Offroad-Express

well fitted a catch can into engine breather to aircleaner line,and after reading manual afew times plus google swapped rims and tyres back to kumos kl71s

went for a skid at ashes farm....coolies ash ,had a blast mate...













barbie has developed a over heating problem.......must be a heep thing , last heep did the same

did some panel beatingonmy new 70 to try and get it ready for the road.just need new doors and a couple of windowsthen i can get out and explore.

Spent some time at a friends farm this afternoon getting some firewood for next year. Did a trailer load each, had a heap of fun on the new clay base lane ways that they are just putting in slipping and sliding with 2m3 of wet beach in a trailer, got to experince the trailer deciding it wanted to pull the Safari back down the hill as I was halfway through driving up .
Then got home to discover that daughter #1 had left the new laptop on the couch and daughter #3 had come into the lounge andf sat on. Just finshed lodging the claim with the insurance company
I hope Sunday is this much fun

i went firewood hunting, I know not 4x4in. but i had to tow the logs out just so we could cut the bugger up

truck still digs 4 nice holes

Yeti Ashes farm looks like fun CHCH ORE training day hint hint

Sunday I have to replace left hand side Head light bulb, have to replace the number plate bulbs in the back, have to adjust the bearing play on the left hand side.

Sh%t do I have a mission on my hands, at least Iam not doing wiper blades.
Also waiting for a new battery to turn up and Iam not talking about these pathetic $180 doller one's.

Might get my R.C gas car running if all goes to plan.

Step one...buy winch
Step two...borrow Mig.
Step three...affix winch.

Decided this arvo was a perfect time to pull apart my intake on the bighorn. Cleaned all the sensors and cleaned everything out, what a bloody mess under the intake though. I think Isuzu didnt think about mud getting stuck on the middle of the V and caked up[ all around the injectors. I couldnt clean it all out but got some of it out, cleaned the rocker covers and inside the intake and put back together went for a drive and it runs better but fuel economy is what Im after.

Tomorrow is time to put the standard guards back on and then re-mount the bumpers with brackets to compensate the bidy lift.

Woodhill Patrol today. Bloody quiet
Had a good day taking it real easy.
@ 2pm running up a large sand climb (metres from where I blew a front diff 2 weeks ago) spooled up to max (22psi) hit a large bump and blew the turbo.
So it was a slow, smokey trip home
Removed the inter cooler, crimped the oil feed and carried on home.
Knew i should of reconnected the waste gate after the 24hr event
Oh well, gives me something to do in the morning. Should have replacement turbo fitted before lunch

Cheers,

fitted new speakers,also on board air tank,mocked uo winch mount,sorted a bit more of the wiring in the cab.
Hey yeti is ashes place steep in places? just noticed the white hilux using his winch,was going to come out but truck wasnt ready looked like heaps of fun

Not planning on touching the truck this weekend, but I should.
Door coming to replace the one I trashed...
However, spend Saturday bobbing up and down in a 12ft tinnie with my Bro and his son... Only got two keepers.... But it was great, flat as a mill pond and no wind.
Was out off East Coast Bays.... in Auckland harbour...

i replaced my wiper blades front and rear. was a mission - there was blood sweat and tears.

but its all booked in for cert on thursday finally - only taken a 1 year 3 months to get to this stage

jonossiksilvia wrote:i replaced my wiper blades front and rear. was a mission - there was blood sweat and tears.

but its all booked in for cert on thursday finally - only taken a 1 year 3 months to get to this stage

hope you have an alarm and gps tracker once its on the road

jimichelle wrote:

jonossiksilvia wrote:i replaced my wiper blades front and rear. was a mission - there was blood sweat and tears.

but its all booked in for cert on thursday finally - only taken a 1 year 3 months to get to this stage

hope you have an alarm and gps tracker once its on the road

there is going to be some setup but that part going to be hush hush. end of the day insurance is the best protection

jonossiksilvia wrote:

jimichelle wrote:

jonossiksilvia wrote:i replaced my wiper blades front and rear. was a mission - there was blood sweat and tears.

but its all booked in for cert on thursday finally - only taken a 1 year 3 months to get to this stage

hope you have an alarm and gps tracker once its on the road

there is going to be some setup but that part going to be hush hush. end of the day insurance is the best protection

yes insurance is the best option but after a long build it would be gut wrenching hopefully the hush hush part involves 240 volts

jimichelle wrote:yes insurance is the best option but after a long build it would be gut wrenching hopefully the hush hush part involves 240 volts

more like 240,000 volts

Pulled front bumper off me old two door convertible rangerover so i can make a bracket up so it can attach to my aframe.
then it off to the workshop for some loving,chassis swap and floor rust and time for the old gearbox to go and make way for the 4spd auto and lpg from the 86 r/r thats given up his life for this project. then a new wof.may even be ready for the godley trip.

maybe time to trade up to safari simon been taking it easy up at woodhill you say i would like to see that

Been checking all my oils etc , fitted new rear brakes shoes ...checking everything i can ready for next weekends trip.

cleaned pigfarm slop off truck,cut bent bits off front bar,rebuilt front calipers new pistons ect been dragging badly,waiting for rubber caster correction bushes to turn up no more crap polly bushes going into truck!

you should never go out wheeling on your own miles from anywhere

lucky for this chap we just happened to be in the area and able to recover him




p.s. you were never gonna get me to winch you out until I had the customary photo to prove it.

p.s.s. its a very steep drop in front of the truck and very lucky he didn't go over any further with nobody around to help

Bought a new truck to tow the boat, should be able to stop myself taking to it with the grinder but im sure it could use a snorkel, 33 muds, bar work and maybe a winch. You know only for those tricky beach launchings gone wrong..

Popped up to RW to help with the last bits and pieces that need doing for next weekend.

Bit of track work with a wee digger



Was good, they opened up tip loop again and also smoothed off a few others.

Had a few words with some pighunters who claimed they didn't know it was private property( insert Tui add here ). So after some not quite polite words they left

Built rear bar for the 130

alpine road

zanders road

Fit up plenum for the weber which arived early in the week from UK.
Used a bit of old turbo pipe and silcone hose had lying around from my 12aT thats sitting in the corner of the garage.
Threw on a pod filter for now untill I can afford a snorkel. Only a temp measure so can still go to the snow soon will just have to wait to take it to the mud


Fished wiring up thermofan switch, flushed cooling system and fill with new stuf. Thermo fans cutting in and out perfectly.

Started cutting out and killing rust in front guard. Its not to bad but still I hate rust work

Started measuring up how much to extend rear brake presure reg link after lift. orderd new pressure reg as discoverd old one is tataly siezed up.

Installed breather hose for transfer. now for Gearbox and diffs.

tried to adjust the seat to the correct drving position but gave up as I just couldnt work it out. spose I better pay someone to do it for me.....

Drurban wrote:Sunday I have to replace left hand side Head light bulb, have to replace the number plate bulbs in the back, have to adjust the bearing play on the left hand side.

Sh%t do I have a mission on my hands, at least Iam not doing wiper blades.
Also waiting for a new battery to turn up and Iam not talking about these pathetic $180 doller one's.

Might get my R.C gas car running if all goes to plan.

you think you have a mission.i have to pull headlight out and clean and change wiper blades dont know when i will get the time!

Drove down to Christchurch after catching ferry from Wellington, good drive but don't ever get fuel in Kaikoura....$2.37/ L for 95 octane, and the fish and chips were crap.

Woodhill

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My shit was weak though, had sparkplug problems right off the bat (after the snatch outta the puddle) and didnt even make it in.

Did a ball joint flip and fitted low profile bump stops in the front, change front and rear diff fluids, plus fitted an extended rear brake line.

Matt