Offroad-Express

Well I will kick this one off.
Got my rims back from the blaster man (Tigers in Ranui) and now thowing on some zinc paint....
Then will mount up my Simex's I purchased some 8 months ago
Photo's to come..
Then get ready for our inter club challenge ! Look out Manukau !

Picking up my prado front end this morning.

Need to do a service bit over due

towed my POS citroen that's lost all compression in one cylinder back to the old man's place to be tucked away til I move.
trailer was borderline too small, though worked perfectly though in the end.

don't appreciate how long it is til it barely fits a trailer that swallows a landrover disco with ease.

got on the sause for our st patricks day,

started on the left side of wedge lift on friday night. needs to have a bit more welding and be painted up then all done on lift for front.

Went to pick-a-part this arvo.
Found a couple of throttle butterfly linkages to use so can make the cable fit up to webber. will set it up during week.

Got radiator and fans outa v6 mitzy. Old one was just starting to leak from crack around filler neck and wanted to set up some elec fans, so everything underbonet wont get so wet when water crossing as it does now with hard mount fan.
Test fit and found main fan hit waterpump.... so fliped fans upside down and swaped left with right. both fans will bolt on with 3 orig holes and will jimy a couple brackets for the forth ones. Radiator just slides between the chassis also has a couple thermo switches in bottom tank already. Once relays and plumbing done sould keep it all


Also scored a 100amp bosch alt out of a ovlov.
spent tonight fitting old crappy 40amp alt mounting bracket to new alty and spent a bit of time measuring and linging up on plate I made up for it last weekend.

old and new




Round the bays tomorow so wont get time to do anymore on ol ladeda.
but on the up side we do have a full 50l keg of home brew to get thu once the run/walk/stumble is overwith.

went for a drive, added some more to my carbon footprint

mounted my winch and got the bearings for my starter o and i was washed her inside and out

wopass wrote:went for a drive, added some more to my carbon footprint

how is that neck of yours wopass

Just got back from the Auckland /Manukau inter-club challenge. a lot of fun had by all. done my years worth of exercise. running downhill is flippen hard work! Of course Manukau showed their superiority and good sportmanship! (hahahahaha). Missed out on the bbq after as i had to go pick one of our superbikes up from Hampton Downs. Cheers Auckland for the challenge, but next time you say its a down hill trolley race, dont have uphill sections! thought we were going to need a defibrillator! A Great Day!

Went for a thrash in the terrano. found a dinghy and blew a cv, replaced cv yesterday so will give it another go this coming weekend

Went to woodhill 4wd park with some mates and me new old cherokee! Luckyme in his grand cherokee and a mate in stock as a rock petrol long wheel base patrol. That stock patrol is amazing! For stock rig its bad arse! Park is flippn mean too!!

Dragged my Surf off to get wired, should be rinning some time this week!

And went for a cruise with a lovely lady Sat night with the top down...

T-Boon wrote:And went for a cruise with a lovely lady Sat night with the top down...

Hair dressing hasn't worked out then
Now that was with the top of the car off, and not the lovely lady's

good weekend, fitted snorkel (been on the to-do list since the build) because I don't believe monstr when he says, "we won't put you through deep mud holes"
Fitted a few lumens too.
Still no pics for you junkies (truck keeps eating the camera repair budget )

Cheers,

Had a good weekend playing in the mud... mates offroader decided to go for a little lie down

Collected a few more parts for the zuk too.









Started and ran like a dream after being put on its feet

sibainmud wrote:Hair dressing hasn't worked out then
Now that was with the top of the car off, and not the lovely lady's

Ha, i`m thinking about growing my hair a bit longer for this exact reason, Hair blowing around in the breeze...

And i`d like to say her top came off later, but i`ll leave that to everyones imagination...

In the Convertable front, bought some Rims, and now have a decent stereo and alarm, and will be giving her a full service this week.

Was offroading for once - ran 85km Rotorua-Tarawera-Kawerau for the Tarawera Ultra Marathon on Saturday!

Can't move much at the mo, but give me a week and I'll be back into it.

bought this home .Im using the diff and brakes .anyone need any thing .no motor auto still there

ladeda wrote:




Also scored a 100amp bosch alt out of a ovlov.
spent tonight fitting old crappy 40amp alt mounting bracket to new alty and spent a bit of time measuring and linging up on plate I made up for it last weekend.

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Pretty sure rope wont do as a fan belt

nivaman wrote:

ladeda wrote:




Also scored a 100amp bosch alt out of a ovlov.
spent tonight fitting old crappy 40amp alt mounting bracket to new alty and spent a bit of time measuring and linging up on plate I made up for it last weekend.

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Pretty sure rope wont do as a fan belt

what are ya talking about... shure it will. I tied a really good knot itll be fine.... if it doesent work was gona grab some of the misses panty hose. (actually did this on an nissan diesel one night. got me from the hut over the hill and back to kapiti. so its something to remember if ya eva get stuck)

got a start on the weber tonight.

factory setup


cut up old cable bracket to make new one to fit with buterfly shaft lever.

sca welder is getting good use, still shit at using it tho
I will grind smooth those shockers and will be adding extra suport underneath cable mount to stop flexing and to fit return spring to


hope this is not classed as post whoring...