Offroad-Express

Well has been awhile since I started one of these threads, amazing what happens when you move back to Welly.

Anyway put POS through for a warrant, failed on panhard bushes. Thanks to Moriarty for running me around and helping pressing in new bushes.

Got stopped on a checkpoint on the way home on SH1.
Officer:Please say your name and address into the machine
ME:Blah blah blah
Officer:That is fine, just check Rego, Warrant, Mileage..
ME:Should all be up to date Sir
Officer: Yes that is fine but what about this door of yours?? (window doesnt work)
ME: Sorry Officer but the electrics are rather unreliable and it doesnt work from time to time
Officer: Well you know that is a WOF issue and it needs to work for one(?????) in case you need to get out of it. Where did you get your current WOF from??
ME: Dargaville Officer(pointing at sicker that is 6months old) they have given me a warrant for the past two years.
Officer:(Laughing)Well no surpries there then, please make sure you look into it...................

Have to laugh, world famous Dargaville, hicksville heaven...(shouldnt laugh cause i have spent two years living there in the past 8, and will be back in a few more )



So planning on heading bush early next week for a few days

Will be up in Rallywoods on saturday with the family will be around the hutt airstrip playing if anyone is keen

Hey Curly,

I know what you mean about the WOF criteria in Dargaville I got the daily driver (2002 Ford Falcon XR6 AUIII SVP) from a cop (lived in Mangakaramea) but got the WOF in Dargaville and the rear trailing arm bushes are flogged and there is a knock in the front suspension which looks to be a lower control arm bush. Also got passed with a huge hole in the exhaust haha but that was replaced before I got it along with the usual 100,000km stuff.

curly12 wrote:Officer: Yes that is fine but what about this door of yours?? (window doesnt work)
ME: Sorry Officer but the electrics are rather unreliable and it doesnt work from time to time

um Ive NEVER in many years of WOF's had the windows checked for operation on ANY of my cars or Trucks by an inspection officer, hell my Saf has had 4 warrents from VTNZ and private WOF garages with neither of the rear windows working and the passengers one goes down with the lhf switch but only goes up using the drivers one (typical bloody Saf)

you only have to tell your name and address to a policeman no need to go into chit chat theyll love you for it

mr landrover wrote:you only have to tell your name and address to a policeman no need to go into chit chat theyll love you for it

attitude makes such a difference when chatting to the police.

One of dads friends is a cop and used to carry spare bulbs in his car for taillights and if he spotted someone with a brake, tail light not working would pull them over. Depending on their reaction when being informed their tail/brake light was out they either got a free replacement bulb fitted for them or the biggest ticket he could hit them with.

mercutio wrote:

mr landrover wrote:you only have to tell your name and address to a policeman no need to go into chit chat theyll love you for it

attitude makes such a difference when chatting to the police.

One of dads friends is a cop and used to carry spare bulbs in his car for taillights and if he spotted someone with a brake, tail light not working would pull them over. Depending on their reaction when being informed their tail/brake light was out they either got a free replacement bulb fitted for them or the biggest ticket he could hit them with.

Very true, some cops can be real goodcnuts if you show abit of respect.

Planning on hitting some paper roads tomorrow arvo so the jeep is all nice and muddy for xmas day

took the truck up the Maremare track this morning as far as the Doc land, tracks in good repair with only a few rutted boggy patches. beware there is a digger up there doing maintenance at the moment if any Naki boys are heading out over the silly season.
parked it up and took my new SKS for a stroll down a spur track, needed some sausages for the christmas BBQ so headed off into the bush after a smellie or two, less than 15 minutes in came across a mob of smellies, BANG, BANG!
We now have 60 goat and mint, Goat and rosemary sausages, Moroccan Goat and Italian sausages.
Leg of Nannie roasting in the oven for cold cuts and 4 large backstraps cubed and in the smoker for salads.

Bought some new play tyres for my zuki a while ago and I just found rims for them. They are original 7.00x16 Firestone Super All Traction
Two are about 60%, two are 99% and the spare is brand new. If I can find another new one I'll put them on the front.

zukmeista wrote:Bought some new play tyres for my zuki a while ago and I just found rims for them. They are original 7.00x16 Firestone Super All Traction
Two are about 60%, two are 99% and the spare is brand new. If I can find another new one I'll put them on the front.

they are not Ian's old ones are they?

No, why?

zukmeista wrote:No, why?

no reason .. just wondering

zukmeista wrote:Bought some new play tyres for my zuki a while ago and I just found rims for them. They are original 7.00x16 Firestone Super All Traction
Two are about 60%, two are 99% and the spare is brand new. If I can find another new one I'll put them on the front.

Good tyre in mud. Tighten your Sphincter if you are on wet grass

Christmas at sea for me this year I'm afraid

Still you get that on the big jobs......

Had a wee shake today ...rushed over to see mum...more liqifaction & water gushing out from under the house thru the vents ..got home & house a mess inside again (pantry emptied out etc) had to take some of the summer hill stone off the back ofthe house was at a scary angle .Tomorrow will put up some ply to waterproof & make it secure.
But got power back on so the beers are still cold....damn its exciting living her in chch !!!

Went to supercheap and got some awesome deep dish rubber mats. Only front ones though. They need a trim to get them to fit, so will get onto that tomorrow.

xj wrote:Went to supercheap and got some awesome deep dish rubber mats. Only front ones though. They need a trim to get them to fit, so will get onto that tomorrow.

trust you are taking pics and posting how to do this!!!

Pedro

After the marathon effort at the fuel station last weekend sorting the tyres on the RAV4, I did what all good home mechanics do before undertaking major repairs and googled it!
So pleased I did, especially with all these convection showers we are having in town

ice4x4 wrote::cry: Christmas at sea for me this year I'm afraid

Still you get that on the big jobs......

And I get to spend Xmas in the tropical jungle. Just another day a work I am afraid. Thou I did buy a 80 series cruiser this week. Xmas present to myself.

Pedro wrote:

xj wrote:Went to supercheap and got some awesome deep dish rubber mats. Only front ones though. They need a trim to get them to fit, so will get onto that tomorrow.

trust you are taking pics and posting how to do this!!!

Pedro

Nah bro. It had me buggered. I took up SC on their offer and one of their staff shot out in the carpark and did them for me. I asked her if I could take photos to post up on a 4x4 forum, she got all semi-offended, blushed a lot and after fitting said mats scampered off inside. I think she misunderstood the purposes of the proposed photos.

I did however cut up some checker plate and made a roof for the "other truck" and nearly got the rear guards finished, always 10 rivets short. Of course I'd never have been able to fit in doing the guards and roof had it not been for the lovely lass at SC saving me half a day by fitting the mats though.... Super Cheap, I love Super Cheap.

lilpigzuk wrote:After the marathon effort at the fuel station last weekend sorting the tyres on the RAV4, I did what all good home mechanics do before undertaking major repairs and googled it!
So pleased I did, especially with all these convection showers we are having in town

My Lord, did you see how she handled that 22inches..... out far-eaking-standing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You teh winna Lilpiggy... u teh winna

xj wrote:

lilpigzuk wrote:After the marathon effort at the fuel station last weekend sorting the tyres on the RAV4, I did what all good home mechanics do before undertaking major repairs and googled it!
So pleased I did, especially with all these convection showers we are having in town

My Lord, did you see how she handled that 22inches..... out far-eaking-standing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You teh winna Lilpiggy... u teh winna

"Simply slide down and pull off" fark, must tell the missus that is how it is done

same thing as last weekend but washed it to look nice for the traffic cops, cleaned the interior, then a bit of grease , reloaded winch cable under tension.the fj 40 now has 40mtrs of new cable on its drum

Yaaaaa One sleep to go !
Finished work last nite (1/2 day) well until next Weds working thru this year.
Currently setting up the new dash panel where the radio used to be.
Kids are splashing in the popup pool.
Missus chillin.
But to top it all off I am full of the flu or something...cough cough.
Oh well I feel a Bourbon coming my way...

Have a Merry Xmas All... Be safe and have a great New Year.

Oh and here is a nice blog on wiper-blades.
http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/2007/0 ... blade.html

Yea I'm in the same boat as you... it's just rude that rich people want to use their super yacht on xmas day!!!

ice4x4 wrote::cry: Christmas at sea for me this year I'm afraid

Still you get that on the big jobs......

yael wrote:Yea I'm in the same boat as you... it's just rude that rich people want to use their super yacht on xmas day!!!

ice4x4 wrote::cry: Christmas at sea for me this year I'm afraid

Still you get that on the big jobs......

sadly no superyacht for me either just a smelly heavy lift construction ship called the Goliath and a bunch of Mexicans

Took the top of the jeep for the first time, was pretty easy and looks sweet!



Then i put it back on and found some mud was rather fun, just on a paper road up here in Kaukapakapa. Now i have a Muddy car for xmas day!

Gq grannie wish this to be used in tazs calander
but not posting it there

hmmm....is the truck underwater?