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Had some beers and constructionized a new winch mount... Not finished yet, got sidetracked by thirst.

bda4130 wrote:


Had some beers and constructurized a new winch mount... Not finished yet, got sidetracked by thirst.

Fixed it for ya
Thirst leads to fat finger syndrome.

busted a rocker stud going for a drive in ham... bugger

During the week (my version of a weekend) I replaced the side indicators and the taillights on the Lada.
I then started tidying up the engine bay wiring on the LHS with that plastic tubing stuff until the rain came...
It's looking pretty mint now

Well tomorrow I will chop up my sons SJ410 hard top into some sort of ute/club truck thingy, (will add pictures later) he has named it....... " THE RUSTY DEMON "

great name and im sure the truck lives up to its name, sorry havent checked to see about u bolts yet but im sure there is some under my steel pile somewhere will check over weekend

suzookyman wrote:Well tomorrow I will chop up my sons SJ410 hard top into some sort of ute/club truck thingy, (will add pictures later) he has named it....... " THE RUSTY DEMON "

AAAAhh the memories,
might be a twin brother

first bit of paint has gone on

nice work

chrome wrote:

suzookyman wrote:Well tomorrow I will chop up my sons SJ410 hard top into some sort of ute/club truck thingy, (will add pictures later) he has named it....... " THE RUSTY DEMON "

AAAAhh the memories,
might be a twin brother

wicked

ahh well today the weather didn't like me much, so in the end just fitted up my snorkel, fitted the muds, cleaned the windows and waterproofed the air intake. Ready for Woodhill tomorrow

So far repaird the damage from last weekend, fitted up a catch can instead of the interesting plastic bottle I was using. Just need to remount the CB ariel now

well finished off my rear suspension mods, finally got it flexing the way i like, now it doesnt woddle down the track. and went out for a test drive, it performs flawlessly. man its wet up here, next mod is more power

In the last two days i've put my engine in and got it running.
Will take pics later and upload

moved some stuff into storage, then took a load to the rubbish dump... was 4T on the way in with a trailer! heavy as!

and my alternator packed in again in the safari. so that should be fun to figure out again!

ahwell, jealous cause i cant go to woodhill tomorrow

phraza wrote:moved some stuff into storage, then took a load to the rubbish dump... was 4T on the way in with a trailer! heavy as!

and my alternator packed in again in the safari. so that should be fun to figure out again!

ahwell, jealous cause i cant go to woodhill tomorrow

I know how you feel

Faulty alternator has held the Lada up too

Oh well, just a matter of time...

SP450andLE wrote:

phraza wrote:moved some stuff into storage, then took a load to the rubbish dump... was 4T on the way in with a trailer! heavy as!

and my alternator packed in again in the safari. so that should be fun to figure out again!

ahwell, jealous cause i cant go to woodhill tomorrow

I know how you feel

Faulty alternator has held the Lada up too

Oh well, just a matter of time...

Yea its starting to piss me off, gonna take it somewhere else next week and might just a brand new alternator lol

Mudhog spent Thursday night under cover in a mates garage after we replaced the engine mounts ( both sides had shit themselves) and decided to check the rear A-frame arm ball joint which was stuffed aswell. Shaun and I managed to get the old one out okay, but then couldn't press the new one back in

So the Hog spent the night under cover, well I got the new ball joint pressed in at a mates engineering work shop with there 100ton press.

I went to fit the dizzy cap I had got, but the HT leads didn't fit the new cap the rubber boots were to loose to stay on. I fitted the new rotor and will check if there is a difference between the different makes

All back together last night and feels much tighter to drive all round

Big thanks to Shaun for keep the Hog over night

Cheers
Brett

Got the diff-lock compressor sorted today, still don't know way it had stalled
Soldered wires onto my front indicator bulbs and hard wired them. That should sort the intermittent function of them out (yes, I do know that indicators are suppose to flash )
Pre-trip checks done for Woodhill Patrol tomorrow.
Taking camera, so will have pics and some vid to post tomorrow night
Cheers,

Shot me some goat, just gotta find me an Indian to build me a curry.

Got strarted on "RustyDemon" this afternoon









will take out the VERY rusty diffs and springs tomorrow and chuck in new ones during the week
Al

Yesterday i painted and fitted my scoop for my intercooler





Wired up the intercooler fan to a switch inside,while iwas makin the panel for the switch i thought i might as well add some more for future things



Mounted a boost gauge,the other two spaces will eventualy hold oil preasure and egt gauges

sold my truck last night sad to see her go had a couple Jimmies and reflected on the fun we had together lol haha.

keep getting running reports via text from mates in town the new owner cruising up and down all the main streets in chch

picked up a complete vn commodore station wagon for the motor swap for the zook

now i actually have to start doing work onit

Just finished playing under the Prado...
Tacked in rear winch mount points.
Played with the grinder and welder.
Waited for 30 mins to see if I set fire to anything with all the metal globs and sparks.
Getting used to it.... But I am a novice.
Now its time to sit back with a coffee and the Missus / kids and watch her latest purchase HP and the Deathly Hollows....

Calvin

30 mins is air nz stuff, if something catch you know bdq,

went to replace the clutch slave, but not only was the slave leaking turns out it wasn't the real issue, so clutch had to come out and the fingers in the pressure plate were wide open and clogged with mud so wouldn't clamp on clutch. a water blast and the crap was mostly gone, fingers are closed but going to take it to get pressure plate tested and get the rest of the crap out hopefully,

coxsy wrote:30 mins is air nz stuff, if something catch you know bdq,

what??

i even read it backwards to see if that worked but to no avail...

wopass wrote:

coxsy wrote:30 mins is air nz stuff, if something catch you know bdq,

what??

i even read it backwards to see if that worked but to no avail...

Yah, fukd if I can work this one out!!!!

coxsy wrote:30 mins is air nz stuff, if something catch you know bdq,

I think it's how you talk in south Auckland but I have never cracked that code