Offroad-Express

Well my weekend starts in a couple of hours.

Heading off to Queensland for 8 days with the gf, see the old lady in Gympie, visit Fraser Island ( ), doing a 4wd tour around the island while i stay there for 2 nights, heading back to the Sunshine coast and might have a look at some 4wd shops (arb, tjm etc), try find some goodies for the jeep to bring back!

Will post up some pics when i get back

Cheers
Fraser

mine is about to start too, heading to "the park" this arvo to do the National park Trip this weekend.... should be wet

badnuz wrote:mine is about to start too, heading to "the park" this arvo to do the National park Trip this weekend.... should be wet

Looking forward to seeing the pics already! Have a goodie!

Been getting Mudhog ready for Woodhill Safety Patrol tomorrow,
it should be an interesting day with the weather bomb forecasted

Mine started yesterday...
Transfercase removal followed with auto comming out today...
Its now in bits on the floor.
Went to change seal and noticed bush the torque converter runs in had a crack in it....(not the production joint)
So pump out and off to the Trans spares man...
Have all the bits and will install bush and seal tonignt..
Fit pump back in Sat am and start reasembling..

Mudhog wrote:Been getting Mudhog ready for Woodhill Safety Patrol tomorrow,
it should be an interesting day with the weather bomb forecasted

Has Mudhog been treated to a new Dizzy?

Mudhog wrote:Been getting Mudhog ready for Woodhill Safety Patrol tomorrow,
it should be an interesting day with the weather bomb forecasted

oh i helped .....somehow rang him by mistake at 6.15am suspect may cost me beer or 2 at easter for that

went out and picked up a Td 4.2 block less one piston and conrod for a slow rebuild, may end up with a 0 time engine

Overkill wrote:

Mudhog wrote:Been getting Mudhog ready for Woodhill Safety Patrol tomorrow,
it should be an interesting day with the weather bomb forecasted

Has Mudhog been treated to a new Dizzy?

Not yet, I have a Mallory Unilite Dizzy that I might look at fitting soon.

and

Yes Taz with a call at 6:15am was abit rough... it will keep

Ordered my new set of Silverstone MT-117 35/10.5 R16 Xtremes out of there new moulds, I'm hoping they are alittle bit taller than the old ones?

at work with list of stuff to do this weekend.....
little welding for canvas window/deck cover
sand/bog/paint rest of truck
put winch back together
finish rear bar start front bar
yep that enough.......oh somehow work around major flooding throughout the workshop

I flew to Wellywood yesterday to collect my new (old 1996) commy wagon and drive to back to Papakura. Yes a road trip . Was passing thru Plimmerton and saw a O.E tourist hitchhiking thought why not empty wagon and all, turned out to be a young lady from Germany and she has been in NZ for 7months. She didn’t know where to start for her OE and heard so much from her extended friends and family about NZ she decided to start here and is have a blast except for our crap summer weather . talking away and missed the SHway1 turn to Waiouru and found myself in Whanganui looked at map and as the las was heading to Hamilton to meet with friends I suggested that we head into the Naki area rather then the supper windy SHway4 option. all good but as we approached Patea a noise developed . sounded like exhaust mount loose, stop to investigate but could not find anything. carried on and as the noise disappeared thought no more it come back at Hawera so concluded it was something to do with slowing down to city speed limits and possibly coming from transmission
Stop again but all fluids were still all good etc and with no tools on board and with still 400+ ks to go carried on. In between yaking and what not the German las was talking to her mates and found that they were heading to New Plymouth on Monday to catch up with others who were already there. I mentioned the story about grey clouds with silver linings and said I was able to drop her off at Inglewood were its only a 10 minute ride thru to New Plymouth
By this stage the noise was coming and going so I was on the phone to mates up home to maybe start out a Rescue Rohan Operation (RRO)
After saying fairwell to my traveling companion and good luck for the rest of her stay I started to concentrate on my own problems with the thought of having to transverse the Mt Messenger ranges and Awakino gorge infront of me . the noise was now only developing under hard excelaration so with gentle throttle I was able to get over the mount and onto Te Kuiti .
With many progress reports to my missus on how I was travelling, I limped back to Papakura. Just glad the RRO did not have to be engaged.
When I collected the car the tank was on empty and I filled it with 61ltrs of 91 gas.
I travel just under 700ks over a 9 hr straight drive and the tank needle is just above empty some where between E and 1/8th mark. With an average open road speed of 90 to 95 ks
Quick math is around 9ltrs per 100ks with isn’t too bad as I was expecting to travel at around 13 to 14ltrs per hundred, I must take into account it was all open road travelling and no city work but the figures are still looking impressive to me
Now I have to get her onto the hoist and find that noise

Oh fun, now have no dash gauges or warning lights, wipers or indercators

coxsy wrote:Oh fun, now have no dash gauges or warning lights, wipers or indercators

You know how to fix it Coxsy
Need two people for this...
Drive it into your garage, pop bonnet and undo radiator cap.
Push Saf out and push in a Toyota...
Install Radiator cap and you are done....

Auto is in and all bolted up, plumbing done....
Will fit transfercase later.... Promised to spend time with the family this avo....
As I am working on Sunday

think i posted up before how i don't trust auto sparkies now

coxsy wrote:Oh fun, now have no dash gauges or warning lights, wipers or indercators

Check the plug and wiring to your hazard light button.

kbushnz wrote:
You know how to fix it Coxsy
Need two people for this...
Drive it into your garage, pop bonnet and undo radiator cap.
Push Saf out and push in a Toyota...
Put on a frilly dress, eye liner and high heels.
Install Radiator cap and you are done....

got rid of the surfs kumho SHOES, and whipped on some kumho GUMBOOTS.
nice muddy trip tommorrow me thinks

non 4wd but, finally kicked Vodafone into touch, gone to 2 degs, lets see if they are just as useless.....

pedro

i like 2 degrees coverage isn't to hot sometimes, but cheaper for me

thinkn i might head up muriwai/bombing range tomorrow;any takers?

Another quiet weekend for me. Got bored and thought I would try get full flex out of the zuk, flatmates honda looked like a good spot ... It worked, but im not happy it needs alot of work.

uwshho wrote:

Wonder where that idea came from

Picked up a front 4.8 diff. 4.6's are ok but had to use 1st gear more and 2nd gear less
Pulled the turbo off as it was under preforming. Only 3 broken studs to deal with
Still have to remove the intake manifold to clean out and a bit of porting to do to improve the flow of boost.
Looking forward to changing front diff and rear diff head (yeah right)

Cheers,

sibainmud wrote:

uwshho wrote:
Wonder where that idea came from

Picked up a front 4.8 diff. 4.6's are ok but had to use 1st gear more and 2nd gear less
Pulled the turbo off as it was under preforming. Only 3 broken studs to deal with
Still have to remove the intake manifold to clean out and a bit of porting to do to improve the flow of boost.
Looking forward to changing front diff and rear diff head (yeah right)

Cheers,

It had to be done.

Sweeeet you'll be happy with that, do you still have all arms and legs attached?

Yesterday, wired up my roof lights and today went and picked up my new 140amp SCA Mig for a whopping $209 from the Upper Hutt store...NICE....

Overkill wrote: and picked up my new 140amp SCA Mig for a whopping $209 from the Upper Hutt store...NICE....

thats a crazy deal eh, repco have similar, been considering picking one up. tried it out yet?

wayfastwhitee wrote:thats a crazy deal eh, repco have similar, been considering picking one up. tried it out yet?

Had a quick play tonight, more than happy with the unit for the price and using flux core

soo saturday was put patrol back together to start it and find out its pissing oil out the side of engine under manifold, so took the daily again

heres a deep river

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150596032774514

&

heres the city passing threw haha
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150596038439514

chopdpatrol wrote:soo saturday was put patrol back together to start it and find out its pissing oil out the side of engine under manifold, so took the daily again

heres a deep river

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150596032774514

&

heres the city passing threw haha
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150596038439514

Can't view your facebook links Do not have permission.......

Well the weather bomb bought this over from the neighbours at like 1am... only cost me a couple of roof tiles



spent saturday making up and finding theese



with the help of my cheap welder picked up from Supper cheap managed to knock this up



put it under the spring and it did this



next weekend will be the left sides turn....

Got the truck all finished to drop off to get the 1UZ wire`d, then he put me off a week because he`s too busy... Balls.

Oh, and bought a rotary convertable.

Taking Expressions of interest for boyfriends ... :S

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/6937 ... d365fb.jpg

And may take up hairdressing.

Overkill wrote:Yesterday, wired up my roof lights and today went and picked up my new 140amp SCA Mig for a whopping $209 from the Upper Hutt store...NICE....

is that out of catalouge price? sca has them in chch for 650?