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Had a few days off this week, so did a bit of maintenance to the front end












Turns out the power steer has been unwell for some time and God knows how long the gearbox mount has been hanging in there
Oh, yeah, put it through a real wheel alignment today

Cheers,

Spent all day replacing a damn 1UZ hydrolic fan pulley, had to replace the whole housing, pain in the ass remove all covers, undo aircon pump fuddle fiddle put back on take back off fiddle, but managed to get one for free.

Watched a local in a high speed roll over and end over end whlist getting my mail at the Fire Station. So after doing the fireman thing I then got to recovery his surf which is rooted, on its roof wrapped around a 200x200RSH that holds a large sign up. had to winch the back off the sign then winch it forward to be able to roll it onto its wheels off now to load it onto the trailer .
The guy was beyond lucky he came out much better off than I thought he would, the roof is sitting just off the dash in front of the driver, there might be something in this driving drunk and not wearing a seat belt or it could be that driving at the posted speed whilst sober and with tread on your wheels would have been a better. There were also 3 very lucky tourists walking up the footpath who he only just missed on one of the flips

Going to head up whaka 4 a play I think, anybody local in the bay feel free to come join me

Suza wrote:Watched a local in a high speed roll over and end over end whlist getting my mail at the Fire Station. So after doing the fireman thing I then got to recovery his surf which is rooted, on its roof wrapped around a 200x200RSH that holds a large sign up. had to winch the back off the sign then winch it forward to be able to roll it onto its wheels off now to load it onto the trailer .
The guy was beyond lucky he came out much better off than I thought he would, the roof is sitting just off the dash in front of the driver, there might be something in this driving drunk and not wearing a seat belt or it could be that driving at the posted speed whilst sober and with tread on your wheels would have been a better. There were also 3 very lucky tourists walking up the footpath who he only just missed on one of the flips

What a dumbass he was

crazyclark31 wrote:

Suza wrote:Watched a local in a high speed roll over and end over end whlist getting my mail at the Fire Station. So after doing the fireman thing I then got to recovery his surf which is rooted, on its roof wrapped around a 200x200RSH that holds a large sign up. had to winch the back off the sign then winch it forward to be able to roll it onto its wheels off now to load it onto the trailer .
The guy was beyond lucky he came out much better off than I thought he would, the roof is sitting just off the dash in front of the driver, there might be something in this driving drunk and not wearing a seat belt or it could be that driving at the posted speed whilst sober and with tread on your wheels would have been a better. There were also 3 very lucky tourists walking up the footpath who he only just missed on one of the flips

What a dumbass he was

That about sums it up I have just picked up his Surf and spoke to his partener about where they would like me to take it and the answer was not her place and not near her

Viscous fan is out of the playdoh...
Haven't heard it working for a while.....
Got some fluid from BNT and its now in the oven drying after a big clean...

had some low life f**k break into the safari whilst it was at countdown and take mine and the missus iPod and my prs radio... missed the toolbox that was full in the back though...
on the look out for a new gq safari drivers door lock or a full set?

cheers

jeez Andy, you have shit luck with your trucks.

Well this arvo I finished the hubs on the Suzuki chassis and the brake pads, removed and cleaned the petrol tank from mine, put it in the new stainless bash plate and half mounted that. Just need to get some new drill bits tomorrow or sometime to finish mounting it.

'modified' my th350 sump with the gas bottles and a hammer to stop the drive shaft grease nipples clipping it, gave the trans new filter & gaskets at the same time. replaced knackered ht leads. admired new front bar that reece (de-ranged) knocked up over night and the bars ready for the deck side extensions so the 37s dont stick way out.
hopefully will be ready for a test run next weekend............

this weeks progress is
fitted gearbox twice clutch once bloody fork fell off 1st time......
fitted turbo twice as well bloody brain fade......
reasons.....burnt clutch out was due anyway ......pumping too much oil into turbo and blew seals lucky for me stinky had a pretty new one sitting on the floor not 5 ft away ...unlucky for him
sold the gq whale ..planned on buying another mk .....buggar dipped out
sold the runabout abit early too .....suddenly demoted to motorbike...oh look an unused gq shorty in the window (stinkys) less than 10 ft away
shit stinkys having a bad run lately.....guess paybacks gunna suck

Got me a Suzuki LJ80 with live rego!!!

Back down to 2 cruisers now .... Green playdoh was picked

Had someone ask me today to buy the silver one

I have got the parts to do the front brakes on my truck as it needs serious attention, so I will replace front disc rotor's have new brake pads, and calliper kits.

Now I have to install/fit them, just need a sunny day.

Got up this morning, drove to Chch then to Waipara, met Tom and spun a couple of yarns, drove to Rangiora met up with Jeremy(kbjj) and picked up my new tahs. drove home. macas for breakfast kfc for tea.job done..

Mucked around pulling my starter motor to replace with the spare I had. Then the spare wouldn't work.. Pulled it back out and bench tested it. Still no luck. Pulled it down and it's completely stuffed inside. All the brushes were worn down. So have put the original intermittently playing up one back in. Good way to waste a few hours

Drurban wrote:I have got the parts to do the front brakes on my truck as it needs serious attention, so I will replace front disc rotor's have new brake pads, and calliper kits.

Now I have to install/fit them, just need a sunny day.

Well Today I managed to replace front disc rotor's, repack bearings, put in new seal's for the calliper's and new brake pads, first one took me awhile but flew through the second one, after that had a test and I think it was mission accomplished, very happy with result.

Sorry no photo's was to busy learning

Cheers

More achieved in this weekend than even I had planned...

Fixed the 1U bearing as in previous post.

Installed LED interior lights in my Daily Caldina and the RX7 (they were free and was easier than buying new bulbs)

Replaced the steering sensor in the RX7, because it was causing the worlds most annoying beeping.

Fixed the boost cut in the RX7 after putting on my exhaust. (still fiddling with the adjustment on the fuel cut defender)

Fitted a snorkel to a mates Bighorn for next weekend (we going Woodhill).

And Washed the RX7 this arvo,

Thats far more than sitting on my ass like usual. its quite good when the GF goes away for the weekend.

Also went for a drive in the Convertable, with the top down, drove pase some girls (very young) and they yelled out "I LIKE YOUR CAR" I couldnt stop laughing ... damn rotary hoes !

T-Boon wrote:
Also went for a drive in the Convertable, with the top down, drove pase some girls (very young) and they yelled out "I LIKE YOUR CAR" I couldnt stop laughing ... damn rotary hoes !

Whenever i take mine out, everymofo says DO A SKID BRO. rather not peel a fat one in traffic. dam westies!

The zook had a lie down and exploded a rear uni.

Chops4wd wrote:Got me a Suzuki LJ80 with live rego!!!

Welcome to the club
Pictures please.

madlux wrote:

T-Boon wrote:
Also went for a drive in the Convertable, with the top down, drove pase some girls (very young) and they yelled out "I LIKE YOUR CAR" I couldnt stop laughing ... damn rotary hoes !

Whenever i take mine out, everymofo says DO A SKID BRO. rather not peel a fat one in traffic. dam westies!

Havnt had a lot of that as of yet. the Diff in is open wheels pretty bad so it does mean one wheelers !

madlux wrote:Whenever i take mine out, everymofo says DO A SKID BRO. rather not peel a fat one in traffic. dam westies!

i get the same thing when i take my 40 series up town...must have something to do with the bad idle...should fix that

ohh this weekend i worked, thought about changing the wiper blades, decided it was best left to the techspurts, worked some more, looked in the garage to make sure my 40 was still there (it was) thought about moving it, decided i couldnt afford the gas, went to work again... yup

Had a weekend up Minginui with the Twin Diff Club. Good weekend tho most of the good tracks have been logged at some point so lots of turning around going back up those "i hope we dont have to climb back up this" parts And a fair bit of chainsaw action. Went to wipe the mud spray off the windscreen and ended up seeing less, really should change the wiper blades but don't think im qualified enough. Actually you must need a good qualification these days, last time the Mrs' car went for a WOF they charged $45+labour to change 3 wiper blades!! I was like wtf you surely must be joking me

juz wrote:Fitted some dobinson springs from micahb into the front of my Cruiser, still not sitting level.. fitted the 35s, L/F rubbing on radius arm.. ahh well spacers were next anyway. Also finally extended front diff and auto breathers. Oh and ran the air lines for my onboard air... works a treat!

Sorry they didn't work out for you juz. could you use a coil spacer to lift it 50mm or however much more?
my 35's rubbed on both side, though the creepies are a little wider i guess.
what air system you using? a/c pump? running a tank?

And for my weekend, my Meth/water injection kit finally arrived! so chucked it on, seems promising after only doing 25 odd km. ie, you can keep your foot up it for quite a bit longer than before!! needs tidying up and tuning, also a 2nd nozzle kit has been ordered for a pre turbo one.
Now to rebuild my new hubs i got off mudlva and fit them up with the new brakes that i found i needed when road testing...

This week fitted a new gbox/transfer and a lockrite diff (Thanks Boon!)


now just to make it run properly for woodhill this weekend!

winched a tree the other weekend, due to interupsions didn't close the 4 ton shackle properly, underload it pulled apart , anys, threw it in scrap bin today,
while i was busy T.A decieded to straighten it,while he was busy at lunch cut it in to three peices, note! if you dispose of damaged gear destroy it so some dim doesn't try and fix or use it

UBZ wrote:

Chops4wd wrote:Got me a Suzuki LJ80 with live rego!!!

Welcome to the club
Pictures please.

Haha pictures will come, ive kind of jumped the gun and started stripping it down for panel and paint already so not much to take photos of atm. I am looking for good condition seats (i know they probably are impossible to get) or any ideas what other skinny seats fit in them?

Chops4wd wrote:

UBZ wrote:

Chops4wd wrote:Got me a Suzuki LJ80 with live rego!!!

Welcome to the club
Pictures please.

Haha pictures will come, ive kind of jumped the gun and started stripping it down for panel and paint already so not much to take photos of atm. I am looking for good condition seats (i know they probably are impossible to get) or any ideas what other skinny seats fit in them?

Any automotive upholstery place will fix up the damaged seat base. Its always the drivers seat. I have three sets of seats, the drivers is wrecked and the passengers is mint on all of them.


Seeing as its the weekend achievement thread, what did I do??

Worked on the Wombat:

Stripped and prepped the Alloy hard top and etch primed.
Straightened the drivers side canvas door frame which was damaged from a roll over and all bent out shape and mocked into position on the truck.
Painted the topcoat on top too late in the day when the air temp was a tad cold, needed fan heater to get paint to gloss nicely. Looks pretty average

Sunday Unmasked the hard top, & fitted to wombat which was a prick of job by myself with out scratching the paint to much

Mocked the canvas door frames in position with the hard top on and realised the drivers door needed more adjustment of the cut and weld type.

That sorted, I had to get creative and build myself 4 hinges to fit the doors that picked up the factory hinge points on the windscreen frame and fire wall. Dammed if I could find anyone over here or in Ozz that had a complete set of door hinges they would part with.

Packaged up the old door skins and frames and stuck them in the van ready to get reupholstered this week

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