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Posted: **Sat Dec 25, 2010 3:04 pm**

For me xmas was on friday, that's when I had my kids and did presents etc!!
My kids are with there mother today, My misses couldn't be arsed getting out of bed today (she been working long hours) so I have the day to myself!!

After a couple of months of working long hours myself and not much time to keep up with work on vehicle's, I slept in this morning, then came into work after lunch to do a few small job's on my vehicle's:

Tyre's reassembled onto rims and onto the suzuki, Washed suzuki,
Wheel bearings pulled appart, cleaned, inspected and reassembled on the corolla,
lada's steering box remounted and vehicle's tucked away in the factory while we're all off on holiday...

Tomorrow I'm off to hamilton...

Posted: **Sat Dec 25, 2010 4:24 pm**

Woke up with a hangover

Finally got up and sorted the dual battery set up in the Bitsashitty.
Removed the canopy and fitted the shooting frame for a bit of bunny killing later.

Posted: **Sat Dec 25, 2010 4:44 pm**

give us a photo of your shooting frame please mate.

so far this weekend all ive done is sleep and open pressies.
should go and do some work on the zook.

Posted: **Sat Dec 25, 2010 6:18 pm**

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/Forums/ ... 60&t=21245

Posted: **Sat Dec 25, 2010 6:25 pm**

Installed my new Xmas pressie....a Panasonic head unit, MINT!!!! Then removed the air-con guff, ready for on-board air.....

Good weekend so far :mrgreen:

Posted: **Sat Dec 25, 2010 8:32 pm**

recieved a 4wdbits draglink for the safari. another part in the on going renforcement of the nissan

Posted: **Sat Dec 25, 2010 9:56 pm**

Thought I'd do some work left over from last weekend.

sibainmud wrote:This weekend can be put into three parts
(with the compulsory over-use of smilies )

What I fixed........

Saturday.
Found diff lock air compressor siezed
Pulled it apart, found circlip had fallen off the crank and it had thrown the con-rod off the crank too
After soom remedial work it was soon up and running
I disturbed some crap joins I made from the tank to the compressor head and that opened a huge can of worms
Forced to glue it and go to bed.

Where I went........

Sunday.
Off to woodhill for a last shake-down run before I hit the BOP & Coromandel over Christmas
Glue hadn't set on compressor
So I put a tap in the air line and held fitting on the compressor until up to pressure then turned the tap off. Kept the diff locked all day
Had a real good play in all the rivers at woodhill
Got real farkin wet
Worked out both front inner cv's are absolutely flogged
Bound to happen, they lasted three diffs and 2 1/2 years of abuse

What to do before next weekend.........

Tap compressor head and remedy airleaks
Replace both front inner cv's
Re-bolt front cross member after jacking chasis closer together
Get a rego

Until then,

Cheers,

Have compressor sorted (no leaks, 2.7 ltr tank fitted) run compressor once per day

Fitted new inner cv's

Found all front diff cross members all broken

Anyone got any old wrecks of D21's lying around with these cross members still intact?

As I want to do Thompson's real soon, better sooner than later.
Will travel.
Going tro BOP this week!
Let me know's.

Cheers Guys.

Posted: **Sat Dec 25, 2010 10:54 pm**

ring outback 4x4 in Ngarawahia dude, they have hundreds of those terranosourus's

ohh and i mowed my lawn today :mrgreen:

Posted: **Sat Dec 25, 2010 11:25 pm**

wopass wrote:ring outback 4x4 in Ngarawahia dude, they have hundreds of those terranosourus's

Cheers man.
Here's hoping someone there interested in some cash over the holiday break :lol:

Open to any offers??!!

Cheers,

Posted: **Sun Dec 26, 2010 12:20 am**

sibainmud wrote:
wopass wrote:ring outback 4x4 in Ngarawahia dude, they have hundreds of those terranosourus's

Cheers man.
Here's hoping someone there interested in some cash over the holiday break
Open to any offers??!!

Cheers,

i dont work there and i would imagine they will have a price for it and it will be cheap and you will buy it without making a stupid offer :wink:

"yea ill offer you 30 dollars for that 150 dollar part...ohh its 200 dollar part now...yea ok ill have it before the price goes up again"

:lol:

Posted: **Sun Dec 26, 2010 7:17 am**

25th spent with the family.

26th very early hours spent 3 hours searchin for a family of 4 late home from there boat trip. not a good feelin to start with but all found

.

then mother earth wonted to wake us CHCH boys up again.

thats 6 shakes since 2am grrrrrr

Posted: **Sun Dec 26, 2010 1:25 pm**

wopass wrote:
sibainmud wrote:
wopass wrote:ring outback 4x4 in Ngarawahia dude, they have hundreds of those terranosourus's

Cheers man.
Here's hoping someone there interested in some cash over the holiday break
Open to any offers??!!

Cheers,

i dont work there and i would imagine they will have a price for it and it will be cheap and you will buy it without making a stupid offer

"yea ill offer you 30 dollars for that 150 dollar part...ohh its 200 dollar part now...yea ok ill have it before the price goes up again"

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Gold

Posted: **Sun Dec 26, 2010 1:44 pm**

new draglink and fj40 start on replacement of parts and repaint

Posted: **Sun Dec 26, 2010 1:57 pm**

sibainmud wrote:Cheers man.
Here's hoping someone there interested in some cash over the holiday break
Open to any offers??!!

Cheers,

Thanks to monstr, set me up with a contact local up here.
Going shopping at a wreckers yard tomorrow morning :mrgreen:

Thanks Steve.

Cheers,
Simon.

Posted: **Sun Dec 26, 2010 3:38 pm**

went for a drive along north range road on friday after work with fj40 and badnuz

today brought a tom tom XL 550 gps and a GME TX3100 uhf woohoo nomore hand helds with flat batteries

mite go into work tomorrow and make up a hilift jack mount as it a pita to have sitting in the back

Posted: **Sun Dec 26, 2010 6:26 pm**

Did a bit of work on my new rear bars

Posted: **Sun Dec 26, 2010 6:53 pm**

installed my TX3100 with some help from badnuz

Posted: **Sun Dec 26, 2010 10:35 pm**

Installed new EFS shocks to all 4 corners of wagon this arvo

( cheers Warren 4wd Bits ) didn't realise how much of a pig it had become handling wise untill I took it for a spin :shock:

Posted: **Mon Dec 27, 2010 8:26 am**

Went for a play up thomos track on boxing, had awsome day, gave "fergy" a hand when he got stuck

. got a few photos.

Posted: **Mon Dec 27, 2010 12:18 pm**

did some flexing out whanga rd

Posted: **Mon Dec 27, 2010 4:45 pm**

rob-mu wrote:Did a bit of work on my new rear bars

How close is that bar to the body work? from the photo it looks very close in which case it won't be much help and will most likely just flex into the body. If it is close i would suggest cutting it off and having another go. I would say you would want it a couple of inches away? What do other people think?

Cheers,
Pete

Posted: **Mon Dec 27, 2010 5:42 pm**

[quote="skidtoy"]did some flexing out whanga rd

is that the bridge "bypass " track :shock:

looks way more rutted than when i was there last

Posted: **Mon Dec 27, 2010 7:35 pm**

I assure you when its all welded up there will be alot more room :oops:

I have new found respect for anyone that does there OWN bar work,Quite labour intensive eh!

Cheers
Rob

Posted: **Mon Dec 27, 2010 7:37 pm**

badnuz wrote:
skidtoy wrote:did some flexing out whanga rd

is that the bridge "bypass " track looks way more rutted than when i was there last

nah its one of the side tracks along the rd...and yip getting pretty rutted out, my rear tyre was under water and i run 37's.

this pic is from where you said, ive been out there 3 weeks out of the last 5 and has been 1inch deep in dust one week and nothing but mud the next.

Posted: **Mon Dec 27, 2010 8:11 pm**

Petemcc wrote: I would say you would want it a couple of inches away? What do other people think?

was thinkin of sayin its needs about an inch clearance... but needs more strength too. you'll be surprised how much a piece of bar like that will flex.. triangulate if possible. it'll get a decent punt and leave a nice line of dent in ya panel. better off not havin it in the first place.. it happens all the time.. :roll:

Posted: **Mon Dec 27, 2010 8:12 pm**

skidtoy wrote:
badnuz wrote:
skidtoy wrote:did some flexing out whanga rd

is that the bridge "bypass " track looks way more rutted than when i was there last

nah its one of the side tracks along the rd...and yip getting pretty rutted out, my rear tyre was under water and i run 37's.

this pic is from where you said, ive been out there 3 weeks out of the last 5 and has been 1inch deep in dust one week and nothing but mud the next.

thats some farking impressive flex right there mate nice

Posted: **Mon Dec 27, 2010 8:15 pm**

still has another 1inch of shock shaft travel yet but 37 bottoms out in the tyre well haha but yea does the job of keeping the tyres on the ground.

Posted: **Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:19 pm**

Posted: **Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:39 pm**

turoa wrote:

ok ok I'm gona have a stab at it umm a mitsubishi (starion?!) sohc engine ummm 4g63t?? I'm hopeless at identifying mitsy engines tho but the manifolds are in the right places

haha siiickk tho, whats it going in???

Posted: **Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:52 pm**

nzhunter wrote:
turoa wrote:

ok ok I'm gona have a stab at it umm a mitsubishi (starion?!) sohc engine ummm 4g63t?? I'm hopeless at identifying mitsy engines tho but the manifolds are in the right places

haha siiickk tho, whats it going in???

1HD-T

looks good!

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