taz(cheers for that). Now to ensure it all works sweet.

Well I managed to wire my spot lights up properly this time. After a few headaches, a bruised leg and a broken grill its all done now. Now just got to get a front bar to mount lights on.

lincooln wrote:Now just got to get a front bar to mount lights on.

And a new grill?

went for a fish

there is no point, it does not help the off road performance any. maybe later when I have spare money. But more ventilation is always good anyway.

lincooln wrote:there is no point, it does not help the off road performance any. maybe later when I have spare money. But more ventilation is always good anyway.

haha good point!

wopass wrote:went for a fish

shot bro ,,,,, now thats something i wouldnt mind trying .......

wopass wrote:went for a fish

fletchers??

J_Dub wrote:

wopass wrote:went for a fish

fletchers??

yea that was out the back of square top, briliant weather all weekend with lots of fishing time, unfortunatly the place was plagued with bloody 5-6ft sharks so the snapps and kingys were no where to be seen dammit!!

ok , not so keen to try now

yeti wrote:ok , not so keen to try now

My kayak is 13 foot long and I'v had Bronzies as big along side.
Great buzz to paddle along beside them and they are only 3 feet away

Jerry wrote:,
Graham tested his brand new tyres
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N8j-KUe1Yc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osqZeLJTvSM

Then Mark had a go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffONnNegE6k

what tires does he run now?

went up for a tahr hunt stumbled across a yearling hind for the freezer walkd up the tops saw a few bull tahr and plenty of nannies and kids came across a mob of about 30 tahr amazing weekend cant wait to get out again.

phraza wrote:Hungover from xmas party on saturday, so spend all day today (sunday) gettin my car WOF ready. Replaced the lower ball joints today and other little bits and bobs. Getting ready for a weekend of off-roading next weekend! Cant wait!!

Annnnd Passed WOF! Yesss!