Offroad-Express

Fitted my mud tires and tested my tire deflators and new 12v compressor from 4wdbits in preparation for a small trip into the Akas on Sunday.

stripped, cleaned and got ready to paint interior of the Suzuki, then the rain came and that idea went down the drain. Still rest of the weekend I suppose.

I have received the rock sliders which I got from GotFlex on here, I have to slightly modify them, but Iam very happy with them, can not wait until they are on the truck.

Drurban wrote:I have received the rock sliders which I got from GotFlex on here, I have to slightly modify them, but Iam very happy with them, can not wait until they are on the truck.

so you can finally use it again?

so got one coat on the interior and 3/4 through building a bed base.

Took my coily for a blast in the paddocks. Then got a text from a mate and then spent the rest of the day spare fishing

emptied the truck out of all the recovery gear, and other stuff for 4wd , so when engineless its easier to move

Fitted a set of 2in Terrain Tamer flexy flares today. Bought some zinc plated self trappers and washers.

The inner lip on the flare could really be a lot bigger to allow the drilled holes to be further inboard on the guard and on the flare. They look very good, much better than the edging flares and being flexible I hope they don't get ripped off as easily.

Took a couple of hours all up from start to finish. Used 30 screws/washers which cost $10 from Placemakers.

Finished putting the pto winch back together with the proper oil....
Gee its like honey......See how long it lasts....
Also my Transgo auto valve body upgrade kit arrived from the states...
Time to drop the valve body and change the balls and springs..
Up the internal pressure and open up some holes in the plate...
And some changes to the accumulators.
Has two settings truck and hotrod.. Will go truck at this stage....
Had a play with the manual pump.... Pissed about with the boost compensater
Nice and smooth now thru the rev range and not like hitting a power band at highish rpm's
All in all a great day...And Sunday still to go....

suzukisport wrote:Took my coily for a blast in the paddocks. Then got a text from a mate and then spent the rest of the day spare fishing

So...... did ya catch any "spares" lol hopefully they were 30x9.5 just the ones you like

suzookyman wrote:

suzukisport wrote:Took my coily for a blast in the paddocks. Then got a text from a mate and then spent the rest of the day spare fishing

So...... did ya catch any "spares" lol hopefully they were 30x9.5 just the ones you like

Know didn't get any "spares", although I could do with some
Got some fish though

Should double check what I type before posting

found out the hard way that my 60 series doors arnt water proof after driving threw a nice deep backwash,

got super technical this weekend and managed to figure out how to fit the roof racks I scored of trade me. dam proud I am.
still to scared to atempt the wiper blades.

had a first atempt at plastic welding the ruff way (zip ties as filler and a gas solder iron) to make an air box fit under the bonnet in prep for a snorkel next month. prity happy with the outcome, will slap some sealant at it also just to seal it up.

Sealed the indicators to stop leaks and condensation. Washed the truck. Cleaned the mud out of the engine bay.

Helped mate do some work on new land rover .He fixed front speakers then no interior light so fixes that just locking door and cant get key out bloody L R i say but we manage to get key out so pull door skin off and lock knacked . Ok so can lock from inside climb out rear door try to lock that and you guessed it ........fixed that then told him to close carfuly .

Spent 3 hours skinning knuckles and pinching fingers in an attempt to replace the handbrake shoes in the Prado. Replaced all the damaged pins and springs, adjusted up the cable and now have a working handbrake. There aint a lot of room in there...

Smurf wrote:Spent 3 hours skinning knuckles and pinching fingers in an attempt to replace the handbrake shoes in the Prado. Replaced all the damaged pins and springs, adjusted up the cable and now have a working handbrake. There aint a lot of room in there...

Yup and it will last about 2 weeks on road driving..
And 1 off road trip....
before you have to adjust them again

kbushnz wrote:

Smurf wrote:Spent 3 hours skinning knuckles and pinching fingers in an attempt to replace the handbrake shoes in the Prado. Replaced all the damaged pins and springs, adjusted up the cable and now have a working handbrake. There aint a lot of room in there...

Yup and it will last about 2 weeks on road driving..
And 1 off road trip....
before you have to adjust them again

Yep At least its adjustable now

left home just before 6am today and got home just after 8pm, long day driving and walking round the CZ Club Truck Trial in Wairarapa

awesome day, stunning weather, even if my toes took a long time to warm up
















great day until I broke a nail unloading trailer

skid wrote:great day until I broke a nail unloading trailer

sorry about the nail, thanks for the tow skiddy

Sold the Jeep

went for a blast thu the forest tack up golden downs it really put the new 31x10.5 to test. not a good idea to go thu muddy creeks when ur the only 4x4 around for miles

adimw2 wrote:Sold the Jeep

Damn... one less person to bounce Jeep Question off...

Whats next...?

00falcon wrote:

adimw2 wrote:Sold the Jeep

Damn... one less person to bounce Jeep Question off...

Whats next...?

Safari, got sick of paying oodles to fix the Jeep and import parts from the USA each time.

Sadam_Husain wrote:

skid wrote:great day until I broke a nail unloading trailer

sorry about the nail, thanks for the tow skiddy

Harden up Skiddy

Got the wifes Xr6 back from the panel beaters on Friday arvo. Had a close look over it and you can tell its been repaired and there is cracks in the bodykit that were not repaired so its probably going to go back in later in the week.

Moved the bighorn accross the driveway and that was it couldnt do much as the family is all sick.

Spent Sunday in the Akatarawas with tre ccvc club. Was a good day out. Have a few things to fix this week before the next trip.

Sunday :
Went to Wood Hill , wasn't my best work, Got stuck in some sand,
on tip of a hill , Spend far to much time to get it out
* need to get some gear, winch, air jack, or something .

lined up a hill wrong, bounced of the side,
got some air time, landed, popped left front tyre of the rim,
and lost steering , Broke power steering box spline ,
I thought only Lancruisers did this ?

Got to say a Big thanks to The JEEP CLUB guys who were doing Safey Patrol,and Roger for being so friendly and made sure everyone was safe even tho I was holding everyone up

If any of the JEEP club members read this, please PM me, As i Need give the guys that gave us a hand, a Box of beers , as a token of appreciation.

Trip to the tyre shop, new set of mudders
Sold the fresh from the factory ATs
Bolted on a rijidij spare wheel carrier, including cutting holes in brand new truck
Wired in LED flood lights

lowbox wrote:Trip to the tyre shop, new set of mudders
Sold the fresh from the factory ATs
Bolted on a rijidij spare wheel carrier, including cutting holes in brand new truck
Wired in LED flood lights

Pictures please.