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Ill start this one, I hydrauliced my patrol and it sounded like it threw a conrod

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92 safari 17 wrote:Ill start this one, I hydrauliced my patrol and it sounded like it threw a conrod

your not the first or last to do that mate, ya better spill.... what happened?

92 safari 17 wrote:Ill start this one, I hydrauliced my patrol and it sounded like it threw a conrod

your not havin much luck lately are you

Nah Ive been pritty much out of luck at the moment but i did get my diesel appreniceship in taupo this week and a flat , the trucks been parked up at home for past 2 weeks with the plastic cover on the snorkel but some how water has got in the snorkel, started it up this morning and didnt think to check it and then a bang nosie form inside the motor then stalled and wont turn over. I should have hurried up and made the water catch box for it........

put new rod ends on my sway bar connectors , put the grease nipples facing the rear this time

chnged to oil in the 80 twice today nice an clean now if i had of done it a 3rd time it would more than likely be golden but thats jus goin over board

headin to welly speedway tonite for something to do

fitted new front bearings then completed fron end fitting rotors and hubs, fitted wheels back on, approache angle very nice now indeed

had a bloody good day wheeling out. Met a few guys off the forums. Found some awesome tracks. No one really broke anything. Nearly had a hydrauliced Suzuki. But it was alright in the end.

Looking at doing another exploration day round the dome and another at one of the roads we found that has a couple of loops in it.

So you want to drive these tracks?

better join Norwest OHV then

lincooln wrote:had a bloody good day wheeling out. Met a few guys off the forums. Found some awesome tracks. No one really broke anything. Nearly had a hydrauliced Suzuki. But it was alright in the end.

Looking at doing another exploration day round the dome and another at one of the roads we found that has a couple of loops in it.

So you want to drive these tracks?

better join Norwest OHV then

Wish I could have joined you guys in the truck would have been good to get out and meet you guys.

As far as this weekend goes I havnt done anything... i looked at the truck a few times but it just gave me evil thoughts...

great day looking at tracks. nothing broken, which is always good. Thanks alot lincoln for organising it and all that. looking forward to doing it again sometime now we know which tracks are worth driving and open. i dont have any footage either but i know winston (churchill) got a bunch for sure.

now just got to clean all the mud off it and check everything for the wof...

cheers

haha, clean it. I dont know the meaning.

Happy Birthday Cindy (Possum)



Taz was having a good night as well

Got a wof and reg for the zuk.

Then .............

Backed up the surf , hooked up the trialer, put it in low range for maneuvering and ...... No drive

Have a broken roll pin in the High /low selector and stuck it in neutral

So have to pull transfer tomorrow , and to strip it to repair

I mean FFS I was in the driveway

safaripete wrote:chnged to oil in the 80 twice today nice an clean now if i had of done it a 3rd time it would more than likely be golden but thats jus goin over board

headin to welly speedway tonite for something to do

did ya manage to stay awake till the end...lol (bloody ministocks they should treat them as a contact class they have bars for a reason)

Left home at 4.30am Yesterday to go on the benefit run through the Waiouru Military grounds for the Christchurch relief fund with a number of ORE members,

Big snafu for a few people was the only garage in Waiouru was closed for renovations and there was no fuel, meaning people had to drive 20 minutes to fill up,

After a delayed drivers briefing we were off down the dusty access tracks to see the sights, The ORE crew bringing up the rear, after hours of driving very dusty loose metal tracks we ended up 1400 m above the base at the Engineers monument with a breath taking view of the area, after some lunch we headed off to look at the dam then finally onto a muddy play area, only problem was the play area was designed for Unimogs and tanks! not Safari's and 80's on 33's Many tried but none succeeded getting through. after numerous broken shear pins and bunt out winch solenoid's and recoveries we called it a day just after 4pm,

Even though I was in 2wd most of the day the event was for a good cause and raised somewhere around $9000 for CHCH and the scenery for this northland boy was worth the lack of 4wd time alone.

Winched badnuz out of the bog then he turned around and promptly ........ but he bribed me with a ARB sticker so the second bit didn't happen

then Rob(mudnutz) had to pull my sorry a$$ off a rather large rock that some thoughtless person had left in a middle of a river, I tell you who does things like that, leaving boulders in rivers sheese Big thanks also to Skid for getting wet hooking on the snatch strap
*todays job, remove trailing arm and straighten, and dry out carpets*

Excellent day and it was really good to put faces to so many ORE names, you guys are NUTS!!!










*edit*
Sunday remove badly bent steering arm, what a bloody mission getting it out as it was so bent it was hitting the sump and that had been bashed in an inch as well, (at least it's only going to take 9 litres of oil next oil change instead of 10) after lots of swearing and cursing got it out and straightened it, drained 1/2 litre of water from the lhf hub and repacked the wheel bearing, noticed front brakes down to 1mm so next weekends job will be to fit new pads.

Sold my R50 terrano

wgtnnewbie wrote:

safaripete wrote:chnged to oil in the 80 twice today nice an clean now if i had of done it a 3rd time it would more than likely be golden but thats jus goin over board

headin to welly speedway tonite for something to do

did ya manage to stay awake till the end...lol (bloody ministocks they should treat them as a contact class they have bars for a reason)

nah i went ta sleep in tha 80 waiting for tha mrs who was called in to do elec lap scoring

degreased the engine in the 130 to try find oil leak, learnt that you are not to do this while the engine is running otherwise that shit will catch on fire friken shat myself, lucky i was right by the hose..
wont do that again, theory was to keep it hot to keep moisture out..

Went out for a drive with my brother n law out to a paper road in Ngaruru/ tutukaka coast. Was a good track would be way better in the wet though dam there are some big drop offs on the side. Then did the one on Gray Road (small but good). He nearly put his truck on its side trying to make things more interesting.

roof on half the bolts in its getting there

took the float out country to drop a horse off gearbox packed up on way back
towed home got the spare one in yesterday picked up float today
my project might not be viable anymore ill have a think on it this week otherwise il have some seventy series parts for sale

Well today I put in my Airlocker with a big thanks to sibainmud who actually put in the airlocker unit in the diff housing and set it up to get correct backlash and preload and all that as in picture below



Here is the old LSD


it had brown foam oil coming out which my friend Ben told me it was old and it was
getting hot.
A big thanks goes to him for letting me borrow his tools it is impressive what you can achieve with
the right gear, makes things so much easier.

Then gave the diff a bit of a clean before I put the airlocker back in


here


I here it is all completed.

I also had the help of Hilux Dan with lifting the diff head onto the diff that diff head is not light I tell you.


Over all this was a time consuming job it was a very successful installation of the airlocker and
pleased of how it went I had a quick test and engaged and disegaged whitout a problem.

So I would like to thank all that helped on this it was much appreciated so big ups from me

So bring on Woodhill Yeah.

Cheers

Ruben

Drurban wrote:Well today I put in my Airlocker with a big thanks to sibainmud who actually put in the airlocker unit in the diff housing and set it up to get correct
Over all this was a time consuming job it was a very successful installation of the airlocker and
pleased of how it went I had a quick test and engaged and disegaged whitout a problem.

So I would like to thank all that helped on this it was much appreciated so big ups from me

So bring on Woodhill Yeah.

Cheers

Ruben

Looking good Ruben.
I'm guessing you will be at Woodhill next weekend?

SP450andLE wrote:

Drurban wrote:Well today I put in my Airlocker with a big thanks to sibainmud who actually put in the airlocker unit in the diff housing and set it up to get correct
Over all this was a time consuming job it was a very successful installation of the airlocker and
pleased of how it went I had a quick test and engaged and disegaged whitout a problem.

So I would like to thank all that helped on this it was much appreciated so big ups from me

So bring on Woodhill Yeah.

Cheers

Ruben

Looking good Ruben.
I'm guessing you will be at Woodhill next weekend?

Yeah you got that right

well that should make a big difference Ruben. looking forward to seeing it Saturday with all the new bits on it.

Added a little style to the Disco

Went to Supercheap with my weekly allowance (cheers Wifeey) and got me a mesh sheet for a cover to be made for the snorkel head, ended up doing the grill and never got around to do the snorkel. Went for a BBQ at friends, so missed finishing it off properly.

I think it's come up trumps, so did my little helper Couple of pics for a looks-see.......

Finally got my clutch into the Cruiser .The machine shop took too much off flywheel so cover wasnt sitting home before the bolts bottomed out.All sorted now after a month ..Fly wheel for 80 series cruiser not that easy to find.Anyway its back together now and working sweet

rayndeb wrote:Finally got my clutch into the Cruiser .The machine shop took too much off flywheel so cover wasnt sitting home before the bolts bottomed out.All sorted now after a month ..Fly wheel for 80 series cruiser not that easy to find.Anyway its back together now and working sweet

fixed it for ya

Cheers everytime i do photos i go through the same shit .Memory not flash