Offroad-Express

Well my weekend starts tonight, Heading over to Great Barrier Island for a 3 day tramp! I know it's not really 4WD related!

When i get back on Monday evening i hope to put my new windscreen spotlight mounts on the Jeep
Something like these ones
But i have slightly bigger spotties to put on. As i had a roof bar, but thats too high for my carpark at work

got a wof on the zuk this morning and a small list of repairs to complete....
had the day off so i managed to sort/sweet talk my way into a wof.
so its legal wof reged

been un woffed since 2008 so happy as now

new 16x8 modded rims blasted repainted black

chrome wrote:got a wof on the zuk this morning and a small list of repairs to complete....
had the day off so i managed to sort/sweet talk my way into a wof.
so its legal wof reged

been un woffed since 2008 so happy as now

that's awesome.
that poor wee thing's had a rough life
I'm going to my parents place this weekend. will try find the pics from when my bro owned it. there was a lot of good ones from up ohinwairua station
and one of it on it's side on my parent's front lawn....which is perfectly flat.

well wife said "truck has a wobble" thursday night, got underneth and yea it has the UJ join was as close as i think it could be with out letting go. all fixed now.

i just wish i did the job, so i know how to next time

Cameron wrote:

chrome wrote:got a wof on the zuk this morning and a small list of repairs to complete....
had the day off so i managed to sort/sweet talk my way into a wof.
so its legal wof reged

been un woffed since 2008 so happy as now

that's awesome.
that poor wee thing's had a rough life
I'm going to my parents place this weekend. will try find the pics from when my bro owned it. there was a lot of good ones from up ohinwairua station
and one of it on it's side on my parent's front lawn....which is perfectly flat.

ya think its gonna get an easy life now???

Pulled the factory load sensing proportioning valve of the cruiser tonight, its siezed and I wasnt getting F'all rear brakes. Picked up a Willwood Proportioning Valve today so thats getting put in its place. Fingers crossed it all goes to plan.

Heading off up Muriwai beach with my boys this morning

chrome wrote:ya think its gonna get an easy life now???

I'm sure it wont

Did the stadia track and loop down to the highway . jumped another tooth on steering box blew two share pins on the winch, mudluva towed or winched me throw some long bogs and deep holes, but been there done that track,

haha got me a LADA for $100 has a rego as well



Nothing of the 4wd front at this stage but tomorrow going to finish stripping the parts one then its all finished and send the rest to the scrappies.

Won superstreet at motueka drags 2day.
My other hobby

Changed blown light bulb, in the rain, was going to replace wiper blade but ran out of time and it looked way too complicated

curly12 wrote: was going to replace wiper blade but ran out of time and it looked way too complicated

bring it around one night after work, I've swapped a few of them over before

FORGE1 wrote:haha got me a LADA for $100 has a rego as well

hope it had a full tank of gas .... otherwise you paid too much for it


I was once offered a Lada for free ... Jokingly told her she would have to pay me to take it .... so she offered to fill the tank up for me

meece4x4 wrote:

FORGE1 wrote:haha got me a LADA for $100 has a rego as well

hope it had a full tank of gas .... otherwise you paid too much for it


I was once offered a Lada for free ... Jokingly told her she would have to pay me to take it .... so she offered to fill the tank up for me

Yeah I only got it as I need a car to take the rubbish to the end of the driveway at the new house as the driveway is 1km long and it was either a quad or this and as I need a ride on mower as well and this was cheaper than a quad I took it lol.

haha nah it came with a empty tank lol but I put $10 in and I got half a tank lol.

I have a towball/pintel on my rear bar but it sits about 800+ from the ground and when towing a trailer it sits on a horrible angle and if the light were underneath at the rear of the trailer they always ended getting damaged... so I had some spare time today and went to Towbar services and managed to get a towbar built the way I wanted it...

So results are Towbar ....



Nek minnit no Towbar

That looks good dude shall i add it to the tab

stinky wrote:That looks good dude shall i add it to the tab

Prototypes are normally free aren't they.. it's getting tested towing your tyres to Akld in Easter

suzuki1k wrote:

stinky wrote:That looks good dude shall i add it to the tab

Prototypes are normally free aren't they.. it's getting tested towing your tyres to Akld in Easter

That was good so good infact i will give you a discount maybe

suzuki1k wrote:

stinky wrote:That looks good dude shall i add it to the tab

Prototypes are normally free aren't they.. it's getting tested towing your tyres to Akld in Easter

Farkme??? What do i get for towing a pos 40 up there then????

Took the zuk for a test drive offroad today

It went suprisingly well for being on bald tyres well until the front driveshaft popped out and dropped all my transfer case oil out

I think I found the problem to the driveshaft slipping out, the grease nipple is missing and when driveshaft is completely comressed it pushes the grease out the nipple hole and then creates suction.

All problems aside im very happy with it, its going to be a bit of fun, the rear flexes ok, but needs a few little adjustments (and more flex ) , and the front is going under the knife for some restructuring

uwshho wrote:
I think I found the problem to the driveshaft slipping out, the grease nipple is missing and when driveshaft is completely comressed it pushes the grease out the nipple hole and then creates suction.

it shouldnt be able to slip out unless its too short, its not articulating too much for the driveshaft length is it?

suzuki1k wrote:

stinky wrote:That looks good dude shall i add it to the tab

Prototypes are normally free aren't they.. it's getting tested towing your tyres to Akld in Easter

You dont normally have to pay until Mark 3, Well thats what I tell my engineer

uwshho wrote:Took the zuk for a test drive offroad today

Drove past that on the way back from Muriwai this arvo, ya gonna have a lot of fun with that for sure

Sadam_Husain wrote:

uwshho wrote:
I think I found the problem to the driveshaft slipping out, the grease nipple is missing and when driveshaft is completely comressed it pushes the grease out the nipple hole and then creates suction.

it shouldnt be able to slip out unless its too short, its not articulating too much for the driveshaft length is it?

It compressed right to the end and then wouldnt come back so it pulled the other slip joint out of the front of the transfer case (it has 2 slip joints ), I pulled it out and had a play with it, i put a temporary spacer inside the slip joint and problem solved.

After fixing that and heading into the paddock for another test, i managed to pop a shock out of the tower in the rear nothing like some dusk paddock repairs

Got plenty more testing to do to work out the kinks, its bumpier than bloody leaf springs so need to figure that out, all in all very happy with it, it wouldn't be any fun if i didnt have to swing some spanners on it.

Noeyedeer wrote:Drove past that on the way back from Muriwai this arvo, ya gonna have a lot of fun with that for sure

Haha yea was parked out at my testing grounds til I came and sorted it out later this arvo.

coxsy wrote:new 16x8 modded rims blasted repainted black

You've done an awesome job tidying up that 40 Coxy

Well strictly speaking I haven't touched the truck all weekend.
But I did start early...
Went for a quick trip around the block late last week and under brakes got the death wobble thru the front end...Thought I was about to loose a wheel...
Pulled up and gave the front end a shake.... Had a loose panhard connection... only finger tight...
Slow trip home and thought it was time to check the steering dampner as well...Still original unit...
You guessed it....it was stuffed also... dampened one way and not the other
Have a new one fitted just need to take it for a test run..... Oh and tightened the nut and put on a second one as a jamb nut.

MNC wrote:

coxsy wrote:new 16x8 modded rims blasted repainted black

You've done an awesome job tidying up that 40 Coxy

james has done well with it