Offroad-Express

Suppose I'll kick this one off.
Removed front bar and winch. Replaced negative brushes and put it all together again. The winch hasn't gone that fast in ages
Woodhill Patrol Sunday

Cheers,

Did the Te Awamutu Rotary clubs 4wd safari, but came home early missed todays drive as alternator light came on,when i went to refuel for today,
will pull it today and get it checked out during the week

Well I went off road today (does driving on the front lawn count )
Apart from moving the truck to mow the lawns... That's been about it...
But next week its going in the garage so I can drop the trans and fix the seal between the torque converter and box....And give it a trans flush at the same time....As well as some tweaks for the Easter challenge...Need to mount the lights and open up the shear pin hole to the next size !

Fixed ARB bar indicators. Ripped them out and replaced with Repco trailer LED lights.

Now they work and should I need to replace one I have sorted the mount so I can get them off from behind the bar - not through the front...

Did a massive clean out of my sheds , and took a whole traliar to the tip , next weekend heading in to rallywoods for working bee after work

Got a little bit of garage time and managed to install a couple new switches....... Finally

Now have in cab controls for winch and a switch for the spots and extra cooling fans

Killed some gorse today

OVOXO wrote:Killed some gorse today

any brake lines and wiring loom left under there

Overkill wrote:Got a little bit of garage time and managed to install a couple new switches....... Finally

Now have in cab controls for winch and a switch for the spots and extra cooling fans

Where did you get those switches from Overkill ?

3VILC wrote:Where did you get those switches from Overkill ?

Check out the following link.....

Price wasn't too bad and postage cheap az........

http://www.mudstuff.co.uk/Carling_Switches.shtml

where did you get the roof console from?

Jerry wrote:where did you get the roof console from?

Standard Disco one, I have a spare if you want to cut and fit? They are quite a mint unit and easy to adjust.......

Went for a drive down Muriwai and came across this:







Any one got an idea of how long it's been there and if anyone is going to try and get it out or not?

andysh

EDIT:

Location of the wreck is here: http://g.co/maps/rmzz2

Got my new mud tyres fitted (finally) with heavy duty tubes in them, but one tube seems to be faulty, deflating from the valve looks like the A/T is going back on, and a rated hook monted on the front, no more towing from the sway bar and ripping it out... And pretty much all set for Waimiha safari!

Went in to Rallywoods to concrete in a post and wait for the expected rain showers to see if the roof is still leaking like a sieve..................

Fixed post with MikeL200's help



Expected rain didn't arrive as forcast.

Then about 10pm some guys turned up in their wagons for the weekend.

I mentioned a night drive could be in order and they were keen as mustard

Thought I would take them down Fark Hill and up the rockslide.

We got down ok, up the creek, onto the rockslide, then the smelly stuff hit the big spinny thing.

First wagon(surf) blew both top and bottom radiator hoses 15m from the top.

Second wagon shredded both front and rear axles half way up (454chev with nitrous will do that, wasn't my fault as i was in the passengers seat).

Third wagon lost rear transfer case seal at the bottom.


So turn around time and head back up Fark Hill.

Then a couple of hours winching/driving/dragging the two 40's up followed by the drive-less cruiser(at least he could winch up as it was a pto winch).

Did I mention that the rain decided to set in, was a good old fashioned West Coast Style down pour.

So around 2am when the lead wagon lost battery power, 20m from the top we decided to walk back to the hut. Interesting walk up there in the dark when it is wet.

So leaving all the wagons behind to recover the next day, only took 3 hours in the the dry and daylight.

One or two of you may know the big block cruiser



Makes those 35s look small



Not really suited to Rallywoods conditions but should be up at the next Mudfest

Hell of a nice group of guys, couple of them new to 4wding but we should see them out again sometime

Also new addition has been made to the fireplace up there and works bloody well. The plates can be removed

Overkill wrote:Got a little bit of garage time and managed to install a couple new switches....... Finally

Now have in cab controls for winch and a switch for the spots and extra cooling fans

cool, thanks for that , i just ordered some, how long did delivery take??

So close now !

muskie wrote:

Overkill wrote:

cool, thanks for that , i just ordered some, how long did delivery take??

Was about a week and turned up well packaged

After finding some wet rear belts and boot carpet.....
Spent a couple of hours sealing the rear quarter mouldings and louvre vents. Then cleaning out all the old dust, dirt and water.

T-Boon wrote:So close now !

Looking Good. Always thought if going down the line of a V8 Surf but the wife keps saying no haha.

Im looking for one of those air filter set ups where did you get that from and how much are they?

Also I think you might know my old boss Kate (NAC Insurance). I mentioned you to her as you had some drifting pics up and she knows you.

Cheers
Ray

muskie wrote:cool, thanks for that , i just ordered some, how long did delivery take??

You can get those switches from here too:

http://www.customrockers.com.au

wjw wrote:

muskie wrote:cool, thanks for that , i just ordered some, how long did delivery take??

You can get those switches from here too:

http://www.customrockers.com.au

or here

http://rocker-switches.carlingtech.com/ ... ch__26.asp

or here

http://order.waytekwire.com/scategory2/ ... /Switches/

or localy in NZ from ARB without the covers for about 12 bucks each

T-Boon wrote:So close now !

Lovin' the snorkel Please don't ruin this surf with bar work like the last one

NJV6 wrote:Lovin' the snorkel Please don't ruin this surf with bar work like the last one

Ha, the bars survived the rollover, so technically they're free, and I sure as shit cant sell them. I dont really like how they look (ugly as hell!), but shit they do the job, saved my ass so many times, so theyre going bak on with the winch and new half remade sides (I have flares now and one was bent dragging it back onto its wheels.) I may look ar remaking the front at a later date...

FORGE1 wrote:Im looking for one of those air filter set ups where did you get that from and how much are they?

Also I think you might know my old boss Kate (NAC Insurance). I mentioned you to her as you had some drifting pics up and she knows you.

Cheers
Ray

Air Filter setup is a K&N one so available at repco or BNT,
http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/Forums/ ... 15&t=29057

And I Dont know Kate personally, but she is a sponsor for the Drifting series that I help run, so prolly knows of me.

Went up north from shippies round to herikino on sat and up through the pines, Broke another cv halfway through the trip so it was rear tires down to 8 psi and engine full revs the rest of the way down the beach haha, should start carrying a spare one.
Then when we got back to shippies a drunk guy had backed his truck over the bank with just his front weels holding up, had to get the fire truck to winch him out.
fun day all up