Offroad-Express

Pulled the broken diff out of the truck from last weekend, found a farking deep grove worn around the housing $$ARB$$ but closer inspection revealed no metal in the bottom of the axle housing other than a few chips of teeth and the fresh bruise marks ontop of the groove shows it as being there from the last time the diff was grenaded Madaz is bringing a spare 4.1 C&P down with him this weekend so I can get it rebuilt









Loaner diff out of the parts truck, I had to swap driveshaft yokes around coz the old diff had a square flange and there different bolt spacings to the later round flanges, was quicker than redrilling it




and those that are into wipers and shit I put some new washer hoses in last weekend

ARB for da win!

New wipers for the win!!

Not quite the weekend and more of a midweek achievement but... I got married today ahhh nearly 6 years of engagement all finally over. I even got the line "Whats yours is mine and whats mine is mine" haha lucky it was a joke... I hope

FORGE1 wrote:Not quite the weekend and more of a midweek achievement but... I got married today ahhh nearly 6 years of engagement all finally over. I even got the line "Whats yours is mine and whats mine is mine" haha lucky it was a joke... I hope

congrats chap!! mrs pretty much owns my truck...

Sadam_Husain wrote:Pulled the broken diff out of the truck from last weekend...

That's what happens when you let chicks drive your truck!

Sadam_Husain wrote:Madaz is bringing a spare 4.1 C&P down with him this weekend so I can get it rebuilt

I've got a few spare 4.1 C&Ps if you need any. Let me know.

FORGE1 wrote:Not quite the weekend and more of a midweek achievement but... I got married today ahhh nearly 6 years of engagement all finally over. I even got the line "Whats yours is mine and whats mine is mine" haha lucky it was a joke... I hope

Congrats man.

I'll be expecting to see less of you on here now

got some 33s for my truck cheers jammysammy looking st a few more mods now.....

FORGE1 wrote:Not quite the weekend and more of a midweek achievement but... I got married today ahhh nearly 6 years of engagement all finally over. I even got the line "Whats yours is mine and whats mine is mine" haha lucky it was a joke... I hope

Congrats dude hope it all went well and you had a blast...

FORGE1 wrote:... I got married today...

Sorry to hear that dude. oh well... babies next then less time 4x4ing....

Jokes, Congrats

MNC wrote:

Sadam_Husain wrote:Pulled the broken diff out of the truck from last weekend...

That's what happens when you let chicks drive your truck!

Hey I was in the passengers seat when that happened

nurse wrote:

MNC wrote:

Sadam_Husain wrote:Pulled the broken diff out of the truck from last weekend...

That's what happens when you let chicks drive your truck!

Hey I was in the passengers seat when that happened

From last weekends achievements post....

nurse wrote:Went to CZ Trial's and broke another truck,

Purchased a Mitzi RVR rear seat for my 40 off trademe this morn for $50 thought that was a reasonable price and installed it this arvo

Fits perfectly, room for spare


For tools and gas


Feet


Oils and ropes etc


Folded up snug against front seats, heaps of space


Sliding frame on floor just fit with my bent door shut


Good days work i reckon, and it has bench rear seat on cert plate so should go through WOFs with no dramas hopefuly

Cheers everyone yeah I noticed I havent been able to get on here much haha but yeah had a wicked day ate way to much and drank just enough.

MNC: Baby due in 2 weeks haha its number 2 and I have my daughter on my side for going off road so I think I might get more time in the mud haha.

Today was the wifes birthday and we spend the arvo at the beach I made a nice big awning off the bighorn which kept us out of the sun.

Will post a pic of that when I get back from the video shop haha

finally pulled my 350 apart cylinders are maximum oversize and worn out
all good have a block under house started cleaning and then hone the bores. found heavy scoring in two cylinders and pitted rust marks in another

that was plan B distroyed

plan C is .......
save up and buy a crate motor

383 if budget will allow

so its now a big tidy up and get ready to head out to see Metal Man might get enough to buy a meat pie and a cold drink

mudlva wrote:finally pulled my 350 apart cylinders are maximum oversize and worn out
all good have a block under house started cleaning and then hone the bores. found heavy scoring in two cylinders and pitted rust marks in another

that was plan B distroyed

plan C is .......
save up and buy a crate motor

383 if budget will allow

so its now a big tidy up and get ready to head out to see Metal Man might get enough to buy a meat pie and a cold drink

Bugger. work truck broken. still think you should buy my disco!! It is a V8 so you will feel at home.

MK1TNA wrote:Purchased a Mitzi RVR rear seat for my 40 off trademe this morn for $50 thought that was a reasonable price and installed it this arvo

Fits perfectly, room for spare...

Classic... I did the same $38 from Pick-A-Part

Only 6 bolts so with a 14mm socket in hand wasn't too much drama to get out (carrying out was the hardest part )

Chuck it in the back of the Lexus truck and had a few beers to celebrate My boy was stoked I'd bought a seat just for him... and his sister who is due early March.......

got a wof on a french POS.
clean sheet. win.

Mudde1 wrote:

mudlva wrote:finally pulled my 350 apart cylinders are maximum oversize and worn out
all good have a block under house started cleaning and then hone the bores. found heavy scoring in two cylinders and pitted rust marks in another

that was plan B distroyed

plan C is .......
save up and buy a crate motor

383 if budget will allow

so its now a big tidy up and get ready to head out to see Metal Man might get enough to buy a meat pie and a cold drink

Bugger. work truck broken. still think you should buy my disco!! It is a V8 so you will feel at home.

Cant sleeve it?

V8 and box is in, in the perfect position.

Now to make everything work with it.

finally got the water injection up and running. gave the surf a test drive and found it didn't work. oops! found the fault and cursed and swore as it was my own dumb fault. dodging the ******* rain most of day.
just giving it a test run on straight water at the moment. can't wait to up the fueling !

now to make a still for all the alcohol i've got brewing.

refitted the starter mtr and wire up then got the heep going dropped oil and then worked on the recovery trailer till the rain arrived ................. again
have the new garage partialy built

Tidied up the truck with a bit of silicon spray....all over Mud won't stick to this shiney beast Finished off the wife's car, she had a head gasket go last weekend, so this week and weekend was finding time to change the gasket and bits. Ordered some Carling switches for my winch and things, so hopefully will get them in the next week or so, should look mint.

Got my mates truck (who is the mechanic), going with a new HEI unit, runs like a dream

Finishing off with a DVD night tonight

Went to woodhill, was rad! Then went up the beach for a play in the sand. On the way up we saw a little fwd mitsy with a bunch of dude drinking in it. As i drove past i thought "i feel sorry for the joker who has to tow them out".... 45min later on our way back, i got about 1/3 of the way back and whata ya know these blokes where pulled up WITH THE LEFT REAR WHEEL OFF THE CAR. Out of curiosity i drove over and asked if they where all good. They had managed to snap the hub off the car haha asked if he wanted a tow, so we got about 600m in and the RIGHT READ WHEEL FALLS OFF ASWELL!! So we had no option but to drag its sorry ass the length on the beach. Haha

Vids to come!!

Had my painter come over and run the buff over the lux. It's the first time its been cut since it was sprayed 7 years ago



All bright and shiney now.



Even gave the wheels a polish.



Almost ready for the 4 and rotary nats next weekend Then I need to take it out and get it dirty again

FORGE1 wrote:Not quite the weekend and more of a midweek achievement but... I got married today ahhh nearly 6 years of engagement all finally over. I even got the line "Whats yours is mine and whats mine is mine" haha lucky it was a joke... I hope

Congratulations man! You're gonna need a bigger truck soon...

churchill wrote:

FORGE1 wrote:Not quite the weekend and more of a midweek achievement but... I got married today ahhh nearly 6 years of engagement all finally over. I even got the line "Whats yours is mine and whats mine is mine" haha lucky it was a joke... I hope

Congratulations man! You're gonna need a bigger truck soon...

Cheers Winston, haha yeah funny you say that. My mother has just given me her 1995 Pajero 3.5 V6 LWB exceed (leather and all the goodies) one problem needs a new motor and I found one for $1k (but in queenstown) so hopefully a cheap big truck. But I will still keep the bighorn as its my baby


Re earlier post here is a pic of us at the beach setting up yesterday was a mint day and caught a few waves on the kayak

Cant sleeve it?[/quote]


yes we did discuss that option and the general consences was that the over all cost to do all that work it becomes cheaper to buy a new long block

i will still be ringing the reuilders tomorrow just to confirm before any cash starts moving around

cheers

Went on a bit of a roadie to Timaru, guy I was helping blew the gearbox in the EVO during qualifying so he turned around and drove all the way home but we stayed up.

mudlva wrote:Cant sleeve it?

yes we did discuss that option and the general consences was that the over all cost to do all that work it becomes cheaper to buy a new long block

i will still be ringing the reuilders tomorrow just to confirm before any cash starts moving around

cheers[/quote]

Why not get some larger than normal oversize pistons. I.E. greater than the normal max oversize which is usually +.080" (80 thou)

I'm no expert on Chevs but I did once drive a huge borer here in Shakeshake for a living. I recall putting larger oversize pistons than that, into some smallblocks.

My experience with sleeves is generally not good. Often they weaken the block. (less tying the head to the crank) and also often they are less efficient at heat transfer through to the water. (extra join layers).